Stage 7 of the 2022 Tour de France provides up the primary summit end for the final classification contenders to battle over, and a possibility for Tadej Pogacar to stamp his authority on the race as soon as extra.
Pogacar powered clear to win stage 6 in emphatic fashion and the reigning champion is already trying good for a 3rd yellow jersey.
La Tremendous Planche des Belles Filles (7km at 8.7% common gradient) has grow to be a contemporary basic on the Tour. It’s the place Chris Froome gained in 2012 and the place Pogacar took management of the 2020 version, and the Slovenian 23-year-old may come to the fore as soon as extra to make a press release, and even snatch the yellow jersey as he makes an attempt to win his third successive Tour.
‘The Plank’ will get steeper because it rises in direction of the end line, ending with a 24% gradient gravel monitor which is able to type the hardy climbers from the remainder. It comes after two class three climbs: the Col de Grosse Pierre (3.1km at 6.4%) and Col des Croix (3.2km at 6.3%) and the stage winner would require sharp bike-handling on the descents in addition to sturdy legs on the way in which up.
A breakaway of significant climbers may stick it out to the top however sometimes this stage has served up a contest between the GC riders, and tends to provides an early indication of who is likely to be strongest in the case of the best climbs of the Alps and Pyrenees.
Pogacar is the favorite right here, whereas riders like Dan Martinez and Geraint Thomas (Ineos), Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), and Ben O’Connor (Ag2R) are all contenders – the Australian O’Connor gained a first-week mountain stage on final 12 months’s Tour. For an out of doors guess, how about Nairo Quintana who tends to seize a mountain stage in some unspecified time in the future, albeit usually at greater altitude than this route.
Stage 7 profile
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La Tremendous Planche des Belles Filles
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Stage 7 begin time
The stage is scheduled to start at round 12.15pm BST with the anticipated arrival at 4:30pm BST.
Methods to watch on TV and on-line
Tour de France protection will be discovered this 12 months on ITV4, Eurosport, Discovery+ and GCN+ (World Biking Community).
Dwell racing every day might be proven on ITV4 earlier than highlights sometimes at 7pm every day. ITV’s web site lists timings right here.
Eurosport and GCN+ will present each minute of each stage. Extra on Eurosport’s protection right here and the GCN+ protection right here.
It is usually being proven on Eurosport’s Discovery+ streaming service, with broadcast data right here.
Total standings (high 10 after 6 of 21 levels)
1. Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, UAE Crew Emirates, 20h 44m 44s.
2. Neilson Powless, United States, EF Schooling-EasyPost, 4s behind.
3. Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark, Jumbo-Visma, :31.
4. Adam Yates, Britain, Ineos Grenadiers, :39.
5. Thomas Pidcock, Britain, Ineos Grenadiers, :40.
6. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Ineos Grenadiers, :46.
7. Aleksandr Vlasov, Bora-Hansgrohe, :52.
8. Daniel Martinez, Colombia, Ineos Grenadiers, 1:00.
9. Romain Bardet, France, Crew DSM, 1:01.
10. David Gaudu, France, Groupama-FDJ, 1:02
