2025 Tour de France Stage 7 Report: Tadej Pogačar (UAE Emirates XRG) took his second 2025 Tour de France stage victory on the summit of the Mur-de-Bretagne. The Slovenian beat Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike) and took the leader’s yellow jersey from Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), who was dropped early on the final climb. Four years after Mathieu van der Poel’s legendary victory, the Tour peloton returned to the Mur-de-Bretagne. Van der Poel said it was a “special stage,” but he wasn’t sure whether he could compete for the stage win again, like in 2021. On stage 6, the Dutchman had worked all day in the break to earn him the yellow jersey by just 1 second.
The final kilometre of stage 7
Stage 7 profile
Race director, Christian Prudhomme: “The peloton’s stay in Brittany will kick off with another contest between the puncheurs. After leaving Saint-Malo and heading for Saint-Brieuc, history buffs will recall the exploits of Bernard Hinault as the race passes through his home village of Yffiniac. But everyone’s attention will be focused very much on the present as the double ascent of the Côte de Mûr-de-Bretagne approaches. A warning to attackers who are a bit too eager: it’s a climb where tactical sense is almost as decisive as physical strength.”
Mathieu van der Poel only had a 1 second lead on Tadej Pogačar at the start
Tour winner, Geraint Thomas was in the ‘break of the day’
Nice day to be on a Breton beach
Stage 7 passed through five time Tour winner, Brenard Hinault’s home town of Yffiniac
Best young rider and 3rd overall, Remco Evenepoel had a problem, but fought back to the peloton
Tadej Pogačar: Another stage win and back in yellow
Stage 8 is a very flat stage heading out of Brittany and the likelihood is that the stage will finish with a bunch sprint, although the finish line comes at the end of a kilometre-long, rising false flat
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Tour de France Stage 7 Result:
1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Emirates XRG in 4:05:39
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma | Lease a Bike
3. Oscar Onley (GB) Team Picnic PostNL at 0:02
4. Felix Gall (Aust) Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale
5. Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma | Lease a Bike
6. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step
7. Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkéa-B&B Hotels
8. Jhonnatan Manuel Narváez (Ecu) UAE Emirates XRG at 0:07
9. Axel Laurance (Fra) INEOS Grenadiers at 0:15
10. Tobias Halland (Nor) Johannessen Uno-X Mobility at 0:21.
Tour de France Overall After Stage 7:
1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Emirates XRG in 25:58:04
2. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step at 0:54
3. Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkéa-B&B Hotels at 1:11
4. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma | Lease a Bike at 1:17
5. Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Deceuninck at 1:29
6. Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma | Lease a Bike at 1:34
7. Oscar Onley (GB) Team Picnic PostNL at 2:49
8. Florian Lipowitz (Ger) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe at 3:02
9. Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe at 3:06
10. Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek at 3:43.
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