Le Tour 2021 – Stage 7
Vierzon > Le Creusot
Distance: 249.1 kilometers.
A Hilly stage with two Cat 4s, two Cat 3s, and a Cat 2 climb.
- Côte de Château-Chinon 161.5 km (cat 3: 3.2km @ 5.3%)
- Côte de Glux-en-Glenne 178.2 km (cat 4: 2.6km @ 4.2%)
- Côte de la Croix de la Libération 213.8 km(cat 3: 4.6km @ 5.3%)
- Signal d’Uchon 231.0 km (cat 2: 5.7km @ 5.7%)
- Côte de la Gourloye 241.2 km (cat 4: 2.4km @ 5.3%)
The intermediate sprint is at 115.4 km at Saint-Benin-d’Azy.
Mathieu Van Der Poel (AFC – 101) [Yellow] 25 hours 39 minutes 47 seconds
Mark Cavendish (DQT – 055) [Green] 168 Points
Matej Mohoric (TBV – 165) [Polka Dot] 11 points
Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 001) [White] 5
Stage winner: Matej Mohoric (TBV – 165)
Combative: Matej Mohoric (TBV – 165 ) [Red numbers]
Team: Jumbo – Visma ( TJV – 011-018 ) [Yellow numbers]
A very good day for Matej Mohoric – the stage, the Polka Dots, and the Red numbers. Not so good for Tadej Pogačar who lost 3 minutes 35 seconds and dropped from 2nd to 5th – mountains are not his friends.
Top 30 below the fold
1 Mathieu Van Der Poel (AFC – 101)
2 Wout Van Aert (TJV – 012) + 00h 00′ 30″
3 Kasper Asgreen (DQT – 052) + 00h 01′ 49″
4 Matej Mohoric (TBV – 165) + 00h 03′ 01″
5 Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 001) + 00h 03′ 43″
6 Vincenzo Nibali (TFS – 041) + 00h 04′ 12″
7 Julian Alaphilippe (DQT – 051) + 00h 04′ 23″
8 Alexey Lutsenko (APT – 188) + 00h 04′ 56″
9 Pierre Latour (TEN – 201) + 00h 05′ 03″
10 Rigoberto Uran (EFN – 111) + 00h 05′ 04″
11 Jonas Vingegaard (TJV – 018) + 00h 05′ 18″
12 Richard Carapaz (IGD – 022) + 00h 05′ 19″
13 Geraint Thomas (IGD – 021) + 00h 05′ 29″
14 Wilco Kelderman (BOH – 073) + 00h 05′ 31″
15 Enric Mas (MOV – 065) + 00h 05′ 33″
16 Bauke Mollema (TFS – 044) + 00h 05′ 43″
17 Jakob Fuglsang (APT – 181) + 00h 05′ 51″
18 Toms Skujins (TFS – 046) + 00h 05′ 54″
19 David Gaudu (GFC – 081) + 00h 06′ 10″
20 Søren Kragh Andersen (DSM – 141) + 00h 06′ 30″
21 Sergio Andres Higuita (EFN – 114) + 00h 06′ 41″
22 Peio Bilbao (TBV – 162) + 00h 06′ 59″
23 Jhoan Esteban Chaves (BEX – 172) + 00h 06′ 59″
24 Sergio Luis Henao (TQA – 191) + 00h 07′ 30″
25 Richie Porte (IGD – 026) + 00h 07′ 33″
26 Lucas Hamilton (BEX – 174) + 00h 07′ 34″
27 Emanuel Buchmann (BOH – 072) + 00h 08′ 06″
28 Steven Kruijswijk (TJV – 014) + 00h 08′ 14″
29 Ben O’Connor (ACT – 124) + 00h 08′ 31″
30 Guillaume Martin (COF – 091) + 00h 08′ 52″
Note: Wikipedia has a simple article on the Mountain classification used on the Tour. The basic fact is that climbs fall into five types, with the four numbered types decreasing in difficulty as the numbers get larger, and then there is the Hors Catégorie, literally “without category”, which generally makes you look for an elevator or Sherpas.
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