2021 Tour de France Stage 7 Results & Recap
Stage 7 of the 2021 Tour de France is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Mohoric wins stage 7
Matej Mohoric claimed his first stage win of the Tour de France at Le Creusot today after a solo attack out of the breakaway on the later part of the stage, the longest in the Tour de France since the year 2000. Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix) finished second and Magnus Cort (EF Education - Nippo) was third after 250km of quick racing.
"This definitely is the best day of my career. I’ve won stages on the two other GTs, and it has always been on the longest stage of those GTs - that endurance effort suits my characteristics. On this kind of breakaways, there always are many tactical games at stake, so I decided to go early. What I didn’t expect was leaving the rest of the group behind that early, with 88km to go. The fact I was to win the stage didn’t sink until I went under the flamme rouge: that’s when I started to cry out of pure emotion. I was actually going for the KOM jersey today because, since Schelling wasn’t on the break, I knew it was up for grabs. From now on I will try to honour the jersey, maybe even go in the break tomorrow, and absolutely go for it."
It was a rough day for UAE Team Emirates, who were forced to chase the majority of the day after Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) got in the break of the day with a handful of other GC threats.
"It was an unlucky moment when the break got away - a little bit our mistake. Both van der Poel and van Aert are very strong and it’s dangerous to allow them to get a 7-minute advantage, even with all the mountains yet to come. We immediately tried to close the gap, but we didn’t manage to do it. From then on we did a great job, working and pulling together so they didn’t get too big of a gap. I’m proud of my teammates. I know my team - I know they are very strong. Some will take tomorrow’s stage as a recovery ride. For sure, we are not the only team who suffered today. We will go day by day. It was a super demanding stage for me as well: I took a lot of wind behind my teammates and will for sure pay some toll. I guess I will just follow the rest of the contenders tomorrow. I have mixed feelings about what happened with my compatriots. Matej [Mohoric] took a win he has wanted for so long, and I’m happy for him because he is a super good guy. On the other hand, I’m not so happy for [Primoz] Roglic because he went down the other day and I can imagine how much he is suffering right now."
Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) is now 30 seconds ahead of Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) on GC. Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) is third at 1:49.
"It has been a very hard stage. It is not often that you ride over 255 km - especially not on a Grand Tour. I wouldn’t have thought so many guys would want to be in the break today. I guess everyone will get a good night's sleep today. I was pretty empty in the final. I was on my very limit, but I’m happy to keep the yellow jersey. I want to keep it for as long as possible. We will see what I can do tomorrow: I might be a bit too heavy to get over those climbs."
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