Defending Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar won Stage 7 after a frantic finish on Friday to reclaim the yellow jersey and overall lead in 2025.

Various cyclists were knocked off their bikes in a crash during the seventh stage of the 2025 Tour de France.

Pogačar is the overwhelming favorite to win a fourth Tour title and has been the best rider since the start of the Tour last weekend.

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Italian rider Jonathan Milan timed his attack perfectly, adding a stage victory to the Olympic gold he won in the team pursuit at the 2021 Tokyo Games.

Tadej Pogačar remains the -550 favorite to win the 2025 Tour de France after Stage 6 on Thursday, but the competition remains stiff up front where Mathieu van der Peul (+49000) reclaimed the yellow jersey as overall leader, one second ahead of the three-time champion.

Four-time overall winner Anna Van der Breggen (Team SD Worx-Protime) is also in the running, positioned third place overall at 1:53. Further back are Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) at 2:02 and Katrine Aalerud (Uno-X Mobility) at 2:07.

There were high expectations for him from the outside world, but before the Tour de France, Thibau Nys ( Lidl-Trek) already tempered those expectations somewhat. Rightly so, as it turned out: in the first days,