For the 7th stage of the Tour de France 2022, this Friday July 8, the peloton will cross two regions, three departments and 65 towns, villages, localities or passes. The finish will be judged at the top of the Super Planche des Belles Filles, after 176 km of fighting.
The peloton before the 7th stage
- Winner at Longwy and yellow jersey : Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE)
- Wout Van Aert led a long breakaway until 11 km from the finish.
- the best french in the general classification: Romain Bardet, 9th at 1’01. David Gaudu is just behind.
- the regional of the stage: Thibaut Pinot is 40th overall (at 5’11)
Highlights of Binche-Longwy
The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar has achieved the double blow by winning the sixth stage of the Tour de France on Thursday in Longwy and taking control of the general classification of the race. He dispossessed the Belgian Wout van Aert of the yellow jersey, great animator of this stage, the longest of the Tour with nearly 220 kilometers.
the last stand by van Aertwith indisputable panache but questionable tactical interest, and the favorable wind made it possible to complete the stage at an average speed of more than 49 km/h.
In an unbridled first part of the stage (101.6 km in two hours), van Aert multiplied the battering to finally cause a breakaway of three riders with the American Quinn Simmons, the youngest of the Tour peloton (21 years old ), and the Dane Jakob Fuglsang (37), at… 148 kilometers from the finish.
The peloton granted up to four minutes to the trio launched in this reckless breakaway. Finally alone in the lead at the start of the last thirty kilometers, the Belgian challenged the peloton chasing him before being caught and immediately overtaken eleven kilometers from the finish.
Tomblaine – The Board of Beautiful Girls for a birthday
Ten years ago, the Tour de France climbed the slopes of La Planche des Belles Filles for the first time. And it was already at the start of Tomblaine. Victory in Haute-Saône by Christopher Froome. Since then, the Franche-Comté summit has become a classic of the Grande Boucle, the story of which we tell you in this article.
The 7th stage city by city and minute by minute
Fictitious departure in Tomblaine, rue Jean Moulin, at 11:05 a.m. for the publicity caravan and at 1:05 p.m. for the runners. the actual departure is given avenue Sainte-Marguerite, at 11.15 a.m. for the caravan and 1.15 p.m. for the peloton.
The race takes place over nearly 46 km through Meurthe-et-Moselle, crossing Dombasle, Lunéville… and the place called Les Oeufs Durs. The runners arrive in the Vosges via the D414 and the town of Saint-Pierremont, towards Rambervillers, Bruyère, Granges-sur-Vologne.
the intermediate sprint is contested at km 101.2 in Gérardmer, then the riders climb the first pass of the stage, the Col de Grosse Pierre (category 3) before passing through La Bresse. At km 136, they pass the second pass, that of the Crosses, and switch to Haute-Saône. They then have less than 40 km left before the Super Planche, climbing via the D97, Fresse, the Chevestraye pass, Plancher-Bas and the finish at an altitude of 1,140 m.
The last passage of the Tour de France at La Planche des Belles Filles, in 2020, is memorable: on the eve of the arrival on the Champs-Elysées, the Slovenian leader Primoz Roglic had lost the yellow jersey, and the Big loop, at the benefit of his compatriot Tadej Pogacar.
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The interactive map of the 7th stage
The profile of the finish at the Super Planche des Belles Filles
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After arriving at La Planche des Belles Filles, the peloton will leave the next day from Dole in the Jura, heading for Lausanne, Switzerland and the Alps.
The Tour de France 2022 in the Grand Est and Franche-Comté
The Tour 2022 is also the Women’s Tour de France which is making a remarkable comeback in the East of France with five stages in the Grand Est and a stage in Franche-Comté, on July 31, between Lure and the Super Planche -des-Belles-Filles in Haute-Saône.