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

[Rollthedice]

13.

Gilbert - 5
Nibali - 3
Van Aert, Van der Poel, Asgreen, Stuyven and Cavendish - 1

Classics who's who past and present all in one break in Tour de France but only one winner today. Who will it be?

 

[DanielSong39]

If Cavendish wins this stage he might as well go for the polka dot jersey too

He has had a resurgence in form but this is starting to get ridiculous

 

[MrTea1976]

Classics who's who past and present all in one break in Tour de France but only one winner today. Who will it be?

Mohoric, Yates, Asgreen or Van Aert

 

[BlueRoads]

Wow, they are giving this break 6 minutes?
I guess it's because Pogacar seems so dominant... so the other teams see everyone else as a minor threat.

 

[el_angliru]

On a similar note to the Monument discussion: There are 10 Tour de France stage winners in the break according to Danish TV2: Mark Cavendish, Mathieu van der Poel, Vincenzo Nibali, Philippe Gilbert, Søren Kragh Andersen, Simon Yates, Jan Bakelants, Magnus Cort, Mike Teunissen og Wout van Aert. Probably ~50 stage wins for TdF alone in this break.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

6 mins!

 

[Eclipse]

Wow, they are giving this break 6 minutes?
I guess it's because Pogacar seems so dominant... so the other teams see everyone else as a minor threat.

Only others to work are TDE

But yeah it's basically looking like 'we hope this breaks UAE'' because that's the only way anyone else is winning so far.

 

[King Boonen]

Clarification: I do not actually think Cavendish is going for the stage win.

edit: changed don’t to do.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Clarification: I don’t not actually think Cavendish is going for the stage win.

So you do actually think so?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Wow, they are giving this break 6 minutes?
I guess it's because Pogacar seems so dominant... so the other teams see everyone else as a minor threat.

"Giving".
UAE has been working all day. Most other teams have a rider in the break.

 

[cineteq]

Van Baarle not dropped now.

Ineos, the biggest knuckleheads on today's stage

 

[perico]

Maybe Velon is acting screwy, but why is Pogacar behind the peloton?

 

[DanielSong39]

Obviously they're not going to give Van Aert, Nibali, or Yates a free 10 minutes so I expect the gap to be closed considerably by the end of the day

This game of chicken is very interesting though. Shades of Stage 17 in 2006

 

[tobydawq]

If Cavendish wins this stage he might as well go for the polka dot jersey too

He has had a resurgence in form but this is starting to get ridiculous

??

 

[King Boonen]

So you do actually think so?

Not a very clear clarification was it!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Maybe Velon is acting screwy, but why is Pogacar behind the peloton?

He isn't. The first gap was to Guerreiro.

 

[perico]

He isn't. The first gap was to Guerreiro.

He was. It was a nature break. He came back

 

[tobydawq]

Ineos, the biggest knuckleheads on today's stage

Uh, no?

 

[jflemaire]

13.

Gilbert - 5
Nibali - 3
Van Aert, Van der Poel, Asgreen, Stuyven and Cavendish - 1

What monument has van der Poel won?

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

Just tuning in. This is crazy!

 

[DoYouEvenRideBruh]

What monument has van der Poel won?

Flanders

 

[Netserk]

Wow, they are giving this break 6 minutes?
I guess it's because Pogacar seems so dominant... so the other teams see everyone else as a minor threat.

No one wants to burn their team in a long stage like this one before the mountains. Other teams will maybe take the front in the last ~50 km.

 

[Eclipse]

What monument has van der Poel won?

RVV?

 

[BlueRoads]

"Giving".
UAE has been working all day. Most other teams have a rider in the break.

Well, I haven't watched... but even if you have a rider in the break, I would think that if you want your GC rider on the podium it doesn't matter if Hugo Houle is in the break, van Aert and Nibali and even van der Poel could become a threat to your ambitions.

 

[tobydawq]

What monument has van der Poel won?

De Ronde?