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Pogacar Wins Mur de Bretagne Sprint to Reclaim Yellow Jersey

The Slovenian’s summit dash on the Mûr-de-Bretagne upended the general classification ahead of Saturday’s flatter run to Laval

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 7 - Saint-Malo to Mur-De-Bretagne Guerledan - Saint-Malo, France - July 11, 2025 UAE Team Emirates XRG's Tadej Pogacar celebrates winning stage 7 followed by Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Jonas Vingegaard REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 7 - Saint-Malo to Mur-De-Bretagne Guerledan - Saint-Malo, France - July 11, 2025 Soudal Quick-Step's Valentin Paret Peintre, UAE Team Emirates XRG's Tadej Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates XRG's Tim Wellens in action at Pleneuf-Val-Andre as spectator cheer on during stage 7 REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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Overview

  • Stage 7 spanned 197 km from Saint-Malo to Mûr-de-Bretagne featuring rolling terrain and two ascents of the steep finishing climb
  • Tadej Pogacar outsprinted Jonas Vingegaard on the final ramp to secure his second stage win of the 2025 Tour and retake the yellow jersey
  • Remco Evenepoel rose to second overall at 54 seconds behind Pogacar while Mathieu van der Poel slipped to fifth following a 22nd-place stage finish
  • A crash with six kilometres remaining brought down Joao Almeida and stage six winner Ben Healy and forced teams to adapt their late-race strategies
  • Stage 8 on Saturday covers 171.4 km from Saint-Méen-le-Grand to Laval and is expected to favor sprinters as teams work to protect their general classification leaders