Van der Poel wins shortened Tour de France ninth stage

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Mathieu van der Poel won the ninth stage of the Tour de France, which was shortened due to intense heat. This victory marks his third Tour de France stage win and continues his success in major cobbled classics.

Cobbled classics specialist Mathieu van der Poel won his third Tour de France stage on Sunday with victory in the ninth stage, which was shortened due to intense heat.Van der Poel, a three-time winner of both the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix -- the two most important one-day cobbled classics -- had previously won Tour stages in 2021 and 2025.