When a big breakaway gets going, which team will want to chase for that long? Unless they nail it early its gone
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eth-dog
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I doubt the break will be a large one at this stage. If it is I suspect Matthews will join it, he needs the Green jersey points
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One thing (almost) for certain is that Schelling will be in the break in the hopes of holding on to his Polka Dot jersey
eth-dog
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He took the last few days easier to rest for this
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Sorry I'm late!
The Tour de France hadn’t featured such a long stage since 21 years ago. 249.1km are on the menu of stage 7 from Vierzon to Le Creusot. The first 100km to Nevers, a famous town for the French bicycle industry with Look and Time, are pretty flat but the remaining of the race is a permanent up and down, notably in the Morvan national park. It’s very suitable for a breakaway from far out. It’ll also be interesting to see if GC contenders, particularly those who have already lost a significant amount of time to Tadej Pogacar in the Breton stages and the time trial (Ineos Grenadiers?) will try and use the climbs at the end to make it up. The unprecedented Signal d’Uchon is very much anticipated. It’s a 5.7km long climb with an average of 5.7% and gradients up to 18% with only 18km to go. It’s possibly the last chance for Wout van Aert to dethrone his arch-rival Mathieu van der Poel who expects a very difficult task on his way to Le Creusot.
The Tour de France hadn’t featured such a long stage since 21 years ago. 249.1km are on the menu of stage 7 from Vierzon to Le Creusot. The first 100km to Nevers, a famous town for the French bicycle industry with Look and Time, are pretty flat but the remaining of the race is a permanent up and down, notably in the Morvan national park. It’s very suitable for a breakaway from far out. It’ll also be interesting to see if GC contenders, particularly those who have already lost a significant amount of time to Tadej Pogacar in the Breton stages and the time trial (Ineos Grenadiers?) will try and use the climbs at the end to make it up. The unprecedented Signal d’Uchon is very much anticipated. It’s a 5.7km long climb with an average of 5.7% and gradients up to 18% with only 18km to go. It’s possibly the last chance for Wout van Aert to dethrone his arch-rival Mathieu van der Poel who expects a very difficult task on his way to Le Creusot.
Good luck with that... the Cat 2 climb is only 18km from the finish. By that stage he'll either be dropped, or the peleton will have caught the breakaway.
eth-dog
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Lol they were never gonna let it go away
oh really?
they have
eth-dog
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It's strange. Don't really need to be concerned about this break. WVA won't be a factor later in the race. Let him have yellow, make them defend yellow tomorrow for a guy that will struggle to finish top 20
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Jesus, how long was that conversation... thankfully we're back to the commentary.
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Surprised Yates went today rather than Sunday. Seems like a better course for him.
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The previous advice from Matt/Robbie about just watching it through the the Tour Tracker app to avoid things on the TV (because they'd had people complain to them about packages on shown on TV) couldn't have been much more prescient
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Entertaining stage for the first week of the tour.
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Thought this would be a nothing stage. This is crazy.
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Good foxing by Jumbo. It was Wout for GC all along.
MVDP is beyond stuffed. Could suffer tomorrow.
van Aert…a week ago I said why isn’t he going for GC, maybe he is. Wow. Gives himself a huge shot after that. Roglic, any sign? Hasn’t finished yet? You’d imagine his tour hopes are done.
van Aert…a week ago I said why isn’t he going for GC, maybe he is. Wow. Gives himself a huge shot after that. Roglic, any sign? Hasn’t finished yet? You’d imagine his tour hopes are done.
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What a brilliant stage! It looked like a one-day classic in profile and has turned out like one - just in the middle of a GT
What a big couple of weeks its been for Mohoric - first he wins the Slovenian NCs and now he's won a stage at TdF to complete the treble of stage wins at GTs
What a big couple of weeks its been for Mohoric - first he wins the Slovenian NCs and now he's won a stage at TdF to complete the treble of stage wins at GTs
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Probably going to be seen as the best stage of the tour this year.
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Slovenian Matej Mohorič wins seventh stage of Tour de France
Primož Roglič suffered a meltdown on a climb during the stage causing the Slovenian to finish the 249-kilometre stage from Vierzon four minutes behind the peleton, as Van der Poel leads the race overall.
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Following a very demanding stage 7 to Le Creusot contested at 45.5km/h on a hilly terrain in the second half, the first mountain stage of the Tour de France will give an indication on whose legs will pay the price first. Only two stages are located in the Alps this year but it promises another great show, starting from the final 50km to Le Grand Bornand with three category 1 climbs: Mont Saxonnex, col de Romme and col de la Colombière. Mathieu van der Poel fears that it is too hard for him but he already expected to lose his yellow jersey in the time trial. Julian Alaphilippe returns where he claimed his first Tour de France stage victory in 2018. This time around, he’s not hunting for the polka dot jersey anymore but possibly for the overall triumph…
