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Giro 2014: Stage 7 Favourites: Sprint battle

Alessandro Petachhi GiroPlenty of opportunities for the sprinters in the early days of this years Giro with stage 7 likely providing another showdown between the fast men. (Slideshow route/profile)

After 2 stages for climbers and puncheurs, not to mention a serious GC shake-up, the sprinters return to the spotlight today in what should be a bunch finish. Expect the same men to be challenging and 1 of them should be wearing the red points jersey at this point.

There are many capable sprinters in the Giro peloton this year and with no Kittel, Cav or Greipel, the opportunity for Grand Tour success increases dramatically. Bouhanni, Viviani, Farrar and Swift should be in the mix and let’s not forget Alessandro Petacchi (image), who has won numerous stages in the past and should captain OPQS in the sprints.

Bouhanni starts as favourite given his stage 4 win and it looks like the Frenchman is developing into a sprinter who will challenge the big three in the near future.

Michael Matthews deserves a mention, he was supposed to be a sprinter right? After winning a mountain stage in pink, it’s hard to know if he’ll get himself involved today but writing him off in any way at the moment could make us look very silly!

Favourites:

Nacer Bouhanni
Alessandro Pettachi
Boy Van Poppel
Ben Swift
Elia Viviani
Michael Matthews
Tyler Farrar

Giro 2014 stage 7: Images and more

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Giro 2014 Profile stage 7: Frosinone - FolignoProfile

Giro 2014 stage 7: Last kilometres to FolignoLast kilometres

Giro 2014 Climb details stage 7: Frosinone - FolignoClimb details

Giro 2014 stage 7: Scheduled timesScheduled times

Giro d'Italia 2014 TweetsGiro d’Italia Tweets

Giro 2014 Route stage 7: Frosinone - FolignoRoute

Giro 2014 Stage 7: Frosinone - FolignoGoogle Maps

Giro d'Italia 2014 - How the race was won: stages 4-9


How stage 7 was won in 2014

Giro d'Italia 2013 - How the race was won: stages 5-9


How stage 7 was won in 2013

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