Cycling: Pogacar Wins Stage Seven To Regain Race Lead

Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar regained the race lead as he won stage seven of the Tour de France.
Mathieu van der Poel reclaimed the yellow jersey from Pogacar by one second after a gruelling day for the Dutch rider on Thursday.

Stage seven had the same finish as 2021, when Van der Poel claimed his first stage win on the iconic Mur-de-Bretagne climb.

But he was unable to challenge Pogacar on Friday as the three-time winner edged out Jonas Vingegaard in a sprint for the line, with British rider Oscar Onley completing the podium.

The 22-year-old Scot is making his Tour debut for Picnic PostNL and climbed up to seventh on the general classification standings.

Geraint Thomas rolled back the years by spending most of the day in a five-man breakaway but was caught by the peloton on the first of three categorised climbs in the final 18km.