Dressed in the best young white jersey of this Tour de France 2025, the Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Sudal Quick-Step) tried in the final towards Mûr-de-Bretagne. The training runner Soudal Quick-Step could not face the dazzling acceleration of the Slovenian world champion Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and must be satisfied with 6th place this Friday, 2 small seconds from the new yellow jersey of the event. The Olympic champion returned to this day in his post-race interview and talks in particular about the loss of his faithful lieutenant Mattia Cattaneowho abandoned this 112nd Tour de France Because of a knee injury.
VIDEO – Remco Evenepoel, after the arrival of this 7th stage of the Tour!
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“It's a shame to lose Mattia Cattaneo …”
The white jersey of this Tour de France Declared: “I would not say that my performance is disappointing, but I would have liked to have cooler legs in the last kilometer. I would have preferred that the race ends under the red flame! The UAE Team Emirates team did a lot of work to prepare the climb and the attack of Tadej. Only Jonas and I were able to follow his rhythm, and that is one of the many positive points to hold today: On a very steep slope.
It's a shame to lose Mattia Cattaneo, because it's my number one bodyguard, both on the dish and in the mountains. He made the right decision when he left the race: he had dropped heavily and had a headache. Losing it is one more reason for us to simply follow the super-teams, without trying to take the race. Visma and UAE are those that dictate the progress of the steps. If they want to sow chaos, they do it. If they want to resume the breakaway, they do it too. They are simply overpowered “concludes Remco Evenepoel when this 7th stage arrived.
