Jasper Philipsen denied Mark Cavendish a bit of history today, who is tied with Eddy Merckx with 34 Tour de France stage wins. Philipsen won his third stage in this year's Tour de France. He's won all three sprints in all three flat stages. Check out the finish.
Cavendish is on the left, coming in second. Philipsen is clearly the top sprinter right now. And he seems to have a great hold on the green jersey.
We had a great prediction today.
- Stage 07: 3h 46' 28" (actual), 3h 47' 15" (prediction), 47" slow (0.35% error)
It's wonderful to be under 1% again! Check out Philipsen's average speed.
- Stage 07: 12.50 m/s (45.01 kph or 27.97 mph)
Tomorrow's stage is a long medium-mountain stage at 200.7 km (124.7 mi) in length. Beginning in the French commune of Libourne, cyclists head northeast to the commune of Limoges. The stage is fairly flat, but a category-3 climb and two category-4 climbs, all short, await riders in the latter half of the stage. Our prediction is given below.
- Stage 08: 4h 37' 16" (prediction)
Will sprinters hold back tomorrow? Will someone in the breakaway win the stage? Will riders be thinking about the grueling finish to the next day's stage and conserve energy? Watching the teams' strategies unfold is always a lot of fun!
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