Mathieu Van der Poel overcomes heat to win Tour de France stage nine

On Sunday, Mathieu van der Poel won the ninth stage of the Tour de France, triumphing in a sprint finish ahead of Tobias Johannessen and Tom Pidcock. It was the thirty-one-year-old Dutch cyclist's third Tour stage victory. The race was shortened due to intense heat, but van der Poel, a former world champion and cobbled classics specialist, prevailed in the demanding conditions, per France 24.

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