It was another breathless day of racing at the Tour de France that threw all the peloton's biggest players into the mix. Watch the highlihgts

Mathieu van der Poel almost catches breakaway duo in final metres and finishes third in Toulouse

In the U.S., every stage of the Tour de France will stream on Peacock. NBC will also air coverage from Stage 1, 2, 15, 20 and 21. You can find NBC's coverage of the race on several platforms, including DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV, Fubo and more.

Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel has won the hilly second stage of the Tour de France after holding off defending champion Tadej Pogačar and two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard in a sprint to the line.

If riders were hoping for a relaxing stage 2 to recuperate then they may be disappointed: today’s stage is the longest of the entire Tour, 209km from the small village of Lauwin-Planque to Boulogne-sur-Mer on the northern coast of France.

Mathieu Van der Poel of the Netherlands edged Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia in a sprint to the finish in Sunday's Stage 2 of the 2025 Tour de France.

Supporters watch Quinn Simmons of the U.S. during the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an indivdual time-trial over 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) with start and finish in Caen, France, Wednesday, July 9, 2025.

The 2025 Tour de France will be broadcast live on ITV4 in the UK, in what is the last year of free-to-air coverage of the race before it is exclusively shown on TNT Sports and Discovery+. Viewers can also stream the race online via ITVX app and website, and subscribers can watch the action on the TNT Sports and Discovery+ apps.