2014 Tour de France, Stage 7: Epernay–Nancy (234.5 Km)

[hfer07]

crazy stage - love it !!!

Sagan MUST control his energy - he could have won had he waited to the sprint and not attack on the descent.....

 

[l.Harm]

If Sagan wanted a leadout he shouldn't have put his team on the front for 200 kilometres

Maybe he knows his team is too weak to survive the climbs anyway

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Ok finale for a flat stage, but too bad about all the crashes. Some are probably due to increased fatigue.

Anyway strong performance by Kwia and Trentin who got it right.

Sagan will have to wait a bit for the next opportunity.

 

[Ramira]

If Sagan wanted a leadout he shouldn't have put his team on the front for 200 kilometres

Problem is, if he doesn't on a stage like this, there's a good chance no-one will bother since he's expected to win every time. Not to mention that making days like this hard is how he wins the Green jersey.

 

[indianfanboy]

Why didn't Sagan just wait for the sprint ? Seemed pointless and a waste of energy.

what if he didnt go with Van avarmaet and then Albasini might not have chased down Van Avarmaet and Sagan would have ended up chasing it himself

 

[Kender]

If Sagan had a decent team he would have won all the stages in the tour so far

Don't be stupid. Kittel is far faster in a regular sprint

 

[movingtarget]

what if he didnt go with Van avarmaet and then Albasini might not have chased down Van Avarmaet and Sagan would have ended up chasing it himself

Maybe. One of those finishes. Sagan must of thought they had a chance to stay away. At least it saved GVA getting another second.

 

[indianfanboy]

Don't be stupid. Kittel is far faster in a regular sprint

ok 4 stage wins then

 

[willbick]

Lol at the armchair experts!! It aint easy winning races even if u are the strongest when u are up against 20 other guys. Sagan didnt wait for the sprint coz he didint know for sure it would go down to sprint, and even if it did no guarantee he gets a clear run and a win

 

[wirral]

Orica Green-Edge gradually taking out all the GC contenders, one by one, bit by bit, pushing Richie towards the yellow. This smells of a Whitey conspiracy. Never underestimate Whitey.

 

[indianfanboy]

Maybe. One of those finishes. Sagan must of thought they had a chance to stay away. At least it saved GVA getting another second.

It looked like they could have stayed away but Gerrans wanted this really bad

 

[Don't be late Pedro]

Sagan looks thrilled.

 

[gthx_gthx_]

Lol at the armchair experts!! It aint easy winning races even if u are the strongest when u are up against 20 other guys. Sagan didnt wait for the sprint coz he didint know for sure it would go down to sprint, and even if it did no guarantee he gets a clear run and a win

Agree , He didn't have any teammate , if he had waited for the sprint , the whole peloton would have attacked him , just like stage 2. Besides , his tactics was near perfect , he lost by nearly nothing.

 

[indianfanboy]

Ok when will Sagan get a win?

 

[LosBrolin]

Pfff, that was like 2cm away from victory. Good leadout from Kwia and Sagan started the sprint sec too late.

Vaughters blaming Gerrans for that crash

 

[movingtarget]

Lol at the armchair experts!! It aint easy winning races even if u are the strongest when u are up against 20 other guys. Sagan didnt wait for the sprint coz he didint know for sure it would go down to sprint, and even if it did no guarantee he gets a clear run and a win

Extremely enlightening.

 

[Rollthedice]

JV full of ****. Gerrans has no fault. Talansky was loking the other way.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Here we go, the blame game.

 

[arvc40]

Lol JV wants Gerrans to apologise to Talansky !

 

[I Love To Dope]

Nibali and Talansky are like the only GC riders still good on time going in to the mountains. Guessing Talansky is going to lose a bit more time before the rest day with crash.

Effin A y'all, gonna be a good mountains week coming up.

 

[luckyboy]

Was it Jakob Fuglsang who used to be a male model? He's on Eurosport now is all

 

[gooner]

JV full of ****. Gerrans has no fault. Talansky was loking the other way.

Surprised at JV's comments there. Talansky wandered looking elsewhere around him and was at fault himself.

 

[the sceptic]

god hipster JV is so annoying

 

[Don't be late Pedro]

An ariel shot of the crash would be helpful.

 

[slowoldman]

Vaughters (on Talansky) says "He's fine, what he said was I want an apology from Gerrans!"

An apology for what? Talansky looking the wrong way??