Caleb Ewan claimed his second victory in this year’s Tour de France when he prevailed in a tightly contested sprint to win the 11th stage.
The Australian rider threw his bike forward over the line to narrowly beat triple world champion Peter Sagan, who was judged to have leaned into Wout van Aert in the final stretch and was relegated to last place in the sprinting group.
“I tried to get out at the last moment, I went out quite late. It was pretty hectic,” said Ewan. “In the end we’re all really in the heat of the moment and we don’t always think of safety. I’m sure Peter didn’t mean to harm anyone. Maybe he shouldn’t have done that.”
Sam Bennett, who won Tuesday’s 10th stage, eventually took second place. He therefore extended his lead in the points classification to 68 points, boosting his hopes of securing a first green jersey for Ireland since Kelly in 1989.
Primoz Roglic retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey after a quiet day in the main bunch.
Thursday’s 12th stage is a 218-km ride from Chauvigny to Sarran.
Tour de France 2020 – stage 11 results (Châtelaillon-Plage – Poitiers):
| 1 | Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) | 4:00:01 |
| 2 | Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) | ,, |
| 3 | Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) | ,, |
| 4 | Bryan Coquard (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept) | ,, |
| 5 | Clement Venturini (AG2R La Mondiale) | ,, |
| 6 | Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) | ,, |
| 7 | Luka Mezgec (Mitchelton-Scott) | ,, |
| 8 | Hugo Hofstetter (Israel Start-Up Nation) | ,, |
| 9 | Oliver Naesen (AG2R La Mondiale) | ,, |
| 10 | Ryan Gibbons (NTT) | ,, |
| 11 | Matteo Trentin (CCC) | ,, |
| 12 | Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) | ,, |
| 13 | Anthony Turgis (Total Direct Energie) | ,, |
| 14 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NTT) | ,, |
| 15 | Niccolo Bonifazio (Total Direct Energie) | ,, |
| 16 | Clément Russo (Arkea-Samsic) | ,, |
| 17 | Elia Viviani (Cofidis) | ,, |
| 18 | Cees Bol (Team Sunweb) | ,, |
| 19 | Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott) | ,, |
| 20 | Kevin Ledanois (Arkea-Samsic) | ,, |
Tour de France 2020 – general classification after stage 11:
| 1 | Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) | 46:15:24 |
| 2 | Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) | +21” |
| 3 | Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) | +28” |
| 4 | Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) | +30” |
| 5 | Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) | +32” |
| 6 | Rigoberto Uran (EF Pro Cycling) | ,, |
| 7 | Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) | +44” |
| 8 | Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) | +01’02” |
| 9 | Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) | +01’15” |
| 10 | Mikel Landa (Bahrain McLaren) | +01’42” |
| 11 | Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) | +01’53” |
| 12 | Enric Mas (Movistar) | +02’02” |
| 13 | Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) | +02’31” |
| 14 | Tom Dumoulin (Jumbo-Visma) | +03’22” |
| 15 | Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) | +03’42” |
| 16 | Damiano Caruso (Bahrain McLaren) | ,, |
| 17 | Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) | +03’43” |
| 18 | Sergio Higuita (EF Pro Cycling) | +06’08” |
| 19 | Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott) | +12’13” |
| 20 | Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-hansgrohe) | +15’35” |
