Tour de France Tour de France 2021, Stage 7: Vierzon – Le Creusot, 249.1 km

[ice&fire]

I hope this acceleration is only to get the best position before they enter a narrower road... and then they block it

 

[Rollthedice]

Jumbo v Jumbo
Rogla scared of Squalo?

Movi will be the star of the chase soon.

 

[JosefK]

WTF Jumbo? Why are they riding?

To ruin every fan's day.

 

[Volderke]

They are approaching narrow(er) roads.

... and?
I really see no reason to let UAE get some rest, for even 1 minute.

 

[DanielSong39]

Someone introduce Ineos, Jumbo, and Movistar to Betfair

 

[Eclipse]

Like genuinely what was the point? You inject pace which makes it dangerous to maintain position as you go onto narrow roads. And then you yield position once you're on them anyway

 

[Fantastico]

It’s enough against anyone else besides. I don’t think Nibali will beat Pogacar, but he will podium if he has a 3 minute advantage over the rest of them.

I highly doubt that. But I also don't think he will have such an advantage after today, anyway.

 

[jflemaire]

De Ronde?

I had honestly completely forgotten about that.

 

[Leggitte]

I can understand TJV. They don't want Van Aert to take 6 minutes, so they don't have the difficult choice between their 2 leaders. Clever!

 

[ice&fire]

Like genuinely what was the point? You inject pace which makes it dangerous to maintain position as you go onto narrow roads. And then you yield position once you're on them anyway

Robots following orders from the team car

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

Lol guys Nibali ain't gonna be a GC threat regardless of how this stage goes. In fact I would be mad if he tried, there's no way he can have a good third week after the Giro and he would jeopardize his chances for Tokyo...

 

[gregrowlerson]

FYI that's roughly how 2006 Stage 17 went down, they only helped the chase once Landis was roughly at same odds as Pereiro

That situation was quite different, as that was the final mountain stage. Hard to see WVA and Nibali holding 5 minutes advantage over Carapaz, let along Pogacar.

 

[Googolplex]

Robots following orders from the team car

Team car's AI still needs improving.

 

[MrTea1976]

Is Mohoric going to take this?

 

[Red Rick]

Nibali only wants to give Italians something to talk about for when Italy crashes out of the Euros

 

[Climbing]

Lol guys Nibali ain't gonna be a GC threat regardless of how this stage goes. In fact I would be mad if he tried, there's no way he can have a good third week after the Giro and he would jeopardize his chances for Tokyo...

I don't think he will have a third week, period.

 

[glassmoon]

gap's plummeting

 

[DanielSong39]

Team car's AI still needs improving.

Seconded, the computer says you need to give the break 10-15 minutes before you start helping

 

[Libertine Seguros]

To ruin every fan's day.

Omloop 2009 called. You can't kill the Rabofail.

CyclistAbi will be along in a second to explain why this is actually genius tactics and Addy Engels is masterminding the greatest Tour de France triumph of all time.

 

[Netserk]

... and?
I really see no reason to let UAE get some rest, for even 1 minute.

It hardly affected the gap. If they didn't move to the front, others would. And it's not easy to get a better position in the peloton for a while now.

 

[Poursuivant]

Gap coming down

 

[roundabout]

Rui riding.

 

[Rackham]

It's pretty obvious JV did the descent of the cat 3 climb at the front to protect Roglic (because a split in the peloton now due to a crash would be very dangerous).

They're not chasing.

 

[Rollthedice]

I don't think he will have a third week, period.

The first rider to quit Tour de France for personal reasons while wearing the yellow jersey.

 

[titan31]

Break clearly not working at this stage. Just ruining it for themselves.

What is the point of Teunnissen if he's not going to kill himself for WVA in this break.