a sprint. Right from the start, as the race crossed over the bridge to the French mainland, the Swiss duo of Stefan Küng () and Michael Schär () attacked to form the day's breakaway, having agreed to do so in advance. With the sprinters' teams eyeing up the finish, Küng and Schär were kept on a short leash, never having an advantage of more than two minutes. With just under 100 kilometers to go and the breakaway catch imminent, a crash happened near the back of the peloton, sending several riders into the roadside ditches. Of those riders, two fared the worst: it took several minutes for Nicolas Roche, who lost a bracelet in the crash, to get up and start riding again, while 33-year-old Tour debutant Sam Bewley was forced to abandon after fracturing his wrist. As the peloton went around a roundabout 65 kilometers from the finish, there was another crash. Sprinters Edvald Boasson Hagen and Bryan Coquard were involved, as were GC contenders Guillaume Martin and Tadej Pogačar, but all four riders were able to eventually rejoin the peloton. However, Pogačar's teammate Davide Formolo fractured his clavicle, and though he was able to start riding again, he struggled to finish, coming in over 16 minutes down in last place; he would abandon the race after the stage. At the intermediate sprint in Châtelaillon-Plage 39 kilometers from the finish, the sprinters battled it out for the points. Once again, Matteo Trentin won, followed by Peter Sagan and Sam Bennett. A split in the peloton occurred with 17 kilometers remaining, but none of the Tour contenders were caught behind the gap. It was once again who came to the front in the final kilometer for Cees Bol, but their lead-out petered out too soon, leaving Michael Mørkøv on the front to lead out Bennett. The Irishman held off Caleb Ewan on the line to win his first Tour de France stage. Despite green jersey wearer Sagan finishing third, the 50-point haul for first-placed Bennett saw him take over as the leader of points classification. Stage 119 September 2020 – Châtelaillon-Plage to Poitiers, ''' Stage 11 saw the riders make their way inland and east across central France towards the Alps. The second consecutive nearly pan-flat stage meant a second day in a row for the sprinters. In the neutral zone before the official race start, several riders, including Cyril