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

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Jul 1, 2015
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I hope this acceleration is only to get the best position before they enter a narrower road... and then they block it :D
 
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May 22, 2014
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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
 
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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.
 
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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!
 
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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
 
Aug 6, 2010
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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.
 
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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. :D
 
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Apr 30, 2011
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... 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.
 
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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.