The Slovenian corridor prevailed again and recovered the yellow jersey after winning with authority in the seventh stage. The day left the bitter note for the Colombian Santiago Buitrago, who suffered a tough fall in the absence of a few kilometers of the finish line.
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The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar won at the top of the Brittany wall, his nineteenth victory in the Tour de France, the second this season, which placed him again at the head of the general classification.
The UAE cyclist dominated the 'sprint' of the favorite group, ahead of the Danish Jonas Vingegaard and the British Oscar Onley, while the Belgian Remco Evenepoel left two seconds.
Pogacar again the yellow jersey with a 54 -second income on Evenepoel and 1.11 with the Frenchman Kevin Vauquelin and 1.17 with Vingegaard.
The seventh stage of the Tour de France 2025, with end in the feared wall of Brittany, started from Saint-Malo under the watchful eye of the public and with the leader van der poel dressed in yellow. From the beginning it flew: numerous attacks and movements that sought to break the control of the platoon.
After almost 55 kilometers without escape, a quintet finally managed to consolidate: Geraint Thomas, Alex Baudin, Marco Haller, Ewen Costiou and the Spanish Iván García Cortina. His margin never exceeded two minutes, controlled by Alpecin-sayuninck and UAE.
The race was tense from beginning to end. In the intermediate step, Jonathan Milan added key points for the green jersey. Later, in the absence of about 20 km, the first rise to the Brittany Wall began, where Costiou resisted with courage, sustained by the spirits of the local fans.
Strong fall of Santiago Buitrago in the Tour de France 2025
The final stretch was chaos: a multiple fall at 6 km of finish involved important corridors such as Joao Almeida and the Colombian Santiago Buitrago, while Enric Mas also went to the ground, although he managed to get up and continue, wasting a time that can be crucial in the general. With neutralized leakage, everything was played among the men of the classification.
The Colombian reached the goal clearly beaten and sore, losing more than 13 minutes regarding the leader. At the moment, he moved to a medical center to evaluate the severity of the blows and the uncertainty of his future in the race remains.
In the absence of 2 km, the last ascent to the Brittany Wall began. Pogacar launched a very hard attack that left Van der Poel immediately. Evenepoel and Vingegaard resisted hardly to the Slovenian wheel. Thus came to the final sprint, with all the favorites grouped, and Pogacar again demonstrated his power.
In goal, Pogacar won clearly, adding his second victory in this edition of the Tour and, in addition, recovering the yellow jersey. Vingegaard crossed after him, while the rest of the favorites arrived very close, just a second later.
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