Tour de France 2019 stage 7: Belfort > Chalon-sur-Saône 230k

[King Boonen]

Barguil leadout

 

[Broccolidwarf]

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Barguil leadout

He tried to mess with the DQ train, got a shoulder, and then quickly left the front

 

[King Boonen]

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Barguil leadout

He tried to mess with the DQ train, got a shoulder, and then quickly left the front

Warren #realdeal Barguil.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Groenewegen or Ewan?

EDIT: Groenewegen edges it.

 

[sir fly]

Looks tight between Ewan and Groenewegen.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

DQ train like clockwork again, but Groenewegen is just stronger.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Perfect lead out for Viviani but he just didn’t have it. Groenewegen just holds off Ewan.

 

[Vroome.exe]

With his legs Viviani would better lead out Alaphilippe than sprint himself

 

[sir fly]

Groenewegen it is.
Congrats.

Jumbo continuing successful week.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Deserved win for Groenewegen. He was the first to get into the wind.

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: Tour de France 2019 stage 7: Belfort > Chalon-sur-Saône

Man, I really hope Ewan will win a stage at some point. Groenewegen was clearly the strongest today but Ewan really deserves to finally get a tour stage win.

 

[JRanton]

Re: Tour de France 2019 stage 7: Belfort > Chalon-sur-Saône

That turn on the front that Van Aert did between 6km and 2km was absolutely incredible.

Admittedly he was effectively giving Rowe, Thomas and Bernal a free ride so tactically not great but he's clearly the strongest guy in the peloton.

 

[jaylew]

It really is looking like Ewan might be the fastest here if he could ever get his positioning right.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Stuyven is doing pretty well in those bunch sprints, for not being a sprinter.

 

[JosephK]

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Perfect lead out for Viviani but he just didn’t have it. Groenewegen just holds off Ewan.

Nice redemption for Groenewegen after his bad crash a few stages ago.

 

[King Boonen]

Pretty sure Ewan was one pedal stroke from winning that.

 

[Cinemaniak]

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It really is looking like Ewan might be the fastest here if he could ever get his positioning right.

Don't think so... Groenewegen matched his speed, despite catching some headwind and Ewan was still covered behind Viviani/Sagan.

 

[JosephK]

Re: Tour de France 2019 stage 7: Belfort > Chalon-sur-Saône

Sagan adding to green-jersey lead with 3rd place.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

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It really is looking like Ewan might be the fastest here if he could ever get his positioning right.

His positioning was fine today. He went moments behind Groenewegen's jump, and made up the difference right away, but it's not like he had more speed crossing the line, or would have won if the line was 40m further. They were going the same speed by the time they got over the finish

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

lol, Philipsen was the strongest, looking at the heli shot.

 

[Wvv]

Contradictory, the impressive leadout by QuickStep seemed to be the reason why Viviani had no chance of winning. He started his sprint too late and got overwhelmed by the competition.

Congratulations to Groenewegen. Nice sprint by Philipsen too. Another one that'll bring Belgium joy in the future, but we knew that already.

Greipel 12th. Will he sprint top ten this Tour de France once more?

 

[movingtarget]

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It really is looking like Ewan might be the fastest here if he could ever get his positioning right.

Don't think so... Groenewegen matched his speed, despite catching some headwind and Ewan was still covered behind Viviani/Sagan.

Ewan had to pull around Viviani. That cost him the win. But he's getting closer.

 

[Captain Serious]

Did 'Groany' just drop an f-bomb in the interview? Hee hee

 

[hfer07]

Groenewegen: the most dangerous sprinter in the last 100 metres - what a beast!!

 

[jaylew]

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It really is looking like Ewan might be the fastest here if he could ever get his positioning right.

Don't think so... Groenewegen matched his speed, despite catching some headwind and Ewan was still covered behind Viviani/Sagan.

But Ewan covered more distance in that time, moving to the right around a couple guys and then moved back left while Groenewegen was going in a straight line. In any case, not much between the 2 of them.