Cycling-Pogacar wins seventh stage to extend Tour de France lead

Tadej Pogacar extended his overall lead in the Tour de France when he won the seventh stage, a 176.3-km ride between Tomblaine and the top of the Super Planche des Belles Filles on Friday. Overall, Pogacar leads Vingegaard by 35 seconds with Britain's Geraint Thomas sitting in third place, one minute and 10 seconds off the pace.

Tadej Pogacar extended his overall lead in the Tour de France when he won the seventh stage, a 176.3-km ride between Tomblaine and the top of the Super Planche des Belles Filles on Friday. The two-time defending champion from Slovenia pipped last year's runner-up Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark to the line at the end of a punishing ascent with gradients going over 20% at times in a final kilometre raced on dusty roads.

Primoz Roglic, the 2020 runner-up, took third place, 12 seconds behind. Overall, Pogacar leads Vingegaard by 35 seconds with Britain's Geraint Thomas sitting in third place, one minute and 10 seconds off the pace.