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

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Movistar, ruining races since 2004.

 

[120mmStem]

Why Movistar? Why!?

 

[dgodave]

Pretty good racing out there.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Another win for Bahrain in 2021

 

[Andy262]

Great stage. Super deserving winner. Chapeau Matej..

 

[Eclipse]

not sure he’d have been much help on that climb, he was there at the top.

Agreed. Carapaz could hammer it on the climbs, I'm pretty sure VB had little to offer on the ascent but resting up to help drive it home could have been benficial.

Just unfortunate Movistar decided they wanted to chase Carapaz again

 

[burning]

He could have been at the top of the penultimate climb, and support Carapaz on that descent and false flat to open up a gap.

 

[woodburn]

Hell of a ride by Mohoric. Blew everyone away in the break. Guy has some serious classic potential if given free rein.

 

[RedheadDane]

Guess Mohoric wanted to remind people that there are other Slovenians.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Movistar, ruining races since 2004.

I love the fact that for many years they were also the team we most needed to bring entertainment to the race as well.

They're just a very weird team tactically. Willing to bet Lastras and Vila aren't in that follow car, probably Arrieta or Txente.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Mohoric gives the love heart salute, as we see him mouth the words

"This ones for you, Padun"

 

[Big Doopie]

I have BEGGED route designers to add in many more of these hilly, no respite stages. The LBL, Lombardy type stages. Lemond basically won the 1990 TDF on a stage like this. Team trains get destroyed. Things explode. Much more than in predictable MTFs where everyone rides to power and wins are by seconds.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Bahrain Vulturous

 

[Netserk]

Mohoric > De Gendt

Best breakaway since?

 

[titan31]

Why Movistar? Why!?

Tbf, Carapaz and Ineos are probably their biggest competition for 2nd. Not chasing them doesn't help them if they think they can't beat Pogacar anyway

 

[burning]

I have BEGGED route designers to add in many more of these hilly, no respite stages. The LBL, Lombardy type stages. Lemond basically won the 1990 TDF on a stage like this. Team trains get destroyed. Things explode. Much more than in predictable MTFs where everyone rides to power and wins are by seconds.

Well, Ineos and Movi still have their trains, nothing is destroyed here.

 

[burning]

Mohoric > De Gendt

Best breakaway since?

Ruben Plaza Vuelta 2015?

 

[Andy262]

Haha Cort the party pooper...

 

[Eclipse]

lmao the vans caught them

 

[woodburn]

Shark out of juice.

 

[Danskebjerge]

I don't see why Mohoric doesn't lose time in the last 25 k.

 

[titan31]

Skujins sat at the back and Nibali rides, and now he attacks him. Clowns

 

[Escarabajo]

In Bahrain all the riders look alike!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I have BEGGED route designers to add in many more of these hilly, no respite stages. The LBL, Lombardy type stages. Lemond basically won the 1990 TDF on a stage like this. Team trains get destroyed. Things explode. Much more than in predictable MTFs where everyone rides to power and wins are by seconds.

Basically everybody who posts in the Race Design Thread is of the persuasion that these types of stages are an essential part of a long-form stage race.

 

[Barnacle Bill]

Great stage. MVdP seemed to do loads of work today, interested to see how he goes on the weekend.