The 2020 Tour de France burst into life with a spectacular stage 7. From Millau to Lavaur, on paper, we were set for a mass sprint. However, from kilometre zero, BORA-Hansgrohe powered to the front of the peloton and dropped the majority of the pure sprinters, including stage favourites Sam Bennett and Caleb Ewan. Later crosswinds would cause echelons, seeing GC favourites lose over a minute, including Mikel Landa, Tadej Pogacar and Bauke Mollema. In the end, a heavily reduced group would fight for the stage, where Wout van Aert would win his second Tour de France stage in a matter of days.