Tour de France, stage 7: Tadej Pogacar wins in Mûr-de-Bretagne and wears yellow again

The uncompromising Tadej Pogacar won the 7th stage in Mûr-de-Bretagne on Friday, July 11, for his second victory in this Tour de France, and took back the yellow jersey from Mathieu van der Poel, who was dropped on the final climb.

Already a winner in Rouen on Tuesday , "Pogi" proved the strongest in the final hundred meters of the second climb in Mûr-de-Bretagne, beating his rival Jonas Vingegaard and the British Oscar Onley. The Slovenian giant thus secured his 19th victory in the Tour de France, and his 101st in his professional career. In the general classification, the three-time winner of the event is ahead of the Belgian Remco Evenepoel by 54 seconds and the Frenchman Kévin Vauquelin by one minute and 11 seconds. Vingegaard is 4th at 1 minute and 17 seconds.

1. Tadej Pogacar (SLO/UAD) the 197.0 km in 4:05:39. (average: 48.2 km/h)

2. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN/TVL) at 0.

3. Oscar Onley (GBR/DFP) 2.

4. Felix Gall (AUT/DAT) 2.

5. Matteo Jorgenson (USA/TVL) 2.

6. Remco Evenepoel (BEL/SOQ) 2.

7. Kevin Vauquelin (FRA/ARK) 2.

8. Jhonatan Narvaez (ECU/UAD) 7.

9. Axel Laurance (FRA/IGD) 15.

10. Tobias Johannessen (NOR/UXT) 21.

1. Tadej Pogacar (SLO/UAD) 25:58:04.

2. Remco Evenepoel (BEL/SOQ) at 54.

3. Kevin Vauquelin (FRA/ARK) 1:11.

4. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN/TVL) 1:17.

5. Mathieu van der Poel (NED/ADC) 1:29.

6. Matteo Jorgenson (USA/TVL) 1:34.

7. Oscar Onley (GBR/DFP) 2:49.

8. Florian Lipowitz (GER/RBH) 3:02.

9. Primoz Roglic (SLO/RBH) 3:06.

10. Mattias Skjelmose (DEN/LTK) 3:43.

On Saturday, July 12, 2025, the 8th stage of the Tour de France will link Saint-Méen-le-Grand to Laval (Espace Mayenne) over 171.4 km. The course profile, essentially flat, still totals 1,700 m of elevation gain. At kilometer 96, the riders will encounter the only classified difficulty of the day: the Nuillé-sur-Vicoin hill (category 4). This stage opens two days promised to the sprinters, who will then have little left to get their teeth into until the final finish in Paris.

"A purely flat stage to leave Brittany and reach Mayenne, roads mostly sheltered from the wind: the parameters are there for the sprinting teams to take charge of the race. The prospect of a bunch sprint holds the rope, however with a specificity that slightly restricts the profile of the candidates for victory. The line is drawn at the end of a final kilometer on a false flat uphill," analyzes Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France.