2025 Tour de France Stage 7 Report: Tadej Pogaar (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 7Race director, Christian Prudhomme: “The pelotons 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 everyones attention will be focused very much on the present as the double ascent of the Cte de Mr-de-Bretagne approaches. A warning to attackers who are a bit too eager: its a climb where tactical sense is almost as decisive as physical strength.”Stage 7 profileMathieu van der Poel only had a 1 second lead on Tadej Pogaar at the startAn iconic venue such as Mr-de-Bretagne called for a thrilling battle between the biggest names of cycling, and it delivered, as…
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