Giro d'Italia 2020, stage 7: Matera - Brindisi 143 km

[tobydawq]

Viviani won 4 stages in 2018, Gaviria the year before. Last one to win 5 was Cav in 2013

Last one to win nine was Petacchi in 2004. I don't think Démare will reach that...

 

[SHAD0W93]

Last one to win nine was Petacchi in 2004. I don't think Démare will reach that...

If he did I'd say that would be the suprise of the year.

 

[tobydawq]

If he did I'd say that would be the suprise of the year.

Well, a lot of people think there will be snow so the mountains would be cancelled...

 

[movingtarget]

Trek also seems to think that they are Ineos 2.0 and stay at the front all the time. Meaning that Nibali is in a great position but runs out of teammates in the final most of the time.

There are no dominant teams in this race which makes it more interesting in some ways. As usual Bora work hard for little gain. Demare's team should help him clean up a few more stages.

 

[RedheadDane]

Freddy Maertens, '77 Vuelta, 13 stages and the overall. Mathematically, it's still feasible for Demare. Allez Nono! End the drought!

Oh? OH!?
So, just because Pinot fails a few times regarding winning GTs (that is what you meant by End the drought!, right?) all of a sudden, it's aaaall about Demare?! And you call yourself a fan?

 

[SHAD0W93]

Oh? OH!?
So, just because Pinot fails a few times regarding winning GTs (that is what you meant by End the drought!, right?) all of a sudden, it's aaaall about Demare?! And you call yourself a fan?

At least he's staying within the same team and not completely jumping ship.

 

[Lequack]

Todays and tomorrow's stages are for Demare again.

 

[Breezy1985]

DQS to smash the crosswinds and increase the lead in the GC

 

[BlueRoads]

DQS to smash the crosswinds and make Hodeg win this

 

[SafeBet]

Break: De Gendt, Cerny, Frapporti, Pellaud.
Mazzucco trying to bridge.

Peloton taking it easy.

 

[sir fly]

Strong enough wind around Brindisi.

 

[SafeBet]

Steppers wasting no time!

 

[Eclipse]

Already!!

 

[SafeBet]

Fuglsang and Yates not in the first group.

 

[Keram]

It is on already.

 

[Velolover2]

It looks like Nibali's next voodoo doll has feathers.

 

[Laplaz]

Great stuff!

 

[JosefK]

A nice helping of crosswinds for your meal, ladies and gents.

 

[JosefK]

Majka, Birdsong, Yatesy on the back foot.

 

[Savant12]

Echelon stages never disappoint.

 

[Berflamand]

Seemed to me this was pre-arranged between DQS and Jumbo-Visma. They looked at each other and started accelerating at the exact same time. Both teams have the numbers in the front echelon.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Lotto Soudal with their best engine in the pointless break and their GC rider in trouble

 

[Eclipse]

Echelon stages never disappoint.

Nice situation for a short day to get them so early, but hopefully we'll see more later too as I think this may well come back together

 

[Keram]

All main sprinters in first group. Not so much GC guys though.

 

[trevim]

It's a short day but I doubt they have enough power at the front seems like 30vs80 atm