Tour de France 2025: stage 11 updates as race resumes around Toulouse – live

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In case you wondered how the Tour riders spent a long awaited rest day, here’s what yellow jersey leader Ben Healy got up to:

This is what general director of the Tour de France, Christian Prudhomme, has to say about stage 11:

The teams banking on a bunch sprint won’t be hampered by any hilly terrain as they focus on their mission for the day. Vigilance will be required at the end of the stage due to the changes in direction that could be exploited if there’s a strong wind blowing. However, ‘Avenue Cavendish’ is one of those finish straights that’s ideally suited to a contest between the peloton’s most renowned thoroughbreds.

Here is the route profile of stage 11:

Stage 11: Toulouse to Toulouse, 156km

Here’s a look at today’s stage, Wednesday 16 July: Toulouse to Toulouse, 156.8km, with William Fotheringham’s preview:

This could go either of three ways: full bunch sprint, reduced bunch sprint, or break. The finale with its series of little hills might burn off a fast man or two, and will certainly make a coordinated chase difficult. This could be the last full bunch sprint of the Tour, so let’s plump for Philipsen; if the break goes and the sprinters’ teams tire in the finale the wily Dane Magnus Cort is a good bet.

The preview was written before the Tour, so Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) won’t be in the mix today after having to withdaw from the race on stage three.

Preamble

After a rest day on Tuesday, the Tour riders are back for stage 11: a 156.8km loop, starting and ending in Toulouse. It’s classified as a flat stage with 1,750m of elevation gain, but there are a few bumps for the peloton to navigate: four category four climbs and a category three climb at the end.

Sprinters such as, Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quick-Step) and Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) will be eyeing up this stage, which could very well end in a bunch sprint. However, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) has speed and strength that could come in handy for a flat stage with some lumps. It’ll also be interesting to see what Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) does, wearing the yellow jersey that he grabbed off Tadej Pogačar’s (UAE Team Emirates XRG) shoulders on stage 10. As always, I’d love to get your thoughts, so please email via the link above.

Before the action starts at 1.15pm CEST (12.15pm BST), here’s a reminder of how stage 10 played out: