Saturday, July 8, 2023

Tour de France 23, Stage 8: The Chaser Is Now the Chasee


There are certain constants in the Tour de France.  One of those is that you will find Tim Declercq (Soudal-Quick Step) on the front of the peloton chasing down a break away most every flat to semi-flat stage of teh Tour.  Not today.  Today it was 'the tractor' off the front with two companions.  Anthony Delaplace (Arkea-Samsic) and Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) must have been thrilled to have the man usually responsible for killing their break away dreams, helping them to have a chance to fulfill them.  As they headed up the Cat 3 climb of the day, the Cote de Champs Romain, they had almost five minutes on the peloton.  It is still a stage marked down as on for the sprinters, so their chances of success are slim.  But with Declercq, they are a little less slim than they would have been otherwise.

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