Stage 7 of the Tour de France started Friday with British rider Adam Yates wearing the race leader's yellow jersey and the team of three-time world champion Peter Sagan causing havoc by setting a furious pace at the start of the 168-kilometer (104-mile) route into southwest France. The sustained burst of speed by Sagan's Bora-Hansgrohe teammates from the get-go Friday had the desired effect of quickly dropping a host of riders who could compete against him if the stage finishes in a bunch sprint at the end in Lavaur. Among those who dropped off the back of the pack as Bora piled on pressure at the front on the first of three modest climbs after the start in Millau were sprinters Alexander Kristoff, the winner of Stage 1, and Caleb Ewan, who won Stage 3.
