Tour de France stage seven: Sprinters return to the fore
Mark Cavendish gets another chance to claim a win
Last Updated: 10/07/15 6:41pm
Stage seven of the Tour de France follows a flat 190.5km route from Livarot to Fougeres that should end in a bunch sprint.
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The stage starts at 11.40am BST and is due to finish at 4.22pm BST.
There are no categorised climbs on the route and although crosswinds could play a part, fast men such as Mark Cavendish, Andre Greipel, Peter Sagan and John Degenkolb should once again be fighting it out for the win.
Greipel has won the last two sprint stages and will be looking to complete his hat-trick, but after fourth and third places on the previous flat days, Cavendish will be motivated to make amends and claim the 26th Tour stage win of his career.
Greipel is Sky Bet’s favourite at 7/4, while Cavendish is second favourite at 5/2. Sagan can be backed at 4/1, while Alexander Kristoff is 7/1 and Sagan, who has three second places to his name so far in this year’s race but no wins, is 10/1.
Chris Froome is back at the top of the general classification after previous race leader Tony Martin crashed out on stage six.
You can follow all the action from stage seven with our live blog from 1pm.
Find out more about the rest of the Tour with our stage-by-stage guide.
