GC Update Tour de France 2025 | Tadej Pogacar back in the Maillot Jaune after stunning stage 7 success, Van der Poel retains top-5 placing

After just a day out of it, Tadej Pogacar has regained control of the Maillot Jaune at the 2025 Tour de France, out-kicking any and all who had hoped to rival him on the Mur-de-Bretagne, securing the stage 7 win.

Pogacar had started the day just 1 second behind Mathieu van der Poel, with many thinking the stage win could come down to a battle between the two. With UAE Team Emirates - XRG setting a blistering pace on the climb though, Van der Poel was soon dropped, even before Pogacar himself attacked. Once that attack did come, it was ferocious too, with only Jonas Vingegaard being able to even stay in touching distance, although any time gaps were relatively small.

What that all means for the GC, is that Pogacar now sits atop the GC, 54 seconds clear of Remco Evenepoel, with Kevin Vauquelin third at 1:11 and the aforementioned Vingegaard 4th at 1:17. Van der Poel is still in the top-5 at present, although now at 1:29.

Completing the top 10 then, are Matteo Jorgenson (+1:34), Oscar Onley (+2:49), Florian Lipowitz (+3:02), Primoz Roglic (+3:06) and finally, Mattias Skjelmose (+3:43).