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

[woodburn]

Martin caught out as Vaughters provides commentary about how they had issues with riding too far back.

 

[Laplaz]

Dan Martin behind

 

[Asero831]

Who would have thought this could be an existing stage

 

[rick james]

Come on first group...Drill it

 

[woodburn]

Grupo compacto

 

[rick james]

LOL Sagan

 

[Highlander]

So it looks like today's plan is to ride very slowly as a group to the finish. Thanks goodness this is a 231km stage for the drama over the next 3 hours.

I will say that this is the one time that I think I could actually hang with the peloton as long as they don't pick up the pace.

 

[Leinster]

Re:

So it looks like today's plan is to ride very slowly as a group to the finish. Thanks goodness this is a 231km stage for the drama over the next 3 hours.

I will say that this is the one time that I think I could actually hang with the peloton as long as they don't pick up the pace.

Wasn’t there a stage like this on stage 3 or 4 last year? The lone break was averaging something like 37-38 km/hr for 2 hours and then Voeckler bridged up to him, towed him along for another hour or two, and then they got caught. Everyone then got mad when Jalabert awarded the combativity prize to Voeckler for the day.

 

[Highlander]

Re: Re:

So it looks like today's plan is to ride very slowly as a group to the finish. Thanks goodness this is a 231km stage for the drama over the next 3 hours.

I will say that this is the one time that I think I could actually hang with the peloton as long as they don't pick up the pace.

Wasn’t there a stage like this on stage 3 or 4 last year? The lone break was averaging something like 37-38 km/hr for 2 hours and then Voeckler bridged up to him, towed him along for another hour or two, and then they got caught. Everyone then got mad when Jalabert awarded the combativity prize to Voeckler for the day.

Stage 4 last year had absolutely no action as a Wanty rider was again a solo break away. It did become notable at the end for the Sagan/Cav incident, so we'll see if there is a repeat this year.

 

[sir fly]

A postcard stage... right before the weekend.

 

[yetiyeti]

I remember a stage a couple of years ago that was so slow and boring that Valverde mocked it by reading a newspaper that he'd had stuffed in his jersey. Not sure if it was the Giro or TDF though.

 

[46&twoWheels]

"Giro Rosa" on Rai now.
Voss descending like crazy. Longo Borghini following. Brand 3rd. all 3 have gained a bit of space from the peloton

edit: Voss wins the 3-riders sprint

 

[Gigs_98]

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I remember a stage a couple of years ago that was so slow and boring that Valverde mocked it by reading a newspaper that he'd had stuffed in his jersey. Not sure if it was the Giro or TDF though.

I think that was the giro but in a mountain stage, to be more precise stage 20 where nibali took pink. The stage ended up being quite exciting but before the final bt climb started it was an absolute borefest

 

[Finn84]

Finnish commentator telling funny story about Stuart O'Grady, his father and Prime Minister of Australia. I had heard it earlier though.

Just because O'Grady won the stage to Chartres in 2004 (the stage also gave Voeckler the yellow jersey), but the story was about him getting yellow jersey in 1998.

O'Grady's father was a driver of the Australian Prime Minister at the time and day after O'Grady's glory, the Prime Minister was heading to work. A lot of journalists were waiting and Prime Minister was thinking "what I have done", only to find out that the journalists were interested in his driver that time.

 

[movingtarget]

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Finnish commentator telling funny story about Stuart O'Grady, his father and Prime Minister of Australia. I had heard it earlier though.

Just because O'Grady won the stage to Chartres in 2004 (the stage also gave Voeckler the yellow jersey), but the story was about him getting yellow jersey in 1998.

O'Grady's father was a driver of the Australian Prime Minister at the time and day after O'Grady's glory, the Prime Minister was heading to work. A lot of journalists were waiting and Prime Minister was thinking "what I have done", only to find out that the journalists were interested in his driver that time.

Nice one. Typical politician..........

 

[sir fly]

Speaking about the combativity prize... Maybe the riders could create a false struggle to make the time limit today.

 

[MatParker117]

The point of these sprints is?

 

[More Strides than Rides]

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The point of these sprints is?

To make the long flat stages at the beginning of the tour more interesting...

 

[markene2]

What a riveting stage

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Now for the usual run in crashes...

 

[TomLPC]

Sky gunning it, gaps

 

[Scarponi]

Gaviria destroyed hahahahah

 

[Finn84]

Great win for Groenewegen.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I told you. Groenewegen is far and away the fastest here

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

If this guy gets Gaviria train he wins all flat stages. Simply humiliated everyone