Tour peloton with Groenewegen is preparing for mass sprint

With Giulio Ciccone in the yellow jersey for the first time, the Tour peloton started the seventh and longest stage on Friday at 11.35 am. The ride between Belfort and Chalon-sur-Saône counts 230 kilometers and seems to end in a mass sprint. Follow everything in this live blog.

Good afternoon! My name is Lennart Klem and in this live blog we will keep you informed about the seventh stage in the Tour de France!

• Tour de France
• Seventh stage
• Flat ride
• Riders on the road
• Finish around 5.35 p.m.
• Yellow for Ciccone

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Tour de France · a few seconds ago

8 km to go - Peter Sagan is also in the front again in his green sweater. The Slovak already has a ride to his name.

Tour de France · one minute ago

9 km to go - Tony Martin is still in the lead, but a lot faster than the rest of the day. All trains choose position. We are waiting for the mass sprint.

Tour de France · 3 minutes ago

10 km to go - We are starting the last kilometers of this stage. The sprinters are ready.

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11 km to go - Groenewegen and his men report in the front of the pack. Will the Dutchman now succeed in winning the sprint?

Tour de France · 5 minutes ago

Another 12.5 km - Offredo and Rossetto are finally charged. The French have driven over 200 kilometers together.

Tour de France · 10 minutes ago

15 km to go - The peloton lets the French frolic for a while, but it is waiting for them to be swallowed.

Tour de France · 12 minutes ago

Another 17 km - The peloton keeps the two French in sight. The margin is fourteen seconds.

Tour de France · 16 minutes ago

And so these Frenchmen are still in the lead together! They probably won't make it, but their fighting spirit is impressive.

Roffredo and Ossetto unissent leurs dernières forces. # TDF2019

Tour de France · 20 minutes ago

23 km to go - The peloton waits a while before taking Offredo and Rossetto. The two French are again 23 seconds ahead.

Tour de France · 24 minutes ago

It seems like a sprint will finish this afternoon. Who will win this ride?

• Dylan Groenewegen
• Elia Viviani
• Caleb Ewan
• Peter Sagan
• Alexander Kristoff
• Someone else

Tour de France · 25 minutes ago

27 km to go - Rest is back in the peloton and that is why Offredo and Rossetto have a small lead.

Tour de France · 26 minutes ago

28 km to go - Movistar can breathe calmly again, as the Quintana group returns to the peloton. The Colombian was in the wrong group because of a sanitary stop.

Tour de France · 27 minutes ago

Another 29 km - Offredo and Rossetto are caught, but more importantly: Nairo Quintana runs at 38 seconds from the peloton! The Colombian was surprised and now has to close a gap. That also applies to Daniel Martin.

Tour de France · 32 minutes ago

Another 33 km - We now pass the intermediate sprint in this stage. Offredo and Rossetto take the first two places. The sprint in the peloton is won by Colbrelli, for green jersey carrier Sagan and Viviani.

34 minutes ago

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Tour de France · 39 minutes ago

Together they are almost 200 kilometers ahead of the peloton, but it seems 'for nothing', because the peloton is approaching ...

🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️ Bald 200 km on the Spitze: @OffredoYoann @StephanRossettoDas Feld 1'50 "dahinter. # TDF2019

Tour de France · 42 minutes ago

39 km to go - We will call his name again: Tony Martin. The German from Team Jumbo-Visma is still in the lead of the pack. The difference with the two French leaders is now 1.52.

Tour de France · one hour ago

Another 48 km - Wout van Aert, an important servant of Groenewegen, has a bad luck and is now lagging behind. But the Belgian will soon return to the peloton.

Tour de France · one hour ago

Another 53 km - The lead is now declining faster. Offredo and Rossetto have 1.21 left.

Tour de France · one hour ago

Another 60 km - We are approaching the final phase of this longest stage. The image is still the same. The teams with sprinters control everything in the peloton, while the two French leaders still have a 2.14 lead.

Tour de France · one hour ago

Tour de France · 2 hours ago

Another 73 km - The pack now narrows the gap with the two leaders to less than two minutes: 1.56. We are waiting for the moment that the two Frenchmen are caught and we are sprinting for the stage victory, because a mass sprint seems inevitable.

Tour de France · 2 hours ago

85 km to go - Offredo and Rossetto lead back slightly. The margin is still 2.32.

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Tour de France · 2 hours ago

100 km to go - We still see the same names at the head of the peloton and therefore little changes. The two French leaders again have a slightly larger margin: 4.20.

Tour de France · 2 hours ago

Trek lengthens with gel jersey carrier Ciccone
Trek-Segafredo has just announced that Giulio Ciccone's contract has been broken and extended. The Italian, currently riding in the yellow leader's jersey in the Tour de France, is now stuck with the American formation until the end of 2021.

💥 Team News 💥We are pleased to announce that @ giuliocicco1 has extended his contract through 2021! “I am super excited! After my Giro, there were quite a few teams interested, but for me it was pretty clear I wanted to stay with Trek-Segafredo, where I feel so at home. "

Tour de France · 3 hours ago

Another 113 km - The lead of Offredo and Rossetto is now less than three minutes. The peloton is short, because in the past the large group was sometimes surprised by a 'hopeless' escape.

Tour de France · 3 hours ago

There is always room for the necessary works of art in the Tour de France.

Là, on est sur du boulot! C'est pas quatre gamins qui font une round dance un champ avec trois bottes de paille. Chapeau aux artistes! # TDF2019

Tour de France · 3 hours ago

125 km to go - Sunweb rider Nicolas Roche fell a few minutes ago, but the damage is not too bad. The Irishman is back in the peloton.

Nicolas Roche qui tombe sans raison apparente au milieu du peloton. Il repart, pas trop de "bobo" pour l'irlandais. # TDF2019

Tour de France · 3 hours ago

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Tour de France · 3 hours ago

Another 133 km - Offredo and Rossetto pass the top of the climb of the third category. The peloton is still around four minutes from the two French leaders.

Tour de France · 3 hours ago

140 km to go - Offredo and Rossetto's lead is already dropping somewhat. The two French have 3.50 left.

Tour de France · 4 hours ago

149 km to go - The picture will remain the same for a while: Team Jumbo-Visma, Lotto Soudal and Quick-Step are leading the pack. The three teams with Groenewegen, Ewan and Viviani, respectively, have the favorites for today when it becomes a mass sprint.

Tour de France · 4 hours ago

Tony Martin is once again at the head of the pack. All this to make a sprint possible for Dylan Groenewegen.

🇫🇷 # TDF2019 @ tonymartin85 leading the peloton. Still a 4 minute backlog on the two riders in front. 164 km to go.

Tour de France · 4 hours ago

Still 166 km - An update from the race, which we really should not call an update, because the lead of the leading group on the peloton is still 4.15.

Tour de France · 4 hours ago

We suspect that this morning Wout Poels or Dylan van Baarle was behind the buttons in the bus of Team INEOS.

In case anyone was wondering how we warm up for stages at the Tour de France

Tour de France · 4 hours ago

Tour de France · 5 hours ago

Another 189 km - Offredo and Rossetto pass the summit of the first climb of the day (Col de Ferrière, fourth category). Offredo takes the only point for the mountain classification. In the remainder of this stage we will get a col from the third and fourth category. In addition, there is also an intermediate sprint on the menu.

Tour de France · 5 hours ago

The lead of the two leaders is still increasing, but this margin is far too little to really be able to fight for the victory.

-195 kmsYa por debajo de la marca de los 200 kms a meta, la renta de los fugados es de 5 '| https://t.co/aTm5oo3n1i # TDF2019 🇫🇷

Tour de France · 5 hours ago

Tour de France · 5 hours ago

Another 200 km - Offredo, who has been in the front group this Tour before, and Rossetto increase their margin: 4.30. The teams with sprinters control everything in the peloton.

Tour de France · 5 hours ago

The peloton is already preparing itself a bit for the mass sprint, because the lead of the two French is not increasing much further.

🏁 211 KM⏱ 3'40''💨 Sprinters' teams such as @Lotto_Soudal and @JumboVismaRoad in control at the front of the pack.💨 Les équipes the sprinters check le rythme du peloton. # TDF2019

Tour de France · 5 hours ago

Tour de France · 6 hours ago

Still 215 km - Van Garderen is back and that way we have no one left behind. Teunissen also crashed, but was able to continue quickly and joined the peloton earlier. The two French in the leading group now have a four-minute lead.

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