I have written three stories in the past: one with 2 cyclists, one with 24 cyclists and one story so bad I won't even link to it (but you can look it up and laugh at how bad it was). I also did some reporting for story games like EPIC and UCPCL. Recently I considered reporting for the Man-Game but that meant I had to buy PCM15 and the only version I have is PCM11. As trial I wanted to write another story for this game, to freshen up my reporting skills and to say goodbye to PCM11.
This story was recorded during the summer, after the Tour, but due to different factors I couldn't publish it. Issues with photo hosting sites, medical issues and a lack of time meant I had to postpone the release, and also reconsider my future as a reporter. But now it's at a point where the photos are online and some reports are written and I decided to go ahead with it.
In short: the Tour des Nations is a Grand Tour with a catch, instead of trade teams we go back in time and ride with national teams. The selection and stats were taken from the PCM.Daily Lite Pack for PCM17, so if the stats feel a little outdated or your favourite rider didn't make the selection back then but would've made it if I made it now I apologise.
Credits go to the PCM.Daily databases for PCM11 and the PCM.Daily Lite Pack for PCM17; aiko and Romain Sicard (Le Grupetto) for additional jerseys; haasje33 for his jersey template; and the following stagemakers: Blueberry, Cyanide, Emmea90, Fickman, Johan92, Kissaha, Leslandes, Luigi, nils erik, RicRaf95, roturn, tsmoha and Wielrennen11.
Edited by Marcovdw on 31-12-2017 18:24
As host country, France is automatically invited. The country of the leader of the UCI World Ranking for riders after the Tour de France, which is Greg van Avermaet's Belgium, is also automatically invited. The next eighteen nations are selected according to the UCI World Rankings for nations after the Tour de France, provided they can field a team of nine riders. In other words, there have to be at least nine riders in the PCM Daily Lite Pack. This was not a problem for any of those nation, which means we the following twenty teams were guaranteed a spot (in alphabetical order):
Australia Belgium Colombia Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Great Britain Ireland Italy Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Russia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Switzerland United States
The two final nine-rider teams will consist of mixed teams, one for Europe and one for the Rest of the World. For the European squad, these riders will come from nine different members of the European Cycling Union which are not represented as a full-sized squad. They will ride in a jersey sponsored by the UEC. The Rest of the World squad will consist of three riders from Africa, three riders from the Americas, two riders from Asia and one from Oceania. The Americas zone is further split into one Northern, Central and Southern participant. They will ride in a traditional rainbow jersey usually reserved for the World Champions.
A twenty-third team will participate, with only one rider: John Journalist. A second rider, Chris Cameraman, withdrew at the last moment so Johnny will have to both write the news articles and take the pictures. He will try not to interfere with the race. The team will be called Control and shall ride in a jersey sponsored by Pro Cycling Manager fan site PCMDaily.com.
Riders:
The four highest ranked riders in the UCI World Rankings after the Tour are automatically selected, provided they are in the database, not suspended or otherwise incapable of participating. The four riders in the PCM.Daily Lite Pack with the highest AVG stat are also selected. The ninth and final spot will be at the discretion of the big boss. If one or more riders can be selected via both automatic ways, more wildcard spots will open up to be decided by the big boss.
Each team has to at least field one rider which is eligible for the youth classification (under 25). However, an exception has been made for Poland because the selector mistakenly thought Wisniowski would be eligible for the white jersey when he was not, which meant Poland violated this rule. However, since it was discovered after the race had already started, the big boss decided not to take action.
Route:
The race will take place over twenty-four stages divided over three different legs, or "weeks" if you must. The first leg is nine stages, the second eight and the final seven, all separated by a rest day. The twenty-four stages will comprise of all the variants provided by the PCM.Daily 2012DB for PCM11, or those still available for download at the PCM.Daily site. This comprises of the following 13 routes being included:
2007
2008
2010
2011
2012
Emmea v1
Emmea v2
Fickman
Kissaha
nils erik
Ricraf95
tsmoha
Wielrennen11
Each variant will have two stages included in the race, with the exception of Fickman and 2007, who will only have one time trial due to the fact they use multiple intermediate sprints during the stages which is not compatible with the current rules. The other stages were selected on the base of stage realism (no goat trench or impropable mountain arrivals), stage design (no narrow roads or excessively steep climbs) and geographical location (no big transfers or multiple stages over the same mountain) to form a realistic route. The organisation has tried to include as many different stages for different specialists as possible, including a cobbled stage and a team time trial. The result is not 100% perfect but it's the best the hosts could put together. The Grand Départ will be held with a short time trial in Brussels on July 1, the final stage will be the traditional Champs-Elysées criterium on July 26.
Rules:
The race rules for this race are taken from the Tour de France 2017. This consists of the point distribution for the points and mountain jersey, boni seconds and tiebreaker criteria. The leader's jerseys will be the same as used in the Tour (GC: yellow, Points: green, KoM: polka dot, White: young rider). The interpretation of time limits and forced withdrawals is subject to PCM11, but the host is allowed to overrule this decision if he feels the riders were harshly threated by the game. The control rider will always be put back into the race, but his stats have been set high enough so that this hopefully won't be a problem. The "three kilometer rule" will be implemented as well, subject to the decision of the host. If there is any other scenario where the jury thinks they will have to intervene with some database editing they have to right to do so.
@trekbmc - Froome still has support from Thomas and the Yates brothers, but much less than usual. I'd be more curious in how a team with multiple leaders (Colombia, Spain, France) would race. Oh and I hate to break it to you, but Laporte didn't win seven stages @Yellow Jersey - Thanks, and team Portugal is glad with your support @sutty68 - Thank you very much sir!
The Grand Départ of the Tour des Nations will be held in Bruxelles, Brussels, Brussel or whatever you want to call it: the capital of the European Union. The race starts with a short individual time trial followed by a stage towards France, finishing on the Vélodrome de Roubaix with some legendary cobble sections included.
3-8: Along the west coast
The next few stages brings us downwards along the west coast of France. There are four sprinter stages, one stage for the puncheurs and a 23-kilometer team time trial in Les Essarts. Some of these stages are 200+ kilometers, so endurance can play a key factor in these stages. And maybe the wind can make the hearts of cycling fans all around the world pound even harder.
9-10: Massif Central
Two stages with a lot of different scenarios. The first has an uphill finish at the Super Besse ski station, the other one has a downhill finish after a local lap in Le-Puy-en-Velay. The favourites might want to hand out some early punches to the competition, or the breakaway with some specialists can get a free pass and battle it out. The first rest day falls in between these stages.
11-13: Alps
The Alpine trio has been carefully selected for optimal excitement. Stage 11 contains a HC climb to Chamrousse before a short and steep downhill to Grenoble. Stage 12 takes us over the Madeleine and Croix de Fer cols, before a finish in La Toussuire in a short stage without many flat sections. Stage 13, on Bastille Day, is only 15 kilometers long and contains 21 bends. You guessed it, we will tackle L'Alpe d'Huez. The riders will have to go up individually without support from teammates or spectators.
14-17: From Alps to Pyrenees via Ventoux
When you hear the names Guillestre, Digne-les-Bains, Sisteron and Bourg-lès-Valence, you think about the mountains surrounding them. Stages between these towns are likely to be hilly at least, right? Not for us, two short sprinter stages are on the menu to see how well the sprinters managed to survive the previous days. Then it's on to the lunar landscape of the Mont Ventoux for what should be another epic stage. Concluding the second "week" is a flat stage along the Mediterranian Sea, after which the riders will have the second day of rest.
18-20: Pyrenees
Immediately after the rest day, the riders will have to negotiate three stages in the Pyrenees. Stage 18 goes from Auzat to Massat via Col de la Core, Col de Latrape and Col d'Agnes. Stage 19 includes the climbs of Port de Balès, Col de Peyresourde and finish in the ski station of Peyragues. Stage 20 goes from Pau over the Col de Marie-Blanque, Col du Soulor with a nerve-wracking finale up Col du Tourmalet. You have to bring your A-game to these stages if you want to win.
21-22: Nearly there
The sprinters will have there chances again, but this depends on how they recovered and how many there are left, else the breakaway will have free reign over stage 21. Stage 22 is rated as hilly but has it's finish line drawn up a hill near Millau, overlooking the viaduct. Some minor differences can be created here especially of those who aren't too confident in their time trial ability.
23-24: The decision
54 individual time trial kilometers around the city of Albi, this is where the race will be decided. A small hill in the middle of the route which might have a little impact. And then the traditional Paris criterium around the Champs-Elysées, where the sprinters will battle for glory and the yellow jersey will be recorded in the history books!
Dumoulin in the TT's and crosswinds, Nibali and Aru turning the race upside down (in the descents also), the Spanish and Colombian depth, I sense Froome as big favourite but i predict a really hard job, and literally many contenders. REC will have a big role, the final TT may not create gaps that big.
Yellow Jersey wrote:
Dumoulin in the TT's and crosswinds, Nibali and Aru turning the race upside down (in the descents also), the Spanish and Colombian depth, I sense Froome as big favourite but i predict a really hard job, and literally many contenders. REC will have a big role, the final TT may not create gaps that big.
Every strong climber in the world is here, either as sole leader or part of a strong block. Key for the teams with multiple leaders is deciding their strategy, going full on one rider and using the others as domestique or keeping all options open at risk of losing GC ground. I also want to mention team Germany, and their sprint train Degenkolb-Greipel-Kittel in any order.
Full startlist, including dossards, posted in post 3.
The first starter on this opening time trial, and therefore the first rider to start the Tour des Nations, is Lars Petter Nordhaug. He will finish 178th, but he was no favourite for the stage win anyway.
The first serious time on the board belongs to Michael Matthews. 11 minutes and 6 seconds is his time, which most likely means the big guys will aim for a time just under 11 minutes.
Greg Van Avermaet is cheered on by his countrymen who came to see the riders in great numbers. This must've given him an extra boost as he smashes the best time and is the first to go under 11 minutes. 10 minutes 59 seconds is a seriously good time.
The current World Time Trial Champion, not wearing his jersey because it conflicts with the Rest of the World squad, Tony Martin on the road now. He is four seconds faster and the new leader.
Talk about surprises: we have a new leader in Taylor Phinney! He goes three seconds faster. If you placed a bet on him at the bookmakers, I'd like to know your lotto numbers for next week.
Marcel Kittel is faster than his teammate Martin but one second slower as Phinney. Looks like the route is more suited to sprinters than pure time trial specialists.
Dubbed the next Cancellara, Stefan Küng is up next. His chrono shows 10 minutes and 50 seconds, a new best time!
Geraint Thomas sets a time over 11 minutes and is out of contention for a top 10 on this stage. Disappointing start for the Welshman.
Vasil Kiryienka also comes nowhere near the current best time, 9 seconds slower and outside the top ten. Strange to see so many good time trials being off the pace today.
The sprinters hypothesis is further strengthened by Nikias Arndt's performance. He is only four seconds slower and places himself between Kittel and Martin. Ze Germans are currently ranked third, fourth and fifth.
Maciej Bodnar spoils the German fun though as he is the new number four at three seconds behind Küng.
Always a dangerous outsider: Jonathan Castroviejo. He didn't have the best of legs today, as he is way off the pace.
One of the bookmakers' favourite today is Rohan Dennis. He approaches the finish line now. Three, two, one, too late. Küng can stay in his hotseat. The Australian settles in third, same time as second placed Phinney but losing on milliseconds.
Edvald Boasson Hagen can't mount a surprise. He is seventeen seconds slower.
Primož Roglič is also seventeen seconds down. Has the weather changed? Different wind direction or weaker? We're consulting our weather experts now.
Unable to emulate Bodnar's performance, Michał Kwiatkowski is fifteen seconds down. Definintely something in the air has changed, and suddenly early starters like Ion Izagirre, Ramunas Navardauskas and Nelson Oliveira are in contention for a top ten.
The last one who might change something at the top is Tom Dumoulin, but he falls victim to the changed conditions as well. His teammates Terpstra and Kruijswijk are even faster than him over the 8500 metres. That's enough evidence I suppose.
Chris Froome finishes outside the top 100. But most other yellow jersey contenders are in the same boat as well. And as Vincenzo Nibali rolls across the line behind him, we can confirm that Stefan Küng has won the first stage and will wear the first yellow jersey!
Classifications:
Stage:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
10'50
2
Taylor Phinney
United States
+ 2
3
Rohan Dennis
Australia
s.t.
4
Marcel Kittel
Germany
+ 3
5
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
s.t.
6
Nikias Arndt
Germany
+ 4
7
Tony Martin
Germany
+ 5
8
Ion Izagirre
Spain
s.t.
9
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
s.t.
10
Andrey Amador
Mixed Rest of World
+ 6
Spoiler
11
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
+ 7
12
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
s.t.
13
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
s.t.
14
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
s.t.
15
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
+ 9
16
Luke Durbridge
Australia
s.t.
17
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
s.t.
18
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
+ 10
19
Simon Geschke
Germany
s.t.
20
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
s.t.
21
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
+ 11
22
Thibaut Pinot
France
+ 12
23
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
s.t.
24
Wilco Kelderman
Netherlands
s.t.
25
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
s.t.
26
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
s.t.
27
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
+ 13
28
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
s.t.
29
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
s.t.
30
Simon Gerrans
Australia
s.t.
31
John Degenkolb
Germany
s.t.
32
Fabio Felline
Italy
s.t.
33
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 14
34
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
s.t.
35
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
s.t.
36
Adam Yates
Great Britain
+ 15
37
José Mendes
Portugal
s.t.
38
Arnaud Démare
France
s.t.
39
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
s.t.
40
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
s.t.
41
Alberto Contador
Spain
s.t.
42
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
s.t.
43
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
s.t.
44
Brent Bookwalter
United States
s.t.
45
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
s.t.
46
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
s.t.
47
Michael Matthews
Australia
+ 16
48
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
s.t.
49
Warren Barguil
France
s.t.
50
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 17
51
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
s.t.
52
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
s.t.
53
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
s.t.
54
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
s.t.
55
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
+ 18
56
Marc Soler
Spain
s.t.
57
Diego Rosa
Italy
s.t.
58
Nathan Haas
Australia
s.t.
59
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
s.t.
60
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
+ 19
61
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
s.t.
62
Davide Formolo
Italy
s.t.
63
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
s.t.
64
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
65
Rafał Majka
Poland
+ 20
66
David De La Cruz
Spain
s.t.
67
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
s.t.
68
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 21
69
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
s.t.
70
Julian Alaphilippe
France
s.t.
71
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
s.t.
72
Michael Schär
Switzerland
+ 22
73
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
s.t.
74
Sergey Shilov
Russia
s.t.
75
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
s.t.
76
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
s.t.
77
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
+ 23
78
Philip Deignan
Ireland
s.t.
79
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
s.t.
80
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
s.t.
81
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
s.t.
82
Richie Porte
Australia
s.t.
83
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
s.t.
84
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
s.t.
85
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
+ 24
86
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
s.t.
87
Lilian Calmejane
France
s.t.
88
José Gonçalves
Portugal
s.t.
89
Caleb Ewan
Australia
s.t.
90
Borut Božic
Slovenia
s.t.
91
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
s.t.
92
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
+ 25
93
Tony Gallopin
France
s.t.
94
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
s.t.
95
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
s.t.
96
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
s.t.
97
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
s.t.
98
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
+ 26
99
Diego Ulissi
Italy
s.t.
100
Mathew Hayman
Australia
s.t.
101
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
s.t.
102
Fabio Aru
Italy
s.t.
103
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
+ 27
104
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
s.t.
105
Tiago Machado
Portugal
s.t.
106
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
s.t.
107
Andrew Talansky
United States
s.t.
108
Chris Froome
Great Britain
s.t.
109
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
110
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
+ 28
111
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
s.t.
112
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
113
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
s.t.
114
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
s.t.
115
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
s.t.
116
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
+ 29
117
Maciej Paterski
Poland
s.t.
118
Simon Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
119
Michal Schlegel
Czech Republic
s.t.
120
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
s.t.
121
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
s.t.
122
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
s.t.
123
Nacer Bouhanni
France
s.t.
124
Matti Breschel
Denmark
s.t.
125
Rui Costa
Portugal
s.t.
126
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
+ 30
127
Paweł Poljański
Poland
s.t.
128
Juraj Sagan
Slovakia
s.t.
129
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
s.t.
130
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
s.t.
131
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
s.t.
132
Sam Bennett
Ireland
s.t.
133
Sébastien Reichenbach
Switzerland
s.t.
134
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
s.t.
135
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
136
André Greipel
Germany
+ 31
137
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
s.t.
138
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
s.t.
139
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
s.t.
140
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
s.t.
141
Leopold König
Czech Republic
s.t.
142
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
s.t.
143
Patrik Tybor
Slovakia
+ 32
144
Marko Kump
Slovenia
s.t.
145
Mikel Landa
Spain
s.t.
146
Wout Poels
Netherlands
s.t.
147
Roman Kreuziger
Czech Republic
+ 33
148
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
s.t.
149
Marek Canecky
Slovakia
+ 34
150
Ian Boswell
United States
s.t.
151
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
s.t.
152
Erik Baska
Slovakia
s.t.
153
Alexander Porsev
Russia
s.t.
154
Martin Velits
Slovakia
s.t.
155
Yury Trofimov
Russia
+ 35
156
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
s.t.
157
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
s.t.
158
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
159
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
s.t.
160
Romain Bardet
France
s.t.
161
Alex Howes
United States
+ 36
162
Thomas Voeckler
France
s.t.
163
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
164
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
s.t.
165
Roman Maikin
Russia
s.t.
166
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
s.t.
167
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
s.t.
168
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
s.t.
169
Stephen Clancy
Ireland
+ 37
170
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
+ 38
171
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
s.t.
172
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
s.t.
173
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
s.t.
174
Winner Anacona
Colombia
s.t.
175
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
176
Daniel Martin
Ireland
s.t.
177
Michał Gołaś
Poland
s.t.
178
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
s.t.
179
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 39
180
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
s.t.
181
Adam Hansen
Australia
+ 40
182
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
s.t.
183
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
s.t.
184
Matej Mugerli
Slovenia
s.t.
185
Martin Haring
Slovakia
+ 41
186
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
+ 42
187
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
+ 43
188
Rick Zabel
Germany
s.t.
189
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
+ 44
190
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
191
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
s.t.
192
Mikel Nieve
Spain
s.t.
193
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
s.t.
194
Conor Dunne
Ireland
+ 45
195
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
+ 46
196
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 47
197
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
+ 49
198
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
+ 50
General:
There are no time bonusses in the time trials, so this is an exact copy of the stage results.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
10'50
2
Taylor Phinney
United States
+ 2
3
Rohan Dennis
Australia
s.t.
4
Marcel Kittel
Germany
+ 3
5
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
s.t.
6
Nikias Arndt
Germany
+ 4
7
Tony Martin
Germany
+ 5
8
Ion Izagirre
Spain
s.t.
9
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
s.t.
10
Andrey Amador
Mixed Rest of World
+ 6
Spoiler
11
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
+ 7
12
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
s.t.
13
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
s.t.
14
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
s.t.
15
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
+ 9
16
Luke Durbridge
Australia
s.t.
17
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
s.t.
18
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
+ 10
19
Simon Geschke
Germany
s.t.
20
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
s.t.
21
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
+ 11
22
Thibaut Pinot
France
+ 12
23
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
s.t.
24
Wilco Kelderman
Netherlands
s.t.
25
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
s.t.
26
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
s.t.
27
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
+ 13
28
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
s.t.
29
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
s.t.
30
Simon Gerrans
Australia
s.t.
31
John Degenkolb
Germany
s.t.
32
Fabio Felline
Italy
s.t.
33
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 14
34
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
s.t.
35
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
s.t.
36
Adam Yates
Great Britain
+ 15
37
José Mendes
Portugal
s.t.
38
Arnaud Démare
France
s.t.
39
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
s.t.
40
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
s.t.
41
Alberto Contador
Spain
s.t.
42
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
s.t.
43
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
s.t.
44
Brent Bookwalter
United States
s.t.
45
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
s.t.
46
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
s.t.
47
Michael Matthews
Australia
+ 16
48
Giacomo Nizzolo
Italy
s.t.
49
Warren Barguil
France
s.t.
50
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 17
51
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
s.t.
52
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
s.t.
53
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
s.t.
54
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
s.t.
55
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
+ 18
56
Marc Soler
Spain
s.t.
57
Diego Rosa
Italy
s.t.
58
Nathan Haas
Australia
s.t.
59
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
s.t.
60
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
+ 19
61
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
s.t.
62
Davide Formolo
Italy
s.t.
63
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
s.t.
64
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
65
Rafał Majka
Poland
+ 20
66
David De La Cruz
Spain
s.t.
67
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
s.t.
68
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 21
69
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
s.t.
70
Julian Alaphilippe
France
s.t.
71
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
s.t.
72
Michael Schär
Switzerland
+ 22
73
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
s.t.
74
Sergey Shilov
Russia
s.t.
75
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
s.t.
76
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
s.t.
77
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
+ 23
78
Philip Deignan
Ireland
s.t.
79
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
s.t.
80
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
s.t.
81
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
s.t.
82
Richie Porte
Australia
s.t.
83
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
s.t.
84
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
s.t.
85
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
+ 24
86
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
s.t.
87
Lilian Calmejane
France
s.t.
88
José Gonçalves
Portugal
s.t.
89
Caleb Ewan
Australia
s.t.
90
Borut Božic
Slovenia
s.t.
91
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
s.t.
92
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
+ 25
93
Tony Gallopin
France
s.t.
94
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
s.t.
95
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
s.t.
96
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
s.t.
97
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
s.t.
98
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
+ 26
99
Diego Ulissi
Italy
s.t.
100
Mathew Hayman
Australia
s.t.
101
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
s.t.
102
Fabio Aru
Italy
s.t.
103
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
+ 27
104
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
s.t.
105
Tiago Machado
Portugal
s.t.
106
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
s.t.
107
Andrew Talansky
United States
s.t.
108
Chris Froome
Great Britain
s.t.
109
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
110
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
+ 28
111
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
s.t.
112
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
113
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
s.t.
114
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
s.t.
115
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
s.t.
116
Łukasz Wiśniowski
Poland
+ 29
117
Maciej Paterski
Poland
s.t.
118
Simon Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
119
Michal Schlegel
Czech Republic
s.t.
120
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
s.t.
121
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
s.t.
122
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
s.t.
123
Nacer Bouhanni
France
s.t.
124
Matti Breschel
Denmark
s.t.
125
Rui Costa
Portugal
s.t.
126
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
+ 30
127
Paweł Poljański
Poland
s.t.
128
Juraj Sagan
Slovakia
s.t.
129
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
s.t.
130
Vyacheslav Kuznetsov
Russia
s.t.
131
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
s.t.
132
Sam Bennett
Ireland
s.t.
133
Sébastien Reichenbach
Switzerland
s.t.
134
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
s.t.
135
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
136
André Greipel
Germany
+ 31
137
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
s.t.
138
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
s.t.
139
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
s.t.
140
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
s.t.
141
Leopold König
Czech Republic
s.t.
142
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
s.t.
143
Patrik Tybor
Slovakia
+ 32
144
Marko Kump
Slovenia
s.t.
145
Mikel Landa
Spain
s.t.
146
Wout Poels
Netherlands
s.t.
147
Roman Kreuziger
Czech Republic
+ 33
148
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
s.t.
149
Marek Canecky
Slovakia
+ 34
150
Ian Boswell
United States
s.t.
151
Matthew Brammeier
Ireland
s.t.
152
Erik Baska
Slovakia
s.t.
153
Alexander Porsev
Russia
s.t.
154
Martin Velits
Slovakia
s.t.
155
Yury Trofimov
Russia
+ 35
156
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
s.t.
157
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
s.t.
158
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
159
Mark Cavendish
Great Britain
s.t.
160
Romain Bardet
France
s.t.
161
Alex Howes
United States
+ 36
162
Thomas Voeckler
France
s.t.
163
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
164
Alois Kankovsky
Czech Republic
s.t.
165
Roman Maikin
Russia
s.t.
166
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
s.t.
167
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
s.t.
168
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
s.t.
169
Stephen Clancy
Ireland
+ 37
170
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
+ 38
171
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
s.t.
172
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
s.t.
173
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
s.t.
174
Winner Anacona
Colombia
s.t.
175
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
176
Daniel Martin
Ireland
s.t.
177
Michał Gołaś
Poland
s.t.
178
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
s.t.
179
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 39
180
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
s.t.
181
Adam Hansen
Australia
+ 40
182
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
s.t.
183
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
s.t.
184
Matej Mugerli
Slovenia
s.t.
185
Martin Haring
Slovakia
+ 41
186
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
+ 42
187
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
+ 43
188
Rick Zabel
Germany
s.t.
189
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
+ 44
190
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
191
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
s.t.
192
Mikel Nieve
Spain
s.t.
193
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
s.t.
194
Conor Dunne
Ireland
+ 45
195
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
+ 46
196
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 47
197
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
+ 49
198
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
+ 50
Points:
As Küng can't wear two jerseys at the same time, the green jersey will be worn by Taylor Phinney.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
20
2
Taylor Phinney
United States
17
3
Rohan Dennis
Australia
15
4
Marcel Kittel
Germany
13
5
Maciej Bodnar
Poland
11
Spoiler
6
Nikias Arndt
Germany
10
7
Tony Martin
Germany
9
8
Ion Izagirre
Spain
8
9
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
7
10
Andrey Amador
Mixed Rest of World
6
11
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
5
12
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
4
13
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
3
14
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
2
15
Greg Van Avermaet
Belgium
1
Mountains:
Not awarded
Young rider:
As Küng also leads this classification, the organisation had to search for the next best young rider in the standings to wear the white jersey. That honour goes to Ryan Mullen.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
10'50
2
Ryan Mullen
Ireland
+ 10
3
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 14
4
Adam Yates
Great Britain
+ 15
5
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 17
Spoiler
6
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 18
7
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 19
8
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
9
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 21
10
Julian Alaphilippe
France
s.t.
11
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
s.t.
12
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 23
13
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
+ 24
14
Lilian Calmejane
France
s.t.
15
Caleb Ewan
Australia
s.t.
16
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
+ 25
17
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
s.t.
18
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
s.t.
19
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 27
20
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
+ 28
21
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
s.t.
22
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
s.t.
23
Simon Yates
Great Britain
+ 29
24
Michal Schlegel
Czech Republic
s.t.
25
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
s.t.
26
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
s.t.
27
Petr Vakoc
Czech Republic
+ 30
28
Robin Carpenter
United States
s.t.
29
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 31
30
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
s.t.
31
Erik Baska
Slovakia
+ 34
32
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
+ 35
33
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
s.t.
34
Phil Bauhaus
Germany
+ 36
35
Stephen Clancy
Ireland
+ 37
36
Kristoffer Halvorsen
Norway
+ 38
37
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
38
Juraj Bellan
Slovakia
+ 39
39
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
s.t.
40
Michael Kolar
Slovakia
+ 40
41
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 43
42
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 44
43
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
s.t.
44
Conor Dunne
Ireland
+ 45
45
Truls Korsaeth
Norway
+ 46
46
Edward Dunbar
Ireland
+ 47
Team:
With three riders in the top ten, no wonder Germany leads the team classification.
Rank
Team
Time
1
Germany
32'42
2
Australia
+ 12
3
Netherlands
+ 16
4
Switzerland
+ 17
5
Great Britain
+ 18
Spoiler
6
Mixed Europe
+ 19
7
Spain
+ 20
8
United States
+ 22
9
Poland
+ 26
10
France
+ 31
11
Norway
s.t.
12
Belgium
+ 32
13
Italy
s.t.
14
Denmark
+ 33
15
Portugal
+ 34
16
Mixed Rest of World
+ 40
17
Slovenia
+ 42
18
Colombia
+ 46
19
Ireland
+ 47
20
Czech Republic
s.t.
21
Russia
+ 54
22
Slovakia
+ 1'13
Combativity:
Not awarded
Final words:
Spoiler
I honestly don't know what happened to some of the favourites. I used the weather excuse as it could be a realistic explanation of why some great riders don't even get near the top 10, but it won't explain why riders like Amador and Cummings, who started pretty late in the stage as well, exceeded expectations for them.
Nice concept, I hope Jacob Fugl will fly, more realistically Columbia. Lovely concept with rest of the wo/eu, to have many different nations in the race.
Australia
Belgium
Colombia
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Great Britain
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Switzerland
United States
B. Jungels
L. Meintjes
E. Grosu
A. Amador
T. Kangert
Y. Arashiro
V. Kiryienka
G. Bennett
R. Kiserlovski
T. Grmay
P. Konrad
M. Kudus
T. Ludvigsson
A. Lutsenko
R. Navardauskas
A. Richeze
A. Saramotins
M. Woods
although I may support another team
