Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE), wearing the yellow jersey, won the seventh stage of the Tour de France on Friday July 8, at the top of the Super Planche des Belles Filles, in the Vosges mountains.
This is a second consecutive victory for Pogacar in this Tour de France. This time he narrowly edged the Dane Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) in the first finish at the top of the race. Slovenian Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) takes third place. Despite their efforts, Frenchmen David Gaudu and Romain Bardet finished sixth and eighth respectively.
General classification changes
Both however climb in the general classification since David Gaudu climbs to fifth position, just ahead of his compatriot Romain Bardet. The top of the ranking is changing slightly: if the young Tadej Pogacar, double title holder, keeps his yellow jersey (and his white jersey as the best young player), it is now the Dane Jonas Vingegaard who is second to him, with 35 seconds behind. The Briton Geraint Thomas climbed to the third step of the podium.
The former yellow jersey Wout van Aert keeps the green jersey of best sprinter on his shoulders and is now more than 18 minutes behind the leader of the classification. The polka dot jersey goes to the Dane Magnus Cort Nielsen, particularly combative in the two previous events.
