Tadej Pogacar won a thrilling, agonising finish to stage seven atop the brutal La Planche des Belles Filles, as the reigning Tour de France champion made another major statement in his quest for a third successive yellow jersey.
Pogacar (UAE Emirates) gradually came to the front of the peloton as it hunted down the breakaway, rider by rider, on a 177km route from Nancy to La Planche in the Vosges Mountains, until his teammate Rafal Majka moved aside and waved his leader through to chase the only rider left ahead with 800m to go, the German 25-year-old Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe).
