Tadej Pogacar continues to add up and recovers the yellow jersey of the Tour de France

Completely predictable outcome in the first mountain finish of the 2025 Tour de France, which had the double ascent of the tough Mur de Bretagne as the highlight of the seventh stage. A victory that once again puts him at the top of the Tour de France standings with an eye on Monday's stage, the first true mountain stage of the race.

Tadej Pogacar doesn't miss the opportunity to win another stage in the Tour de France

No prisoners taken. Tadej Pogacar's motto in every race he enters and which he put into practice again today, on a route from Saint Malo to the Mur de Bretagne.

First, not giving the breakaway of the day any more space than necessary, despite the strong start by Visma-Lease a Bike from the very beginning to try to place Wout van Aert in a breakaway that would take more than 50 kilometers to consolidate.

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An adventure that ended up being made up of 5 cyclists: Alex Baudin, Geraint Thomas, Marco Haller, Ewen Costiou, Iván García Cortina, whom UAE Team Emirates-XRG did not allow to enjoy more than a minute at any time. The final average speed of the stage, 47 km/h, clearly shows that the stage was a dogfight despite the profile, until the last 30 kilometers, being much friendlier than in previous stages.

The breakaway was caught on the first of the two ascents of the Mur de Bretagne, with Visma Lease a Bike trying to toughen up the race with Simon Yates. In the return loop, on the descent to return to the base of the wall, a spectacular crash occurred in a leading group that had been reduced to just under 30 riders, with Enric Mas, Joao Almeida, and Santiago Buitrago being the most affected, with the Colombian being the most affected, finishing more than 13 minutes behind.

The second and final ascent of the wall began with Tim Wellens stretching the group for an attack by Tadej Pogacar that occurred 1.7 kilometers from the summit. However, the Slovenian did not launch a devastating attack of his own but rather a more measured one, simply to select, after which he left all the responsibility to a hesitant Remco Evenepoel between setting the pace or launching a counterattack.

At this point, Jhonatan Narváez reached the front, and immediately, with the finish line in sight, set a strong pace to make a perfect lead-out for his team leader, who unleashed an unstoppable sprint that allowed him to win with total clarity, although Jonas Vingegaard immediately stuck to his wheel but without the ability to overtake.

Stage 7 Classification

1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 4h05'39''
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) +00''
3. Oscar Onley (Picnic-PostNL) +02''
4. Felix Gall (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale) +02''
5. Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) +02''
6. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) +02''
7. Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) +02''
8. Jhonathan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +07''
9. Axel Laurance (INEOS Grenadiers) +15''
10. Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) +21''

General Classification

1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 25h58'04''
2. Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) +54''
3. Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) +1'11''
4. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) +1'17''
5. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) +1'29''
6. Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) +1'34''
7. Oscar Onley (Picnic-PostNL) +2'49''
8. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) +3'02''
9. Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) +3'06''
10. Matthias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) +3'43''