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

[Peyroteo94]

Lefevre looks to Fabio and asking why didn't he keep Cav instead of him.

 

[F_Cance]

Alpecin just can't ride a sprint by the rules, but again they will get away with it because people somehow love Philipsen

 

[Ricco']

He is moving to Cav's wheel, it's a completely normal maneuver

I think so and I also think Ghirmay is not the most 'autoritary' sprinter when fighting for a wheel, maybe because he is lighter than others.

 

[KOM]

This is why I play velogames. I would hate philipsen dominating every sprint. But he's in my velogames team so now I don't mind it.

Thats the reason I quit. Once i had convinced myself crashes, punctures and other instances of bad luck happen to the riders exclusively because theyre on my teams I knew I should give it up and actually enjoy the races instead

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Cavendish surprisingly close. I think he actually timed it really well but just didn't quite have the legs.

Yeah, he surprised them...if he'd left it any later, Philipsen would have already begun his sprint, I think he shot his shot...mabye if he'd been a bit further up, earlier, it would have been better.

 

[ManicJack]

Peacock. I could watch the other version, but I like Phil and Bobke Roll, "America's favorite cave man."

Hard to complain when you have options🤷

 

[canarydan23]

He is moving to Cav's wheel, it's a completely normal maneuver

I suspect Girmay would disagree.

 

[Trofonios]

Alpecin just can't ride a sprint by the rules, but again they will get away with it because people somehow love Philipsen

Cav or Bini fan?

 

[Red Rick]

Seriously this is not funny. Mark can win a stage but this leadout by MVP is just cheating

Especially since he shoulda been DQd the last time

 

[kingjr]

Interesting to note that Cav's deviation when Philipsen overtook him is not mentioned at all, unless I missed it.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Hard to complain when you have options🤷

Nyet. If they make us pay, there should be no commercials.

 

[kingjr]

I suspect Girmay would disagree.

Which means *** all.

 

[Fantastico]

He is moving to Cav's wheel, it's a completely normal maneuver

Not saying he should be relegated (I was also fine with him not being relegated a few days ago), but honestly he seems to have a habit of extremely switching lanes in sprints. 350 metres from the finish he was on the far left, closing the door for Pedersen, 100 metres later he rides on the far right, closing the door for Girmay.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Interesting to note that Cav's deviation when Philipsen overtook him is not mentioned at all, unless I missed it.

There wasn't enough of a deviation to bother J the D.

 

[RedheadDane]

Regarding Jakobsen. A few years ago, I'd have wondered if he'd gotten scared in the sprints, which I could definitely have understood, all things considered. However, I'm pretty sure I recall him getting right into it in 2021.
Of course, he might be feeling a bit sore after his crash.

 

[Boehmand]

The Jakobsen-Moerkoev collaboration is just not working,

Jakobsen keeps missing Moerkoev's wheel when it matters.

Dunno whether it is a lack of trust or a lack of skill?

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Philipsen said he'd like to see Cav win...will he be able to return to Belgium now...he's going to need a disguise and armed protection.

 

[canarydan23]

Which means *** all.

Tell me you haven't seen a replay yet without telling me you haven't seen a replay yet.

 

[tobydawq]

We were all scratching our heads over why Alpecin kept riding for him two years ago. Now he has won five Tour sprints in a row. Astonishing.

 

[F_Cance]

Cav or Bini fan?

i hate cav even more and don't really care about girmay. Is it too much to ask for Alpecin to ride a single clean sprint?

 

[proffate]

Seriously this is not funny. Mark can win a stage but this leadout by MVP is just cheating

Cav would be going for win #15 instead of #35 if he didn't have years of various mega trains setting him up to succeed

 

[kingjr]

Not saying he should be relegated (I was also fine with him not being relegated a few days ago), but honestly he seems to have a habit of extremely switching lanes in sprints. 350 metres from the finish he was on the far left, closing the door for Pedersen, 100 metres later he rides on the far right, closing the door for Girmay.

He is following his leadout man, it's Pedersen who makes a desperate move to squeeze through.

 

[Didinho]

Kragh with an extra pull but a little to early. Rickaert started 300-400m earlier than his previous (1km) leadout so Mathieu was also sooner in front. But Philipsen managed it perfect, and the legs. He had another punch and won easily. Great effort/timing from Cav.
Girmay had also something left, went as fast as Jasper even after the close-in.

 

[Trofonios]

Alpecin Deceuninck must f**k up their train at least one time this tour, no? That's Cavs chance.

 

[SafeBet]

Can anyone confirm Carlton is still with us? For a moment I thought we lost him.