2025 Tour de France Stage 7 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 7 of the 2025 Tour de France! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
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The 7th stage of the Tour de France covers 194 kilometres from Saint-Malo to the Mûr-de-Bretagne. The final climb is a puncher’s dream, rising at nearly a 10% gradient in the first kilometre.
The climb featured twice in the last 15 kilometres when the Tour last visited the Mûr-de-Bretagne. On the first ascent, Mathieu van der Poel attacked, seeking the 8 bonus seconds at the top, which he needed to seize the yellow jersey. He then powered through to win the stage solo, finishing 6 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogacar. The yellow jersey went to the Dutchman, and in tribute to his late grandfather Raymond Poulidor, he crossed the line pointing to the sky.
The climb to Mûr-de-Bretagne is 2 kilometres long, averaging 6.9%, with the steepest section in the first kilometre, just under 10%.
The Mûr-de-Bretagne made its debut in the Tour in 2011, with a close win for future overall champion Cadel Evans. When the Tour returned in 2015, Alexis Vuillermoz took the spoils, finishing 5 seconds ahead of Daniel Martin, who claimed victory in 2018. The Irishman finished just 1 second ahead of Pierre Latour and 3 seconds before the main group.
It’s been twelve years since the Tour last started in Saint-Malo, when Marcel Kittel took the sprint win. In the past, Walter Godefroot (1967), Patrick Sercu (1974), and Bert Oosterbosch (1980) also claimed victories in this fortress town by the Atlantic Ocean.
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