Having looked at why there are no attacks on some of the sprint stages, a trend rather than a quirk, there’s still value in the good old doomed breakaway according to Le Télégramme. The newspaper cites Cofidis public relations staff have said that having Anthony Perez up the road in a long breakaway got them more media value than Victor Lafay’s stage win last year because Lafay only attacked in the final kilometre.
The race returns to the Alps with an intriguing stage that’s open to many, assuming UAE agrees to them stay away.
The last chance for the sprinters. When the route came out last year this one had the “watch out if there are crosswinds” label. It still applies in the conditional because the weather forecast looks uncertain.
A big day in the Pyrenees and a big day in France as it’s le 14 Juillet, France’s national day.
The Tour heads into the Pyrenees for the weekend. Today is the sprint version, tomorrow the marathon.
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If you are hesitating, go. It is really different from what you see on TV, there are so many details to observe and remember. And France is glorious in July.
A day to calm frayed nerves after yesterday’s mania but tension between the breakaway and the sprinters.
We’re seeing several stages in the Tour de France when nobody attacks. In the past there was always a move hoping for some publicity and the chance of beating the odds. No more…
