Tour de France Stage 7 - Belfort - Chalon-Sur-Saone (230 km)

dastardly00

A long stage today; a bit bumpy in the first half but then pan flat. An opportunity that the sprinters will surely not miss.





Live TV Coverage: Eurosport1 10am-4.15pm, TG4 1.10-4.30pm, ITV4 10am-4.30pm, S4C 2pm-conclusion

Highlights: Eurosport1 11.30pm-12.30am, TG4 8.55-9.25pm, ITV 7-8pm, S4C 9.30-10pm

General classification:
1. Giulio CICCONE
2. Julian ALAPHILIPPE + 6''
3. Dylan TEUNS + 32''
4. George BENNETT + 47''
5. Geraint THOMAS + 49''
6. Egan BERNAL + 53''
7. Thibaut PINOT + 58''
8. Steven KRUIJSWIJK + 1'04''
9. Michael WOODS + 1'13''
10. Rigoberto URAN + 1'15''
11. Jakob FUGLSANG + 1'19''
12. Emanuel BUCHMANN + 1'22''
13. Enric MAS + 1'23''
14. Adam YATES + 1'24''
15. Xandro MEURISSE + 1'39''

Points Classification:
1. Peter SAGAN 144
2. Michal MATTHEWS 98
3. Elia VIVIANI 92
4. Sonny COLBRELLI 88
5. Matteo TRENTIN 75

Mountains Classification:
1. Tim WELLENS 43
2. Giulio CICCONE 30
3. Xandro MEURISSE 27
4. Dylan TEUNS 13
5. Natnael BERHANE 13

Youth Classification:
1. Giulio CICCONE
2. Egan BERNAL + 53''
3. Enric MAS + 1'23''
4. David GAUDU + 1'53''
5. Wout VAN AERT + 13'20''

dastardly00

This takes a bit of skill

https://twitter.com/LeTour/status/1149632310632779776

REBELSAFC

From letour.fr


Roche crashes
14:35
A spectacular crash by Nicholas Roche (Team Sunweb) but he is quickly back on his bike.

https://racecenter.letour.fr/#/stageprofile

Lumen

Someone was bored.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Y35K-wh94

dastardly00

There is still ages left in the stage

ToBeFrank123

dastardly00 wrote: »

There is still ages left in the stage

I think they could shorten some of the flat stages. 90% of the time a breakaway goes up the road and is reeled back in by the Peloton and there's a sprint finish. All that effort for what we know will be a bunch finish!

Didn't the TdF have 2 and even 3 short stages in one day a couple of decades ago? I think there was a strike over it in the end.

dastardly00

ToBeFrank123 wrote: »

I think they could shorten some of the flat stages. 90% of the time a breakaway goes up the road and is reeled back in by the Peloton and there's a sprint finish. All that effort for what we know will be a bunch finish!

Didn't the TdF have 2 and even 3 short stages in one day a couple of decades ago? I think there was a strike over it in the end.

Shorter stages would mean longer transfers in the evening so it's a catch-22 situation. I think the stages are shorter than they were back in Sean Kelly's time for example. There also seems to be less pan flat stages compared to when I first started watching cycling in the 90s, but that could be my hazy memory.

Dan caught out in a split there.

dastardly00

I forgot to watch the finish

odyssey06

Roche was in the very last bunch over the line. I hope the crash hasn't caused any real injuries for him.

dastardly00

odyssey06 wrote: »

Roche was in the very last bunch over the line. I hope the crash hasn't caused any real injuries for him.

He seems to be grand. He said it took him ages to get a new bike and then he got another puncture in the last 6 km.

https://twitter.com/Eurosport_UK/status/1149710032117862401

https://twitter.com/nicholasroche/status/1149726455011696640

Tejay is out with a broken thumb after the crash today.

letape

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Tejay is out with a broken thumb after the crash today.

Fair play to him for cycling 200km + with a broken thumb as his crash was early in the stage.

letape

letape wrote: »

Fair play to him for cycling 200km + with a broken thumb as his crash was early in the stage.

Indeed, he'd a few cuts to his face too.