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Tour de France stage 6: Tours to Châteauroux (160.4km)

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  • 01-07-2021 9:40am
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    mr spuckler
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    Yet another sprint stage today as the Tour starts to head south. The big question of the day will be can Cavendish repeat his fairly amazing victory of Tuesday? Maybe followed by whether AF will give Merlier a run at it, which I can only assume they will.

    The big challenge of the day will be listening to Carlton talking about Cavendish.

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    Odds from Bet365
    Mark Cavendish 2/1
    Time Merlier 11/4
    Arnaud Demare 11/2
    Wout Van Aert 6/1
    Jasper Philipsen 15/2
    Nacer Bouhanni 14/1
    Mads Pedersen 16/1


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    retalivity
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    Cav won his first TDF stage in 2008 in a stage that finished in Chateauroux.
    Prepare to hear loads of that today...


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    Macy0161
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    retalivity wrote: »
    Cav won his first TDF stage in 2008 in a stage that finished in Chateauroux.
    Prepare to hear loads of that today...
    Just today? They've been banging on about that since Tuesday!


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    CrowdedHouse
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    That's why I love the 'Ambient Sound' option on the app :D

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    dastardly00
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    Macy0161 wrote: »
    Just today? They've been banging on about that since Tuesday!

    Since Tuesday? You mean last week!


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    Morris Garren
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    mr spuckler wrote: »
    Yet another sprint stage today as the Tour starts to head south. The big question of the day will be can Cavendish repeat his fairly amazing victory of Tuesday? Maybe followed by whether AF will give Merlier a run at it, which I can only assume they will.

    The big challenge of the day will be listening to Carlton talking about Cavendish.

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    tour-de-france-2021-stage-6-profile-c8bc9f3b71.jpg

    tour-de-france-2021-stage-6-climb-56490d2ac5.jpg

    tour-de-france-2021-stage-6-finish-2c504ac050.png

    Odds from Bet365
    Mark Cavendish 2/1
    Time Merlier 11/4
    Arnaud Demare 11/2
    Wout Van Aert 6/1
    Jasper Philipsen 15/2
    Nacer Bouhanni 14/1
    Mads Pedersen 16/1


    That 'cote de saint aiglan' is my kind of climb, less than 3 per cent average... club league type stuff.

    In fact, I think Froome should attack today. Seriously, why not? It's the easiest tour stage you will ever get and if he wants to show that he is recovering, then hop up the road at km 1, or at least try. I can't abide this daily dose of 'comeback' and 'process' bullshxt... just go for it, show that you are a true racer, not a marginal gains programmed robot with genteel notions.


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    marvin80
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    Bouhanni might be a decent shout for today


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    Plastik
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    WVA missed his two main goals, he didn't win the TT and he didn't take yellow. 6/1 looks like a fantastic price for him today.


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    mr spuckler
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    Plastik wrote: »
    WVA missed his two main goals, he didn't win the TT and he didn't take yellow. 6/1 looks like a fantastic price for him today.

    He doesn't look fully right as yet which is no surprise given he had his appendix out a few weeks ago. I wonder will we just see a more 'normal' tour from him in general this year.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Both his team and the Belgian coach say he's riding the tour in function of the Olympics and that he won't be hauling the peloton up the mountains this year.
    Might even see him in a break according to JV


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    [Deleted User]
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    Pity we're not having a Paris-Tours style stage today. I've been a big fan of that race in recent years.


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    retalivity
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    DQS, Alpecin, Bora all with a man in the break. Plus De Gendt


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    TheBlaaMan
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    ABC for me, please


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    CrowdedHouse
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    Could we have an aul touch of wheels or something to liven it up....:pac:

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    Dr. Bre
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    Echelons can only save us now


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    eagle eye
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    Who is ABC?


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    CrowdedHouse
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    I'm guessing Anyone But Cavendish :D

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    MPFGLB
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    Greg van Avermaet ...getting more training thanhe bargained for


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    eagle eye
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    CrowdedHouse wrote:
    I'm guessing Anyone But Cavendish

    Lol, I really should have got that. :D


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    Dr. Bre
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    Colbrelli finger pointing


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    #21
    mr spuckler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,107 ✭✭✭mr spuckler


    Cav couldn't hold Morkov's wheel at all in the intermediate. Morkov would have won it easily if he didn't sit up.

    Nice bit of spikiness there to that one!


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    retalivity
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    Bouhanni all over the shop again


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    Tim76
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    mr spuckler wrote: »
    Morkov would have won it easily if he didn't sit up.

    Nice bit of spikiness there to that one!

    Looked like he was too busy marking Sagan.


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    mr spuckler
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    Brilliant by DQS/Cav tbf

    edit...much bigger gap in the overhead than it appeared face-on.


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    Bambaata
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    Looking forward to overhead but Cav seemed to drift a fair bit too?

    Really enjoyable drag race!

    Just saw replay, he'll probably get away with it


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    lennymc
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    yeah, but can he win against world class competition.....


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    retalivity
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    Bambaata wrote: »
    Looking forward to overhead but Cav seemed to drift a fair bit too?

    Really enjoyable drag race!

    Just saw replay, he'll probably get away with it

    Was a bit of deviation alright...


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    De Bhál
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    great sprint, fair bit of lane changing there and not a word from commentators


    edit...overhead doesn't look bad


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    mossym
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    carlton isn't going to survive the tour at this point


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    #30
    Morris Garren
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    'Irregular Shsprinting' ðŸ˜႒


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    #31
    mr spuckler
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    De Bhál wrote: »
    great sprint, fair bit of lane changing there and not a word from commentators

    Yeah he completely cut off Merlier but not sure he really impeded Philipsen? Hopefully AF give Merlier the chance again.


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