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 defending champion Tadej Pogacar by just one second on a thrilling stage six.
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.
Breakaway artiste extraordinaire Ben Healy took the stage honours for the biggest win in his career to date, but Van der Poel clung on enough – despite an onslaught by the GC riders up the day’s final climb – to take back the race lead by just one second.
The Dutchman will wear yellow on the Mur de Bretagne, which returns to the Tour route after four years’ absence on stage seven. Van der Poel won on the Mur de Bretagne the last time it featured, taking the race lead in the process; will he double up on victories on the famous climb, this time already wearing the leader’s jersey?
Here is how the riders stand in each classification after stage six of the Tour de France.
Stage 6 results
1) Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) in 4:24:10
2) Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) +2’44”
3) Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling) +2’51”
4) Eddie Dunbar (Jayco AlUla) +3’21”
5) Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike) +3’24”
6) Will Barta (Movistar) +3’29”
7) Harold Tancer (XDs-Asta) + 3’52 “
8) Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-DECEUNINCK) +3’58 ”
9) Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-Xrg) +5’27 ”
10) Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) +5’27”
General classification
1) Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-DECEUNINCK) in 21:52:34
2) Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-Xrg) +1 ”
3) Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) +43 ”
4) Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels) +1’00”
5) Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) +1’14”
6) Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) +1’23”
7) Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +1’59 ”
8) Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) +2’01”
9) Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +2’32”
10) Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +2’36 “
Points classification
1) Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) 97 pts
2) Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) 92 pts
3) Biniam Girmay (intermarche-Wanty) 87 pts
4) Mathieu van der Poel (Ned/Alpecin-DEceuninck) 80 PTS
5) Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) 72 pts
King of the mountains (KOM) classification
1) Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates XRG) 7PTS
2) Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) 5pts
3) Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) 4 pts
4) Eddie Dunbar (Jayco AlUla) 3 pts
5) Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling) 3 pts
Young riders’ classification
1) Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) in 21:53:17
2) Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels) +17”
3) Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) +1’18”
4) Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +1’49”
5) Oscar Onley (Team Picnic PostNL) +1’59”
