Tour de France: Søren Wærenskjold goes from distance to hold off Olav Kooij for victory in furiously-fast stage 11

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Uno-X Mobility team's Norwegian rider Soren Waerenskjold cycles to the finish line to win the 11th stage of the 113th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 161,3 km between Vichy and Nevers in central France, on July 15, 2026. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)
Tour de France: Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) wins sprint on stage 11 (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) held off all the big-name sprinters with a long-range sprint to win stage 11 of the Tour de France and deliver a second-ever stage win for his Scandinavian team.

After a bit of a sprint team stand-off in the final 5km, the sprint kicked off properly with 2km to go, and it was Decathlon CMA CGM's whose lead-out efforts almost turned into a late flyer for Cees Bol in the final few hundred metres, which Wærenskjold followed and came past and amazingly held off the charging sprint field.

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