Close Menu
  • Home
  • Industry
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Trending
Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
Trending
  • Taylor Knibb Clinches Second Consecutive Win at US Pro National Time Trial Championships
  • Project 4:05 – How USA Cycling’s Women’s Team Pursuit Claimed Gold with Revolutionary Optimization
  • Could Mathieu van der Poel Be the Next Time Trial Sensation?
  • Brace for Packed Roads: Expert Tips to Navigate Alpe d’Huez Travel Chaos During Double Tour de France Stage Finishes
  • Evoc Tailgate Pad Review: Effortlessly Haul All Your Bikes with Improved Storage!
  • I Have Only Love for the Haters”: Carlton Kirby Opens Up About His Controversial Commentary Career
  • What Incredible Innovation Will Surprise Us Next?
  • Athletes Deserve Better’: Two Cycling Canada Board Members Resign in Protest of Program Cuts
Wednesday, July 22
Cycling InfoCycling Info
  • Home
  • Industry
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Trending
Cycling InfoCycling Info
Home»News»Tim Merlier Powers to Back-to-Back Wins with Impressive Late Surge
News By Miles CooperMarch 10, 2025

Tim Merlier Powers to Back-to-Back Wins with Impressive Late Surge

Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email Tumblr Reddit VKontakte Telegram WhatsApp Copy Link

Symbol 1 of 14

Soudal Quick-Step's Belgian rider Tim Merlier (C) wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 2nd stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race, 183,9 km between Montesson and Bellegarde, on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)Paris-NIce 2025: Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) carries the full chief’s yellow jersey around the end line for victory on degree 2 in Bellegarde(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)BELLEGARDESURVALSERINE FRANCE  MARCH 10 A general view of Tim Merlier of Belgium and Team Soudal QuickStep  Yellow leader jersey celebrates at finish line as stage winner ahead of Emilien Jeanniere of France and Team TotalEnergies and Alexander Kristoff of Norway and Team UnoX Mobility during the 83rd Paris  Nice 2025 Stage 2 a 1839km stage from Montesson to Bellegarde  UCIWT  on March 10 2025 in BellegardesurValserine France Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty ImagesA normal view of Tim Merlier of Soudal-QuickStep profitable degree 2 into Bellegarde(Symbol credit score: Dario Belingheri/Getty Pictures)Uno-X Mobility's Norwegian rider Jonas Abrahamsen cycles in a breakaway during the 2nd stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race, 183,9 km between Montesson and Bellegarde, on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility) rides solo within the breakaway with 30km to move(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)Uno-X Mobility's Norwegian rider Jonas Abrahamsen cycles during the 2nd stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race, 183,9 km between Montesson and Bellegarde, on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)Uno-X Mobility’s Jonas Abrahamsen rides on my own on the entrance of the race as he nears the native circuit(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)BELLEGARDESURVALSERINE FRANCE  MARCH 10 Jonas Abrahamsen of Norway and Team UnoX Mobility compete in the breakaway during the 83rd Paris  Nice 2025 Stage 2 a 1839km stage from Montesson to Bellegarde  UCIWT  on March 10 2025 in BellegardesurValserine France Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty ImagesAlexandre Delettre of Staff TotalEnergies rides within the polka-dot Mountain Jersey with breakaway partners Joel Nicolau Beltran of Caja Rural-Seguros RGA and Jonas Abrahamsen of Uno-X Mobility(Symbol credit score: Dario Belingheri/Getty Pictures)Caja Rural-Seguros RGA's Spanish rider Samuel Fernandez Garcia (R), TotalEnergies' French rider Alexandre Delettre (L) wearing the climber's dotted jersey and Uno-X Mobility's Norwegian rider Jonas Abrahamsen (C) cycle in a breakaway during the 2nd stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race, 183,9 km between Montesson and Bellegarde, on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)Alexandre Delettre (TotalEnergies) rides within the climber’s polka-dot jersey within the breakaway(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)The pack of riders cycles during the 2nd stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race, 183,9 km between Montesson and Bellegarde, on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)The peloton rides at the 183.9km course between Montesson and Bellegarde(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)The pack of riders cycles during the 2nd stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race, 183,9 km between Montesson and Bellegarde, on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)Lidl-Trek units the tempo in peloton on degree 2(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)The pack of riders cycles with windmills in the background during the 2nd stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race, 183,9 km between Montesson and Bellegarde, on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)The pack of riders cycles with windmills within the background right through the 2d degree of the Paris-Great(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)Soudal Quick-Step's Belgian rider Tim Merlier (R) cycles during the 2nd stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race, 183,9 km between Montesson and Bellegarde, on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) rides within the yellow chief’s jersey(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)The pack of riders cycles during the 2nd stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race, 183,9 km between Montesson and Bellegarde, on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)The peloton chases a three-rider breakaway on a cloudy degree 2 (Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)Arkea-B&B Hotels' French rider Arnaud Demare wearing the sprinter's green jersey reacts prior to the 2nd stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race, 183,9 km between Montesson and Bellegarde, on March 10, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)Arkea-B&B Resorts rider Arnaud Démare wears the sprinter’s inexperienced jersey at get started of degree 2 from Montesson (Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)The start of stage two of the 83th edition of the Paris-Nice cycling race, from Montesson to Bellegarde (183,9 km) in France, Monday 10 March 2025.
BELGA PHOTO DAVID PINTENS (Photo by DAVID PINTENS / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP)The beginning of degree 2 from Montesson(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)The start of stage two of the 83th edition of the Paris-Nice cycling race, from Montesson to Bellegarde (183,9 km) in France, Monday 10 March 2025.
BELGA PHOTO DAVID PINTENS (Photo by DAVID PINTENS / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP)The beginning of degree 2 from Montesson headed to Bellegarde(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)

Belgian fastman Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) made it two out of 2 at Paris-Great on Monday because the race chief adopted his victory on degree 1 with some other bunch dash win on Monday.

On the finish of a quick, flat run around the plains west of Paris, Merlier used to be completely positioned in fourth spot in the back of Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) because the pack blasted up the relatively emerging completing instantly in Belleville.

With 100 metres to move, Merlier used to be already a motorbike period forward of his competitors and he may even sluggish relatively earlier than the road to savour his win forward of Emilién Jeannière (TotalEnergies) and Hugo Web page (Intermarché-Wanty).

Barring Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Rent a Motorbike) snatching a two-second time bonus on the degree’s one intermediate dash, the GC contenders most commonly targeting saving as a lot power as conceivable previous to Tuesday’s crunch group time trial degree.

In the meantime some sizable crashes in opposition to the again of the bunch noticed a number of riders abandon, together with Australian nationwide champion Luke Durbridge (Jayco-AIUIa).

Extra to return…

Effects

Effects powered by way of FirstCycling

acceleration back-to-back wins cycling late late surge Merlier ParisNice stage Tim Tim Merlier twofortwo victory
Miles Cooper
  • Website
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • BlogLovin

Related Posts

US Pro National Championships: Triathlete Taylor Knibb claims second time trial title – Cyclingnews
News

Taylor Knibb Clinches Second Consecutive Win at US Pro National Time Trial Championships

Project 4:05: Optimizing USA Cycling’s Women’s Team Pursuit Gold – INFORMS PubsOnline
News

Project 4:05 – How USA Cycling’s Women’s Team Pursuit Claimed Gold with Revolutionary Optimization

Is Mathieu van der Poel a time trial sleeping giant?
News

Could Mathieu van der Poel Be the Next Time Trial Sensation?

‘All the roads will be saturated’ – Our tips for negotiating Alpe d’Huez travel chaos to watch double Tour de France stage finishes
News

Brace for Packed Roads: Expert Tips to Navigate Alpe d’Huez Travel Chaos During Double Tour de France Stage Finishes

Categories
Archives
July 2026
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
« May    
© 2026 Cycling Info. All Rights Reserved.
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies Policy
  • Our Authors

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.