Another stage for the sprinters as the peloton tackle a pan-flat 174.1km route from Chinon to Châteauroux

Tour de France continues on Friday with Stage 7, a 197 km trek through Brittany featuring rolling terrain and a dramatic finish at Mûr-de-Bretagne.

There’s never a dull day at the Tour de France and the fireworks flew on the iconic steeps of the Mûr-de-Bretagne. Tadej Pogačar showed no mercy on the savage ramps to take his second stage win of the Tour and reclaim the yellow jersey.

Portugal's Joao Almeida retires from the race during the ninth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 174.1 kilometres (108 miles) with start in Chinon and finish in Chateauroux, France, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP)

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J oão Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) abandoned the Tour de France during stage 9 on Sunday, in a huge hit to overall leader Tadej Pogačar 's climbing support. Almeida's team confirmed on social media that he could not continue due to injuries suffered in a high-speed crash on stage 7, after struggling and being dropped from the peloton.

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

The Tour de France continues with another hilly, punchy day of action, this time in Brittany, with a flatter first half of the day before the race will no doubt explode into life over the second half.