Tour de France 2025 stage 7 preview – Mathieu van der Poel returns to emotional victory site at Mûr-de-Bretagne, but is Pogačar unstoppable?

Stage 7 of the 2025 Tour de France brings Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) back to the site of his most emotional victory to date: the Mûr-de-Bretagne, where four years ago he took a maiden victory at the Tour and wore the yellow jersey for the first time.

Having lost the opening stage of the 2021 race, Van der Poel produced a stunning performance, attacking the first time up the steep climb in Brittany to take bonus seconds, before scorching his way up the second rep up to the victory. By the time he reached the line, Van der Poel pointed to the sky, with enough time to take over the maillot jaune.