Wout van Aert retained the overall Tour of Britain lead heading into the final stage despite being pipped in a sprint finish on Saturday.
Norway's Rasmus Tiller finished the 170.9km route between Tewkesbury and Gloucester in southwest England just at the front of a 13-man group after the UNO-X Pro Cycling rider passed Van Aert with 800 metres left to come home first in a time of three hours 50 minutes and 53 seconds.
Tiller was the beneficiary of a good lead-out from teammate and compatriot Tobias Johannessen.
But Belgian cyclist Van Aert, riding for the Jumbo-Visma team, retained his three-second overall lead heading into Sunday's final stage.
RASMUS TILLER WINS STAGE SEVEN IN GLOUCESTER 🏆
— The Tour of Britain 🇬🇧 (@TourofBritain) September 9, 2023
After @WoutvanAert was caught with 800 metres to go, the @UnoXteam rider delivered a great sprint to take the victory! #TourOfBritain 🔴🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/7P92KDeCfS
"It feels really good," said Tiller. "We have tried every stage here with the two sprinters we have on the team but we knew today was going to be a different race with a smaller (front) group. That suited me better.
"Tobias did a really good lead-out and it was just for me to sprint for the win."
"When Wout (van Aert) has a small gap, you know it's going to be difficult to bring him back.
"We managed to ride well together, and, in the end, we caught him.
"Then Tobias did a good lead-out, so I'm happy I had the legs to finish it off."
The tour's final stage on Sunday is a 166.8 km route through south Wales, starting in Margam Country Park before finishing in Caerphilly.
STAGE 7 RESULTS
1. Rasmus Tiler (NOR/UXT) 3hr 50min 53sec,
2. Danny van Poppel (NED/BOH), at same time.
3. Stevie Williams (GBR/GBR), s.t.,
4. Gregor Muhlberger (AUT/MOV), s.t.
5. Damien Howson (AUS/Q36), s.t
OVERALL STANDINGS
1. Wout van Aert (BEL/TJV) 24h 51 min 3sec,
2. Danny van Poppel (NED/BOH) at 03 sec,
3. Rasmus Tiler (NOR/UXT) s.t.,
4. Tobias Halland Johannesen (NOR/UXT) s.t.,
5. Damien Howson (AUS/Q36) s.t.