Jonas Abrahamsen wins Tour de France Stage 11 as Tadej Pogacar crashes
Uno-X Mobility's Jonas Abrahamsen celebrating winning Stage 11 of the Tour de France in Toulouse on July 16, 2025.
– Norway's Jonas Abrahamsen won Stage 11 of the Tour de France in Toulouse on July 16 while defending champion Tadej Pogacar crashed 4km from the line.
Pogacar fell after hitting the back wheel of another rider but his rivals Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel sportingly waited for the Slovenian to catch up after he got back on his bike. Ireland's Ben Healy retained the leader's jersey.
The thrilling stage over 156km from Toulouse and back was unexpectedly won by Abrahamsen as a long range breakaway foiled the ambitions of the sprinters.
Abrahamsen contested a two-way cat-and-mouse war of nerves down the home straight with Swiss Mauro Schmid as the cunning Mathieu van der Poel crept up on them and finished third seven seconds adrift.
Said Abrahamsen: 'I broke my collarbone four weeks ago at the Baloise Belgium Tour and I cried in the hospital thinking I wouldn't make the Tour.
'I was thinking 'I have to win this stage, I have to win this stage'... It was my dream to win a stage of the Tour de France. I know I have a pretty good sprint and we had been out for a long time, so I had to be smart and not go over the limit.'
Healy retained the overall lead on his first day in the fabled yellow jersey, while Pogacar remains second and Evenepoel third.
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Following the July 15 rest day, July 16 was billed as a likely sprint finish with 70 points at stake in the sprint points standings in Toulouse.
Stage 11 did however feature five small climbs along a 156.8km route making sure it was constantly fast and nerve-wracking.
Pogacar fell after hitting the back wheel of another rider but his rivals two-time winner Vingegaard and Evenepoel sportingly waited for the Slovenian.
UAE Team Emirates rider Pogacar struggled to put his chain on after sliding across several metres of tarmac and had looked as if he would lose 30 to 40 seconds.
Healy will lead the peloton into the Pyrenees on July 17, where the first real mountains will test his and everyone's legs on the legendary beyond category Hautacam climb.
Meanwhile, a protester wearing a 'Israel out of the Tour' t-shirt ran onto the final strait of Stage 11 before being restrained by a security officer.
The protester, who was also waving a keffiyeh, was about 50 metres from the finishing line as Abrahamsen beat Schmid for victory.
Israel are represented on the Tour through the Israel-Premier Tech team, but no Israeli riders are on the race.
Israel's military operations in Gaza have killed more than 58,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities.
Almost 1,650 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed as a result of the conflict, including 1,200 killed in the Oct 7, 2023 Hamas attack, by Israeli tallies.
Some other protests are planned on the Tour route, Reuters has learned from sources with a direct knowledge of the matter.
Tour organisers and the Israel-Premier Tech team were not immediately reachable for comment. REUTERS, AFP
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