Tour de France Stage 7 results, standings: Tadej Pogacar wins, reclaims yellow jersey
The defending champion and three-time winner of cycling's preeminent test sprinted past Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel and top contender Jonas Vingegaard near the finish line to win Stage 7 on Friday, July 11 and take back the overall lead at this year's Tour de France. Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands entered the race with the yellow jersey after finishing Stage 6 with a one-second lead over Pogačar, who was the pre-Tour favorite.
Stage 7 also featured a late crash involving multiple riders, most notably Pogačar's teammate with UAE Team Emirates XRG, João Almeida. Mattia Cattaneo, one of Evenepoel's teammates with Soudal Quick-Step, also withdrew from the race about 70 kilometers into Friday's 197-kilometer course from Saint-Malo to Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan.
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Pogačar also took over first place in the chase for the green jersey during Friday's stage win and moved closer to Belgium's Tim Wellens, another UAE Team Emirates XRG teammate who will enter Stage 8 on Saturday with the polka dot jersey as the best climber thus far at the 2025 Tour de France.
Here's a look at the complete stage 7 results and 2025 Tour de France standings after Thursday, July 10, as well as what's coming up for cycling's biggest race:
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Stage 7 results
Final results of the 197-kilometer Stage 7 from Saint-Malo to Mûr-de-Bretagne Guerlédan at the 2025 Tour de France on Friday, July 11.
Pos.
Rider
Team
Time
Gap
B
1
Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates XRG
04h 05' 39''
-
B : 10''
2
Jonas Vingegaard
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
04h 05' 39''
-
B : 6''
3
Oscar Onley
Team Picnic Postnl
04h 05' 41''
00h 00' 02''
B : 4''
4
Felix Gall
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
04h 05' 41''
00h 00' 02''
-
5
Matteo Jorgenson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
04h 05' 41''
00h 00' 02''
-
6
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
04h 05' 41''
00h 00' 02''
-
7
Kevin Vauquelin
Arkea-B&B Hotels
04h 05' 41''
00h 00' 02''
-
8
Jhonatan Narvaez
UAE Team Emirates XRG
04h 05' 46''
00h 00' 07''
-
9
Axel Laurance
Ineos Grenadiers
04h 05' 54''
00h 00' 15''
-
10
Tobias Johannessen
Uno-X Mobility
04h 06' 00''
00h 00' 21''
-
Tour de France 2025 standings
Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia: 25h 58' 04''
Remco Evenepoel, Belgium: 25h 58' 58'' (54 seconds behind)
Kevin Vauquelin, France: 25h 59' 15'' (1 minute, 11 seconds)
Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark: 25h 59' 21'' (1 minute, 17 seconds)
Mathieu van der Poel, Netherlands: 25h 59' 33'' (1 minute, 29 seconds)
Matteo Jorgenson, USA: 25h 59' 38'' (1 minute, 34 seconds)
Oscar Onley, Great Britain: 26h 00' 53'' (2 minutes, 49 seconds)
Florian Lipowitz, Germany: 26h 01' 06'' (3 minutes, 2 seconds)
Primoz Roglic, Slovenia: 26h 01' 10'' (3 minutes, 6 seconds)
Mattias Skjelmose, Denmark: 26h 01' 47'' (3 minutes, 43 seconds)
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2025 Tour de France jersey leaders
Yellow (overall race leader): Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia
Green (points): Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia
Polka dot (mountains): Tim Wellens, Belgium
White (young rider): Remco Evenepoel, Belgium
Who's wearing the rainbow jersey at 2025 Tour de France?
In addition to the four traditional colored jerseys at the Tour de France, the reigning world road race champion wears a rainbow-colored jersey. It's white with five colored stripes – blue, red, black, yellow and green (same as the colors of the Olympic rings) — and is currently worn by Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia.
2025 Tour de France next stage
Stage 8 is a 171.4-kilometer course on flat terrain from Saint-Méen-le-Grand to Laval on Saturday, July 12.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Tour de France Stage 7 highlights: Tadej Pogacar grabs yellow jersey
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