Tour de France 2025 live: Stage 6 route and updates with Van der Poel in breakaway on breathless hilly stage

97km to go: It looks like things have settled down now. Here’s how the eight-man breakaway looks, 1:15 ahead of the bunch:

• Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike)
• Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost)
• Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling)
• Eddie Dunbar (Jayco-AlUla)
• Will Barta (Movistar)
• Harold Tejada (XDS-Astana)
• Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek)

Van der Poel is the best placed on GC, at 1:28. Could he be riding back into yellow?

106km to go: Mathieu Burgaudeau attacks as UAE attempt to slow down the pace of the peloton. The TotalEnergies rider gets away and goes in pursuit of the breakaway group, now 40 seconds in front.

111km to go: The breakaway group are now 30 seconds ahead now. UAE Team Emirates are at the front of the peloton and the pace is perhaps slowing slightly.

121km to go: Wout van Aert has fallen back into a group of riders behind the peloton, and the furthest back are now more than 7 minutes off the pace. This is an unforgiving day.

122km to go: Still no real breakaway established. Michael Storer is up with the group, now consisting of eight riders. But the peloton aren’t letting them get away.

130km to go: The pace of the peloton is relentless, in an attempt to stop any breakaways. Simon Yates pushes to join up with the front group but the gap is a mere 7 seconds.

132km to go: Eddie Dunbar finds a burst of energy and joins up with the breakaway group, but they are still struggling to pull away.

141km to go: Healy, Simmons, Van der Poel, Barta and Tejada have formed the latest attempt at a breakaway. They’re 35 seconds ahead and the peloton appears to have slowed somewhat. Guillaume Martin is chasing on his own, 18 seconds back.

145km to go: Tadej Pogacar emerges from the pack and comes towards the front. Healy and Simmons are still there. EasyPost are riding aggressively here. But it’s Tim Wellens who times his burst perfectly to take the latest KOM points on offer.