TdF 2016 Stage 7 **Spoilers**

above_the_cows

So here we go. The 'start' of the race as some would have it.

We hit the first proper lumpy stuff today but forego a MTF

Le route:


La profile:


Le lumpy stuff:


La vache:


Le fromage:
Tomme Des Pyrenees

phil485

Did Aspin last week. To be fair not with 6.5 days in my legs. Lovely ride looking forward to recognising it on the telly.

Covered a lot of tomorrows route too....

andyp

I have a photo of me somewhere at the top of the Aspin, surrounded by cows. It's a popular bovine destination.

above_the_cows

All the cols in the Pyrennes have cows. I have one from the Col de Paillères. Little b*ggers chewed a hole in my glove.

andyp

Above The Cows wrote:

All the cols in the Pyrennes have cows. I have one from the Col de Paillères. Little b*ggers chewed a hole in my glove.

I saw a purple cow on the Pailleres. I wasn't hallucinating. I didn't have a camera on me though, so no photographic evidence.

specialgueststar

I love that Tomme - with some rock heated tomatoes and red onion mmmmm

The race started last Saturday - Nibali and Contador already know that

......and anyone with heavy legs

RichN95.

One of the unused posters from the EU referendum

kleinstroker

Well done ATC!

In my haste to leave the house this morning I completely forgot about the race. Think I'm getting old

tailwindhome

Sam Bennett
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First time in records that all riders start @ stage 7 and I'm trying not to be the first guy to break

hanshotfirst

RichN95 wrote:

One of the unused posters from the EU referendum

Hahahahahaha, this is PERFECT!!

above_the_cows

RichN95 wrote:

One of the unused posters from the EU referendum

Post of the Tour!

josame

LETS DO THIS!!!!!!!!

above_the_cows

josame wrote:

LETS DO THIS!!!!!!!!

I didn't know Jeremy Corbyn was riding the Tour? At least he has momentum.

slim_boy_fat

Above The Cows wrote:

josame wrote:

LETS DO THIS!!!!!!!!

I didn't know Jeremy Corbyn was riding the Tour? At least he has momentum.

Beat me to it ATC. Your on fire in this thread!

above_the_cows

Slim Boy Fat wrote:

Beat me to it ATC. Your on fire in this thread!

I'm trying to do some work but I have nasty road rash and hurty clavicles and can't concentrate on serious stuff.

Anyway here I am with my new friend Marcel

dinyull

josame wrote:

LETS DO THIS!!!!!!!!

Better fitting skinsuit than Cav's green number!

No_Ta_Doctor

What the actual F***

The Break:

Benedetti, Cavendish, Costa, Edet, G.Izagirre, Navardauskas, Pantano, Roy, Sagan, Sánchez, Sørensen and Soupe.

No_Ta_Doctor

Is that just taking the green jersey for a spin before an abandon?

salsiccia1

RichN95 wrote:

One of the unused posters from the EU referendum

Hat

DeVlaeminck

Presumably there is an intermediate sprint ?

edit - that's meant to be below the post about Cav and Sagan being in the break

salsiccia1

If he's in the break to go for the intermediate sprint, then he must be serious about going all the way to Paris.

No_Ta_Doctor

Salsiccia1 wrote:

If he's in the break to go for the intermediate sprint, then he must be serious about going all the way to Paris.

Would seem that way, though I imagined the green was beyond him anyway.

Unless he just wants a head start for the climb at the end. Take it slow, get caught by the peloton, hang on a bit, drop off with the gruppetto.

mr_poll

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above_the_cows

No tA Doctor wrote:

What the actual F***

The Break:

Benedetti, Cavendish, Costa, Edet, G.Izagirre, Navardauskas, Pantano, Roy, Sagan, Sánchez, Sørensen and Soupe.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!!!!!!!

above_the_cows

No tA Doctor wrote:

Salsiccia1 wrote:

If he's in the break to go for the intermediate sprint, then he must be serious about going all the way to Paris.

Would seem that way, though I imagined the green was beyond him anyway.

Unless he just wants a head start for the climb at the end. Take it slow, get caught by the peloton, hang on a bit, drop off with the gruppetto.

It's all a clever tactic to get Bernie the Lanterne.

inseine

No tA Doctor wrote:

What the actual F***

The Break:

Benedetti, Cavendish, Costa, Edet, G.Izagirre, Navardauskas, Pantano, Roy, Sagan, Sánchez, Sørensen and Soupe.

Sprinters trying to get a bit of a gap so they can take the climb a bit easier?

blazing_saddles

France 3 now live with 118kms to go, so another long day in the saddle.

above_the_cows

Sagan and Cav have slowed apparently and they're almost back in the peloton.

I should be reading a thesis about humanitarian responses to droughts...

TheBigBean

No tA Doctor wrote:

Salsiccia1 wrote:

If he's in the break to go for the intermediate sprint, then he must be serious about going all the way to Paris.

Would seem that way, though I imagined the green was beyond him anyway.

Unless he just wants a head start for the climb at the end. Take it slow, get caught by the peloton, hang on a bit, drop off with the gruppetto.

There aren't that many stages that are obviously Sagan ones, so it seems Cavendish has a chance. Plus Sagan doesn't have a whole team to be used to drop Cavendish..

dinyull

TheBigBean wrote:

No tA Doctor wrote:

Salsiccia1 wrote:

If he's in the break to go for the intermediate sprint, then he must be serious about going all the way to Paris.

Would seem that way, though I imagined the green was beyond him anyway.

Unless he just wants a head start for the climb at the end. Take it slow, get caught by the peloton, hang on a bit, drop off with the gruppetto.

There aren't that many stages that are obviously Sagan ones, so it seems Cavendish has a chance. Plus Sagan doesn't have a whole team to be used to drop Cavendish..

Aye, they'll just drop Contador instead.

RichN95.

Around thirty riders in the break. All teams represented except Tinkoff & FdJ. I think this should stick.