The yellow jersey has already chopped and changed multiple times in the opening week of the Tour de France, with Mathieu van der Poel wrestling it back off Tadej Pogacar by just one second on a thrilling stage six, before the defending champion overhauled his Classics rival to take it back on stage seven.
Pogacar seized the yellow jersey for the first time at the 2025 Tour de France as Remco Evenepoel obliterated the opposition to take time trial victory on stage five, but Van der Poel was back in yellow by the end of the next day as he escaped up the road in the day’s breakaway.
Pogacar took it back at the end of stage seven in Mur-de-Bretagne, winning his second stage of this Tour and 19th Tour de France stage in total.
Stage eight and nine provided a respite for the general classification riders as the sprinters made the most of two rare opportunities to go for glory - but the first week came to a head on a dramatic stage 10, the final day before the Tour’s first rest day. Stage six winner Ben Healy escaped up the road in the breakaway and ultimately clung on long enough to snatch yellow off Pogacar’s shoulders, with Simon Yates taking the stage victory.
The Irishman also moved into the lead in the best young rider classification, deposing Remco Evenepoel, while Lenny Martinez was dropped from the breakaway but hoovered up enough KOM points to take the lead in the mountains classification.
There was no movement on stage 11 as a breakaway contested the win in Toulouse, with Jonas Abrahamsen taking his maiden grand tour victory having been up the road from kilometre zero, but Tadej Pogacar suffered a late crash and mechanical, jeoparding his second-place - until his rivals sportingly waited for him to return to the peloton.
Here is how the riders stand in each classification after stage 11 of the Tour de France.
Stage 11 results
- Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno X-Mobility) in 3:15:56
- Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla)
- Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) +7”
- Arnaud de Lie (Lotto-Caps) +53”
- Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike)
- Axel Laurance (Ineos Grenadiers)
- Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious)
- Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies)
- Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek), all at same time
- Davide Ballerini (XDS-Astana) +1’11”
General classification
- Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) in 41:01:13
- Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), +29”
- Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step), +1'29”
- Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), +1'46”
- Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), +2'06”
- Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels), +2’26”
- Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL), +3’24”
- Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +3’34”
- Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +3’41”
- Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility), +5’03”
Points classification
- Jonathan Milan (Lidl‑Trek) 231 pts
- Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) 163
- Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin‑Deceuninck) 156
- Biniam Girmay (Intermarché‑Wanty) 154
- Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick‑Step) 150
King of the mountains (KOM) classification
- Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) 27 pts
- Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) 16 pts
- Michael Woods (Israel-PremierTech) 11 pts
- Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates XRG) 8 pts
- Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) 8 pts
Young riders’ classification
- Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) in 41:01:13
- Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) +1’29”
- Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels) +2’26”
- Oscar Onley (Team Picnic PostNL) +3’24”
- Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +3’34”
