Tour de France 2025 - Stage 7: Voigt's preview: A tough day with a wall show

Stage 7 | Friday, 11 July 2025 | Saint-Malo - Mûr de Bretagne Guerledan | 197 kilometres | 2450 vertical metres

Jens Voigt's assessment of stage 7

The ride through Brittany up to the Mûr de Bretagne needs no explanation for those in the know: there will be drama and tension en masse. And it will be a critical day for all classification riders. The Mûr, the "wall" in Brittany, has to be conquered twice. It is two kilometres long with an average gradient of 6.9 percent. There is a lot of jostling in the peloton because all the riders have been told in unison by their sporting directors: "You absolutely have to be in the top 20 the first time you ride up the Mûr de Bretagne!" But when 100 to 150 riders want to be in the top 20, that obviously doesn't work.

Something similar will happen here on the approach, as in many narrow key sections and in the bunch sprints of the first week of the Tour. The risk of crashing is high. It will be a tough day at the end of the first week with a sprint classification in Plédran (kilometre 139.2), around 2500 metres of climbing, but only three mountain classifications: on the Côte du village de Mûr de Bretagne (4th category) and twice on the Mûr de Bretagne (both 3rd category). The circuit definitely has the potential for a change in the yellow jersey.

In cycling-loving Brittany, there are always lots of knowledgeable fans with Breton flags at the side of the road. I personally like the starting point because the infamous French navigator, explorer and privateer Robert Surcouf was born there.

Schedule, TV coverage & live stream of stage 7 of the Tour de France 2025

• Neutral start: 12:10, sharp start 12:25
• Estimated arrival time: between 16:39 and 17:04
• TV broadcast: ARD 14:10-17:15, Eurosport 1 12:00-17:00
• Live stream: sportschau.de, Discovery Plus (fee required)
• All stages of the Tour de France 2025 at a glance

Highlights of the 7th stage

• 15:00: The race passes through the Breton village of Yffiniac, home of five-time Tour winner Bernard Hinault. The intermediate sprint is twenty minutes later.
• 16:20: First ride over the Mûr de Bretagne - there is movement in the peloton. The finish lap measures around 15 kilometres (around 20 minutes riding time).

TOUR expert Jens Voigt

Nobody in the German-speaking world knows the Tour de France better: Jens Voigt competed as a professional in the most important cycling race a total of 17 times between 1998 and 2014. Only the Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel, the current record holder, has managed one more participation. Voigt knows the race from the perspective of the winner and the tireless helper in the team. He won two stages himself and wore the yellow jersey for one day each in 2001 and 2005. In 2010, as a team-mate in Team Saxo Bank, he accompanied Luxembourg's Andy Schleck to his overall victory (after the doping disqualification of Alberto Contador, who initially came first; editor's note). The 53-year-old Berliner currently works as a brand ambassador for the bike manufacturer Trek and as a pundit for the Eurosport channel.

For TOUR readers, the former pro gives his predictions for the course of the 21 stages, points out difficulties and things worth seeing. For each day's stage, he gives a tip on what role the course could play in the final standings in the individual classifications in Paris. If three of the jerseys are coloured, this means that this day could be decisive for this classification - i.e. overall classification (yellow), sprint/points classification (green) and classification of the best climber (red dotted jersey). We also give you the broadcast times of the TV channels in Germany (ARD and Eurosport) and their live streams - plus tips on when it might be particularly worth tuning in.