Tour de France 2018 stage seven LIVE: Dylan Groenewegen wins sprint ahead of Peter Sagan and Fernando Gaviria in Chartres
Stage seven is the longest of this Tour, a 231km route from Fougeres to Chartres via Mayenne, setup for the sprinters like Peter Sagan and Fernando Gaviria
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Stage seven is the longest day of this year’s Tour de France, a placid-looking 231km route from Fougeres in Brittany to Chartres, 100km south-west of Paris, via Mayenne which is setup for the sprinters.
There is every chance of a breakaway – the race was won in 2004 in by a break – but if the peloton reels in the escapees then all eyes will be on Peter Sagan and Fernando Gaviria as they resume their running battle.
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Prediction
Fernando Gaviria to claim his third stage victory.
Odds
Fernando Gaviria 13/10
Peter Sagan 10/3
Dylan Groenewegen 9/2
Marcel Kittel 7/1
Arnaud Demare 11/1
How to watch on TV
The stage will be shown live on ITV and Eurosport from 12pm BST.
Start time
The stage is scheduled to start at around 1pm local time.
160km to go
Yoann Offredo is now more than nine minutes up the road to Amiens, the peloton ticking over at a steady pace as they travel through Mayenne.
140km to go
And the sprint teams have decided to put their foot down a little. They want to make sure their men are well-placed at the end of this race, unfortunately for our race leader Offredo, whose lead has been cut down to seven minutes.
One rider is nearly seven minutes out in front. The other 169 are taking it steady:
110km to go
The peloton are slowly reeling in Offredo, who's valiant effort will earn him the combativity award but not a lot else. His advantage is down to around four minutes.
Into the final 100km and Offredo's lead has been cut to within a minute for the first time in a couple of hours.
Offredo is caught!
Finally the Frenchman's bold solo break comes to an end, swallowed up by the peloton. The question now is whether another group think they can make something stick in the final 90km, or whether the bunch will roll as one all the way to a sprint in Chartres.
There was a brief spell when a group slipped off the back of the peloton, Dan Martin amongst them, but they have returned to the main group meaning all 170 riders are as one.
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