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.

World champion Tadej Pogačar secured a second Tour de France stage win this year at the top of a challenging climb to reassert his dominance and reclaim the race leader's yellow jersey. Friday's 197-kilometer (122-mile) Stage 7 between Saint-Malo and Mûr-de-Bretagne did not feature a major difficulty until the finishing loop,