Special envoy to Millau,
After the number of Kazakh Alexey Lutesnko at Mont Aigoual, this Thursday, the 7th stage (Millau-Lavaur; 168 km) will unfold favorable terrain for sprinters.
In this register, in Nice (1st stage, victory for Kristoff), in Sisteron (3rd stage, success for Ewan) and in Privas (5th stage, bouquet for Van Aert), the final packaging less calibrated than usual gave rise to spectacular explanations.
A day to follow:
For the arrows of the sprint
If the start of the stage is hilly, the end is a pool table leading to Lavaur, avenue Pierre Fabre, at the end of a 2 km straight line (6 m wide).
Enough to let the arrows of the sprint express themselves (Ewan, Viviani, Kristoff…) who will have been able to warm up during the intermediate sprint during a day with double stakes with the race for the green jersey worn by Sam Bennett in front of Peter Sagan, a little behind at the start of the Tour.
For the borders
The peloton will be in the open this Friday.
An environment that could, like what happened on the road to Albi last year (Thibaut Pinot, in particular, was among the trapped runners) give rise to and develop curbs, the door being able to slam on the fingers of stunned leaders.
For Ineos
The British formation evolves in the shadow of Jumbo-Visma.
David Brailsford's team is struggling to speak out.
His attempt to curb in the final of the 5th stage heading towards Privas expressed his frustration and, perhaps already, his limits.
From now on, she will surely try to seize the slightest opportunity that could thwart the grip of the Dutch team.
For Jumbo-Visma
Primoz Roglic (2nd in the general classification, 3 '' from Adam Yates) and his family are already in ambush.
They take up all the space and are on everyone's mind.
They neither want nor can loosen their grip.
In this context, every day is important, even the most innocuous in appearance.
For the yellow jersey
Adam Yates discovers the pleasures (“Everyone dreams of running with the yellow jersey”) and the responsibilities that attach to the leader of the Tour.
In the race and after the stage.
Before projecting himself as to possible ambitions in the general classification, the 9th Briton to wear the yellow jersey on the Tour remembers that he is on the Tour for “a stage victory”.
And that he wants to keep the jersey at the end of the 7th stage.
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General classification of the Tour de France 2020
Team classification of the Tour de France 2020