Oscar Onley best of the rest behind Pogacar & Vingegaard on brutal Mur-de-Bretagne: "But there is a long way to go in this Tour de France"

Oscar Onley has been one of the breakout stars of the first week of the 2025 Tour de France. The Scottish talent proved his potential again on stage 7 this Friday afternoon, impressing on the brutal Mur-de-Bretagne to finish best of the rest, 2 seconds down on Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard.

Speaking to ITV Sport in a post-stage interview immediately after crossing the line, the Team Picnic PostNL leader was asked if he is employing the lessons learned as he goes in this Tour de France. "Yeah, I guess so," he smiles. "I wouldn't say I was thinking much on that final climb, but I feel like, when you have the legs, it is easier to make these decisions."

With no major time gaps to speak off, the GC riding was quite cagey on the Mur-de-Bretagne itself until Pogacar's vicious final kick to the line. If anything though, that only benefitted Onley's challenge. "Yeah definitely. It was cagey for the first three, but behind, I think most guys were on their limit," the Scot analyses. "Already the pull Tim Wellens did coming into the climb was causing gaps, so that made it even harder."

"On this kind of finish, I guess (I am best of the rest). But there is a long way to go in this Tour, and I don't know if I'm getting any closer to that win. I'm just staying the same gap to those two in front. But, it's nice," Onley concludes. "I don't really have any expectations (in the high mountains). Well I do, but not from the bunch anyway."