Tour de France 2020 | Stage 7 (Millau - Lavaur, 168 km)

[Eyeballs Out]

Big swerve across the road by Sagan which almost put Hofstetter into the barriers and dropped his gear at the same time

 

[Broccolidwarf]

***.

Gaps much bigger today if they go hard yesterday.

Exactly!

Tour de France is a war of attrition.

 

[Salvarani]

Sagan didnt really have a good position to begin with. Odd when he usually is the best at positioning himself. In larger bunch sprints, this was small group.... maybe he just was knackered.

Then he bumped into someone and might have had a mechanical, but he wasnt gonna win either way from that position.

 

[ppanther92]

Alaphpiti shouldn't contest bunch sprints. Dude doesn't know how to ride them

Maybe but without dropping his chain he comes in 4th or 5th by the looks of it. So it makes sense if he contests sprints like this one.

 

[fuiers]

Nice to see Van Aert having a superb year after that crash from last year.

 

[Escarabajo]

What is Kwiatkowski going to do for Bernal, if Bernal has a technical? - They will both end up with Carapaz anyway in that instance.

At that point in the race, Bernal doesn't need a helper for anything, but Carapaz does.

A change of bike with Kwiatkowski if it is close to the finish it could be the difference between loosing and winning.

 

[Escarabajo]

***.

Gaps much bigger today if they go hard yesterday.

They would not have gone hard today!

 

[IndianCyclist]

JV 7 days 3 stages with 14 days to go

 

[Panda Claws]

Another stage win for JV. If they don't win the overall they may come to regret putting all this effort in for stage wins and not walking away with the most important goal.

What effort? Bora made the race.

 

[saunaking]

Castroviejo dropped back to try to drag Carapaz back to the lead group.

This makes no sense. For all the planning and marginal gains bs one would think Carapaz is ONLY here to help Bernal.
The guy would be on a training program to peak for the Giro and be NOWHERE near the top riders level to compete for top5 on GC
You can't have it both ways

 

[ppanther92]

Alaphilippe waving his hands around like an idiot and swerving around whilst people around him are sprinting, what a tool

I agree that he was zigg-zagging a lot. But the biggest swerve was the moment he dropped the chain and raising his hand to signal he has a problem is totally the right thing to do. The angrily waving around, he could have saved for after the line, true.

 

[Leinster]

Another stage win for JV. If they don't win the overall they may come to regret putting all this effort in for stage wins and not walking away with the most important goal.

What extra effort have they put in? Roglic's stage win came out of controlling the GC group to a summit finish, and vanAert has 2 stage wins from following other teams' leadouts.

 

[TomLPC]

Eddie the boss got 2nd!

 

[Velolover2]

Procyclingstats don't have Quintana in their top 10. Must be a mistake.

 

[tobydawq]

Of course today had to be the first stage in Sagan's career where he didn't get a top 10 in a Tour sprint he took part in

 

[RedheadDane]

Danish Journalist tricking Chris Juul into admitting that maaaaybe Yates is indeed riding for the GC now.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

A change of bike with Kwiatkowski if it is close to the finish it could be the difference between loosing and winning.

But that is exactly what happened to Carapaz.

When the peloton is going 50+, you don't make it back on, even with the fastest bike change ever.

 

[ppanther92]

If they did let WvA contest the sprints in stage 1 and 3, he may have led the points competition by now. Two times 5th would have been enough. Maybe on stage 1 he could have done even more.

 

[Krokro]

What is Kwiatkowski going to do for Bernal, if Bernal has a technical? - They will both end up with Carapaz anyway in that instance.

At that point in the race, Bernal doesn't need a helper for anything, but Carapaz does.

Handing him a wheel? Giving his bike?
Imo, that was pointless. At that point in the race, both of em would never come back with the front group going that berserk, so it's a risky move.

 

[Simurgh]

Procyclingstats don't have Quintana in their top 10. Must be a mistake.

indeed, it has been updated and he is now placed 6th

 

[Leinster]

Van Aert gonna challenge Sagan and Bennet for the green jersey soon.

Sagan missed a big chance to open up a big gap today.

 

[dicanio_michael]

Alaphpiti shouldn't contest bunch sprints. Dude doesn't know how to ride them

Did you just watch cycling this year？Julian won Milan San Remo last year by sprinting.

 

[fuiers]

Alaphillippe won Sagan in a sprint even though he got a mechanical or whatever

 

[ppanther92]

21 min is the time limit.

 

[Escarabajo]

But that is exactly what happened to Carapaz.

When the peloton is going 50+, you don't make it back on, even with the fastest bike change ever.

I don't understand. Sorry I just keep missing your point.