Tour de France 2018 stage 7: Fougéres - Chartres 231 km

[Lequack]

Already brought back. They can't let a stage be interesting now can they.

 

[tomorrow]

with this pace, they will come to finish somewhere round 7 p.m. Could they dnf all peloton for being to lazy?

 

[Salvarani]

with this pace, they will come to finish somewhere round 7 p.m. Could they dnf all peloton for being to lazy?

Even tho the stage design can be whatever and the cyclists decide how hard it is gonna be raced... I blame whoever designed this stage more than the cyclists this time

Been two stressful days tho, so I dont blame them for taking it easy. Sunday gonna make up for today and tomorrow hopefully

 

[rick james]

well, I for one are blaming Sky for this rubbish pace, the are killing cycling with this sort of conservative racing

 

[Jungle Cycle]

gaviria ftw
i still believe groenewegen will start the sprint within top 5-10 and not top 15-20...
ps: nice job ˜Smurgh˜, thanks!

 

[Der Effe]

Re:

well, I for one are blaming Sky for this rubbish pace, the are killing cycling with this sort of conservative racing

Lol what? The people who designed the route for this Tour need to be banned from cycling for life.

 

[bajbar]

Tolhoek looks so tiny in front of all those QuickStep gorillas :surprised:

 

[Lequack]

Re:

Tolhoek looks so tiny in front of all those QuickStep gorillas :surprised:

Clearly a sheep among wolfpack.

 

[rick james]

Re: Re:

well, I for one are blaming Sky for this rubbish pace, the are killing cycling with this sort of conservative racing

Lol what? The people who designed the route for this Tour need to be banned from cycling for life.

Nope not buying that, sky are killing this race

 

[Escarabajo]

with this pace, they will come to finish somewhere round 7 p.m. Could they dnf all peloton for being to lazy?

Even tho the stage design can be whatever and the cyclists decide how hard it is gonna be raced... I blame whoever designed this stage more than the cyclists this time

Been two stressful days tho, so I dont blame them for taking it easy. Sunday gonna make up for today and tomorrow hopefully

Agree. The riders are purposely riding slow because of the last 2 stages and the stages to come. They all agreed to take it easy.

 

[Bolder]

It's another instance of purposely ignoring some decent roads in the area. The Perche is beautiful, lots of rolling hills and villages. But they're rolling right through it to Chartres, where it's flat as a board.

 

[Lequack]

How do you motivate the riders to actually race then?

 

[Bolder]

Re:

How do you motivate the riders to actually race then?

A breakaway with 10 riders would help.

 

[Lequack]

Re: Re:

How do you motivate the riders to actually race then?

A breakaway with 10 riders would help.

Yeah but they won't let a group of 10 strong cyclists go. So obviously that's a not a solution by itself.

 

[Laplaz]

Re:

How do you motivate the riders to actually race then?

Making flat stages 100 km and high mountain stages 240 km long.

 

[rick james]

AG2r trying splits

 

[DNP-Old]

Echelons.

 

[rick james]

Crosswinds

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Everybody ready today

but not Cav!

 

[DNP-Old]

Cavendish behind.

 

[woodburn]

Sherwen: Alejandro Valverde never misses one of these splits.

 

[DNP-Old]

Zakarin also behind apparently.

 

[rick james]

Dan Martin back

 

[Finn84]

Dan Martin in the wrong group.

 

[DNP-Old]

Demare, Groenewegen, Kittel, Zakarin, Martin all behind.