The Grand Colombier was the toughest test yet for the GC riders in this year's Tour de France (open in new tab). Its relentless gradient was the graveyard for yellow jersey contenders Egan Bernal (open in new tab) (Ineos Grenadier (open in new tab)) and Nairo Quintana (open in new tab) (Arkea Samsic (open in new tab)), who were separated by just 4 Both were separated at the 17km mark.

Quintana was the first to fall behind, but was soon joined by Bernal, who appeared to be struggling on the previous two climbs, and as Jumbo Visma, led by Primos Roglic, set a tough pace, Quintana was 3:50 behind stage winner Tadej Pogachar, Bernal nursed by his teammates, escaped in an astounding time of 7:20. As a result, defending champion Bernal dropped from third to 13th overall, with a gap of 8 minutes and 25 seconds. Quintana, on the other hand, managed to limit his losses, but still dropped from fourth to ninth place in 5:08.

The most pleased at the finish was Pogachar, who not only took his second stage win of the competition, but also shaved 4 seconds off Roglic's GC time. Porte, Pogachar, and Lopez had no difficulty in attacking with 500m to go.

Richie Porte finished third in this stage, and the Australian rider is now 6th in GC. Miguel Angel Lopez took fourth place on this stage, not only just a few seconds behind, but also seven seconds ahead of his top 10 rivals, including Enric Mas, Mikel Landa, and Adam Yates.

Rigoberto Urán lost 3 seconds to the Landa group on the summit, but thanks to his consistency and not losing time in the crosswind on stage 7, he moved into third place overall, 1:34 behind Roglic.

Adam Yates attacked with 7km to go, but was reeled in by Tom Dumoulin. The Mitchelton rider, however, finished in the top 10 for the second time in the Tour.

With Quintana Bernal out of contention, Tom Dumoulin moved up to 10th overall. Guillaume Martin held on to 11th place despite a 3:25 lead. The Frenchman suffered mechanical trouble at the base of the final climb and chased for several kilometers. He managed to make contact with a group of yellow jersey riders, but was soon eliminated, as he should have been.

Bernal's performance was overshadowed by the fact that Richard Calapaz also lost time; the 2019 Giro winner crashed early in the stage and was unable to cope with the pace, eventually dropping from 13th to 16th place.

Further down the order and to underscore their dominance, Jumbo Visma placed Wout Van Aert and Sepp Kuss in the top 20, moving the Dutch team into second place in the team standings.

Movistar had another consistent day, but again led the standings after Sergio Iguita crashed out.