Tour de France Tour de France 2023, stage 7: Mont-de-Marsan - Bordeaux, 169.9k

[RobertCrawley]

With how cycling usually goes this is probably where one of Vingegaard and Pogacar crash out.

That 180 turn with 3.5K left looks extremely dangerous.

 

[Rollthedice]

So, there's one dude alone in the front?

 

[RedheadDane]

So, there's one dude alone in the front?

Yep. Four man attacked. Peloton slowed down. One-by-one the three others dropped back. Leaving Guglielmi in front.

 

[Potomac]

Fun fact from the Danish TV2 commentator team:

Arkea wants to be in the break today, because the route is passing the Arkea Stadium in Bordeaux.

ha ha...with 10k to go

 

[Didinho]

Never heard of him but I imagine we’re gonna know everything about him after this stage.

 

[JohnWayne]

That 180 turn with 3.5K left looks extremely dangerous.

According to Devil's Elbow's start post of this thread, it's rather three turns for 270 degrees rather than a 180.

 

[RedheadDane]

Guglielmi's soundtrack for the stage:

 

[RobertCrawley]

According to Devil's Elbow's start post of this thread, it's rather three turns for 270 degrees rather than a 180.

Yep. There's a 90 right hand turn then a 180.

There are so few sprint stages that there will be a lot of pushing and shoving, and teams are going to be taking chances. It's going to be truly dangerous.

I'm glad the commissaires moved the 3K time line to 3.5. That will help.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Guglielmi's soundtrack for the stage:

If he's listening to that, he'll kill himself long before he gets to the Arkéa Stadium.

 

[RobertCrawley]

As it happened: Philipsen beats Cavendish to take Tour de France stage 7

Philipsen the man to beat as Cavendish chases win 35

www.cyclingnews.com

 

[QueenStagiaire]

If he's listening to that, he'll kill himself long before he gets to the Arkéa Stadium.

That‘ll happen figuratively anyway.

 

[Salvarani]

Guglielmi's soundtrack for the stage:

You know that song?

I thought this would have been more in your range.

 

[RedheadDane]

You know that song?

I thought this would have been more in your range.

For some reason, I remembered the very first bit.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

As it happened: Philipsen beats Cavendish to take Tour de France stage 7

Philipsen the man to beat as Cavendish chases win 35

www.cyclingnews.com

May the best man win

 

[frisenfruitig]

I'm curious about the viewership ratings are for stages like this. I can't imagine a lot of people are tuning in for this one, except for the last 10k or something. At the end of the day it's all about the money and viewership, it's actually surprising that they still include so many snoozefest stages like this one.

 

[RobertCrawley]

May the best man win

Right on with the light on.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I'm curious about the viewership ratings are for stages like this. I can't imagine a lot of people are tuning in for this one, except for the last 10k or something. At the end of the day it's all about the money and viewership, it's actually surprising that they still include so many snoozefest stages like this one.

10k? try 1k

 

[RobertCrawley]

94 degrees F today in Bordeaux.

 

[tobydawq]

I'm curious about the viewership ratings are for stages like this. I can't imagine a lot of people are tuning in for this one, except for the last 10k or something. At the end of the day it's all about the money and viewership, it's actually surprising that they still include so many snoozefest stages like this one.

I prefer a bunch sprint to a random breakaway.

 

[Trofonios]

I'm curious about the viewership ratings are for stages like this. I can't imagine a lot of people are tuning in for this one, except for the last 10k or something. At the end of the day it's all about the money and viewership, it's actually surprising that they still include so many snoozefest stages like this one.

At least limit the tv coverage to 1-2 hours, like in the old days. Opportunity cost for fans to spend 4 hours watching this.

 

[RobertCrawley]

I'm curious about the viewership ratings are for stages like this. I can't imagine a lot of people are tuning in for this one, except for the last 10k or something. At the end of the day it's all about the money and viewership, it's actually surprising that they still include so many snoozefest stages like this one.

I enjoy stages like this. I love all stages, to be honest. Time to get a little work done with the race in the background, catch up on cycling news, cycling gossip. enjoy good coffee. Perfect.

 

[Didinho]

94 degrees F today in Bordeaux.

What’s that like for all the rest of the world? In normal metrics

 

[RobertCrawley]

What’s that like for all the rest of the world? In normal metrics

35 C

 

[Potomac]

I wonder if number of posts in stage threads correlates to viewership.

 

[frisenfruitig]

I enjoy stages like this. I love all stages, to be honest. Time to get a little work done with the race in the background, catch up on cycling news, cycling gossip. enjoy good coffee. Perfect.

I have it on in the background as well while working but I can't say I'm enjoying it since nothing is happening. I can't imagine the average viewers (not the die hard viewers like the people on this forum) are tuning in en masse for these stages but I could be wrong of course.