July 13, 2018 (Chartres, FRA) – Last year’s winner on the Champs-Elysées Dylan Groenewegen of LottoNL-Jumbo took his second Tour de France stage victory as he out-sprinted Fernando Gaviria and Peter Sagan on Stage 7 from Fougères to Chartres, 231 km. Greg van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team retained the yellow jersey and extended his lead by three seconds with bonus points.

Results (brief)

1. Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 5:43:42
2. Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) Quick-Step Floors
3. Peter Sagan (Svk) BORA-hansgrohe
4. Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
5. Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
6. John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
7. Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott
8. André Greipel (Ger) Team Lotto Soudal
9. Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
10. Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Team Dimension Data
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GC after Stage 7

1. Greg van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 28:19:25
2. Geraint Thomas (Gbr) Team Sky 0:06
3. Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:08
4. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:09
5. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:15
6. Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors 0:21
7. Rigoberto Uran (Col) Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:48
8. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team 0:54
9. Rafal Majka (Pol) BORA-hansgrohe 0:55
10. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:56