Expected stage with the first big climb of the Tour, the 7th stage can offer a magnificent finale.
The day Alaphilippe lost his yellow jersey there
On July 11, 2019, Dylan Teuns (Bahrain-Merida) won the 6th stage between Mulhouse and La Super Planche des Belles Filles. At the end of a long breakaway, he dominated in the sprint his last opponent, the Italian Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo). The latter consoles himself with the taking of the yellow jersey snatched from Julian Alaphilippe. Because the darling of the French remained glued in the ultimate dirt kilometer of the Super Planche, assuming its strengths and the hardness of the percentage of the slope. Annoyed, Alaphilippe will quickly make up for it by taking back his property during the Saint-Étienne stage.
The eye of Thierry Gouvenou
“We arrived for the first time at the board of beautiful girls in 2012. This will be the 6th time. It’s starting to be well-known. This time, we go to the top as in 2019 with this half-asphalt half-stone part. Especially with these incredible percentages, some of which were almost 20% in the end. It will be a total effort. The idea was once again to go to the top of this now unavoidable place in the Tour and to offer magnificent images: to see the cyclists pass on this stony part, it will be a form of homage to the prehistory of the bike when the guys were carrying almost 20 kg machines on unpaved trails. There will also be a lot of runners in difficulty in these very steep slopes you will see. »
The favorite: Pogacar again!
We repeat ourselves but it’s hard not to think of the Slovenian prodigy on this stage. He wants to mark the history of the Tour by also winning the queen stages as he did in Longwy. His explosiveness impresses from the start. And he can get everyone to agree with one final thrust. The other rider to watch closely is Bora-Hansgrohe leader Alexandre Vlasov.