Wout van Aert won an explosive stage seven of the Tour de France to Lavaur as Adam Yates hung on to the yellow jersey amid powerful crosswinds. Jumbo-Visma's Van Aert collected his second stage win of the Tour as crosswinds ripped through the peloton in the final hour of racing, with Tadej Pogacar, Mikel Landa, Richie Porte and Richard Carapaz among the overall contenders to lose 80 seconds in the splits. The 168km stage was raced at a ferocious pace as Peter Sagan's Bora-Hansgrohe team put the hammer down as soon as they left Millau, dropping the sprinters to enable the former world champion to seize the points leader's green jersey back from Irishman Sam Bennett. The Tour continues on Saturday with the 140km run from Cazères-sur-Garonne to Loudenvielle and concludes in Paris on September 20 with the 122km stage from Mantes-la-Jolie to Paris Champs-Élysées.
