Doping -Stage 7 SPOILER

johndf

Something very odd going on this tour. The two teams with the biggest anti doping stance are the only two teams to have the yellow jersey. How good is that?

Saw Gerdemann and Millar interviewed on French TV and the fact that the first big stage (OK so it wasn't as tough as tomorrow's stage but it was no walk in the park) had been won by an anti doping crusader was a big topic of conversation. It won't do any harm to cycling's image in Germany either, and after this last year it is just what we need. Chapeau Gerdemann!

skut

possibly it's because these are the teams that are worried they won't be able to keep up in a weeks time, and so need to do something for their sponsors while they are still relatively fresh??

Bronzie

From watching the Stage 6 sprint, I honestly believe more guys than ever are riding clean this year. It was like watching a 3rd Cat bunch sprint..............absolute chaos with all the sprinters teams avoiding taking the bull by the horns and leading the sprint out.

The whole stage was a pretty relaxed affair, with everyone in the bunch content to have a day off and leave Wiggins out front following the previous tough stage (and crashes) and in preparation for the weekend's testing stages. Is it just me, or would they have raced that bit harder and faster a couple of years ago given the same conditions?

peejay78

tuesday's stage from compiegne was like the go-slow out of tescos in canterbury on last year's TDB.

blackhands

Its called riding Piano & happens quite a lot in pro racing.
Where is Tesco in Canterbury?

peejay78

not sure, but somewhere along the line, maybe it was rochester, the peloton took a wrong turn into a tesco's car park. there then followed a go-slow for much of the stage.