2024 Tour de France stage 7 GC Update: Tadej Pogacar remains in yellow after first ITT but sees Remco Evenepoel slash the deficit
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Some say the individual time trials are the most boring stages of a Grand Tour. The stage 7 fight against the clock at the 2024 Tour de France was a true thriller however, with Remco Evenepoel taking the first stage win of his Tour debut.
Gaining 12 seconds on Tadej Pogacar, 34 on Primoz Roglic and 37 on Jonas Vingegaard, Evenepoel took his first ever Tour de France stage win in style, despite the concern of a late mechanical. In terms of the general classification however, it wasn't quite enough for the Soudal - Quick-Step leader to unseat Pogacar from the overall race lead.
In the fight for the Maillot Jaune, Tadej Pogacar still holds a 33 second lead over Evenepoel, who has strengthened his position as the Slovenian's main challenger. Jonas Vingegaard remains in 3rd, although is now more than a minute down on his arch rival. The Team Visma | Lease a Bike leader may soon see his podium position under threat from his former teammate too, with Primoz Roglic showing some of his best legs yet this Tour and closing to just 21 seconds behind the reigning Tour champion.
Juan Ayuso had a disappointing day, losing considerable time and dropping from 4th to 5th, keeping his place in the top 5 by just a single second from his teammate, Joao Almeida. Carlos Rodriguez is the only other rider within three minutes of the race leader, with Mikel Landa 3:35, Matteo Jorgenson 4:03 and Aleksandr Vlasov 4:36 completing the top 10.
2024 Tour de France GC following stage 7:
| 1 | POGACAR Tadej | UAE Team Emirates | 27:16:23 |
| 2 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Soudal Quick-Step | + 33 |
| 3 | VINGEGAARD Jonas | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 01:15 |
| 4 | ROGLIC Primoz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 01:36 |
| 5 | AYUSO Juan | UAE Team Emirates | + 02:16 |
| 6 | ALMEIDA Joao | UAE Team Emirates | + 02:17 |
| 7 | RODRIGUEZ Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | + 02:31 |
| 8 | LANDA Mikel | Soudal Quick-Step | + 03:35 |
| 9 | JORGENSON Matteo | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 04:03 |
| 10 | VLASOV Aleksandr | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 04:36 |
| 11 | YATES Adam | UAE Team Emirates | + 04:56 |
| 12 | BERNAL Egan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 05:25 |
| 13 | CICCONE Giulio | Lidl-Trek | + 05:35 |
| 14 | GEE Derek | Israel-Premier Tech | + 05:52 |
| 15 | BUITRAGO Santiago | Bahrain Victorious | + 05:53 |
| 16 | BILBAO Pello | Bahrain Victorious | + 05:58 |
| 17 | YATES Simon | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 06:01 |
| 18 | GALL Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 06:06 |
| 19 | HINDLEY Jai | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 06:24 |
| 20 | MAS Enric | Movistar Team | + 06:27 |
| 21 | VAN WILDER Ilan | Soudal Quick-Step | + 06:43 |
| 22 | CRAS Steff | TotalEnergies | + 07:23 |
| 23 | HAIG Jack | Bahrain Victorious | + 07:37 |
| 24 | MARTIN Guillaume | Cofidis | + 07:41 |
| 25 | DE PLUS Laurens | INEOS Grenadiers | + 07:47 |
| 26 | CARAPAZ Richard | EF Education-EasyPost | + 07:57 |
| 27 | HARPER Chris | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 08:04 |
| 28 | MEINTJES Louis | Intermarché-Wanty | + 08:57 |
| 29 | HEALY Ben | EF Education-EasyPost | + 08:59 |
| 30 | THOMAS Geraint | INEOS Grenadiers | + 09:33 |
| 31 | ROMO Javier | Movistar Team | + 13:13 |
| 32 | EIKING Odd Christian | Uno-X Mobility | + 13:33 |
| 33 | ARMIRAIL Bruno | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 16:50 |
| 34 | BARDET Romain | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 17:54 |
| 35 | VERONA Carlos | Lidl-Trek | + 18:28 |
| 36 | PIDCOCK Tom | INEOS Grenadiers | + 18:33 |
| 37 | MADOUAS Valentin | Groupama-FDJ | + 19:09 |
| 38 | ONLEY Oscar | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 20:35 |
| 39 | BERNARD Julien | Lidl-Trek | + 20:41 |
| 40 | BARGUIL Warren | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 21:06 |
| 41 | VAN GILS Maxim | Lotto Dstny | + 21:27 |
| 42 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 22:44 |
| 43 | POWLESS Neilson | EF Education-EasyPost | + 23:41 |
| 44 | SKUJINS Toms | Lidl-Trek | + 23:43 |
| 45 | JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland | Uno-X Mobility | + 24:35 |
| 46 | SIVAKOV Pavel | UAE Team Emirates | + 26:51 |
| 47 | RODRIGUEZ Cristian | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 27:23 |
| 48 | COSTA Rui | EF Education-EasyPost | + 30:39 |
| 49 | VAN DEN BROEK Frank | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL | + 31:43 |
| 50 | VERVAEKE Louis | Soudal Quick-Step | + 32:01 |
| 51 | KULSET Johannes | Uno-X Mobility | + 32:12 |
| 52 | GRÉGOIRE Romain | Groupama-FDJ | + 32:28 |
| 53 | FORMOLO Davide | Movistar Team | + 35:19 |
| 54 | GOOSSENS Kobe | Intermarché-Wanty | + 36:07 |
| 55 | JUNGELS Bob | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 36:15 |
| 56 | OLIVEIRA Nelson | Movistar Team | + 37:19 |
| 57 | JEGAT Jordan | TotalEnergies | + 39:42 |
| 58 | VAN AERT Wout | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 39:44 |
| 59 | FUGLSANG Jakob | Israel-Premier Tech | + 41:11 |
| 60 | BETTIOL Alberto | EF Education-EasyPost | + 41:22 |
| 61 | BENOOT Tiesj | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 41:24 |
| 62 | HOULE Hugo | Israel-Premier Tech | + 42:56 |
| 63 | SOLER Marc | UAE Team Emirates | + 43:03 |
| 64 | PACHER Quentin | Groupama-FDJ | + 43:44 |
| 65 | KWIATKOWSKI Michal | INEOS Grenadiers | + 44:09 |
| 66 | ARANBURU Alex | Movistar Team | + 45:02 |
| 67 | TEJADA Harold | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 45:18 |
| 68 | ZIMMERMANN Georg | Intermarché-Wanty | + 46:15 |
| 69 | KÜNG Stefan | Groupama-FDJ | + 49:18 |
| 70 | LAPEIRA Paul | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 49:37 |
| 71 | NEILANDS Krists | Israel-Premier Tech | + 49:53 |
| 72 | CAMPENAERTS Victor | Lotto Dstny | + 50:14 |
| 73 | PEDERSEN Mads | Lidl-Trek | + 50:16 |
| 74 | GENIETS Kevin | Groupama-FDJ | + 50:21 |
| 75 | PRODHOMME Nicolas | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 51:01 |
| 76 | PETERS Nans | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 52:09 |
| 77 | ABRAHAMSEN Jonas | Uno-X Mobility | + 52:25 |
| 78 | TRATNIK Jan | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 53:09 |
| 79 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Cofidis | + 54:08 |
| 80 | MOSCON Gianni | Soudal Quick-Step | + 54:20 |
| 81 | WILLIAMS Stephen | Israel-Premier Tech | + 56:18 |
| 82 | LUTSENKO Alexey | Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 56:36 |
| 83 | GIBBONS Ryan | Lidl-Trek | + 57:22 |
| 84 | POELS Wout | Bahrain Victorious | + 57:23 |
| 85 | MÜHLBERGER Gregor | Movistar Team | + 57:47 |
| 86 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 58:18 |
| 87 | VAUQUELIN Kévin | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 59:29 |
| 88 | LEMMEN Bart | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 59:33 |
| 89 | GESCHKE Simon | Cofidis | + 01:00:28 |
| 90 | CASTROVIEJO Jonathan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 01:01:40 |
| 91 | TEUNISSEN Mike | Intermarché-Wanty | + 01:01:53 |
| 92 | LAURANCE Axel | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 01:02:17 |
| 93 | KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 01:02:28 |
| 94 | GAUDU David | Groupama-FDJ | + 01:02:51 |
| 95 | QUINN Sean | EF Education-EasyPost | + 01:03:18 |
| 96 | LAZKANO Oier | Movistar Team | + 01:03:49 |
| 97 | SOBRERO Matteo | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 01:03:59 |
| 98 | CORT Magnus | Uno-X Mobility | + 01:04:33 |
| 99 | VAN MOER Brent | Lotto Dstny | + 01:04:53 |
| 100 | STUYVEN Jasper | Lidl-Trek | + 01:05:01 |
Kieran WoodDeputy Editor-in-Chief
Kieran Wood is a sports journalist based in Wales and has been active in journalism since 2022. He regularly contributes to DartsNews.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he covers professional cycling and darts. In cycling, his work includes liveblogs from major races, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España, alongside race reports and analysis. He has also conducted interviews with professional riders.
His reporting spans the full racing calendar, from one-day classics to stage races, with a focus on accurate, real-time coverage and clear contextual analysis. For statistics, results, and historical context, he regularly uses resources such as ProCyclingStats. To support reporting on rider activity and training context where relevant, he also references Strava.
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