youafter the battle of the Pyreneesthis Friday expected a calm day for the favorites in Bordeaux. It was an ideal day for the sprinters after facing 170 kilometers of a stage where the heat took center stage. They exceeded 30 during the entire appointment.
Nelson Oliveira (Movistar Team), Simon Guglielmi (Arka-Samsic), Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X) and Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) were the men who formed the escape, but then he only stayed guglielmi.
Among the favorites everything was calm. They traveled in the platoon thinking about new battles, the next mountain looms on Sunday. Peters and Latour they were the last survivors of the other escape of the day, but they were swallowed up a few kilometers from the finish line.
Jumbo and Ineos they took the first positions to avoid scares.the british, brave, they had the intention of creating a carnage, but the wind did not favor it. Vingegaard, to avoid falls, faced the last kilometers in first positions. Van AertYes, he was at the tail of the platoon. At last he took the day off.
Stage 7 of the Tour de France
a nervous ending
The safety section, normally at 3 km, it was extended another half kilometer. The great sprinters faced a finish at full speed where Cavendish dreamed of taking the win, but anticipated his attack. Jasper Philipsen jumped out of nowhere to ‘steal’ the success and make a ‘hattrick’.
There were no substantial changes in the general classification before another fast day this Saturday. The Tour approaches the Pyrenees to get closer to the center.
This Saturday, more speed: Stage 8: Libourne – Limoges, 201 km
The Tour overlooks the Massif Central with a perfect stage for ambushes. The second longest stage of the current edition of the Tour ends with 80 kilometers truffled with small hills that can help a well-organized escape or an attack by a good classicist to end up triumphing.
