{"id":2035777,"date":"2026-07-09T16:57:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2035777"},"modified":"2026-07-09T16:57:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:57:04","slug":"tour-de-france-stage-7-preview-winds-could-wreak-havoc-for-the-sprinters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2035777","title":{"rendered":"Tour de France Stage 7 Preview: Winds Could Wreak Havoc for the Sprinters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/stage-7.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-wrap fp-contentTarget\">\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"mb-base-loose flex flex-wrap gap-(--spacing-base)\">\n<div class=\"fp-remove flex items-center justify-start gap-(--spacing-base-tight)\"><span class=\"font-utility-2 font-bold text-primary\">Jim Cotton<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-date font-utility-2 text-secondary\">Published July 9, 2026 10:57AM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Hagetmau \u2013 Bordeaux: 175.1km \/ 850m+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Look at it. It\u2019s long, and it\u2019s flat. Stage 7 of the\u00a0Tour de France\u00a0into Bordeaux is a guaranteed bunch sprint, and there\u2019s not much more to say.<\/p>\n<p>One potential wrinkle? Any impact of the weather.<\/p>\n<p>While the area is typically calm and still, any winds blowing in from the nearby Atlantic coast could cause carnage on a course that speeds almost directly north, all day.<\/p>\n<p>In the likely event of a mass sprint in Bordeaux, the pressure will be on any sprint trains that messed up their first opportunity on stage 5 into Pau. Tim Merlier and Jasper Philipsen will certainly be looking for a do-over. But do they have what it takes to best stage 5 winner Olav Kooij?<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placeholder-wrapper relative w-full border-t border-b border-border-light col-span-full my-3 md:col-span-10 md:col-start-2\">\n<div class=\"mb-[30px] min-h-[30px] text-center\"><span class=\"font-utility-4 font-medium tracking-[1px] text-neutral-500 uppercase\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Any team who gets it wrong again on stage 7 will see their next chance just 24 hours later in another sprint stage on day 8 into Bergerac.<\/p>\n<div class=\"u-spacing--half\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"u-text-transform--upper u-font-weight--bold u-letter-spacing--1\"><strong>Start<\/strong>:\u00a07:15 a.m. ET<\/li>\n<li class=\"u-text-transform--upper u-font-weight--bold u-letter-spacing--1\"><strong>Est. Finish<\/strong>:\u00a011:13 a.m. ET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"mb-base-loose flex flex-wrap gap-(--spacing-base)\">\n<div class=\"fp-remove flex items-center justify-start gap-(--spacing-base-tight)\"><span class=\"font-utility-2 font-bold text-primary\">Jim Cotton<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pub-date font-utility-2 text-secondary\">Published July 9, 2026 10:57AM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/tour-de-france\/tour-de-france-stage-7-preview-2026\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/stage-7.jpg&#8221;] Jim Cotton Published July 9, 2026 10:57AM Hagetmau \u2013 Bordeaux: 175.1km \/ 850m+ Look at it. It\u2019s long, and it\u2019s flat. Stage 7 of the\u00a0Tour de France\u00a0into Bordeaux is a guaranteed bunch sprint, and there\u2019s not much more to say. One potential wrinkle? Any impact of the weather. 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