Stage 7 Breakdown:

Stage 7 take the riders on a 25.3km Individual Time Trial from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin. It is the first out of two time trials of the tour and the first chance for the time trial specialists to fight for a stage win. It will also be a chance for the GC contenders to fight for seconds in the overall standings.

The time trial is fairly flat, with only 300m of elevation gain over the course of 25km. There is one segment of 1.6km with a gradient of 6.5% with a couple short sections reaching up to 8%. The weather forecast for the area is looking good, with no rain expected before saturday. This should provide equal conditions for the riders despite the starting time difference. Overall the stage is well suited for time trial specialists, with Remco Evenepoel among the big favorites.

Favorites:
| +++ | Remco Evenepoel, Stefan Küng, Tadej Pogacar
| ++ | Juan Ayuso, Primoz Roglic, Jonas Vingegaard
| + | Stefan Bissegger, Wout van Aert

TourManager:
Etappe 7 er første individuelle tempoetappe i touren. Det er en ganske flat 25.3km lang tempo som passer de rene tempospesialistene. Se opp for sterke tempokjørere som Remco Evenepoel, men også de andre sammenlagtrytterne som Pogacar og Vingegaard. Det kan være lurt å bruke et bytte eller to på å få inn noen av favorittene til denne etappen, ettersom det er en ganske forutsigbar etappe å score poeng på.

Noen utvalgte ryttere man bør ha på laget til tempoen:
– Remco Evenepoel
– Stefan Küng
– Juan Ayuso
– Wout van Aert
– Tadej Pogacar

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