Tour de France 2026 Classifications Update Stage 7 - Richard Carapaz gives up GC fight whilst Pedersen reinforces green jersey
CyclingFriday, 10 July 2026 at 17:36
The 2026 Tour de France classifications will shift across three weeks of racing, from the Grand Départ in Barcelona on 4 July to the final stage in Paris on 26 July. Across time trials, sprint stages, breakaway opportunities and the high mountains, each day can alter the shape of the race for yellow and the Tour’s other major jerseys. Here we look at the race's classifications and update them on the daily - including the fight for the yellow jersey.
This live classifications hub is updated after each stage of the 2026 Tour de France with the latest General Classification, Points Classification, Mountains Classification and Best Young Rider standings. As the race develops, it tracks the key movements in the fight for the yellow jersey, green jersey, polka-dot jersey and white jersey.
The General Classification remains the central battle of the Tour, but the wider standings often tell their own stories as the race moves through different terrain. Sprint stages can reshape the points competition, mountain days can transform the polka-dot jersey fight, and the white jersey battle can change quickly when young contenders are tested across repeated days of pressure.
With 21 stages and four major jersey competitions to follow, the Tour de France standings can change through time gaps, bonus seconds, breakaway moves, sprint points, mountain points and decisive race incidents. This page will follow those changes throughout the 2026 Tour de France.
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General Classification Standings after Stage 7
Tadej Pogacar remains in the lead of the Tour de France, with 2:42 minutes of lead over Jonas Vingegaard. Isaac del Toro, Remco Evenepoel and Juan Ayuso fill out the Top5 on a day where the climbers had the opportunity to recover slightly.
The only change that is notable was the time loss of Richard Carapaz, who shed almost 3 minutes purposefully, so as to be given more freedom to join breakaways and try to capture a stage win. He has descended from 16th to 24th.
| Rnk | ▼▲ | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | - | Pogačar Tadej | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 24:56:17 |
| 2 | - | Vingegaard Jonas | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:42 |
| 3 | - | del Toro Isaac | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 3:27 |
| 4 | - | Evenepoel Remco | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 3:30 |
| 5 | - | Ayuso Juan | Lidl - Trek | 3:34 |
| 6 | - | Seixas Paul | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 3:55 |
| 7 | - | Lipowitz Florian | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 4:00 |
| 8 | - | Martinez Lenny | Bahrain - Victorious | 4:21 |
| 9 | - | Skjelmose Mattias | Lidl - Trek | 4:57 |
| 10 | - | Vacek Mathias | Lidl - Trek | 7:10 |
| 11 | - | Bernal Egan | Netcompany INEOS | 9:12 |
| 12 | - | Quinn Sean | EF Education - EasyPost | 9:35 |
| 13 | - | Johannessen Tobias Halland | Uno-X Mobility | 9:42 |
| 14 | - | Van Wilder Ilan | Soudal Quick-Step | 9:45 |
| 15 | - | Piganzoli Davide | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 9:50 |
| 16 | ▲1 | Pidcock Tom | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 10:46 |
| 17 | ▲1 | Van Eetvelt Lennert | Lotto Intermarché | 10:51 |
| 18 | ▲1 | Jegat Jordan | TotalEnergies | 10:56 |
| 19 | ▲1 | Debruyne Ramses | Alpecin - Premier Tech | 11:26 |
| 20 | ▲1 | Voisard Yannis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 12:21 |
| 21 | ▲1 | Tejada Harold | XDS Astana Team | 13:06 |
| 22 | ▲1 | Castrillo Pablo | Movistar Team | 13:24 |
| 23 | ▲1 | Kuss Sepp | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 13:33 |
| 24 | ▼8 | Carapaz Richard | EF Education - EasyPost | 13:35 |
| 25 | - | Yates Adam | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 14:31 |
Points Classification Standings after Stage 7
Mads Pedersen did not have an extraordinary result in Bordeaux, however his lead in the points classification hasn't dimmed. The Dane now has 204 points after also scoring the most in the intermediate sprint. The fight behind is quite close with four more contenders: Biniam Girmay at 145, Max Kanter at 140, Tim Merlier at 134 and Jasper Philipsen at 126.
| Rnk | Prev | ▼▲ | Rider | Team | Pnt |
| 1 | 1 | - | Pedersen Mads | Lidl - Trek | 204 |
| 2 | 3 | ▲1 | Girmay Biniam | NSN Cycling Team | 145 |
| 3 | 2 | ▼1 | Kanter Max | XDS Astana Team | 140 |
| 4 | 8 | ▲4 | Merlier Tim | Soudal Quick-Step | 134 |
| 5 | 4 | ▼1 | Philipsen Jasper | Alpecin - Premier Tech | 126 |
| 6 | 5 | ▼1 | Pogačar Tadej | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 75 |
| 7 | 21 | ▲14 | Waerenskjold Soren | Uno-X Mobility | 73 |
| 8 | 6 | ▼2 | Kooij Olav | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 70 |
| 9 | 11 | ▲2 | Turgis Anthony | TotalEnergies | 64 |
| 10 | 7 | ▼3 | Vingegaard Jonas | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 61 |
King of the Mountains Standings after Stage 7
Without climbs that could make a meaningful difference, the outlook of the KOM classification remains the same. The GC riders will be the main favourites and Tadej Pogacar maintains the lead with 28 points, with Jonas Vingegaard following behind at 19.
| Rnk | Prev | ▼▲ | Rider | Team | Pnt |
| 1 | 1 | - | Pogačar Tadej | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 28 |
| 2 | 2 | - | Vingegaard Jonas | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 19 |
| 3 | 3 | - | Martinez Lenny | Bahrain - Victorious | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | - | Baudin Alex | EF Education - EasyPost | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | - | Seixas Paul | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 12 |
| 6 | 6 | - | Paret-Peintre Valentin | Soudal Quick-Step | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | - | Del Toro Isaac | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 10 |
| 8 | 8 | - | Lipowitz Florian | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 10 |
| 9 | 9 | - | Prodhomme Nicolas | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 9 |
| 10 | 10 | - | García Pierna Raúl | Movistar Team | 7 |
Youth Classification Standings after Stage 7
The youth classification remains the same, with Isaac del Toro carrying over the white jersey onto stage 8. By a mere 7 seconds, the Mexican takes up the media duties which will be paid in less recovery time. Paul Seixas and Lenny Martínez remain very close, within a limit of Del Toro's lead.
| Rnk | Prev | ▼▲ | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | 1 | - | del Toro Isaac | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 24:59:44 |
| 2 | 2 | - | Ayuso Juan | Lidl - Trek | 0:07 |
| 3 | 3 | - | Seixas Paul | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 0:28 |
| 4 | 4 | - | Martinez Lenny | Bahrain - Victorious | 0:54 |
| 5 | 5 | - | Vacek Mathias | Lidl - Trek | 3:43 |
| 6 | 6 | - | Piganzoli Davide | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 7:19 |
| 7 | 7 | - | van Eetvelt Lennert | Lotto Intermarché | 7:24 |
| 8 | 8 | - | Debruyne Ramses | Alpecin - Premier Tech | 7:59 |
| 9 | 9 | - | Castrillo Pablo | Movistar Team | 9:57 |
| 10 | 10 | - | Tiberi Antonio | Bahrain - Victorious | 23:36 |
Teams Classification Standings after Stage 7
The team's classification remains the same on a day where the overall classification hasn't changed. Lidl-Trek maintain their 27-minute lead over Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe and UAE Team Emirates - XRG.
| Rnk | ▼▲ | Team | Class | Time |
| 1 | - | Lidl - Trek | WT | 74:38:20 |
| 2 | - | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | WT | 27:01 |
| 3 | - | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | WT | 27:08 |
| 4 | - | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | WT | 36:22 |
| 5 | - | EF Education - EasyPost | WT | 1:00:48 |
| 6 | - | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | WT | 1:01:19 |
| 7 | - | Netcompany INEOS | WT | 1:04:01 |
| 8 | - | Movistar Team | WT | 1:19:19 |
| 9 | - | Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | PRT | 1:19:40 |
| 10 | - | Uno-X Mobility | WT | 1:25:51 |
You can check the full standings of each of the classifications at the 2026 Tour de France.
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ScottG10-07-2026 - Reach a conclusion then mate
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KerisVroom10-07-2026 - Good Point! Maybe A.S.O. should make the stages different..only putting the High Montains (queen stages) in last week or so? They did change Green Jersey points this year because of POGI almost winning last year, so they are making adjustements.... Its a Tough Topic this one... It was cool they made some kind of a pool to know the fans opinio. Are we divided in this?Alexcavalera10-07-2026
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- Tom, either say something or say nothing. Why naïve if there’s nothing worth thinking through? Why a comparison to Messi which is about skill and not performances Even if Tadej is unlikely to be a protagonist in unfairness, I certainly do not trust his entourage as much. Doping in whatever form is a technical definition, many other unfair advantages cannot be classified as such and would be impossible to prove without being mistakenly revealed. I do not want to list any for fear of giving ideas (very little open discussion exists on potential methods) but having followed Mauro’s case in detail, I know how far some are willing to go, also to conceal what they want to hide.Jumpyjohn10-07-2026
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