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2026 Tour de France: Stage 11 Results

  • Ron 

The day after a crash that left him finishing last en route to Le Lioran, Soren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) came back from possible injury to win Stage 11 of the 2026 Tour de France. During the stage, Wærenskjold called the race doctor for treatment on his right hand, but still emerged victorious, besting Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Milan Fretin (Cofidis) on the line.

With an average of 50.9 km/h over 163.1 flat kilometres, today’s stage also went down as the fastest stage in the history of the Tour (excluding TTs). Sprinters will get another chance to shine on Thursday with a flat stage to Chalon-sur-Saône.

After yesterday’s showdown ruled by (UAE Emirates XRG), the sprinters were eyeing their fourth opportunity of the Tour de France 2026 with a mostly flat stage from Vichy to Nevers (161.3 km, 1,400m of elevation).

The was wet as the 174-man peloton rolled out from Vichy without Chris Harper, whose team -Q36.5 says he suffers from a hand injury caused by a crash en route to Le Lioran. Attacks started early, with Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) making several goes in the first few kilometers of the stage.

Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) was also intent on making the breakaway. After previous attempts, the French icon attacked again at km 13 along with Anthon Charmig (Uno-X Mobility), Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) and Mathis Le Berre (Total Energies). Liam Slock (Lotto Intermarché) wanted to close the gap but the leaders don’t wait for him. The break of the day was established with just the four of them.

Tim Merlier’s Soudal Quick-Step squad rapidly took over the pace-setting at the front of the bunch, with the support of Biniam Girmay’s NSN and Max Cantor’s XDS . The gap never got higher than 1’40”, when the attackers enter the final 70 kilometres of the stage after passing by Moulins, where Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech) won a stage in 2023. It also marks the halfway point of the Tour 2026 (1,645.15 km covered, as many to go).

Three riders remained at the front after Alaphilippe was distanced on the Côte de Billy-Chevannes (cat. 4, at km 123.4). Anthon Charmig set the pace on the ascent and took his second KOM point of the day, after conquering the Côte de Billonnière (cat. 4) earlier in the stage (km 32.9).

Charmig, Oliveira and Le Berre give it their all to resist despite the collaboration of Olav Kooij’s Decathlon CMA CGM and Pavel Bittner’s Picnic PostNL to control the attackers. The gap drops down to 50 seconds with 25 kilometres remaining, 20 seconds under the 10-kilometre banner… They are eventually reeled in 6 km from the line.

As the pace dropped inside the last kilometre, Cees Bol (Decathlon CMA CGM) opened a small gap. Soren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) was the quickest to react, launching his sprint 350 metres from the line. He rapidly passed Bol and resisted Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech) to cross the line in 3h10’06”, making it the fastest stage in the history of the Tour (50.9km/h).

2026 Tour de France: Stage 11 Brief Results

  1. Soren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) @ 3h 10’06”
  2. Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM) s.t.
  3. Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech) s.t.

2026 Tour de France: General Classification After Stage 11

  1. Tadej Pogačar (-XRG) 39h 25’08”
  2. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a ) @ 3’36”
  3. Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) @ 4’06”

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