TdF 2017 stage 7: Troyes > Nuits-Saint-Georges 213,5 km

[Simurgh]

They looked completely dead even. Disappointing sprint by Nacer. What happened to Demare? All in all, a very strange bunch sprint, reflected by execution and result list as well

 

[RedheadDane]

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looked like Bosen Hagen to me

Looked like both of them to me...

 

[GuyIncognito]

Uh..

 

[Irondan]

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Uh..

Dead heat!

 

[markene2]

Thats the closest to a dead heat i have ever seen in that picture. Cant even tell who is first

 

[Alexandre B.]

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They looked completely dead even. Disappointing sprint by Nacer. What happened to Demare? All in all, a very strange bunch sprint, reflected by execution and result list as well

Sick. And badly positioned.

 

[Walkman]

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Uh..

Are the decision based on that picture?

 

[Ruby United]

For sure EBH's body was ahead.
I still have no clue how they decided who's wheel crossed first.
Perhaps, because it was so even when they touched the line, perhaps they gave it to the rider going faster because he must have crossed the line first!

 

[Anderis]

Really gutted for EBH. Great sprint and great lead-out by Van Rensburg. But Kittel is such a monster nowadays.

 

[DFA123]

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Uh..

On that photo where Kittel's front wheel meets the red line, the blurry bit where they meet is slightly bigger than EBHs. Does that mean he is fractionally ahead?

 

[Eagle]

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Uh..

Looks like Kittels ahead to me, the red line is cutting off more of his front tire

 

[kingjr]

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Uh..

Are the decision based on that picture?

Nah they can zoom in more than that.

 

[carton]

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Initally thought it was Kittel, then EBH. The photo finish looks to be a tie. It's hardly more than a centimetre in any case. So at 70kph it has to be less an 1/1000th of a second. I think that as close to a dead heat as I've ever seen and then some.

 

[Norbea]

No way anyone can see who´s winning on that photo. How is this not a dead heat?

 

[Baldinger]

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They looked completely dead even. Disappointing sprint by Nacer. What happened to Demare? All in all, a very strange bunch sprint, reflected by execution and result list as well

Sick. And badly positioned.

Sick?

 

[Ruby United]

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Uh..

Looks like Kittels ahead to me, the red line is cutting off some of his front tire

I think I agree with you.
If you look at the image - https://image.ibb.co/g93yZa/photofinish.jpg - and zoom in as much as you can, it looks like the red line slightly overlaps with Kittel's wheel, but not EBH's.

 

[RedheadDane]

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Uh..

I don't think that line's got anything to do with Kittel/Hagen. It's showing that Matthews was third, coz you totally needed a photo finish to see that.

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Norwegian commentators (obviously) thought it was Hagen.

 

[kingjr]

Minali v. Moncassin 1997 was similar

 

[Jungle Cycle]

how do you put a picture here?? a can never do it.. even a "small" jpeg...

 

[Oude Geuze]

Feel bad for Eddy, monster lead-out and well executed sprint. Kittel just too strong though, I think they could have shared it, but perhaps they never do that? Anyway, DD working well and will have motivation and confidence to work hard for EBH now, might still get a win which would be awsome

 

[Squire]

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Minali v. Moncassin 1997 was similar

Weening vs Klöden too

 

[DFA123]

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Uh..

Looks like Kittels ahead to me, the red line is cutting off some of his front tire

I think I agree with you.
If you look at the image - https://image.ibb.co/g93yZa/photofinish.jpg - and zoom in as much as you can, it looks like the red line slightly overlaps with Kittel's wheel, but not EBH's.

Yep, and judging from the thickness of the front line, compared with the one showing Matthew's third place. It looks as though there are actually two lines at the front overlapping slightly - so they probably can see it pretty clearly when putting each of those lines on one by one.

 

[Irondan]

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how do you put a picture here?? a can never do it.. even a "small" jpeg...

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=19650

 

[Samamba]

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They looked completely dead even. Disappointing sprint by Nacer. What happened to Demare? All in all, a very strange bunch sprint, reflected by execution and result list as well

Sick. And badly positioned.

Sick?

Don't think he's sick, he just had a bad night due to the heat and their hotel not having air conditioning

 

[deValtos]

Zoomed in shot: http://i.imgur.com/BpBgeON.png
Obvious