Stage seven sees the Tour spend a second day in France's Massif Central. Despite being on of the shortest stages of the race, this will be no easy day for the peloton. Like the previous stage, today's course will be nervous as it traverses the twisting and rolling roads of this part of the country. There will be very little flat riding all day, but the main obstacle will be the second category Pas de Peyrol (Puy Mary) with 42 kilometres remaining.
The historic city of Brioude is another of this year's first time stage towns, but Aurillac has been visited six times before. The last time the Tour finished here was 1985, and the 237.5-kilometre stage from Saint-Étienne was won by Spain's Eduardo Chozas. Race leader Bernard Hinault had crashed in the sprint on the previous stage and was riding to his fifth overall victory with a fractured nose.
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![Pogacar storms to maillot jaune in stage 20 as Roglic's Tour de France bid collapses]()
Pogacar storms to maillot jaune in stage 20 as Roglic's Tour de France bid collapses
Pogacar smashes time trial and Porte moves onto podium -
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Anna Van der Breggen wins the Giro Rosa
Evita Muzic claims final stage from breakaway -
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Ethan Hayter wins the Giro dell'Appenino
Debut pro victory for Ineos Grenadiers rider -
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Truck on course causes crash at Tour de Luxembourg
Race incidents to be reviewed at UCI Management Committee meeting
