Tadej Pogacar regains the Maillot Jaune with incredible jump on Mur-de-Bretagne, winning stage 7 of 2025 Tour de France
Cycling
Tadej Pogacar has career victory 101, regaining the Maillot Jaune at the 2025 Tour de France with an incredible late kick towards the line on the Mur-de-Bretagne.
Despite the been earmarked as a potential day for the breakaway, just five riders got themselves up the road. Those being former Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers), Alex Baudin (EF Education-EasyPost), Marco Haller (Tudor Pro Cycling Team), Ewen Costiou (Arkéa - B&B Hotels) and Ivan Garcia Cortina (Movistar Team).
With the teams of Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogacar clearly not wanting to let the break fight for the stage win however, it soon became clear why some weren't too interested in the breakaway early on, as they were only allowed around 1:30-2:00 of a gap at the front.
Read also
There was a momentary scare for Remco Evenepoel ahead of the finishing circuit, as the Soudal - Quick-Step leader, 2nd on GC at the start of the day, found himself out the back of the peloton thanks to a mechanical. Despite the rising pace at the front however, the Olympic champion was soon safely back near the front of the bunch.
With around 18km to go though, as the first ascent of the Mûr-de-Bretagne started, the peloton were still around 50 seconds down on the breakaway, now down to just three as Geraint Thomas dropped away. On the climb itself, the peloton swept up Thomas, as they did Haller and Baudin, leaving only Costiou out in front of the race, 20 seconds clear at the top.
At the front of the peloton, Team Visma | Lease a Bike were the ones attempting to control things now, firstly through Simon Yates on the climb, and then with an attacking descent by Wout van Aert. Because of this relentless pace in the peloton, Costiou himself was then caught by the bunch with just over 12km to go.
At just over 6km to go though, the peloton was rocked by a violent crash at the back of the peloton was most notably, Joao Almeida going down hard.
On the final climb, Remco Evenepoel then took to the front early, attempting to control from the front. In the end though, there was no stopping Tadej Pogacar, as despite another strong showing from Jonas Vingegaard, the world champion blitzed clear with a stunning late kick.
Read also
Results powered by FirstCycling.com
Félix SernaCycling Journalist
Félix Serna is a writer at CyclingUpToDate and has been part of the team since 2025. He covers professional cycling across both the men’s and women’s calendars, with a focus on UCI rankings, race developments, and rider performance. His work includes interview-based reports, liveblogs, and tournament coverage designed to provide clear, accurate context throughout the season.
In his reporting, Félix regularly uses ProCyclingStats for results, statistics, and historical reference. He places strong emphasis on careful sourcing, editorial accuracy, and updating articles promptly when new, verified information becomes available. He holds a bachelor’s degree in International Studies.
claps 20visitors 2
Just in
Popular news
Latest comments
- He is boring
leedorney08-11-2026 - To Twoje przemyślenia te bla, bla :)
Dariusz08-11-2026 - Uwielbiam patrzeć, jak wyjeżdża na czoło peletonu i zaczyna się rzeź...Dariusz08-11-2026
- Yeah, unreal.
parisbound0008-11-2026 - there needs to be space in life for pointless comments!Ketterechts08-11-2026
- That is a very lazy way of putting it but so far on this website it seems like everyone is happy to look at everything lazily, even things that annoy them intensely. All they want to do is state their feeling and position but ask most to analyse a problem or come up with solutions or improvements and you’re stunned by silence. Nobody even really knows how this all happens. It’s very simple and quick to just say the UCI did it but I bet you they didn’t, I bet you not more than 2 people were involved, more likely just 1. The UCI may be ultimately responsible but it is not their decision, this is about hierarchy, power and delegation. The fact that protest is possible also means it isn’t over and that MORE people could get involved for a thorough review which could throw up anything. It is highly likely it was a sole commissar who decided and has that power in a first round. Therein might lie the problem the UCI has to consider, is it acceptable to give so much authority to one single person when it is quite possible for them to have a natural bias or be too easily susceptible to imposed bias. Who is to say an individual in this position isn’t susceptible to collaboration with outside players with interests in the results, nations, families, teams, betting companies, etc. On the one hand we have sports where these problems have been worked on way more to reduce such problems, on the other hand we have sports with far stricter and more draconian rules not even concerning safety or obstruction that nobody really questions like false starts or stepping out of lane or zones in athletics. If cycling hastowork on itself, it would be good if protagonists (all kinds) would start doing a little more than just moaning over outcomes.Jumpyjohn08-11-2026
- Yes, so why not make comments less pointless?Jumpyjohn08-11-2026
- What a race! I didn't expect Vanthourenhout to collapse like that, and Wyseure did take the fight to Nys, but there was no doubt at the end. I also wonder what Aubin Sparfel would be capable of were he to race in the elites now. In the U23 ranks he is making good work of Giel Lejeune, who himself is among the better riders in the elites, and a top 10 contender in the big races (3rd at Kleebergcross, 8th at Berencross and 5th at Heerderstrand). In the French Cup, Sparfel is significantly better than Romain Debord (8th at Koppenbergcross and 10th at the Euros) and Rémi Lelandais (12th at Koppenbergcross and 19th at the Euros).
Rafionain-Glas08-11-2026 - There really was nothing in it. Schreiber was so much faster, and Brand was fighting to stay in the wheel in the sprint. Schreiber did move a bit, but to say she closed the door doesn't make sense because Brand couldn't enter it anyway, abd she wasn't impeded.Rafionain-Glas08-11-2026
- He should have been allowed to go to Movistar. Right now both arent a good fit for each other and are just wasting each other's time and effortabstractengineer08-11-2026
Loading
2 Comments