Merlier Wins Stage Seven as Pogacar Remains in Yellow
Merlier timed his late move to perfection and earned his fourth Tour de France stage victory after the peloton caught the breakaway.
- On Friday, Belgian Tim Merlier won stage 7 of the Tour de France in Bordeaux, with the Soudal-Quick Step rider timing his sprint to perfection against a headwind.
- Breakaway riders Jakob Otruba and Baptiste Veistroffer led with a maximum advantage of one minute 38 seconds before being caught with 20km to go as sprinter teams controlled the peloton.
- Poel hit the front with around 600 metres to go but started his sprint too early, while Merlier waited until 150 metres to go to surge past Biniam Girmay and Fernando Gaviria.
- Merlier's victory marks his fourth career Tour de France stage win, demonstrating his ability to navigate contested sprint finishes with precise timing and team support.
- Around 40 riders contested the final kilometres after the peloton relaxed at the three-kilometre mark, with Netcompany Ineos and other sprinter teams orchestrating the approach into Bordeaux.
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Bordeaux, as planned, saw a sprint pass. The Belgian, impressive, showed the fastest.
Tim Merlier wins the esprint in Bordeaux the seventh stage of the Tour, a transitional day for favourites
The Belgian Tim Merlier has chosen the seventh stage of the Tour de France in a mass sprint. 33-year-old Soudal pro, after a flat 175 km from Hagetmau in Bordeaux, asserted himself in front of the Norwegian Sören Waerenskjold (Uno-X) and Biniam Girmay (NSN) from Eritrea. For Merlier it is the fourth day's victory after successes in 2021 and the previous year. In the overall classification nothing changed the day after the demonstration of power …
BORDEAUX (FRANCE) (ITALPRESS) Tim Merlier wins success in the seventh stage of the Tour de France 2026, the Hagetmau-Bordeaux, of 175.1 km. The Soudal Quick-Step cyclist shoots at the right time, burning all the rest of the competition in the second arrival in flight of this edition of the Grand Boucle. Behind the Belgian, to his fourth affirmation at the Tour, the Norwegian Soeren Waerenskjold (Uno-X-Mobility) and the Erithreum Biniam Girmay (N…
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