The 2025 Tour de France returns to action with a short Stage 11 on Wednesday after a well-earned rest day. The riders will take on a 156.8-kilometer loop that begins and ends in Toulouse, located in southwestern France. With fresh legs, tight roads, and steep climbs in the finale, Stage 11 is primed for fireworks from the start.

Route map, profile and start time as GC contenders set for battle on Bastille Day - Mountains are on the menu for first time in this year’s Tour de France on a punishing mountain stage

1. Simon Yates, Great Britain, Team Visma ' Lease a Bike, 4:20:05. 2. Thymen Arensman, Netherlands, INEOS Grenadiers, 4:20:14. 3. Ben Healy, Ireland, EF Education-EasyPost, 4:20:36. 4. Ben O’Connor, Australia, Team Jayco-AlUla, 4:20:54.

The Tour de France is won by the rider who completes the 21-stage race in the fastest total time. Each stage is timed from start to finish and the times are added together for each rider as the tour progresses. The rider with the lowest cumulative time across all stages is declared the winner.

There was no significant change in the overall standings and three-time Tour champion Tadej Pogačar kept the race leader’s yellow jersey.

Here is a breakdown of the racers who have won the Tour de France the most times: Five: Eddy Merckx (Belgium), Bernard Hinault (France), Miguel Induráin (Spain), Jacques Anquetil (France) Three: Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia)*, Philippe Thys (Belgium), Louison Bobet (France), Greg LeMond (USA)

He wrote about the elite cycling race for The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune. He said he was smitten by the Tour from the first day.

Tadej Pogacar's Tour de France hopes suffered a blow on Sunday as the Slovenian's key domestique Joao Almeida withdrew following a crash on Friday.