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[Story] Tour des Nations
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Posted on 19-12-2017 16:46
STAGE 14

Profile:
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Race:

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A stage from Guillestre to Digne-les-Bains sounds like a medium mountain stage at least, but no. We carefully avoid the hills and take a short and flat route through the valley. Which sprinter feels best after the past mountain stages?

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The initial breakway attempt was made in increments. First there were five, then there were eight followed by another two riders. Later three more would be added, and then another three to add up to final total of sixteen riders. The most notable name is that of Thomas Voeckler, who is cheered on by his home crowd.

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But the breakaway was reeled in by the peloton, who considered it too dangerous for this short stage. Instead we get three different groups up the road now. The leader is former yellow jersey Sep Vanmarcke, who also takes the intermediate sprint. One minute behind him is the duo of Božic and Vakoč, both remains of the original break. And one further minute behind is, we missed him in the previous stages, Niki Terpstra.

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Inside the peloton Bouhanni takes fifth place at the intermediate ahead of Greipel in the dress rehersal for the actual sprint. Both men have managed to survive the mountains, unlike their leaders Demare and Kittel. Maybe there can finally be a functional sprint train.

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The weather is on and off today. Dry periods are interrupted by heavy rainfall, as Boasson Hagen experiences first hand when his tire lost grip which caused him to crash.

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He's not the only one though. Ulissi could also use a lesson in bike handling.

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With just 12 kilometers to go, this stage has really flown by, Vanmarcke holds 90 seconds to his three chasers, who have united their strenghts in order to try and catch the Belgian. The peloton is also close behind, at 45 seconds behind the three, with the pace being set by Germany and Norway.

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At 5 kilometers to go Vanmarcke is still ahead. The other three have been caught by the steam trains.

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König and Roche try a desperate attempt to ride away from the peloton. Arndt is the front locomotive for team Germany, with Degenkolb now used as leadout for Greipel. Gaviria seems best positioned on his wheel.

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Heartbreak for the Belgian, since he's caught within sight of the kite for the final kilometer. Degenkolb now leads the pack with all remaining sprinters in line behind him.

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Greipel wants to prove a point to his manager regarding the first stages. He starts his sprint with amazing power, Gaviria seems to be the only one with an answer so far. Bouhanni and Kristoff have to come from far behind.

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Suddenly Cort Nielsen finds a gap between the rivals and does not hesitate for one second, he goes for it. Greipel has been a bit too confident and is starting to fade away, while Gaviria seems to not have it in him as well. Can we see the Dane as a surprise winner today?

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Yes we can! Magnus Cort Nielsen causes a minor upset today by winning the fourteenth stage! Gaviria comes home in second ahead of Bouhanni, Kristoff, Greipel, and an anonymous Peter Sagan.

Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark2h59'18
2Fernando GaviriaColombias.t.
3Nacer BouhanniFrances.t.
4Alexander KristoffNorways.t.
5André GreipelGermanys.t.
6Peter SaganSlovakias.t.
7Greg Van AvermaetBelgiums.t.
8Dylan GroenewegenNetherlandss.t.
9Sonny ColbrelliItalys.t.
10Zdenek StybarCzech Republics.t.

Spoiler
11Vincenzo NibaliItalys.t.
12Sam BennettIrelands.t.
13John DegenkolbGermanys.t.
14Caleb EwanAustralias.t.
15Fabio FellineItalys.t.
16Philippe GilbertBelgiums.t.
17Alejandro ValverdeSpains.t.
18Sondre Holst EngerNorways.t.
19Sep VanmarckeBelgiums.t.
20Luka MezgecSlovenias.t.
21Nikias ArndtGermanys.t.
22Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
23Leopold KönigCzech Republics.t.
24Tom DumoulinNetherlandss.t.
25Warren BarguilFrances.t.
26Nicolas RocheIrelands.t.
27Roman MaikinRussias.t.
28Ilnur ZakarinRussias.t.
29Thibaut PinotFrances.t.
30Tony GallopinFrances.t.
31Davide FormoloItalys.t.
32Marko KumpSlovenias.t.
33Daniel MartinIrelands.t.
34Silvan DillierSwitzerlands.t.
35Robert GesinkNetherlandss.t.
36Marc SolerSpains.t.
37Jan BartaCzech Republics.t.
38Borut BožicSlovenias.t.
39Andrew TalanskyUnited Statess.t.
40Rigoberto UránColombias.t.
41Jan HirtCzech Republics.t.
42Stefan KüngSwitzerlands.t.
43Niki TerpstraNetherlandss.t.
44Mathias FrankSwitzerlands.t.
45Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
46Julian AlaphilippeFrances.t.
47Sven Erik BystrømNorways.t.
48Lars Petter NordhaugNorways.t.
49Petr VakočCzech Republics.t.
50Truls KorsaethNorways.t.
51Michael AlbasiniSwitzerlands.t.
52Danilo WyssSwitzerlands.t.
53Lilian CalmejaneFrances.t.
54Thomas VoecklerFrances.t.
55Michael MatthewsAustralias.t.
56Reto HollensteinSwitzerlands.t.
57Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
58Jens KeukeleireBelgiums.t.
59Lars Ytting BakDenmarks.t.
60Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
61Dylan Van BaarleNetherlandss.t.
62Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
63José GonçalvesPortugals.t.
64Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europes.t.
65Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugals.t.
66Esteban ChavesColombias.t.
67Michael MørkøvDenmarks.t.
68Matej MugerliSlovenias.t.
69Thomas De GendtBelgiums.t.
70Jan TratnikSlovenias.t.
71Jóni BrandãoPortugals.t.
72Sérgio Luis HenaoColombias.t.
73Tony MartinGermanys.t.
74Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
75Nelson OliveiraPortugals.t.
76Nathan HaasAustralias.t.
77Sergey ChernetskiyRussias.t.
78Rohan DennisAustralias.t.
79Bauke MollemaNetherlandss.t.
80Simon SpilakSlovenias.t.
81Miguel Angel LopezColombias.t.
82Michael ValgrenDenmarks.t.
83Simon GeschkeGermanys.t.
84Matej MohoricSlovenias.t.
85Oliver NaesenBelgiums.t.
86Steven KruijswijkNetherlandss.t.
87Michael SchärSwitzerlands.t.
88Erik BaskaSlovakias.t.
89José Joaquín RojasSpains.t.
90Rick ZabelGermanys.t.
91Yury TrofimovRussias.t.
92Serge PauwelsBelgiums.t.
93Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
94Emanuel BuchmannGermanys.t.
95Philip DeignanIrelands.t.
96Diego RosaItalys.t.
97Mikel NieveSpains.t.
98Matthew BrammeierIrelands.t.
99Mikel LandaSpains.t.
100Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europes.t.
101Sergey ShilovRussias.t.
102Tiesj BenootBelgiums.t.
103Geraint ThomasGreat Britains.t.
104Michał KwiatkowskiPolands.t.
105Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europes.t.
106Winner AnaconaColombias.t.
107Bob JungelsMixed Europes.t.
108Jarlinson PantanoColombias.t.
109Martin ElmigerSwitzerlands.t.
110Jonathan CastroviejoSpains.t.
111Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
112Alexander FoliforovRussias.t.
113Chris FroomeGreat Britains.t.
114Matvei MamykinRussias.t.
115Ryan MullenIrelands.t.
116Maciej PaterskiPolands.t.
117Søren Kragh AndersenDenmarks.t.
118Romain BardetFrances.t.
119Alberto ContadorSpains.t.
120Tiago MachadoPortugals.t.
121Rui CostaPortugals.t.
122John Darwin AtapumaColombias.t.
123Jan BakelantsBelgiums.t.
124Domenico PozzovivoItalys.t.
125Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europes.t.
126Fabio AruItalys.t.
127Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
128Ruben GuerreiroPortugals.t.
129Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
130Lawson CraddockUnited Statess.t.
131Peter KennaughGreat Britains.t.
132Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
133Michał GołaśPolands.t.
134Edward DunbarIrelands.t.
135Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
136Patrick KonradMixed Europes.t.
137Conor DunneIrelands.t.
138Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
139George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
140Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
141Michael WoodsMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
142Maciej BodnarPolands.t.
143Stephen CummingsGreat Britains.t.
144Paweł CieślikPolands.t.
145Paweł PoljańskiPolands.t.
146Ian StannardGreat Britains.t.
147Rafał MajkaPolands.t.
148Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
149Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europes.t.
150Ian BoswellUnited Statess.t.
151Patrik TyborSlovakias.t.
152Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
153Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
154Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
155Tejay Van GarderenUnited Statess.t.
156Rui VinhasPortugals.t.
157Jakob FuglsangDenmarks.t.
158Simon GerransAustralias.t.
159Brent BookwalterUnited Statess.t.
160Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
161José MendesPortugals.t.
162Wout PoelsNetherlandss.t.
163Richie PorteAustralias.t.
164Marek CaneckySlovakias.t.
165Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
166Nairo QuintanaColombias.t.
167Joseph DombrowskiUnited Statess.t.
168Alex HowesUnited Statess.t.
169Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
170Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 2'48
171Martin HaringSlovakias.t.
172Diego UlissiItaly+ 5'03
173Edvald Boasson HagenNorways.t.

General:

No changes obviously, although Vincenzo Nibali did finish eleventh today!
RankNameTeamTime
1Vincenzo NibaliItaly52h45'19
2Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 1'31
3Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 1'57
4Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 2'43
5Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 2'50
6Warren BarguilFrance+ 3'01
7Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 3'10
8Nairo QuintanaColombia+ 3'13
9Rigoberto UránColombia+ 3'44
10Alberto ContadorSpain+ 3'50

Spoiler
11Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 4'18
12Thibaut PinotFrance+ 4'27
13Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 4'33
14Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 5'12
15Daniel MartinIreland+ 5'39
16Rafał MajkaPoland+ 5'54
17Richie PorteAustralia+ 6'33
18Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 7'42
19Fabio AruItaly+ 9'16
20Michał KwiatkowskiPoland+ 9'35
21Mikel NieveSpain+ 9'43
22Steven KruijswijkNetherlands+ 10'14
23Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 10'40
24Diego RosaItaly+ 10'49
25Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia+ 11'07
26Romain BardetFrance+ 11'23
27Mikel LandaSpain+ 11'33
28Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 11'52
29Tejay Van GarderenUnited States+ 12'16
30Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 12'34
31Rui CostaPortugal+ 12'35
32Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 12'44
33Bauke MollemaNetherlands+ 13'33
34Tanel KangertMixed Europe+ 14'27
35Marc SolerSpain+ 14'37
36Fabio FellineItaly+ 14'42
37Domenico PozzovivoItalys.t.
38Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 15'10
39John Darwin AtapumaColombia+ 15'34
40Primož RogličSlovenia+ 16'06
41Thomas De GendtBelgium+ 16'11
42Tiago MachadoPortugal+ 16'18
43Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 16'37
44Esteban ChavesColombia+ 17'54
45Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 18'25
46Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 18'30
47Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe+ 19'20
48Leopold KönigCzech Republic+ 19'36
49Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 19'37
50Philip DeignanIreland+ 19'39
51Jarlinson PantanoColombia+ 20'16
52Stephen CummingsGreat Britain+ 20'18
53Przemysław NiemiecPoland+ 20'47
54Diego UlissiItaly+ 20'50
55Jan HirtCzech Republic+ 20'56
56George BennettMixed Rest of World+ 21'13
57Yury TrofimovRussia+ 21'43
58Rohan DennisAustralia+ 22'06
59Tony GallopinFrance+ 22'09
60Nicolas RocheIreland+ 22'16
61Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World+ 22'19
62Jan PolancSlovenia+ 23'03
63Simon SpilakSlovenia+ 25'01
64Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 25'08
65Jonathan CastroviejoSpain+ 25'33
66Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland+ 25'44
67Patrick KonradMixed Europe+ 25'58
68Matvei MamykinRussia+ 26'24
69Winner AnaconaColombia+ 26'28
70Jan BartaCzech Republic+ 26'29
71José MendesPortugal+ 26'36
72Brent BookwalterUnited States+ 26'47
73Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 27'02
74José GonçalvesPortugal+ 27'04
75Paweł PoljańskiPoland+ 27'06
76Thomas VoecklerFrance+ 27'55
77Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 28'20
78Serge PauwelsBelgium+ 28'29
79Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 28'44
80Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 30'02
81Ondrej CinkCzech Republic+ 31'25
82José Joaquín RojasSpain+ 32'35
83Vegard Stake LaengenNorway+ 32'49
84Tony MartinGermany+ 32'52
85Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 32'57
86Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 33'01
87Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 33'37
88Ian BoswellUnited States+ 34'26
89Greg Van AvermaetBelgium+ 35'08
90Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe+ 35'36
91Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 35'49
92Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 36'03
93Nathan HaasAustralia+ 36'21
94Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 36'55
95Maciej PaterskiPoland+ 37'32
96Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe+ 37'46
97Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 37'50
98Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 38'04
99Lars Petter NordhaugNorway+ 38'13
100Peter KennaughGreat Britain+ 38'37
101Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 39'24
102Simon GeschkeGermany+ 44'26
103Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 44'46
104Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 45'02
105Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugal+ 52'11
106Alex HowesUnited States+ 53'33
107Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 54'10
108Christopher Juul-JensenDenmark+ 55'34
109Peter SaganSlovakia+ 56'16
110Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 58'28
111Simon GerransAustralia+ 1h02'18
112Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 1h04'04
113Sep VanmarckeBelgium+ 1h05'01
114Luke DurbridgeAustralia+ 1h06'56
115Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 1h07'11
116Zdenek StybarCzech Republic+ 1h09'03
117Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 1h09'05
118Paweł CieślikPoland+ 1h09'10
119Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h10'06
120John DegenkolbGermany+ 1h11'31
121Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe+ 1h11'46
122Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 1h13'11
123Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 1h13'25
124Alexander KristoffNorway+ 1h13'46
125Mathias FrankSwitzerland+ 1h15'40
126Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 1h16'05
127Niki TerpstraNetherlands+ 1h16'06
128Michał GołaśPoland+ 1h18'53
129Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 1h19'25
130Jan TratnikSlovenia+ 1h19'52
131Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 1h19'54
132Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 1h20'00
133Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 1h23'08
134André GreipelGermany+ 1h24'20
135Danilo WyssSwitzerland+ 1h24'43
136Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 1h25'23
137Nacer BouhanniFrance+ 1h25'59
138Ian StannardGreat Britain+ 1h26'22
139Petr VakočCzech Republic+ 1h26'50
140Jens KeukeleireBelgium+ 1h26'55
141Nikias ArndtGermany+ 1h29'49
142Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 1h30'19
143Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 1h31'44
144Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 1h32'13
145Matej MugerliSlovenia+ 1h34'26
146Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 1h34'48
147Luke RoweGreat Britain+ 1h34'51
148Rui VinhasPortugal+ 1h36'12
149Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World+ 1h41'37
150Caleb EwanAustralia+ 1h42'41
151Michael MørkøvDenmark+ 1h43'38
152Maciej BodnarPoland+ 1h48'26
153Sergey ShilovRussia+ 1h49'06
154Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe+ 1h49'21
155Rick ZabelGermany+ 1h51'17
156Sam BennettIreland+ 1h51'32
157Matthew BrammeierIreland+ 1h52'16
158Truls KorsaethNorway+ 1h52'52
159Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 1h53'48
160Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 1h54'47
161Borut BožicSlovenia+ 1h55'46
162Roman MaikinRussia+ 1h56'40
163Edvald Boasson HagenNorway+ 1h57'32
164Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 1h58'14
165Marek CaneckySlovakia+ 1h58'53
166Marko KumpSlovenia+ 2h00'35
167Ryan MullenIreland+ 2h02'44
168Robin CarpenterUnited States+ 2h06'15
169Patrik TyborSlovakia+ 2h11'21
170Martin HaringSlovakia+ 2h21'43
171Edward DunbarIreland+ 2h26'10
172Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 2h35'55
173Conor DunneIreland+ 2h47'45

Points:

We have a tie at the top, but Peter Sagan has won two stages compared to Kristoff's one and is therefore still the leader.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Peter SaganSlovakia173
2Alexander KristoffNorway173
3Fernando GaviriaColombia105
4André GreipelGermany81
5Alejandro ValverdeSpain76

Spoiler
6Vincenzo NibaliItaly71
7Rui CostaPortugal64
8Zdenek StybarCzech Republic62
9Tony MartinGermany61
10Nacer BouhanniFrance60
11John DegenkolbGermany59
12Sep VanmarckeBelgium58
13Lawson CraddockUnited States57
14Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark56
15Caleb EwanAustralia49
16Oliver NaesenBelgium46
17Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World45
18Yury TrofimovRussia45
19Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands44
20Nairo QuintanaColombia43
21Przemysław NiemiecPoland42
22Patrick KonradMixed Europe42
23Maciej BodnarPoland42
24Warren BarguilFrance41
25Philip DeignanIreland40
26Tiesj BenootBelgium37
27Luke DurbridgeAustralia37
28Sam BennettIreland37
29Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World36
30Truls KorsaethNorway36
31José GonçalvesPortugal35
32Stefan KüngSwitzerland33
33Jan PolancSlovenia33
34Ilnur ZakarinRussia32
35Tiago MachadoPortugal32
36Borut BožicSlovenia32
37Brent BookwalterUnited States31
38Sonny ColbrelliItaly31
39Chris FroomeGreat Britain30
40Rigoberto UránColombia30
41Jan BakelantsBelgium30
42Edvald Boasson HagenNorway30
43Wout PoelsNetherlands29
44José Joaquín RojasSpain29
45Petr VakočCzech Republic29
46Greg Van AvermaetBelgium28
47Nikias ArndtGermany28
48Michael MatthewsAustralia26
49Sergey ChernetskiyRussia26
50Niki TerpstraNetherlands25
51Thibaut PinotFrance24
52Fabio AruItaly24
53Lars Ytting BakDenmark23
54Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe22
55Simon GeschkeGermany22
56Fabio FellineItaly21
57Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe21
58Michael ValgrenDenmark21
59Richie PorteAustralia20
60Jens KeukeleireBelgium20
61Philippe GilbertBelgium19
62Matvei MamykinRussia18
63Rick ZabelGermany18
64Tom DumoulinNetherlands17
65Maciej PaterskiPoland17
66Marko KumpSlovenia17
67Ryan MullenIreland17
68Andrew TalanskyUnited States16
69Robin CarpenterUnited States16
70Rafał MajkaPoland15
71Rohan DennisAustralia15
72Paweł PoljańskiPoland15
73Nathan HaasAustralia15
74Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe15
75Michael SchärSwitzerland14
76Michał GołaśPoland14
77Matthew BrammeierIreland14
78Stephen CummingsGreat Britain13
79Emanuel BuchmannGermany13
80Martin ElmigerSwitzerland13
81Ian StannardGreat Britain13
82Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World11
83Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World11
84Alberto ContadorSpain10
85Joseph DombrowskiUnited States10
86Jakob FuglsangDenmark9
87Julian AlaphilippeFrance9
88Diego RosaItaly9
89Geraint ThomasGreat Britain9
90Simon YatesGreat Britain9
91Esteban ChavesColombia9
92Tony GallopinFrance9
93Alexander FoliforovRussia9
94Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe9
95Ruben GuerreiroPortugal9
96Robert GesinkNetherlands8
97Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World8
98Romain BardetFrance8
99Jarlinson PantanoColombia8
100Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe8
101Roman MaikinRussia8
102Daniel MartinIreland7
103Matej MohoricSlovenia7
104Michał KwiatkowskiPoland6
105Mikel NieveSpain6
106Mikel LandaSpain6
107Jonathan CastroviejoSpain6
108Simon GerransAustralia6
109Luke RoweGreat Britain6
110Michael MørkøvDenmark6
111Tanel KangertMixed Europe5
112Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands5
113Nelson OliveiraPortugal5
114Jóni BrandãoPortugal5
115Marek CaneckySlovakia5
116Sven Erik BystrømNorway4
117Luka MezgecSlovenia4
118Erik BaskaSlovakia4
119Bob JungelsMixed Europe3
120Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia3
121Domenico PozzovivoItaly3
122Diego UlissiItaly3
123Serge PauwelsBelgium3
124Silvan DillierSwitzerland3
125Danilo WyssSwitzerland3
126Patrik TyborSlovakia3
127Adam YatesGreat Britain2
128Nicolas RocheIreland2
129John Darwin AtapumaColombia1
130Thomas De GendtBelgium1

Mountains:

No mountain points on offer despite being in the vicinity of the Alps. Rui Costa has nothing to fear for the coming stage as well.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Rui CostaPortugal73
2Nairo QuintanaColombia42
3Lawson CraddockUnited States41
4Richie PorteAustralia40
5Chris FroomeGreat Britain38

Spoiler
6Ilnur ZakarinRussia32
7Philip DeignanIreland25
8Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe22
9Vincenzo NibaliItaly21
10Tony MartinGermany21
11Joseph DombrowskiUnited States20
12Michael ValgrenDenmark19
13Mikel LandaSpain18
14Yury TrofimovRussia17
15Jan BakelantsBelgium17
16Thibaut PinotFrance16
17Warren BarguilFrance12
18Alberto ContadorSpain12
19Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World12
20Tiago MachadoPortugal11
21Matvei MamykinRussia11
22Stefan KüngSwitzerland10
23Tiesj BenootBelgium9
24Rafał MajkaPoland8
25Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World8
26Simon SpilakSlovenia7
27Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe6
28Greg Van AvermaetBelgium6
29Nathan HaasAustralia6
30Alejandro ValverdeSpain5
31Romain BardetFrance4
32Patrick KonradMixed Europe4
33Przemysław NiemiecPoland3
34Sergey ChernetskiyRussia3
35Tom DumoulinNetherlands2
36Bauke MollemaNetherlands2
37Alexander KristoffNorway2
38Jan PolancSlovenia1
39José Joaquín RojasSpain1
40Zdenek StybarCzech Republic1
41Jens KeukeleireBelgium1
42Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World1

Young rider:

If nothing changes in the GC, nothing changes in the young rider classification for Bob Jungels.
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe52h49'52
2Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 3'09
3Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 6'07
4Marc SolerSpain+ 10'04
5Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 10'37

Spoiler
6Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 12'04
7Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 13'52
8Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 15'04
9Jan PolancSlovenia+ 18'30
10Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 20'35
11Matvei MamykinRussia+ 21'51
12Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 23'47
13Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 24'11
14Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 25'29
15Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 28'24
16Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 28'28
17Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 31'16
18Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 33'17
19Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 49'37
20Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h05'33
21Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 1h08'38
22Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 1h08'52
23Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 1h11'32
24Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 1h14'52
25Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 1h15'27
26Petr VakocCzech Republic+ 1h22'17
27Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 1h25'46
28Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 1h27'11
29Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 1h27'40
30Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 1h30'15
31Caleb EwanAustralia+ 1h38'08
32Rick ZabelGermany+ 1h46'44
33Truls KorsaethNorway+ 1h48'19
34Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 1h49'15
35Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 1h50'14
36Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 1h53'41
37Ryan MullenIreland+ 1h58'11
38Robin CarpenterUnited States+ 2h01'42
39Edward DunbarIreland+ 2h21'37
40Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 2h31'22
41Conor DunneIreland+ 2h43'12

Team:

And the lead in the most boring classifications of all still belongs to the Netherlands.
RankTeamTime
1Netherlands157h13'10
2France+ 1'21
3Colombia+ 5'49
4Italy+ 8'16
5Great Britain+ 9'58

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6Spain+ 12'54
7Poland+ 14'56
8Mixed Europe+ 18'00
9United States+ 24'02
10Russia+ 25'32
11Belgium+ 28'03
12Australia+ 31'00
13Mixed Rest of World+ 35'25
14Ireland+ 39'12
15Czech Republic+ 51'18
16Portugal+ 52'11
17Slovenia+ 53'22
18Denmark+ 1h00'00
19Switzerland+ 1h18'32
20Germany+ 1h37'55
21Norway+ 2h05'06
22Slovakia+ 4h32'01

Combativity:

Despite not being part of the original breakaway and not winning the stage, he gave the peloton a good run for their money.
Sep Vanmarcke

Final words:

Spoiler
The game realises that Sagan should wear green under official regulations instead of Kristoff, but I'll be keeping an eye out in case something goes wrong.
Manager of Minions
 
sutty68
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Nibali looking in a strong position Wink
 
Marcovdw
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Posted on 21-12-2017 18:27
STAGE 15

Profile:
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Race:

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We're still under the shadow of the Alps but it's time for another flat stage. The breakaway might get a free pass this stage, so watch out for some hungry attackers.

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The names in today's thirteen man breakaway: Van Baarle, Brammeier, Carpenter, Dillier, Gołaś, Haas, Lutsenko, Maikin, Naesen, Rojas, Tybor, Valgren and Voeckler.

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The most notable moment from the break was a puncture for Lutsenko, but everyone else waited for him and things went on as they were. The gap to the peloton is nearing 10 minutes, with Portugal and the Mixed European squad taking charge. Punishment riding because they missed the breakaway?

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Naesen wins the intermediate sprint for the points. With 50 kilometers to go the gap is 11 minutes, it appears the break has this one in the pocket.

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Under 20 to go and the rain is coming down from the skies. The Frenchman and the Dutchman, Voeckler and Van Baarle, are the first to make a move. Who will respond?

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No one yet. With ten kilometers to go they are just under a minute away. Rojas and Gołaś do most of the chasing but they don't seem able to make the catch, with the rest looking at each other and sticking out a helping hand.

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After turns from Valgren, Naesen and Dillier twenty seconds have been cut off. But still there seems no real answer to the two leaders.

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Voeckler won't take over anymore, Van Baarle will have to lead him out towards the finish. This little impasse has brought the chasing group even closer but not close enough.

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At the last turn of the race, 600 meters to go, Voeckler makes his move around the outside and leaves Van Baarle to bite his dust. Rojas, arguably the best sprinter from the chasing group, is approaching fast. Maybe he can catch the Dutchman but the win is gone.

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After Barguil won the eleventh stage, we have another French winner in the name of Thomas Voeckler! Van Baarle barely beats the others for second, where Naesen used Rojas's slipstream to beat him to third. Fifth place goes to Maikin.

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Greipel won the sprint for fourteenth place and two points for the green jersey ahead of Bouhanni. Unfortunately a crash occured in the middle of the pack. Riders involved are Bennett, Gallopin, Haring, Kudus, Thomas, Adam Yates and Woods. Since it was in the final three kilometers, they won't lose any time to the peloton.

Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Thomas VoecklerFrance4h32'51
2Dylan Van BaarleNetherlandss.t.
3Oliver NaesenBelgiums.t.
4José Joaquín RojasSpains.t.
5Roman MaikinRussias.t.
6Nathan HaasAustralias.t.
7Michał GołaśPolands.t.
8Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
9Michael ValgrenDenmarks.t.
10Matthew BrammeierIrelands.t.

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11Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
12Silvan DillierSwitzerlands.t.
13Patrik TyborSlovakias.t.
14André GreipelGermany+ 7'52
15Nacer BouhanniFrances.t.
16John DegenkolbGermanys.t.
17Alexander KristoffNorways.t.
18Magnus Cort NielsenDenmarks.t.
19Peter SaganSlovakias.t.
20Fernando GaviriaColombias.t.
21Sonny ColbrelliItalys.t.
22Edvald Boasson HagenNorways.t.
23Dylan GroenewegenNetherlandss.t.
24Greg Van AvermaetBelgiums.t.
25Caleb EwanAustralias.t.
26Sam BennettIrelands.t.
27Vincenzo NibaliItalys.t.
28Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
29Michael AlbasiniSwitzerlands.t.
30Zdenek StybarCzech Republics.t.
31Sep VanmarckeBelgiums.t.
32Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europes.t.
33Fabio FellineItalys.t.
34Martin ElmigerSwitzerlands.t.
35Niki TerpstraNetherlandss.t.
36Philippe GilbertBelgiums.t.
37Nikias ArndtGermanys.t.
38Leopold KönigCzech Republics.t.
39Sondre Holst EngerNorways.t.
40Nicolas RocheIrelands.t.
41Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europes.t.
42Borut BožicSlovenias.t.
43Ryan MullenIrelands.t.
44Michael MatthewsAustralias.t.
45Marko KumpSlovenias.t.
46Luka MezgecSlovenias.t.
47Emanuel BuchmannGermanys.t.
48Alejandro ValverdeSpains.t.
49Tom DumoulinNetherlandss.t.
50Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europes.t.
51Michał KwiatkowskiPolands.t.
52Bob JungelsMixed Europes.t.
53Jarlinson PantanoColombias.t.
54Lars Ytting BakDenmarks.t.
55Tiesj BenootBelgiums.t.
56Rigoberto UránColombias.t.
57Warren BarguilFrances.t.
58Julian AlaphilippeFrances.t.
59Søren Kragh AndersenDenmarks.t.
60Nairo QuintanaColombias.t.
61Brent BookwalterUnited Statess.t.
62Thibaut PinotFrances.t.
63Robert GesinkNetherlandss.t.
64Jakob FuglsangDenmarks.t.
65Andrew TalanskyUnited Statess.t.
66Sergey ChernetskiyRussias.t.
67Philip DeignanIrelands.t.
68Ilnur ZakarinRussias.t.
69Simon GerransAustralias.t.
70Matej MohoricSlovenias.t.
71Alex HowesUnited Statess.t.
72Mikel LandaSpains.t.
73Nelson OliveiraPortugals.t.
74Erik BaskaSlovakias.t.
75Richie PorteAustralias.t.
76Serge PauwelsBelgiums.t.
77Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
78Lars Petter NordhaugNorways.t.
79Michael MørkøvDenmarks.t.
80Daniel MartinIrelands.t.
81Diego RosaItalys.t.
82Miguel Angel LopezColombias.t.
83Romain BardetFrances.t.
84Conor DunneIrelands.t.
85Sérgio Luis HenaoColombias.t.
86Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
87Winner AnaconaColombias.t.
88Chris FroomeGreat Britains.t.
89José GonçalvesPortugals.t.
90Jan TratnikSlovenias.t.
91Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
92Rohan DennisAustralias.t.
93Truls KorsaethNorways.t.
94Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
95Diego UlissiItalys.t.
96Petr VakočCzech Republics.t.
97Tejay Van GarderenUnited Statess.t.
98Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
99Bauke MollemaNetherlandss.t.
100Mikel NieveSpains.t.
101Maciej BodnarPolands.t.
102Rafał MajkaPolands.t.
103Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
104Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
105Ruben GuerreiroPortugals.t.
106Jonathan CastroviejoSpains.t.
107José MendesPortugals.t.
108Lilian CalmejaneFrances.t.
109Alberto ContadorSpains.t.
110Rick ZabelGermanys.t.
111Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
112Davide FormoloItalys.t.
113Domenico PozzovivoItalys.t.
114Matej MugerliSlovenias.t.
115Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
116Steven KruijswijkNetherlandss.t.
117Jóni BrandãoPortugals.t.
118Esteban ChavesColombias.t.
119Stefan KüngSwitzerlands.t.
120Marek CaneckySlovakias.t.
121Wout PoelsNetherlandss.t.
122Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
123Sven Erik BystrømNorways.t.
124Lawson CraddockUnited Statess.t.
125Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugals.t.
126Ian BoswellUnited Statess.t.
127Patrick KonradMixed Europes.t.
128Thomas De GendtBelgiums.t.
129Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
130Jan BartaCzech Republics.t.
131John Darwin AtapumaColombias.t.
132Edward DunbarIrelands.t.
133Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europes.t.
134Joseph DombrowskiUnited Statess.t.
135Simon SpilakSlovenias.t.
136Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
137Tony MartinGermanys.t.
138Jan BakelantsBelgiums.t.
139Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europes.t.
140Mathias FrankSwitzerlands.t.
141Rui VinhasPortugals.t.
142Simon GeschkeGermanys.t.
143Fabio AruItalys.t.
144Michael SchärSwitzerlands.t.
145Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
146Ian StannardGreat Britains.t.
147Danilo WyssSwitzerlands.t.
148Marc SolerSpains.t.
149Maciej PaterskiPolands.t.
150Jan HirtCzech Republics.t.
151Peter KennaughGreat Britains.t.
152Stephen CummingsGreat Britains.t.
153Tiago MachadoPortugals.t.
154Paweł PoljańskiPolands.t.
155Reto HollensteinSwitzerlands.t.
156Jens KeukeleireBelgiums.t.
157Rui CostaPortugals.t.
158Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
159Juraj BellanSlovakias.t.
160Yury TrofimovRussias.t.
161Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
162Sergey ShilovRussias.t.
163Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
164Alexander FoliforovRussias.t.
165Matvei MamykinRussias.t.
166Paweł CieślikPolands.t.
167Geraint ThomasGreat Britains.t.
168Tony GallopinFrances.t.
169Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
170Michael WoodsMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
171George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
172Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
173Martin HaringSlovakias.t.

General:

Those in the break posed no threat to Vincenzo Nibali.
RankNameTeamTime
1Vincenzo NibaliItaly57h26'02
2Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 1'31
3Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 1'57
4Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 2'43
5Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 2'50
6Warren BarguilFrance+ 3'01
7Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 3'10
8Nairo QuintanaColombia+ 3'13
9Rigoberto UránColombia+ 3'44
10Alberto ContadorSpain+ 3'50

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11Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 4'18
12Thibaut PinotFrance+ 4'27
13Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 4'33
14Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 5'12
15Daniel MartinIreland+ 5'39
16Rafał MajkaPoland+ 5'54
17Richie PorteAustralia+ 6'33
18Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 7'42
19Fabio AruItaly+ 9'16
20Michał KwiatkowskiPoland+ 9'35
21Mikel NieveSpain+ 9'43
22Steven KruijswijkNetherlands+ 10'14
23Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 10'40
24Diego RosaItaly+ 10'49
25Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia+ 11'07
26Romain BardetFrance+ 11'23
27Mikel LandaSpain+ 11'33
28Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 11'52
29Tejay Van GarderenUnited States+ 12'16
30Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 12'34
31Rui CostaPortugal+ 12'35
32Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 12'44
33Bauke MollemaNetherlands+ 13'33
34Tanel KangertMixed Europe+ 14'27
35Marc SolerSpain+ 14'37
36Fabio FellineItaly+ 14'42
37Domenico PozzovivoItalys.t.
38Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 15'10
39John Darwin AtapumaColombia+ 15'34
40Primož RogličSlovenia+ 16'06
41Thomas De GendtBelgium+ 16'11
42Tiago MachadoPortugal+ 16'18
43Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 16'37
44Esteban ChavesColombia+ 17'54
45Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 18'25
46Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 18'30
47Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe+ 19'20
48Leopold KönigCzech Republic+ 19'36
49Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 19'37
50Philip DeignanIreland+ 19'39
51Thomas VoecklerFrance+ 19'53
52Jarlinson PantanoColombia+ 20'16
53Stephen CummingsGreat Britain+ 20'18
54Przemysław NiemiecPoland+ 20'47
55Diego UlissiItaly+ 20'50
56Jan HirtCzech Republic+ 20'56
57George BennettMixed Rest of World+ 21'13
58Yury TrofimovRussia+ 21'43
59Rohan DennisAustralia+ 22'06
60Tony GallopinFrance+ 22'09
61Nicolas RocheIreland+ 22'16
62Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World+ 22'19
63Jan PolancSlovenia+ 23'03
64José Joaquín RojasSpain+ 24'43
65Simon SpilakSlovenia+ 25'01
66Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 25'05
67Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 25'08
68Jonathan CastroviejoSpain+ 25'33
69Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 25'41
70Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland+ 25'44
71Patrick KonradMixed Europe+ 25'58
72Matvei MamykinRussia+ 26'24
73Winner AnaconaColombia+ 26'28
74Jan BartaCzech Republic+ 26'29
75José MendesPortugal+ 26'36
76Brent BookwalterUnited States+ 26'47
77Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 27'02
78José GonçalvesPortugal+ 27'04
79Paweł PoljańskiPoland+ 27'06
80Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 27'51
81Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 28'20
82Nathan HaasAustralia+ 28'29
83Serge PauwelsBelgiums.t.
84Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 28'44
85Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 29'58
86Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 30'02
87Ondrej CinkCzech Republic+ 31'25
88Vegard Stake LaengenNorway+ 32'49
89Tony MartinGermany+ 32'52
90Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 33'01
91Ian BoswellUnited States+ 34'26
92Greg Van AvermaetBelgium+ 35'08
93Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe+ 35'36
94Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 36'03
95Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 36'55
96Maciej PaterskiPoland+ 37'32
97Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe+ 37'46
98Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 38'04
99Lars Petter NordhaugNorway+ 38'13
100Peter KennaughGreat Britain+ 38'37
101Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 39'24
102Simon GeschkeGermany+ 44'26
103Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 44'46
104Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 45'02
105Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugal+ 52'11
106Alex HowesUnited States+ 53'33
107Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 54'10
108Christopher Juul-JensenDenmark+ 55'34
109Peter SaganSlovakia+ 56'16
110Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 58'28
111Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 1h01'13
112Simon GerransAustralia+ 1h02'18
113Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 1h04'04
114Sep VanmarckeBelgium+ 1h05'01
115Luke DurbridgeAustralia+ 1h06'56
116Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 1h07'11
117Zdenek StybarCzech Republic+ 1h09'03
118Paweł CieślikPoland+ 1h09'10
119Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h10'06
120Michał GołaśPoland+ 1h11'01
121John DegenkolbGermany+ 1h11'31
122Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe+ 1h11'46
123Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 1h13'11
124Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 1h13'25
125Alexander KristoffNorway+ 1h13'46
126Mathias FrankSwitzerland+ 1h15'40
127Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 1h16'05
128Niki TerpstraNetherlands+ 1h16'06
129Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 1h19'25
130Jan TratnikSlovenia+ 1h19'52
131Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 1h19'54
132Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 1h20'00
133Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 1h23'08
134André GreipelGermany+ 1h24'20
135Danilo WyssSwitzerland+ 1h24'43
136Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 1h25'23
137Nacer BouhanniFrance+ 1h25'59
138Ian StannardGreat Britain+ 1h26'22
139Petr VakočCzech Republic+ 1h26'50
140Jens KeukeleireBelgium+ 1h26'55
141Nikias ArndtGermany+ 1h29'49
142Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 1h30'19
143Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 1h31'44
144Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 1h32'13
145Matej MugerliSlovenia+ 1h34'26
146Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 1h34'48
147Luke RoweGreat Britain+ 1h34'51
148Rui VinhasPortugal+ 1h36'12
149Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World+ 1h41'37
150Caleb EwanAustralia+ 1h42'41
151Michael MørkøvDenmark+ 1h43'38
152Matthew BrammeierIreland+ 1h44'24
153Maciej BodnarPoland+ 1h48'26
154Roman MaikinRussia+ 1h48'48
155Sergey ShilovRussia+ 1h49'06
156Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe+ 1h49'21
157Rick ZabelGermany+ 1h51'17
158Sam BennettIreland+ 1h51'32
159Truls KorsaethNorway+ 1h52'52
160Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 1h53'48
161Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 1h54'47
162Borut BožicSlovenia+ 1h55'46
163Edvald Boasson HagenNorway+ 1h57'32
164Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 1h58'14
165Robin CarpenterUnited States+ 1h58'23
166Marek CaneckySlovakia+ 1h58'53
167Marko KumpSlovenia+ 2h00'35
168Ryan MullenIreland+ 2h02'44
169Patrik TyborSlovakia+ 2h03'29
170Martin HaringSlovakia+ 2h21'43
171Edward DunbarIreland+ 2h26'10
172Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 2h35'55
173Conor DunneIreland+ 2h47'45

Points:

Peter Sagan took one point in the intermediate sprint today, and now leads by one point.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Peter SaganSlovakia174
2Alexander KristoffNorway173
3Fernando GaviriaColombia105
4Oliver NaesenBelgium86
5André GreipelGermany86
6Alejandro ValverdeSpain76
7Vincenzo NibaliItaly71
8Rui CostaPortugal64
9Zdenek StybarCzech Republic62
10Nacer BouhanniFrance62

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11Tony MartinGermany61
12John DegenkolbGermany59
13Sep VanmarckeBelgium58
14Lawson CraddockUnited States57
15Thomas VoecklerFrance57
16Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark56
17José Joaquín RojasSpain53
18Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands52
19Caleb EwanAustralia49
20Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World45
21Yury TrofimovRussia45
22Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands44
23Nairo QuintanaColombia43
24Przemysław NiemiecPoland42
25Patrick KonradMixed Europe42
26Maciej BodnarPoland42
27Warren BarguilFrance41
28Philip DeignanIreland40
29Michael ValgrenDenmark40
30Tiesj BenootBelgium37
31Nathan HaasAustralia37
32Luke DurbridgeAustralia37
33Sam BennettIreland37
34Roman MaikinRussia37
35Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World36
36Truls KorsaethNorway36
37José GonçalvesPortugal35
38Stefan KüngSwitzerland33
39Jan PolancSlovenia33
40Ilnur ZakarinRussia32
41Tiago MachadoPortugal32
42Borut BožicSlovenia32
43Robin CarpenterUnited States32
44Brent BookwalterUnited States31
45Sonny ColbrelliItaly31
46Michał GołaśPoland31
47Chris FroomeGreat Britain30
48Rigoberto UránColombia30
49Jan BakelantsBelgium30
50Edvald Boasson HagenNorway30
51Wout PoelsNetherlands29
52Petr VakočCzech Republic29
53Greg Van AvermaetBelgium28
54Nikias ArndtGermany28
55Michael MatthewsAustralia26
56Sergey ChernetskiyRussia26
57Niki TerpstraNetherlands25
58Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World25
59Matthew BrammeierIreland25
60Thibaut PinotFrance24
61Fabio AruItaly24
62Lars Ytting BakDenmark23
63Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe22
64Simon GeschkeGermany22
65Fabio FellineItaly21
66Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe21
67Richie PorteAustralia20
68Jens KeukeleireBelgium20
69Philippe GilbertBelgium19
70Matvei MamykinRussia18
71Rick ZabelGermany18
72Tom DumoulinNetherlands17
73Maciej PaterskiPoland17
74Silvan DillierSwitzerland17
75Marko KumpSlovenia17
76Ryan MullenIreland17
77Andrew TalanskyUnited States16
78Rafał MajkaPoland15
79Rohan DennisAustralia15
80Paweł PoljańskiPoland15
81Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe15
82Michael SchärSwitzerland14
83Stephen CummingsGreat Britain13
84Emanuel BuchmannGermany13
85Martin ElmigerSwitzerland13
86Ian StannardGreat Britain13
87Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World11
88Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World11
89Alberto ContadorSpain10
90Joseph DombrowskiUnited States10
91Patrik TyborSlovakia10
92Jakob FuglsangDenmark9
93Julian AlaphilippeFrance9
94Diego RosaItaly9
95Geraint ThomasGreat Britain9
96Simon YatesGreat Britain9
97Esteban ChavesColombia9
98Tony GallopinFrance9
99Alexander FoliforovRussia9
100Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe9
101Ruben GuerreiroPortugal9
102Robert GesinkNetherlands8
103Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World8
104Romain BardetFrance8
105Jarlinson PantanoColombia8
106Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe8
107Daniel MartinIreland7
108Matej MohoricSlovenia7
109Michał KwiatkowskiPoland6
110Mikel NieveSpain6
111Mikel LandaSpain6
112Jonathan CastroviejoSpain6
113Simon GerransAustralia6
114Luke RoweGreat Britain6
115Michael MørkøvDenmark6
116Tanel KangertMixed Europe5
117Nelson OliveiraPortugal5
118Jóni BrandãoPortugal5
119Marek CaneckySlovakia5
120Sven Erik BystrømNorway4
121Luka MezgecSlovenia4
122Erik BaskaSlovakia4
123Bob JungelsMixed Europe3
124Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia3
125Domenico PozzovivoItaly3
126Diego UlissiItaly3
127Serge PauwelsBelgium3
128Danilo WyssSwitzerland3
129Adam YatesGreat Britain2
130Nicolas RocheIreland2
131John Darwin AtapumaColombia1
132Thomas De GendtBelgium1

Mountains:

Two people who weren't even in the rankings before this stage took the few points today, so no threat for Rui Costa
RankNameTeamPoints
1Rui CostaPortugal73
2Nairo QuintanaColombia42
3Lawson CraddockUnited States41
4Richie PorteAustralia40
5Chris FroomeGreat Britain38
6Ilnur ZakarinRussia32
7Philip DeignanIreland25
8Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe22
9Vincenzo NibaliItaly21
10Tony MartinGermany21

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11Joseph DombrowskiUnited States20
12Michael ValgrenDenmark19
13Mikel LandaSpain18
14Yury TrofimovRussia17
15Jan BakelantsBelgium17
16Thibaut PinotFrance16
17Warren BarguilFrance12
18Alberto ContadorSpain12
19Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World12
20Tiago MachadoPortugal11
21Matvei MamykinRussia11
22Stefan KüngSwitzerland10
23Tiesj BenootBelgium9
24Rafał MajkaPoland8
25Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World8
26Simon SpilakSlovenia7
27Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe6
28Greg Van AvermaetBelgium6
29Nathan HaasAustralia6
30Alejandro ValverdeSpain5
31Romain BardetFrance4
32Patrick KonradMixed Europe4
33Przemysław NiemiecPoland3
34Sergey ChernetskiyRussia3
35Tom DumoulinNetherlands2
36Bauke MollemaNetherlands2
37Oliver NaesenBelgium2
38Alexander KristoffNorway2
39Jan PolancSlovenia1
40José Joaquín RojasSpain1
41Zdenek StybarCzech Republic1
42Michał GołaśPoland1
43Jens KeukeleireBelgium1
44Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World1

Young rider:

Lutsenko moves into the top ten. A few more breakaways and he can challenge Bob Jungels.
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe57h30'35
2Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 3'09
3Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 6'07
4Marc SolerSpain+ 10'04
5Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 10'37

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6Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 12'04
7Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 13'52
8Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 15'04
9Jan PolancSlovenia+ 18'30
10Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 20'32
11Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 20'35
12Matvei MamykinRussia+ 21'51
13Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 23'18
14Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 23'47
15Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 24'11
16Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 25'25
17Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 25'29
18Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 28'28
19Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 49'37
20Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h05'33
21Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 1h08'38
22Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 1h08'52
23Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 1h11'32
24Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 1h14'52
25Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 1h15'27
26Petr VakocCzech Republic+ 1h22'17
27Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 1h25'46
28Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 1h27'11
29Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 1h27'40
30Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 1h30'15
31Caleb EwanAustralia+ 1h38'08
32Rick ZabelGermany+ 1h46'44
33Truls KorsaethNorway+ 1h48'19
34Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 1h49'15
35Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 1h50'14
36Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 1h53'41
37Robin CarpenterUnited States+ 1h53'50
38Ryan MullenIreland+ 1h58'11
39Edward DunbarIreland+ 2h21'37
40Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 2h31'22
41Conor DunneIreland+ 2h43'12

Team:

With someone from the Netherlands in the break to counter France they were always going to keep this lead.
RankTeamTime
1Netherlands171h07'27
2France+ 1'21
3Spain+ 12'54
4Colombia+ 13'41
5Poland+ 14'56

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6Italy+ 16'08
7Great Britain+ 17'50
8United States+ 24'02
9Russia+ 25'32
10Mixed Europe+ 25'52
11Belgium+ 28'03
12Australia+ 31'00
13Mixed Rest of World+ 35'25
14Ireland+ 39'12
15Czech Republic+ 59'10
16Denmark+ 1h00'00
17Portugal+ 1h00'03
18Slovenia+ 1h01'14
19Switzerland+ 1h18'32
20Germany+ 1h45'47
21Norway+ 2h12'58
22Slovakia+ 4h32'01

Combativity:

French jury and a popular figure winning the stage:
Thomas Voeckler

Final words:

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These riders crashed at 1.8 kilometer to go so I had to give them the time of the peloton. Unfortunately during this sequence of crashes I missed the sprint, would've taken a picture of it otherwise.
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Posted on 22-12-2017 18:05
STAGE 16

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Race:

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Starting in the rain and next to a field full of sunflowers, it's time for the sixteenth stage. Standing out from the profile is the climb at the end, the legendary Mont Ventoux.

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Five attackers early in the stage. Barta, Foliforov, Oliveira, Pauwels and Tratnik.

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Three more riders join the breakaway, they are: Dombrowski, Geschke, Schär. The gap is out to three minutes already, with Italy setting the pace in the peloton.

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Strangely no challenge for the five points at the category two climb. Dombrowski is eleventh in the mountain classification and could rise up the ranks. Oliveira could help defending it for his teammate Costa. There are fourty points awaiting at the finish, double points on a HC climb.

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No challenge as well between Kristoff and Sagan at the intermediate sprint when there were quite some points still on the table. The latter will therefore likely remain the owner of the green jersey unless the Norwegian transforms in a superstar climber.

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Far away from the lunar landscape, Landa launches an early attack. He's outside the top twenty and not an immediate threath to the top, but he might be eyeing on the stage win or the polka dot. The gap he needs to bridge is eight minutes, but we've seen crazier things.

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Earlier in the stage Keukeleire crashed an had his bike destroyed by a Mavic car. Now it's Kangert who lost control over his bike on the slippery surface and fell down. His teammate Kiryienka would crash two turn later. The gap to E1 is 8'30, with Landa six minutes behind them.

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Fuglsang, number three in the GC, missed a turn and landed in a ditch! Absolute drama for Team Denmark, who send the entire team back to assist him.

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The break rode through Bédoin, which can only mean one thing: the Mont Ventoux is here! Foliforov is very quick to attack, as if he had planned here all along. Landa is not far away from the break and looks a big threat to the stage victory with the peloton still seven minutes away. Fuglsang a further three minutes behind and unlikely to close the gap before the finish.

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With just over 10k to go, Foliforov was brought back by his former mates who have now been joined by Landa. The peloton now at 5 minutes.

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An attack at the front of the peloton, it's Dumoulin! The first to react are Jungels, Zakarin, Majka and Contador with more to follow for sure.

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Also an attack in the break. Dombrowski tries to create a gap, which seems to work with help from Landa and Pauwels who go to the chase. The remaining breakaway riders are scattered all over the place.

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Dumoulin and his entourage were not strong enough to keep pace. Porte is next on the list to attack, with Contador trying again and Bardet giving it a French touch. Once Froome also joins the stream GC-leader Nibali jumps on his wheel in defense.

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Quintana missed the attacks by his nearest rivals and tries to compensate for his error in judgement. Dumoulin is amongst those on his wheel, having recovered from his earlier attack.

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The yellow jersey group is picking up some remains of the breakaway. Nibali remembers the best defense is to attack, to which Froome seems to respond with ease, the rest has to dig deeper.

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Oliveira and Tratnik are the next to be caught, with Froome using this opportunity to counter-attack. Nibali does not respond immediately, allowing Bardet, Contador and Quintana to rejoin on his wheel.

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Back at the front Dombrowski and Landa have left Pauwels behind. They still hold a good three minutes over the likes of Froome, meaning there's a good chance these two will battle it out for stage victory. Barta, Foliforov and Geschke might be able to hang on to fourth to sixth place.

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Froome is back with Nibali and the rest, with Porte and Pozzovivo also having joined, the latter could do some work for the yellow jersey. The pace is not very high, which even allows Oliveira to remain in touch after being caught from the breakaway. A bigger group is about 40 seconds behind.

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The group yellow jersey swallows the group Geschke and is being caught itself by the group behind, mainly thanks to Dumoulin who used his engine to close the gap.

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With the finish line in sight, Dombrowski is close to the breaking point and can't follow Landa anymore. This is the moment the stage was won. But the Americans aren't leaving with empty hands, their star will receive the combativity award of the day. Pauwels is down a minute and will likely hold third, with the peloton three minutes behind.

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Ding ding, round two ladies and gentlemen. It's Quintana who attacks and gets an immediate response from Nibali and Froome. In fact the original attack has re-emerged because Bardet, Contador and Porte can follow.

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But Quintana cracks! Contador cracks! Nibali attacks Froome! Bardet is riding strong today! So many things happening at once I can't keep up!

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Mikel Landa joins a list of legendary names with his victory at the top of the Mont Ventoux! Dombrowski will cross the line in second, Pauwels in third. And now back to the action!

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Nibali outsprints Froome for fourth and remains in the yellow jersey. Behind them, Bardet sixth, Quintana seventh. Contador, Porte and Úran complete the top ten.

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Fuglsang looks very beat down. He crosses the line in 83th, losing ten minutes and dropping out of the top ten in the GC as a consequence. We hope for him that he didn't sustain any lasting injuries from his crash and has an attacking spirit for the Pyrenees.

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Finally we have to mention Tybor, who crashed into a "spectator" uphill. We suspect on of those idiots in a mankini ran alongside him and touched him, causing him to lose balance. Nevertheless he finished the stage and is OK by the looks of it. The culprit has been arrested and will face a jail sentence for crimes against cycling and fashion.

Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Mikel LandaSpain4h34'12
2Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 24
3Serge PauwelsBelgium+ 1'41
4Vincenzo NibaliItaly+ 2'14
5Chris FroomeGreat Britains.t.
6Romain BardetFrance+ 2'25
7Nairo QuintanaColombias.t.
8Alberto ContadorSpain+ 2'43
9Richie PorteAustralia+ 2'57
10Rigoberto UránColombia+ 3'07

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11Thibaut PinotFrances.t.
12Rui CostaPortugal+ 3'16
13Fabio AruItalys.t.
14Tom DumoulinNetherlandss.t.
15Domenico PozzovivoItaly+ 3'36
16Daniel MartinIrelands.t.
17Ilnur ZakarinRussias.t.
18Warren BarguilFrance+ 3'47
19Alejandro ValverdeSpains.t.
20Rafał MajkaPoland+ 3'54
21Robert GesinkNetherlandss.t.
22Esteban ChavesColombias.t.
23Simon GeschkeGermany+ 4'16
24Jan BartaCzech Republics.t.
25Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 4'27
26Alexander FoliforovRussias.t.
27Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 4'37
28Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
29Bauke MollemaNetherlandss.t.
30Diego RosaItalys.t.
31Mikel NieveSpains.t.
32Wout PoelsNetherlandss.t.
33Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
34Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 5'21
35Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 5'50
36Steven KruijswijkNetherlandss.t.
37Jan TratnikSlovenias.t.
38Marc SolerSpain+ 6'08
39Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 6'16
40Leopold KönigCzech Republics.t.
41Sérgio Luis HenaoColombias.t.
42Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
43Simon SpilakSlovenias.t.
44Michał KwiatkowskiPolands.t.
45Stephen CummingsGreat Britains.t.
46Jan HirtCzech Republics.t.
47John Darwin AtapumaColombias.t.
48Miguel Angel LopezColombias.t.
49Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 6'48
50Patrick KonradMixed Europe+ 7'26
51Tejay Van GarderenUnited Statess.t.
52Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europes.t.
53Andrew TalanskyUnited Statess.t.
54Lawson CraddockUnited Statess.t.
55Lilian CalmejaneFrances.t.
56Jarlinson PantanoColombias.t.
57Diego UlissiItalys.t.
58Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
59Tony GallopinFrances.t.
60Matvei MamykinRussias.t.
61Davide FormoloItalys.t.
62Peter KennaughGreat Britains.t.
63Paweł PoljańskiPolands.t.
64Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 7'50
65Nicolas RocheIrelands.t.
66Winner AnaconaColombias.t.
67Fabio FellineItaly+ 8'17
68Philip DeignanIrelands.t.
69José MendesPortugal+ 8'49
70Jonathan CastroviejoSpains.t.
71Yury TrofimovRussias.t.
72Mathias FrankSwitzerlands.t.
73Thomas VoecklerFrances.t.
74Rohan DennisAustralias.t.
75Tiago MachadoPortugals.t.
76Michael AlbasiniSwitzerlands.t.
77Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
78Brent BookwalterUnited Statess.t.
79José GonçalvesPortugals.t.
80Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 10'15
81Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 10'23
82Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
83Jakob FuglsangDenmarks.t.
84Thomas De GendtBelgiums.t.
85Philippe GilbertBelgiums.t.
86José Joaquín RojasSpain+ 11'19
87Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 11'35
88Ian BoswellUnited Statess.t.
89Jan BakelantsBelgiums.t.
90Edvald Boasson HagenNorways.t.
91Tony MartinGermanys.t.
92Alex HowesUnited States+ 11'54
93Luka MezgecSlovenias.t.
94Maciej PaterskiPoland+ 12'17
95Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World+ 13'04
96Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
97Peter SaganSlovakias.t.
98Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europes.t.
99Ondrej CinkCzech Republic+ 13'52
100Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 14'00
101Zdenek StybarCzech Republics.t.
102Petr VakočCzech Republics.t.
103Oliver NaesenBelgiums.t.
104Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 14'55
105Paweł CieślikPoland+ 15'02
106Jóni BrandãoPortugals.t.
107Danilo WyssSwitzerlands.t.
108Nathan HaasAustralias.t.
109Silvan DillierSwitzerlands.t.
110Greg Van AvermaetBelgiums.t.
111Sonny ColbrelliItalys.t.
112Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 19'29
113John DegenkolbGermanys.t.
114Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugal+ 25'46
115Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 28'30
116Martin ElmigerSwitzerlands.t.
117Simon GerransAustralias.t.
118Stefan KüngSwitzerlands.t.
119Rui VinhasPortugals.t.
120Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
121Reto HollensteinSwitzerlands.t.
122Sep VanmarckeBelgiums.t.
123Matej MohoricSlovenias.t.
124Ian StannardGreat Britains.t.
125Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
126Ruben GuerreiroPortugals.t.
127Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 29'36
128Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
129Lars Petter NordhaugNorways.t.
130Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
131Sondre Holst EngerNorways.t.
132Michał GołaśPolands.t.
133Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
134Magnus Cort NielsenDenmarks.t.
135Lars Ytting BakDenmarks.t.
136Sven Erik BystrømNorways.t.
137Michael MørkøvDenmarks.t.
138Søren Kragh AndersenDenmarks.t.
139Nikias ArndtGermanys.t.
140Alexander KristoffNorways.t.
141Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europes.t.
142Matej MugerliSlovenias.t.
143André GreipelGermanys.t.
144Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
145Niki TerpstraNetherlandss.t.
146Sergey ShilovRussias.t.
147Caleb EwanAustralias.t.
148Nacer BouhanniFrances.t.
149Truls KorsaethNorways.t.
150Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
151Borut BožicSlovenias.t.
152Roman MaikinRussias.t.
153Fernando GaviriaColombias.t.
154Edward DunbarIrelands.t.
155Erik BaskaSlovakias.t.
156Dylan GroenewegenNetherlandss.t.
157Maciej BodnarPolands.t.
158Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europes.t.
159Ryan MullenIrelands.t.
160Juraj BellanSlovakias.t.
161Marko KumpSlovenias.t.
162Rick ZabelGermanys.t.
163Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
164Sam BennettIrelands.t.
165Marek CaneckySlovakias.t.
166Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europes.t.
167George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
168Matthew BrammeierIrelands.t.
169Conor DunneIrelands.t.
170Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
171Martin HaringSlovakia+ 30'35
172Patrik TyborSlovakia+ 31'39
173Jens KeukeleireBelgium+ 39'13

General:

Vincenzo Nibali looks more and more unbeatable every stage.
RankNameTeamTime
1Vincenzo NibaliItaly62h02'28
2Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 1'31
3Nairo QuintanaColombia+ 3'24
4Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 3'45
5Alberto ContadorSpain+ 4'19
6Warren BarguilFrance+ 4'34
7Rigoberto UránColombia+ 4'37
8Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 4'50
9Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 5'13
10Thibaut PinotFrance+ 5'20

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11Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 5'51
12Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 6'34
13Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 6'46
14Daniel MartinIreland+ 7'01
15Richie PorteAustralia+ 7'16
16Rafał MajkaPoland+ 7'34
17Mikel LandaSpain+ 9'09
18Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 10'05
19Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 10'06
20Fabio AruItaly+ 10'18
21Romain BardetFrance+ 11'34
22Mikel NieveSpain+ 12'06
23Diego RosaItaly+ 13'12
24Michał KwiatkowskiPoland+ 13'37
25Rui CostaPortugals.t.
26Steven KruijswijkNetherlands+ 13'50
27Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia+ 15'09
28Bauke MollemaNetherlands+ 15'56
29Domenico PozzovivoItaly+ 16'04
30Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 16'16
31Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 16'36
32Tejay Van GarderenUnited States+ 17'28
33Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 17'33
34Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 17'56
35Marc SolerSpain+ 18'31
36Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 19'00
37Esteban ChavesColombia+ 19'34
38John Darwin AtapumaColombia+ 19'36
39Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 20'01
40Primož RogličSlovenia+ 20'08
41Fabio FellineItaly+ 20'45
42Tiago MachadoPortugal+ 22'53
43Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 23'37
44Leopold KönigCzech Republic+ 23'38
45Thomas De GendtBelgium+ 24'20
46Stephen CummingsGreat Britains.t.
47Jan HirtCzech Republic+ 24'58
48Jarlinson PantanoColombia+ 25'28
49Philip DeignanIreland+ 25'42
50Diego UlissiItaly+ 26'02
51Thomas VoecklerFrance+ 26'28
52Tony GallopinFrance+ 27'21
53Przemysław NiemiecPoland+ 27'22
54Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 27'46
55Nicolas RocheIreland+ 27'52
56Serge PauwelsBelgiums.t.
57Jan PolancSlovenia+ 28'15
58Yury TrofimovRussia+ 28'18
59Jan BartaCzech Republic+ 28'31
60Rohan DennisAustralia+ 28'41
61Simon SpilakSlovenia+ 29'03
62Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 30'16
63Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 30'20
64Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 30'33
65Patrick KonradMixed Europe+ 31'10
66Matvei MamykinRussia+ 31'36
67Winner AnaconaColombia+ 32'04
68Jonathan CastroviejoSpain+ 32'08
69Paweł PoljańskiPoland+ 32'18
70Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland+ 32'19
71Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 32'46
72Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 33'06
73Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World+ 33'09
74José MendesPortugal+ 33'11
75Brent BookwalterUnited States+ 33'22
76José GonçalvesPortugal+ 33'39
77José Joaquín RojasSpain+ 33'48
78Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 36'08
79Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 36'23
80Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 36'37
81Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 37'27
82Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 40'32
83Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 40'37
84Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe+ 40'48
85Nathan HaasAustralia+ 41'17
86Tanel KangertMixed Europe+ 41'49
87Tony MartinGermany+ 42'13
88Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 42'31
89Ondrej CinkCzech Republic+ 43'03
90Ian BoswellUnited States+ 43'47
91Peter KennaughGreat Britain+ 43'49
92Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 46'16
93Simon GeschkeGermany+ 46'28
94Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe+ 46'42
95Maciej PaterskiPoland+ 47'35
96Greg Van AvermaetBelgium+ 47'56
97George BennettMixed Rest of World+ 48'35
98Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe+ 48'36
99Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 52'55
100Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 56'14
101Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 56'18
102Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 57'50
103Vegard Stake LaengenNorway+ 1h00'11
104Alex HowesUnited States+ 1h03'13
105Lars Petter NordhaugNorway+ 1h05'35
106Peter SaganSlovakia+ 1h07'06
107Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 1h11'16
108Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 1h14'01
109Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h15'18
110Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugal+ 1h15'43
111Zdenek StybarCzech Republic+ 1h20'49
112Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 1h21'32
113Paweł CieślikPoland+ 1h21'58
114Mathias FrankSwitzerland+ 1h22'15
115Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe+ 1h22'36
116Christopher Juul-JensenDenmark+ 1h22'56
117Jan TratnikSlovenia+ 1h23'28
118Simon GerransAustralia+ 1h28'34
119John DegenkolbGermany+ 1h28'46
120Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 1h29'34
121Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 1h30'20
122Sep VanmarckeBelgium+ 1h31'17
123Luke DurbridgeAustralia+ 1h33'12
124Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 1h34'33
125Danilo WyssSwitzerland+ 1h37'31
126Michał GołaśPoland+ 1h38'23
127Petr VakočCzech Republic+ 1h38'36
128Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 1h39'41
129Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 1h40'33
130Alexander KristoffNorway+ 1h41'08
131Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 1h42'38
132Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 1h43'27
133Niki TerpstraNetherlands+ 1h43'28
134Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 1h46'47
135Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 1h47'22
136Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 1h49'24
137André GreipelGermany+ 1h51'42
138Ian StannardGreat Britain+ 1h52'38
139Nacer BouhanniFrance+ 1h53'21
140Nikias ArndtGermany+ 1h57'11
141Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 1h57'41
142Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 1h58'29
143Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 1h59'06
144Matej MugerliSlovenia+ 2h01'48
145Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 2h02'10
146Luke RoweGreat Britain+ 2h02'13
147Rui VinhasPortugal+ 2h02'28
148Jens KeukeleireBelgium+ 2h03'54
149Edvald Boasson HagenNorway+ 2h06'53
150Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World+ 2h07'53
151Caleb EwanAustralia+ 2h10'03
152Michael MørkøvDenmark+ 2h11'00
153Matthew BrammeierIreland+ 2h11'46
154Maciej BodnarPoland+ 2h15'48
155Roman MaikinRussia+ 2h16'10
156Sergey ShilovRussia+ 2h16'28
157Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe+ 2h16'43
158Rick ZabelGermany+ 2h18'39
159Sam BennettIreland+ 2h18'54
160Truls KorsaethNorway+ 2h20'14
161Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 2h21'10
162Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 2h22'09
163Borut BožicSlovenia+ 2h23'08
164Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 2h25'36
165Robin CarpenterUnited States+ 2h25'45
166Marek CaneckySlovakia+ 2h26'15
167Marko KumpSlovenia+ 2h27'57
168Ryan MullenIreland+ 2h30'06
169Patrik TyborSlovakia+ 2h32'54
170Martin HaringSlovakia+ 2h50'04
171Edward DunbarIreland+ 2h53'32
172Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 3h03'17
173Conor DunneIreland+ 3h15'07

Points:

No challenge at the intermediate, still green for Peter Sagan.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Peter SaganSlovakia174
2Alexander KristoffNorway173
3Fernando GaviriaColombia105
4Oliver NaesenBelgium86
5André GreipelGermany86

Spoiler
6Vincenzo NibaliItaly85
7Alejandro ValverdeSpain76
8Rui CostaPortugal68
9Zdenek StybarCzech Republic62
10Nacer BouhanniFrance62
11Tony MartinGermany61
12John DegenkolbGermany59
13Sep VanmarckeBelgium58
14Thomas VoecklerFrance57
15Lawson CraddockUnited States57
16Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark56
17José Joaquín RojasSpain53
18Nairo QuintanaColombia52
19Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands52
20Caleb EwanAustralia49
21Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World45
22Yury TrofimovRussia45
23Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands44
24Przemysław NiemiecPoland42
25Patrick KonradMixed Europe42
26Joseph DombrowskiUnited States42
27Maciej BodnarPoland42
28Warren BarguilFrance41
29Chris FroomeGreat Britain41
30Philip DeignanIreland40
31Michael ValgrenDenmark40
32Tiesj BenootBelgium37
33Nathan HaasAustralia37
34Luke DurbridgeAustralia37
35Roman MaikinRussia37
36Sam BennettIreland37
37Rigoberto UránColombia36
38Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World36
39Truls KorsaethNorway36
40José GonçalvesPortugal35
41Fabio AruItaly34
42Stefan KüngSwitzerland33
43Jan PolancSlovenia33
44Ilnur ZakarinRussia32
45Tiago MachadoPortugal32
46Simon GeschkeGermany32
47Borut BožicSlovenia32
48Robin CarpenterUnited States32
49Brent BookwalterUnited States31
50Michael SchärSwitzerland31
51Sonny ColbrelliItaly31
52Michał GołaśPoland31
53Jan BakelantsBelgium30
54Edvald Boasson HagenNorway30
55Wout PoelsNetherlands29
56Thibaut PinotFrance29
57Petr VakočCzech Republic29
58Greg Van AvermaetBelgium28
59Nikias ArndtGermany28
60Richie PorteAustralia27
61Fabio FellineItaly27
62Mikel LandaSpain26
63Michael MatthewsAustralia26
64Sergey ChernetskiyRussia26
65Serge PauwelsBelgium26
66Niki TerpstraNetherlands25
67Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World25
68Nelson OliveiraPortugal25
69Matthew BrammeierIreland25
70Lars Ytting BakDenmark23
71Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe22
72Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe21
73Alexander FoliforovRussia20
74Jens KeukeleireBelgium20
75Tom DumoulinNetherlands19
76Philippe GilbertBelgium19
77Alberto ContadorSpain18
78Romain BardetFrance18
79Matvei MamykinRussia18
80Rick ZabelGermany18
81Maciej PaterskiPoland17
82Silvan DillierSwitzerland17
83Marko KumpSlovenia17
84Ryan MullenIreland17
85Andrew TalanskyUnited States16
86Rafał MajkaPoland15
87Rohan DennisAustralia15
88Paweł PoljańskiPoland15
89Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe15
90Stephen CummingsGreat Britain13
91Emanuel BuchmannGermany13
92Martin ElmigerSwitzerland13
93Jan TratnikSlovenia13
94Ian StannardGreat Britain13
95Jarlinson PantanoColombia12
96Diego RosaItaly11
97Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World11
98Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World11
99Patrik TyborSlovakia10
100Jakob FuglsangDenmark9
101Julian AlaphilippeFrance9
102Geraint ThomasGreat Britain9
103Domenico PozzovivoItaly9
104Simon YatesGreat Britain9
105Esteban ChavesColombia9
106Tony GallopinFrance9
107Jan BartaCzech Republic9
108Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe9
109Ruben GuerreiroPortugal9
110Robert GesinkNetherlands8
111Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World8
112Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe8
113Daniel MartinIreland7
114Matej MohoricSlovenia7
115Michał KwiatkowskiPoland6
116Mikel NieveSpain6
117Diego UlissiItaly6
118Jonathan CastroviejoSpain6
119Simon GerransAustralia6
120Luke RoweGreat Britain6
121Michael MørkøvDenmark6
122Tanel KangertMixed Europe5
123Jóni BrandãoPortugal5
124Marek CaneckySlovakia5
125Sven Erik BystrømNorway4
126Luka MezgecSlovenia4
127Erik BaskaSlovakia4
128Bob JungelsMixed Europe3
129Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia3
130Danilo WyssSwitzerland3
131Adam YatesGreat Britain2
132Nicolas RocheIreland2
133John Darwin AtapumaColombia1
134Thomas De GendtBelgium1

Mountains:

All his competitors are closing in, is Rui Costa getting a bit nervous?
RankNameTeamPoints
1Rui CostaPortugal73
2Mikel LandaSpain58
3Chris FroomeGreat Britain54
4Joseph DombrowskiUnited States53
5Nairo QuintanaColombia50

Spoiler
6Vincenzo NibaliItaly41
7Lawson CraddockUnited States41
8Richie PorteAustralia40
9Ilnur ZakarinRussia32
10Serge PauwelsBelgium29
11Philip DeignanIreland25
12Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe22
13Tony MartinGermany21
14Michael ValgrenDenmark19
15Yury TrofimovRussia17
16Jan BakelantsBelgium17
17Alberto ContadorSpain16
18Thibaut PinotFrance16
19Romain BardetFrance16
20Warren BarguilFrance12
21Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World12
22Tiago MachadoPortugal11
23Matvei MamykinRussia11
24Stefan KüngSwitzerland10
25Tiesj BenootBelgium9
26Rafał MajkaPoland8
27Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World8
28Simon SpilakSlovenia7
29Jan BartaCzech Republic7
30Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe6
31Nathan HaasAustralia6
32Greg Van AvermaetBelgium6
33Alejandro ValverdeSpain5
34Patrick KonradMixed Europe4
35Przemysław NiemiecPoland3
36Sergey ChernetskiyRussia3
37Nelson OliveiraPortugal3
38Tom DumoulinNetherlands2
39Bauke MollemaNetherlands2
40Oliver NaesenBelgium2
41Alexander KristoffNorway2
42Jan PolancSlovenia1
43José Joaquín RojasSpain1
44Simon GeschkeGermany1
45Zdenek StybarCzech Republic1
46Michał GołaśPoland1
47Jan TratnikSlovenia1
48Jens KeukeleireBelgium1
49Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World1

Young rider:

Gaining ten seconds on number two, still a resounding lead for Bob Jungels.
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe62h09'14
2Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 3'19
3Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 9'30
4Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 10'47
5Marc SolerSpain+ 11'45

Spoiler
6Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 12'14
7Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 16'51
8Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 21'00
9Jan PolancSlovenia+ 21'29
10Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 23'34
11Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 23'47
12Matvei MamykinRussia+ 24'50
13Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 26'00
14Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 26'20
15Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 29'51
16Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 33'46
17Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 49'28
18Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 49'32
19Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h08'32
20Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 1h14'46
21Petr VakocCzech Republic+ 1h31'50
22Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 1h32'55
23Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 1h33'47
24Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 1h36'41
25Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 1h40'01
26Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 1h40'36
27Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 1h50'55
28Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 1h51'43
29Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 1h52'20
30Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 1h55'24
31Caleb EwanAustralia+ 2h03'17
32Rick ZabelGermany+ 2h11'53
33Truls KorsaethNorway+ 2h13'28
34Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 2h14'24
35Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 2h15'23
36Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 2h18'50
37Robin CarpenterUnited States+ 2h18'59
38Ryan MullenIreland+ 2h23'20
39Edward DunbarIreland+ 2h46'46
40Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 2h56'31
41Conor DunneIreland+ 3h08'21

Team:

The tables have turned as France is the new leader!
RankTeamTime
1France185h00'43
2Netherlands+ 1'07
3Spain+ 8'44
4Colombia+ 12'27
5Italy+ 14'34

Spoiler
6Great Britain+ 18'38
7Poland+ 21'52
8United States+ 28'38
9Russia+ 30'21
10Mixed Europe+ 34'31
11Belgium+ 39'50
12Australia+ 46'06
13Ireland+ 48'15
14Mixed Rest of World+ 50'00
15Czech Republic+ 1h05'18
16Portugal+ 1h06'49
17Slovenia+ 1h08'56
18Switzerland+ 1h32'18
19Germany+ 1h56'48
20Denmark+ 1h57'49
21Norway+ 3h13'05
22Slovakia+ 5h33'37

Combativity:

For coming close to the win after a long attack:
Joseph Dombrowski

Final words:

Spoiler
Of course Tybor didn't collide with a spectator in game, he just crashed and I thought it was fun.
And apparently the mid stage attack is OP in this game. First Barguil, now Landa.
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Marcovdw
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Posted on 23-12-2017 18:46
STAGE 17

Profile:
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Race:

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We leave the Alps for real now, and move along the Mediterranian Coast from Istres to Narbonne. It's a very flat stage which will be targeted by sprinters, since after this there are only two chances for them. But tomorrow is a rest day, after which we head to the Pyrenees, so we might see a break who can take advantage of the peloton who wants to take it easy.

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We get an enourmous breakaway of fourteen riders, who all think they can win today's stage. Albasini, Arashiro, Van Baarle, Bak, Gerrans, Gołaś, Kump, Maikin, Mullen, Naesen, Rojas, Saramotins and Vakoč. A lot of strong riders and names we have seen before in a breakaway.

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With 90 kilometers to go there was absolutely no effort from the peloton to keep them in check. With ten minutes, some sprinters teams decided to put a man forward but it's obviously too late. Italy doesn't have to do anything, Nibali can sit back and relax.

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With 20 kilometers to go the gap was still nine minutes. Which of these fourteen will receive the lovely kisses from the podium girls and eternal fame in their hometown?

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The cooperation between the two lads is good and they quickly built out half a minute.

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The dance is opened by Bak and Mullen. Another duo which tries to get away, do we remember what happened two stages ago?

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To continue the similarities, the rest of the breakaway can't catch them and we will see another sprint-à-deux. This time Bak leads out Mullen, which means the latter should win given gthe history. But results from the past do not guarantee the future.

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And in this case it's a different story. Lars Ytting Bak is too strong for Mullen and wins stage sixteen here in Narbonne! Rojas finishes in third after he was fourth two stages ago. Albasini and Gerrans complete the top five.

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Greipel wins the sprint for fifteenth and the solitary point for the green jersey. His leadout Degenkolb finishes right behind him. Only G. Bennett, Haring and Kudus were dropped from the peloton, which could be a sign of injuries.


Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Lars Ytting BakDenmark4h30'23
2Ryan MullenIrelands.t.
3José Joaquín RojasSpains.t.
4Michael AlbasiniSwitzerlands.t.
5Simon GerransAustralias.t.
6Michał GołaśPolands.t.
7Oliver NaesenBelgiums.t.
8Petr VakočCzech Republics.t.
9Brent BookwalterUnited Statess.t.
10Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of Worlds.t.

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11Dylan Van BaarleNetherlandss.t.
12Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europes.t.
13Roman MaikinRussias.t.
14Marko KumpSlovenias.t.
15André GreipelGermany+ 5'34
16John DegenkolbGermanys.t.
17Alexander KristoffNorways.t.
18Peter SaganSlovakias.t.
19Fernando GaviriaColombias.t.
20Edvald Boasson HagenNorways.t.
21Nacer BouhanniFrances.t.
22Sam BennettIrelands.t.
23Magnus Cort NielsenDenmarks.t.
24Dylan GroenewegenNetherlandss.t.
25Caleb EwanAustralias.t.
26Greg Van AvermaetBelgiums.t.
27Luka MezgecSlovenias.t.
28Borut BožicSlovenias.t.
29Zdenek StybarCzech Republics.t.
30Vincenzo NibaliItalys.t.
31Sonny ColbrelliItalys.t.
32Sondre Holst EngerNorways.t.
33Nikias ArndtGermanys.t.
34Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europes.t.
35Michał KwiatkowskiPolands.t.
36Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
37Fabio FellineItalys.t.
38Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
39Niki TerpstraNetherlandss.t.
40Tom DumoulinNetherlandss.t.
41Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europes.t.
42Silvan DillierSwitzerlands.t.
43Martin ElmigerSwitzerlands.t.
44Daniel MartinIrelands.t.
45Nicolas RocheIrelands.t.
46Lars Petter NordhaugNorways.t.
47Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
48Rick ZabelGermanys.t.
49Sep VanmarckeBelgiums.t.
50Philippe GilbertBelgiums.t.
51Rigoberto UránColombias.t.
52Tony GallopinFrances.t.
53Thibaut PinotFrances.t.
54Tiago MachadoPortugals.t.
55Warren BarguilFrances.t.
56Leopold KönigCzech Republics.t.
57Jarlinson PantanoColombias.t.
58Sergey ChernetskiyRussias.t.
59Rui CostaPortugals.t.
60Ilnur ZakarinRussias.t.
61Stefan KüngSwitzerlands.t.
62Lawson CraddockUnited Statess.t.
63Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
64Matej MugerliSlovenias.t.
65Alejandro ValverdeSpains.t.
66Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europes.t.
67Chris FroomeGreat Britains.t.
68Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
69Bob JungelsMixed Europes.t.
70Julian AlaphilippeFrances.t.
71Tiesj BenootBelgiums.t.
72Simon GeschkeGermanys.t.
73Jakob FuglsangDenmarks.t.
74John Darwin AtapumaColombias.t.
75Maciej BodnarPolands.t.
76Robert GesinkNetherlandss.t.
77Danilo WyssSwitzerlands.t.
78Jonathan CastroviejoSpains.t.
79Jens KeukeleireBelgiums.t.
80Bauke MollemaNetherlandss.t.
81Andrew TalanskyUnited Statess.t.
82Rafał MajkaPolands.t.
83Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
84Alberto ContadorSpains.t.
85Michael MørkøvDenmarks.t.
86Lilian CalmejaneFrances.t.
87Miguel Angel LopezColombias.t.
88Nairo QuintanaColombias.t.
89Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
90Mikel LandaSpains.t.
91Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
92Matthew BrammeierIrelands.t.
93Michael MatthewsAustralias.t.
94Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
95Sven Erik BystrømNorways.t.
96Simon SpilakSlovenias.t.
97Jan TratnikSlovenias.t.
98Michael ValgrenDenmarks.t.
99Thomas De GendtBelgiums.t.
100Wout PoelsNetherlandss.t.
101Reto HollensteinSwitzerlands.t.
102Truls KorsaethNorways.t.
103Winner AnaconaColombias.t.
104Tejay Van GarderenUnited Statess.t.
105Jan BartaCzech Republics.t.
106Michael SchärSwitzerlands.t.
107Tony MartinGermanys.t.
108Jan HirtCzech Republics.t.
109Matej MohoricSlovenias.t.
110Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
111Emanuel BuchmannGermanys.t.
112Nathan HaasAustralias.t.
113Jan BakelantsBelgiums.t.
114Richie PorteAustralias.t.
115Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
116Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
117Mikel NieveSpains.t.
118Sérgio Luis HenaoColombias.t.
119Thomas VoecklerFrances.t.
120Mathias FrankSwitzerlands.t.
121Erik BaskaSlovakias.t.
122Ian StannardGreat Britains.t.
123Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
124Geraint ThomasGreat Britains.t.
125Philip DeignanIrelands.t.
126Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
127Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
128Sergey ShilovRussias.t.
129Edward DunbarIrelands.t.
130Steven KruijswijkNetherlandss.t.
131Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
132Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europes.t.
133Davide FormoloItalys.t.
134Marek CaneckySlovakias.t.
135Diego UlissiItalys.t.
136Romain BardetFrances.t.
137Michael WoodsMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
138Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
139Patrick KonradMixed Europes.t.
140Matvei MamykinRussias.t.
141Alex HowesUnited Statess.t.
142Paweł PoljańskiPolands.t.
143Joseph DombrowskiUnited Statess.t.
144Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
145Rohan DennisAustralias.t.
146Serge PauwelsBelgiums.t.
147Søren Kragh AndersenDenmarks.t.
148Conor DunneIrelands.t.
149Yury TrofimovRussias.t.
150Peter KennaughGreat Britains.t.
151Fabio AruItalys.t.
152Paweł CieślikPolands.t.
153Maciej PaterskiPolands.t.
154Domenico PozzovivoItalys.t.
155Marc SolerSpains.t.
156Patrik TyborSlovakias.t.
157José GonçalvesPortugals.t.
158Nelson OliveiraPortugals.t.
159Alexander FoliforovRussias.t.
160Juraj BellanSlovakias.t.
161Esteban ChavesColombias.t.
162Stephen CummingsGreat Britains.t.
163Jóni BrandãoPortugals.t.
164Ian BoswellUnited Statess.t.
165Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
166José MendesPortugals.t.
167Ruben GuerreiroPortugals.t.
168Diego RosaItalys.t.
169Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugals.t.
170Rui VinhasPortugals.t.
171Martin HaringSlovakia+ 8'20
172Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 9'12
173George BennettMixed Rest of World+ 11'55

General:

Easy day for Vincenzo Nibali
RankNameTeamTime
1Vincenzo NibaliItaly66h38'25
2Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 1'31
3Nairo QuintanaColombia+ 3'24
4Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 3'45
5Alberto ContadorSpain+ 4'19
6Warren BarguilFrance+ 4'34
7Rigoberto UránColombia+ 4'37
8Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 4'50
9Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 5'13
10Thibaut PinotFrance+ 5'20

Spoiler
11Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 5'51
12Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 6'34
13Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 6'46
14Daniel MartinIreland+ 7'01
15Richie PorteAustralia+ 7'16
16Rafał MajkaPoland+ 7'34
17Mikel LandaSpain+ 9'09
18Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 10'05
19Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 10'06
20Fabio AruItaly+ 10'18
21Romain BardetFrance+ 11'34
22Mikel NieveSpain+ 12'06
23Diego RosaItaly+ 13'12
24Michał KwiatkowskiPoland+ 13'37
25Rui CostaPortugals.t.
26Steven KruijswijkNetherlands+ 13'50
27Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia+ 15'09
28Bauke MollemaNetherlands+ 15'56
29Domenico PozzovivoItaly+ 16'04
30Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 16'16
31Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 16'36
32Tejay Van GarderenUnited States+ 17'28
33Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 17'33
34Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 17'56
35Marc SolerSpain+ 18'31
36Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 19'00
37Esteban ChavesColombia+ 19'34
38John Darwin AtapumaColombia+ 19'36
39Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 20'01
40Primož RogličSlovenia+ 20'08
41Fabio FellineItaly+ 20'45
42Tiago MachadoPortugal+ 22'53
43Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 23'37
44Leopold KönigCzech Republic+ 23'38
45Thomas De GendtBelgium+ 24'20
46Stephen CummingsGreat Britains.t.
47Jan HirtCzech Republic+ 24'58
48Jarlinson PantanoColombia+ 25'28
49Philip DeignanIreland+ 25'42
50Diego UlissiItaly+ 26'02
51Thomas VoecklerFrance+ 26'28
52Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland+ 26'45
53Tony GallopinFrance+ 27'21
54Przemysław NiemiecPoland+ 27'22
55Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 27'46
56Brent BookwalterUnited States+ 27'48
57Nicolas RocheIreland+ 27'52
58Serge PauwelsBelgiums.t.
59José Joaquín RojasSpain+ 28'10
60Jan PolancSlovenia+ 28'15
61Yury TrofimovRussia+ 28'18
62Jan BartaCzech Republic+ 28'31
63Rohan DennisAustralia+ 28'41
64Simon SpilakSlovenia+ 29'03
65Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 30'16
66Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 30'20
67Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 30'33
68Patrick KonradMixed Europe+ 31'10
69Matvei MamykinRussia+ 31'36
70Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 31'53
71Winner AnaconaColombia+ 32'04
72Jonathan CastroviejoSpain+ 32'08
73Paweł PoljańskiPoland+ 32'18
74Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 32'46
75Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 33'06
76Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World+ 33'09
77José MendesPortugal+ 33'11
78José GonçalvesPortugal+ 33'39
79Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 34'58
80Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 36'08
81Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 36'23
82Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 36'37
83Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 40'37
84Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe+ 40'48
85Nathan HaasAustralia+ 41'17
86Tanel KangertMixed Europe+ 41'49
87Tony MartinGermany+ 42'13
88Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 42'31
89Ondrej CinkCzech Republic+ 43'03
90Ian BoswellUnited States+ 43'47
91Peter KennaughGreat Britain+ 43'49
92Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 46'16
93Simon GeschkeGermany+ 46'28
94Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe+ 46'42
95Maciej PaterskiPoland+ 47'35
96Greg Van AvermaetBelgium+ 47'56
97Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe+ 48'36
98Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 52'55
99George BennettMixed Rest of World+ 54'56
100Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 56'14
101Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 56'18
102Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 57'50
103Vegard Stake LaengenNorway+ 1h00'11
104Alex HowesUnited States+ 1h03'13
105Lars Petter NordhaugNorway+ 1h05'35
106Peter SaganSlovakia+ 1h07'06
107Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 1h11'16
108Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 1h14'01
109Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h15'18
110Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugal+ 1h15'43
111Zdenek StybarCzech Republic+ 1h20'49
112Paweł CieślikPoland+ 1h21'58
113Mathias FrankSwitzerland+ 1h22'15
114Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe+ 1h22'36
115Christopher Juul-JensenDenmark+ 1h22'56
116Simon GerransAustralia+ 1h23'00
117Jan TratnikSlovenia+ 1h23'28
118Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 1h25'10
119John DegenkolbGermany+ 1h28'46
120Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 1h28'49
121Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 1h29'34
122Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 1h30'20
123Sep VanmarckeBelgium+ 1h31'17
124Michał GołaśPoland+ 1h32'49
125Petr VakočCzech Republic+ 1h33'02
126Luke DurbridgeAustralia+ 1h33'12
127Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 1h37'04
128Danilo WyssSwitzerland+ 1h37'31
129Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 1h39'41
130Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 1h40'33
131Alexander KristoffNorway+ 1h41'08
132Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 1h43'27
133Niki TerpstraNetherlands+ 1h43'28
134Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 1h46'47
135Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 1h47'22
136Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 1h49'24
137André GreipelGermany+ 1h51'42
138Ian StannardGreat Britain+ 1h52'38
139Nacer BouhanniFrance+ 1h53'21
140Nikias ArndtGermany+ 1h57'11
141Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 1h57'41
142Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 1h58'29
143Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 1h59'06
144Matej MugerliSlovenia+ 2h01'48
145Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 2h02'10
146Luke RoweGreat Britain+ 2h02'13
147Rui VinhasPortugal+ 2h02'28
148Jens KeukeleireBelgium+ 2h03'54
149Edvald Boasson HagenNorway+ 2h06'53
150Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World+ 2h07'53
151Caleb EwanAustralia+ 2h10'03
152Roman MaikinRussia+ 2h10'36
153Michael MørkøvDenmark+ 2h11'00
154Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe+ 2h11'09
155Matthew BrammeierIreland+ 2h11'46
156Maciej BodnarPoland+ 2h15'48
157Sergey ShilovRussia+ 2h16'28
158Rick ZabelGermany+ 2h18'39
159Sam BennettIreland+ 2h18'54
160Truls KorsaethNorway+ 2h20'14
161Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 2h21'10
162Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 2h22'09
163Marko KumpSlovenia+ 2h22'23
164Borut BožicSlovenia+ 2h23'08
165Ryan MullenIreland+ 2h24'26
166Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 2h25'36
167Robin CarpenterUnited States+ 2h25'45
168Marek CaneckySlovakia+ 2h26'15
169Patrik TyborSlovakia+ 2h32'54
170Martin HaringSlovakia+ 2h52'50
171Edward DunbarIreland+ 2h53'32
172Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 3h03'17
173Conor DunneIreland+ 3h15'07

Points:

No points for the top two, Peter Sagan still in green.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Peter SaganSlovakia174
2Alexander KristoffNorway173
3Oliver NaesenBelgium108
4Fernando GaviriaColombia105
5André GreipelGermany88

Spoiler
6Lars Ytting BakDenmark86
7Vincenzo NibaliItaly85
8José Joaquín RojasSpain84
9Alejandro ValverdeSpain76
10Rui CostaPortugal68
11Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands65
12Zdenek StybarCzech Republic62
13Nacer BouhanniFrance62
14Tony MartinGermany61
15Michał GołaśPoland60
16John DegenkolbGermany59
17Sep VanmarckeBelgium58
18Thomas VoecklerFrance57
19Lawson CraddockUnited States57
20Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark56
21Nairo QuintanaColombia52
22Ryan MullenIreland50
23Caleb EwanAustralia49
24Petr VakočCzech Republic47
25Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World45
26Yury TrofimovRussia45
27Brent BookwalterUnited States44
28Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands44
29Roman MaikinRussia43
30Przemysław NiemiecPoland42
31Patrick KonradMixed Europe42
32Joseph DombrowskiUnited States42
33Maciej BodnarPoland42
34Warren BarguilFrance41
35Chris FroomeGreat Britain41
36Philip DeignanIreland40
37Michael ValgrenDenmark40
38Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland38
39Tiesj BenootBelgium37
40Nathan HaasAustralia37
41Luke DurbridgeAustralia37
42Sam BennettIreland37
43Marko KumpSlovenia37
44Rigoberto UránColombia36
45Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World36
46Truls KorsaethNorway36
47José GonçalvesPortugal35
48Fabio AruItaly34
49Stefan KüngSwitzerland33
50Jan PolancSlovenia33
51Ilnur ZakarinRussia32
52Tiago MachadoPortugal32
53Simon GeschkeGermany32
54Borut BožicSlovenia32
55Robin CarpenterUnited States32
56Michael SchärSwitzerland31
57Sonny ColbrelliItaly31
58Simon GerransAustralia31
59Jan BakelantsBelgium30
60Edvald Boasson HagenNorway30
61Wout PoelsNetherlands29
62Thibaut PinotFrance29
63Greg Van AvermaetBelgium28
64Nikias ArndtGermany28
65Richie PorteAustralia27
66Fabio FellineItaly27
67Mikel LandaSpain26
68Serge PauwelsBelgium26
69Michael MatthewsAustralia26
70Sergey ChernetskiyRussia26
71Niki TerpstraNetherlands25
72Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World25
73Nelson OliveiraPortugal25
74Matthew BrammeierIreland25
75Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World24
76Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe24
77Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe22
78Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe21
79Alexander FoliforovRussia20
80Jens KeukeleireBelgium20
81Tom DumoulinNetherlands19
82Philippe GilbertBelgium19
83Alberto ContadorSpain18
84Romain BardetFrance18
85Matvei MamykinRussia18
86Rick ZabelGermany18
87Maciej PaterskiPoland17
88Silvan DillierSwitzerland17
89Andrew TalanskyUnited States16
90Rafał MajkaPoland15
91Rohan DennisAustralia15
92Paweł PoljańskiPoland15
93Stephen CummingsGreat Britain13
94Emanuel BuchmannGermany13
95Jan TratnikSlovenia13
96Martin ElmigerSwitzerland13
97Ian StannardGreat Britain13
98Jarlinson PantanoColombia12
99Diego RosaItaly11
100Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World11
101Patrik TyborSlovakia10
102Jakob FuglsangDenmark9
103Domenico PozzovivoItaly9
104Julian AlaphilippeFrance9
105Geraint ThomasGreat Britain9
106Simon YatesGreat Britain9
107Esteban ChavesColombia9
108Tony GallopinFrance9
109Jan BartaCzech Republic9
110Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe9
111Ruben GuerreiroPortugal9
112Robert GesinkNetherlands8
113Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World8
114Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe8
115Daniel MartinIreland7
116Diego UlissiItaly7
117Matej MohoricSlovenia7
118Mikel NieveSpain6
119Michał KwiatkowskiPoland6
120Jonathan CastroviejoSpain6
121Luke RoweGreat Britain6
122Michael MørkøvDenmark6
123Tanel KangertMixed Europe5
124Jóni BrandãoPortugal5
125Marek CaneckySlovakia5
126Luka MezgecSlovenia4
127Sven Erik BystrømNorway4
128Erik BaskaSlovakia4
129Bob JungelsMixed Europe3
130Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia3
131Danilo WyssSwitzerland3
132Adam YatesGreat Britain2
133Nicolas RocheIreland2
134John Darwin AtapumaColombia1
135Thomas De GendtBelgium1

Mountains:

No point along the road for Rui Costa to pick up.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Rui CostaPortugal73
2Mikel LandaSpain58
3Chris FroomeGreat Britain54
4Joseph DombrowskiUnited States53
5Nairo QuintanaColombia50

Spoiler
6Vincenzo NibaliItaly41
7Lawson CraddockUnited States41
8Richie PorteAustralia40
9Ilnur ZakarinRussia32
10Serge PauwelsBelgium29
11Philip DeignanIreland25
12Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe22
13Tony MartinGermany21
14Michael ValgrenDenmark19
15Yury TrofimovRussia17
16Jan BakelantsBelgium17
17Alberto ContadorSpain16
18Thibaut PinotFrance16
19Romain BardetFrance16
20Warren BarguilFrance12
21Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World12
22Tiago MachadoPortugal11
23Matvei MamykinRussia11
24Stefan KüngSwitzerland10
25Tiesj BenootBelgium9
26Rafał MajkaPoland8
27Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World8
28Jan BartaCzech Republic7
29Simon SpilakSlovenia7
30Nathan HaasAustralia6
31Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe6
32Greg Van AvermaetBelgium6
33Alejandro ValverdeSpain5
34Patrick KonradMixed Europe4
35Przemysław NiemiecPoland3
36Sergey ChernetskiyRussia3
37Nelson OliveiraPortugal3
38Tom DumoulinNetherlands2
39Bauke MollemaNetherlands2
40Oliver NaesenBelgium2
41Alexander KristoffNorway2
42Jan PolancSlovenia1
43José Joaquín RojasSpain1
44Simon GeschkeGermany1
45Zdenek StybarCzech Republic1
46Jan TratnikSlovenia1
47Michał GołaśPoland1
48Jens KeukeleireBelgium1
49Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World1

Young rider:

Bob Jungels is so attached to his white jersey, rumour has it he even sleeps in them.
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe66h45'11
2Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 3'19
3Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 9'30
4Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 10'47
5Marc SolerSpain+ 11'45

Spoiler
6Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 12'14
7Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 16'51
8Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 21'00
9Jan PolancSlovenia+ 21'29
10Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 23'34
11Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 23'47
12Matvei MamykinRussia+ 24'50
13Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 26'00
14Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 26'20
15Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 28'12
16Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 29'51
17Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 49'28
18Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 49'32
19Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h08'32
20Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 1h18'24
21Petr VakocCzech Republic+ 1h26'16
22Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 1h32'55
23Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 1h33'47
24Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 1h36'41
25Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 1h40'01
26Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 1h40'36
27Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 1h50'55
28Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 1h51'43
29Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 1h52'20
30Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 1h55'24
31Caleb EwanAustralia+ 2h03'17
32Rick ZabelGermany+ 2h11'53
33Truls KorsaethNorway+ 2h13'28
34Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 2h14'24
35Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 2h15'23
36Ryan MullenIreland+ 2h17'40
37Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 2h18'50
38Robin CarpenterUnited States+ 2h18'59
39Edward DunbarIreland+ 2h46'46
40Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 2h56'31
41Conor DunneIreland+ 3h08'21

Team:

No Frenchman in the break, and the Netherlands did put one in, so they take their lead back after one day.
RankTeamTime
1Netherlands198h44'07
2France+ 4'27
3Spain+ 7'37
4Colombia+ 16'54
5Italy+ 19'01

Spoiler
6Poland+ 20'45
7Great Britain+ 23'05
8United States+ 27'31
9Russia+ 29'14
10Mixed Europe+ 33'24
11Belgium+ 38'43
12Australia+ 44'59
13Ireland+ 47'08
14Mixed Rest of World+ 48'53
15Czech Republic+ 1h04'11
16Slovenia+ 1h07'49
17Portugal+ 1h11'16
18Switzerland+ 1h31'11
19Denmark+ 1h56'42
20Germany+ 2h01'15
21Norway+ 3h17'32
22Slovakia+ 5h38'04

Combativity:

Up to third in the points classification after being in the break so many times deserves an accolade:
Oliver Naesen

Final words:

Spoiler
Boooooooooooooooooooring.
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Ollfardh
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Posted on 23-12-2017 18:50
Oh look, the Germans won a spint Smile
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
 
Vali
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Posted on 23-12-2017 20:38
Even in pcm Rojas is completely incapable of winning. Pfft
Credits to the_hoyle for my avatar.
 
Yellow Jersey
Top  #68 Print Post
Posted on 23-12-2017 23:23
Ollfardh wrote:
Oh look, the Germans won a spint Smile


Can't underline how much of a bitch PCM is being to Germany :lol:
i.imgur.com/0AnUFRM.png



Le Duo

Echelons


Ciao Michele.
 
Marcovdw
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Posted on 24-12-2017 11:00
@Ollfardh/Yellow Jersey - It turns out they can win ... fifteenth place Pfft
@Vali - I'm still kicking myself for not making a Rojas finished fourth joke on stage 15. Embarassed
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Marcovdw
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Posted on 24-12-2017 15:38
STAGE 18

Profile:
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Race:

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A day in the eastern part of the Pyrenees. Three category one, a category two and a category three climb on the menu today. And a lot of rain forecasted.

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The first attempt to form a breakaway consists of the following names: Bakelants, Foliforov, Gonçalves, Lutsenko, T. Martin, Mezgec, Nordhaug and Valgren. Dombrowski and Kiryienka would join later.

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Nibali considered this group a threat and put his team to the front to chase them down. They do so just before the first mountain sprint, the Col de Port, which is won by Craddock ahead of Pauwels and Martin. These three would allow themselves to be caught again in the downhill.

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At the following category three climb, the roles are reversed when Pauwels beat Craddock to the two points.

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In the end, these six people were allowed to form the morning, perhaps early afternoon, breakaway: Foliforov, Gonçalves, Cink, Elmiger. Matthews, and Mamykin.

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Looking at the battle for green: Sagan extends his lead by a further two points over Kristoff. Afterwards, Arashiro and Lutsenko, both part of team Mixed Rest of World, decide to do a couples time trial and see if they can make it to the breakaway.

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He crashed on his way to the Ventoux, today he's looking to redeem himself: Jakob Fuglsang. He attacks on the Col de l'Arrech. The breakaway including Lutsenko is three minutes up the road with Arashiro just behind.

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Bardet also wants to make up some lost ground and attacks on the downhill of the next climb, the Col de la Core. Fuglsang has managed to join the breakaway, Arashiro has dropped back to the peloton after his mission was accomplished. Gap four minutes.

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The next to attack, on the Col de Latrape, is Majka. Elmiger has been dropped from the breakaway, with Bardet taking his place there.

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Fuglsang takes the points at the Col de Latrape. Is this what he's aiming or now since a good GC classification seems down the drain?

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Well, then this wouldn't really help. The whole breakaway has been caught on the slopes of the final climb of the day: the Col d'Agnes.

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But by the side of Contador, Fuglsang won't give up and attacks. They are joined by Mollema, Porte and Quintana.

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Clearly Quintana is the strongest and soon enough he found himself in the lead all by himself. Froome is attacking from the peloton, needing 90 seconds to reach the coveted yellow jersey. We wonder if his interview from yesterday has given him a moral boost.

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Nibali quickly realised his jersey might be in danger and goes in pursuit. Great Britain immediately put someone on his wheel in the person of Adam Yates. D. Martin also joins the group.

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Quintana is the first to cross the Col d'Agnes. Froome is thirty seconds behind him, with Contador and Nibali thirty seconds further down. Then is a group of Fuglsang, Porte and Zakarin. The other favourites are another half minute behind.

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With his superior downhill techniques, Froome closes the gap to the Colombian. Their two chasers are also making up ground. The other groups seem to be losing some time.

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With only 5 kilometers to go two becomes four, as Contador and Nibali join the first group. These four will battle for the stage victory and the boni seconds will be the only changes in the GC between them.

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The yellow jersey is the first to start his sprint, to the surprise of the others. He immediately creates a bit of a gap.

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And that's his second stage win in the yellow jersey! This is the race of Vincenzo Nibali thus far! Quintana, Froome and Contador finishs second, third and fourth.

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Zakarin wins the sprint for fifth ahead of Porte and Fuglsang. They lose 55 seconds. At one minute and twenty seconds comes the next group, where Dumoulin sprints to eight but drops a place in the GC from fourth to fifth.

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The biggest losers of the day however are his teammates, Gesink and Poels. Both lose over four minutes and drop of of the top ten.

Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Vincenzo NibaliItaly4h52'44
2Nairo QuintanaColombias.t.
3Chris FroomeGreat Britains.t.
4Alberto ContadorSpains.t.
5Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 55
6Richie PorteAustralias.t.
7Jakob FuglsangDenmarks.t.
8Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 1'20
9Thibaut PinotFrances.t.
10Mikel LandaSpains.t.

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11Esteban ChavesColombias.t.
12Daniel MartinIrelands.t.
13Romain BardetFrances.t.
14Domenico PozzovivoItalys.t.
15Rigoberto UránColombia+ 2'06
16Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
17Steven KruijswijkNetherlandss.t.
18Rafał MajkaPolands.t.
19Fabio AruItaly+ 2'26
20Warren BarguilFrances.t.
21Mikel NieveSpains.t.
22Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
23Diego RosaItalys.t.
24Bauke MollemaNetherlandss.t.
25Serge PauwelsBelgiums.t.
26Bob JungelsMixed Europes.t.
27Julian AlaphilippeFrances.t.
28Rui CostaPortugal+ 3'38
29Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 3'59
30Lawson CraddockUnited Statess.t.
31Tejay Van GarderenUnited Statess.t.
32Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 4'30
33Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
34Wout PoelsNetherlandss.t.
35Simon SpilakSlovenias.t.
36Winner AnaconaColombia+ 5'30
37Michał KwiatkowskiPolands.t.
38Stephen CummingsGreat Britains.t.
39Jan HirtCzech Republics.t.
40Matvei MamykinRussias.t.
41Leopold KönigCzech Republics.t.
42John Darwin AtapumaColombias.t.
43Alexander FoliforovRussias.t.
44Fabio FellineItalys.t.
45Alejandro ValverdeSpains.t.
46Sérgio Luis HenaoColombias.t.
47Yury TrofimovRussias.t.
48Diego UlissiItalys.t.
49Davide FormoloItalys.t.
50Jarlinson PantanoColombias.t.
51José GonçalvesPortugals.t.
52Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 6'52
53Tony GallopinFrances.t.
54Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europes.t.
55Marc SolerSpains.t.
56Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
57Jonathan CastroviejoSpains.t.
58Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europes.t.
59Joseph DombrowskiUnited Statess.t.
60Mathias FrankSwitzerlands.t.
61Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World+ 8'00
62Philip DeignanIrelands.t.
63Tony MartinGermany+ 8'37
64Thomas VoecklerFrances.t.
65Patrick KonradMixed Europes.t.
66Jan BakelantsBelgiums.t.
67Tiesj BenootBelgiums.t.
68Rohan DennisAustralias.t.
69Michael MatthewsAustralias.t.
70Michael AlbasiniSwitzerlands.t.
71Tiago MachadoPortugal+ 9'43
72José MendesPortugals.t.
73Jan BartaCzech Republics.t.
74Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 10'21
75Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
76Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 10'42
77Thomas De GendtBelgiums.t.
78Simon GeschkeGermanys.t.
79Ian BoswellUnited Statess.t.
80Nelson OliveiraPortugals.t.
81Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 11'53
82Philippe GilbertBelgiums.t.
83Stefan KüngSwitzerlands.t.
84Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugals.t.
85Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
86Sonny ColbrelliItalys.t.
87José Joaquín RojasSpains.t.
88Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 12'53
89Paweł CieślikPolands.t.
90Luka MezgecSlovenias.t.
91Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 13'38
92Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 14'12
93Zdenek StybarCzech Republics.t.
94Jan TratnikSlovenias.t.
95Petr VakočCzech Republics.t.
96Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 15'00
97Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 16'15
98Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe+ 16'50
99Danilo WyssSwitzerlands.t.
100Rui VinhasPortugals.t.
101Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 19'18
102Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 19'49
103Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 22'35
104Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 33'58
105Peter SaganSlovakias.t.
106Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
107Edvald Boasson HagenNorways.t.
108Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
109Nicolas RocheIrelands.t.
110Greg Van AvermaetBelgiums.t.
111Miguel Angel LopezColombias.t.
112Geraint ThomasGreat Britains.t.
113Paweł PoljańskiPolands.t.
114Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
115Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
116Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
117Lars Ytting BakDenmarks.t.
118Brent BookwalterUnited Statess.t.
119John DegenkolbGermanys.t.
120Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
121Peter KennaughGreat Britains.t.
122Nikias ArndtGermanys.t.
123Nathan HaasAustralias.t.
124Magnus Cort NielsenDenmarks.t.
125Simon GerransAustralias.t.
126Maciej PaterskiPolands.t.
127Jens KeukeleireBelgiums.t.
128Sondre Holst EngerNorways.t.
129Niki TerpstraNetherlandss.t.
130Michał GołaśPolands.t.
131Lars Petter NordhaugNorways.t.
132Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
133Alex HowesUnited Statess.t.
134Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
135Michael MørkøvDenmarks.t.
136Matej MohoricSlovenias.t.
137Alexander KristoffNorways.t.
138Maciej BodnarPolands.t.
139Fernando GaviriaColombias.t.
140Rick ZabelGermanys.t.
141André GreipelGermanys.t.
142Michael ValgrenDenmarks.t.
143Sep VanmarckeBelgiums.t.
144Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
145Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
146Ian StannardGreat Britains.t.
147Caleb EwanAustralias.t.
148Sven Erik BystrømNorways.t.
149Matej MugerliSlovenias.t.
150Sergey ShilovRussias.t.
151Borut BožicSlovenias.t.
152Nacer BouhanniFrances.t.
153Dylan GroenewegenNetherlandss.t.
154Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europes.t.
155Søren Kragh AndersenDenmarks.t.
156Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europes.t.
157Patrik TyborSlovakias.t.
158Erik BaskaSlovakias.t.
159George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
160Truls KorsaethNorways.t.
161Sam BennettIrelands.t.
162Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
163Martin HaringSlovakia+ 36'49
164Edward DunbarIrelands.t.
165Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 49'56
166Ryan MullenIrelands.t.
167Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
168Marek CaneckySlovakias.t.
169Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
170Marko KumpSlovenias.t.
171Conor DunneIrelands.t.
172Matthew BrammeierIrelands.t.
173Roman MaikinRussias.t.

General:

Winning two stages in yellow, no one can call Vincenzo Nibali's lead undeserved.
RankNameTeamTime
1Vincenzo NibaliItaly71h30'59
2Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 1'37
3Nairo QuintanaColombia+ 3'28
4Alberto ContadorSpain+ 4'29
5Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 5'15
6Thibaut PinotFrance+ 6'50
7Rigoberto UránColombia+ 6'53
8Warren BarguilFrance+ 7'10
9Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 7'39
10Richie PorteAustralia+ 8'21

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11Daniel MartinIreland+ 8'31
12Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 9'22
13Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 9'30
14Rafał MajkaPoland+ 9'50
15Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 9'53
16Mikel LandaSpain+ 10'39
17Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 11'11
18Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 11'31
19Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 12'41
20Fabio AruItaly+ 12'54
21Romain BardetFrance+ 13'04
22Mikel NieveSpain+ 14'42
23Diego RosaItaly+ 15'48
24Steven KruijswijkNetherlands+ 16'06
25Rui CostaPortugal+ 17'25
26Domenico PozzovivoItaly+ 17'34
27Bauke MollemaNetherlands+ 18'32
28Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 18'52
29Michał KwiatkowskiPoland+ 19'17
30Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 19'49
31Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia+ 20'49
32Esteban ChavesColombia+ 21'04
33Tejay Van GarderenUnited States+ 21'37
34John Darwin AtapumaColombia+ 25'16
35Marc SolerSpain+ 25'33
36Fabio FellineItaly+ 26'25
37Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 27'46
38Leopold KönigCzech Republic+ 29'18
39Stephen CummingsGreat Britain+ 30'00
40Serge PauwelsBelgium+ 30'28
41Jan HirtCzech Republic+ 30'38
42Jarlinson PantanoColombia+ 31'08
43Diego UlissiItaly+ 31'42
44Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 32'04
45Tiago MachadoPortugal+ 32'46
46Simon SpilakSlovenia+ 33'43
47Philip DeignanIreland+ 33'52
48Yury TrofimovRussia+ 33'58
49Tony GallopinFrance+ 34'23
50Thomas De GendtBelgium+ 35'12
51Thomas VoecklerFrance+ 35'15
52Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland+ 35'32
53Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 36'13
54Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 36'33
55Matvei MamykinRussia+ 37'16
56Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 37'22
57Rohan DennisAustralia+ 37'28
58Winner AnaconaColombia+ 37'44
59Jan BartaCzech Republic+ 38'24
60Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 39'03
61Jonathan CastroviejoSpain+ 39'10
62José GonçalvesPortugal+ 39'19
63Patrick KonradMixed Europe+ 39'57
64José Joaquín RojasSpain+ 40'13
65Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 40'46
66Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World+ 41'19
67Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 42'45
68José MendesPortugal+ 43'04
69Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 43'10
70Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 43'37
71Ondrej CinkCzech Republic+ 47'43
72Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe+ 47'50
73Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 48'26
74Tanel KangertMixed Europe+ 48'51
75Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 49'20
76Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 50'44
77Tony MartinGermany+ 51'00
78Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 52'04
79Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 53'08
80Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 53'23
81Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe+ 53'44
82Primož RogličSlovenia+ 54'16
83Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 54'25
84Ian BoswellUnited States+ 54'39
85Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 55'03
86Simon GeschkeGermany+ 57'20
87Przemysław NiemiecPoland+ 1h01'30
88Brent BookwalterUnited States+ 1h01'56
89Nicolas RocheIreland+ 1h02'00
90Jan PolancSlovenia+ 1h02'23
91Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 1h03'26
92Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe+ 1h05'36
93Paweł PoljańskiPoland+ 1h06'26
94Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 1h06'54
95Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 1h08'21
96Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 1h10'53
97Nathan HaasAustralia+ 1h15'25
98Peter KennaughGreat Britain+ 1h17'57
99Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h20'58
100Maciej PaterskiPoland+ 1h21'43
101Greg Van AvermaetBelgium+ 1h22'04
102Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 1h23'19
103Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugal+ 1h27'46
104George BennettMixed Rest of World+ 1h29'04
105Mathias FrankSwitzerland+ 1h29'17
106Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 1h30'22
107Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 1h34'00
108Vegard Stake LaengenNorway+ 1h34'19
109Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe+ 1h34'39
110Paweł CieślikPoland+ 1h35'01
111Zdenek StybarCzech Republic+ 1h35'11
112Alex HowesUnited States+ 1h37'21
113Jan TratnikSlovenia+ 1h37'50
114Lars Petter NordhaugNorway+ 1h39'43
115Peter SaganSlovakia+ 1h41'14
116Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 1h42'37
117Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 1h45'30
118Petr VakočCzech Republic+ 1h47'24
119Danilo WyssSwitzerland+ 1h54'31
120Christopher Juul-JensenDenmark+ 1h57'04
121Simon GerransAustralia+ 1h57'08
122Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 1h59'49
123John DegenkolbGermany+ 2h02'54
124Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 2h02'57
125Sep VanmarckeBelgium+ 2h05'25
126Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 2h05'49
127Michał GołaśPoland+ 2h06'57
128Luke DurbridgeAustralia+ 2h07'20
129Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 2h13'49
130Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 2h14'41
131Alexander KristoffNorway+ 2h15'16
132Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
133Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 2h17'35
134Niki TerpstraNetherlands+ 2h17'36
135Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 2h17'57
136Rui VinhasPortugal+ 2h19'28
137Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 2h20'55
138Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 2h21'30
139André GreipelGermany+ 2h25'50
140Ian StannardGreat Britain+ 2h26'46
141Nacer BouhanniFrance+ 2h27'29
142Nikias ArndtGermany+ 2h31'19
143Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 2h31'49
144Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 2h33'14
145Matej MugerliSlovenia+ 2h35'56
146Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 2h36'18
147Luke RoweGreat Britain+ 2h36'21
148Jens KeukeleireBelgium+ 2h38'02
149Edvald Boasson HagenNorway+ 2h41'01
150Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World+ 2h42'01
151Caleb EwanAustralia+ 2h44'11
152Michael MørkøvDenmark+ 2h45'08
153Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe+ 2h45'17
154Maciej BodnarPoland+ 2h49'56
155Sergey ShilovRussia+ 2h50'36
156Rick ZabelGermany+ 2h52'47
157Sam BennettIreland+ 2h53'02
158Truls KorsaethNorway+ 2h54'22
159Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 2h55'18
160Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 2h56'17
161Borut BožicSlovenia+ 2h57'16
162Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 2h59'44
163Roman MaikinRussia+ 3h00'42
164Matthew BrammeierIreland+ 3h01'52
165Patrik TyborSlovakia+ 3h07'02
166Marko KumpSlovenia+ 3h12'29
167Ryan MullenIreland+ 3h14'32
168Robin CarpenterUnited States+ 3h15'51
169Marek CaneckySlovakia+ 3h16'21
170Martin HaringSlovakia+ 3h29'49
171Edward DunbarIreland+ 3h30'31
172Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 3h53'23
173Conor DunneIreland+ 4h05'13

Points:

One point at the intermediate sprint more for Peter Sagan to extend his lead to two points.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Peter SaganSlovakia180
2Alexander KristoffNorway178
3Fernando GaviriaColombia112
4Oliver NaesenBelgium108
5Vincenzo NibaliItaly105

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6André GreipelGermany90
7Lars Ytting BakDenmark86
8José Joaquín RojasSpain84
9Alejandro ValverdeSpain76
10Nairo QuintanaColombia69
11Rui CostaPortugal68
12Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands65
13Zdenek StybarCzech Republic62
14Nacer BouhanniFrance62
15Tony MartinGermany61
16Michał GołaśPoland60
17John DegenkolbGermany59
18Sep VanmarckeBelgium58
19Thomas VoecklerFrance57
20Lawson CraddockUnited States57
21Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark56
22Chris FroomeGreat Britain56
23José GonçalvesPortugal55
24Ryan MullenIreland50
25Caleb EwanAustralia49
26Petr VakočCzech Republic47
27Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World45
28Yury TrofimovRussia45
29Brent BookwalterUnited States44
30Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands44
31Ilnur ZakarinRussia43
32Michael MatthewsAustralia43
33Roman MaikinRussia43
34Przemysław NiemiecPoland42
35Patrick KonradMixed Europe42
36Joseph DombrowskiUnited States42
37Maciej BodnarPoland42
38Warren BarguilFrance41
39Philip DeignanIreland40
40Michael ValgrenDenmark40
41Sonny ColbrelliItaly39
42Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland38
43Richie PorteAustralia37
44Rigoberto UránColombia37
45Tiesj BenootBelgium37
46Nathan HaasAustralia37
47Luke DurbridgeAustralia37
48Sam BennettIreland37
49Marko KumpSlovenia37
50Thibaut PinotFrance36
51Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World36
52Truls KorsaethNorway36
53Fabio AruItaly34
54Jan BakelantsBelgium34
55Stefan KüngSwitzerland33
56Jan PolancSlovenia33
57Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World33
58Mikel LandaSpain32
59Tiago MachadoPortugal32
60Simon GeschkeGermany32
61Borut BožicSlovenia32
62Robin CarpenterUnited States32
63Alberto ContadorSpain31
64Alexander FoliforovRussia31
65Matvei MamykinRussia31
66Michael SchärSwitzerland31
67Simon GerransAustralia31
68Fabio FellineItaly30
69Edvald Boasson HagenNorway30
70Wout PoelsNetherlands29
71Greg Van AvermaetBelgium28
72Martin ElmigerSwitzerland28
73Nikias ArndtGermany28
74Tom DumoulinNetherlands27
75Serge PauwelsBelgium26
76Sergey ChernetskiyRussia26
77Niki TerpstraNetherlands25
78Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World25
79Nelson OliveiraPortugal25
80Matthew BrammeierIreland25
81Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe24
82Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe22
83Romain BardetFrance21
84Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe21
85Jens KeukeleireBelgium20
86Philippe GilbertBelgium19
87Jakob FuglsangDenmark18
88Rick ZabelGermany18
89Maciej PaterskiPoland17
90Silvan DillierSwitzerland17
91Andrew TalanskyUnited States16
92Rafał MajkaPoland15
93Rohan DennisAustralia15
94Paweł PoljańskiPoland15
95Esteban ChavesColombia14
96Stephen CummingsGreat Britain13
97Emanuel BuchmannGermany13
98Jan TratnikSlovenia13
99Ian StannardGreat Britain13
100Jarlinson PantanoColombia12
101Daniel MartinIreland11
102Diego RosaItaly11
103Domenico PozzovivoItaly11
104Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World11
105Ondrej CinkCzech Republic10
106Patrik TyborSlovakia10
107Julian AlaphilippeFrance9
108Geraint ThomasGreat Britain9
109Simon YatesGreat Britain9
110Tony GallopinFrance9
111Jan BartaCzech Republic9
112Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe9
113Ruben GuerreiroPortugal9
114Robert GesinkNetherlands8
115Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World8
116Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe8
117Diego UlissiItaly7
118Matej MohoricSlovenia7
119Mikel NieveSpain6
120Michał KwiatkowskiPoland6
121Jonathan CastroviejoSpain6
122Luke RoweGreat Britain6
123Michael MørkøvDenmark6
124Tanel KangertMixed Europe5
125Jóni BrandãoPortugal5
126Marek CaneckySlovakia5
127Luka MezgecSlovenia4
128Sven Erik BystrømNorway4
129Erik BaskaSlovakia4
130Bob JungelsMixed Europe3
131Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia3
132Danilo WyssSwitzerland3
133Adam YatesGreat Britain2
134Thomas De GendtBelgium2
135Nicolas RocheIreland2
136John Darwin AtapumaColombia1

Mountains:

Froome and Quintana are moving in, but Rui Costa remains the leader for another day.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Rui CostaPortugal73
2Chris FroomeGreat Britain62
3Nairo QuintanaColombia60
4Mikel LandaSpain58
5Joseph DombrowskiUnited States53

Spoiler
6Lawson CraddockUnited States52
7Vincenzo NibaliItaly47
8Richie PorteAustralia41
9Serge PauwelsBelgium39
10Ilnur ZakarinRussia34
11Tony MartinGermany27
12Philip DeignanIreland25
13Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe22
14Alberto ContadorSpain20
15Michael ValgrenDenmark19
16Matvei MamykinRussia18
17Yury TrofimovRussia17
18Jan BakelantsBelgium17
19Thibaut PinotFrance16
20Romain BardetFrance16
21Warren BarguilFrance12
22Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World12
23Tiago MachadoPortugal11
24Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World10
25Ondrej CinkCzech Republic10
26Stefan KüngSwitzerland10
27Tiesj BenootBelgium9
28Rafał MajkaPoland8
29Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World8
30Jan BartaCzech Republic7
31Simon SpilakSlovenia7
32Alexander FoliforovRussia6
33José GonçalvesPortugal6
34Nathan HaasAustralia6
35Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe6
36Greg Van AvermaetBelgium6
37Alejandro ValverdeSpain5
38Jakob FuglsangDenmark5
39Patrick KonradMixed Europe4
40Davide FormoloItaly4
41Przemysław NiemiecPoland3
42Sergey ChernetskiyRussia3
43Nelson OliveiraPortugal3
44Tom DumoulinNetherlands2
45Bauke MollemaNetherlands2
46Diego UlissiItaly2
47Oliver NaesenBelgium2
48Alexander KristoffNorway2
49Domenico PozzovivoItaly1
50José Joaquín RojasSpain1
51Jan PolancSlovenia1
52Michael MatthewsAustralia1
53Simon GeschkeGermany1
54Zdenek StybarCzech Republic1
55Jan TratnikSlovenia1
56Michał GołaśPoland1
57Jens KeukeleireBelgium1
58Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World1

Young rider:

Bob Jungels just sticks to the wheel of Meintjes in order to not lose time.
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe71h40'21
2Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 3'19
3Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 9'30
4Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 10'27
5Marc SolerSpain+ 16'11

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6Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 18'24
7Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 26'51
8Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 27'11
9Matvei MamykinRussia+ 27'54
10Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 28'00
11Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 31'24
12Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 34'15
13Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 39'58
14Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 43'46
15Jan PolancSlovenia+ 53'01
16Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 57'32
17Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 58'59
18Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h11'36
19Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 1h21'00
20Petr VakocCzech Republic+ 1h38'02
21Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 2h04'27
22Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 2h05'19
23Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 2h05'54
24Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 2h08'13
25Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 2h08'35
26Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 2h11'33
27Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 2h12'08
28Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 2h22'27
29Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 2h23'52
30Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 2h26'56
31Caleb EwanAustralia+ 2h34'49
32Rick ZabelGermany+ 2h43'25
33Truls KorsaethNorway+ 2h45'00
34Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 2h45'56
35Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 2h46'55
36Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 2h50'22
37Ryan MullenIreland+ 3h05'10
38Robin CarpenterUnited States+ 3h06'29
39Edward DunbarIreland+ 3h21'09
40Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 3h44'01
41Conor DunneIreland+ 3h55'51

Team:

Despite disappointing rides by their riders, the Netherlands still lead somehow.
RankTeamTime
1Netherlands213h28'11
2France+ 3'41
3Spain+ 5'31
4Colombia+ 14'28
5Italy+ 16'55

Spoiler
6Great Britain+ 24'49
7Russia+ 35'17
8Poland+ 35'22
9United States+ 36'29
10Mixed Europe+ 43'42
11Belgium+ 52'31
12Australia+ 57'16
13Mixed Rest of World+ 1h03'48
14Czech Republic+ 1h13'49
15Portugal+ 1h24'15
16Ireland+ 1h24'34
17Slovenia+ 1h33'32
18Switzerland+ 1h52'41
19Germany+ 2h18'41
20Denmark+ 2h59'41
21Norway+ 4h53'34
22Slovakia+ 7h14'06

Combativity:

Out of the riders in this breakaway attempt this was the most active:
Alexander Foliforov

Final words:

Spoiler
Strangely after the first and third category no one wanted to attack for the mountain sprints, they just rode in formation and whoever was in front was the lucky one. The GC riders did make a spectacle of this stage though.
Edited by Marcovdw on 31-12-2017 18:22
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Ripley
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Posted on 25-12-2017 09:49
Great reporting, great screenshots, great "silly" interview answers, very impressive Wikipedia-like summaries. Shame about Fuglsang's crash.
 
Marcovdw
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Posted on 25-12-2017 11:19
Ripley wrote:
Great reporting, great screenshots, great "silly" interview answers, very impressive Wikipedia-like summaries. Shame about Fuglsang's crash.


Thanks, yeah Fuglsang's crash is definitely a bummer to him and the race, but I hope he goes on the attack in one of the next stages Wink
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Marcovdw
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Posted on 26-12-2017 11:29
STAGE 18

Profile:
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Race:

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A day in the eastern part of the Pyrenees. Three category one, a category two and a category three climb on the menu today. And a lot of rain forecasted.

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The first attempt to form a breakaway consists of the following names: Bakelants, Foliforov, Gonçalves, Lutsenko, T. Martin, Mezgec, Nordhaug and Valgren. Dombrowski and Kiryienka would join later.

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Nibali considered this group a threat and put his team to the front to chase them down. They do so just before the first mountain sprint, the Col de Port, which is won by Craddock ahead of Pauwels and Martin. These three would allow themselves to be caught again in the downhill.

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At the following category three climb, the roles are reversed when Pauwels beat Craddock to the two points.

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In the end, these six people were allowed to form the morning, perhaps early afternoon, breakaway: Foliforov, Gonçalves, Cink, Elmiger, Mamykin and Matthews.

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Looking at the battle for green: Sagan extends his lead to two points over Kristoff. Afterwards, Arashiro and Lutsenko, both part of team Mixed Rest of World, decide to do a couples time trial and see if they can make it to the breakaway.

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He crashed on his way to the Ventoux, today he's looking to redeem himself: Jakob Fuglsang. He attacks on the Col de l'Arrech. The breakaway including Lutsenko is three minutes up the road with Arashiro just behind.

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Bardet also wants to make up some lost ground and attacks on the downhill of the next climb, the Col de la Core. Fuglsang has managed to join the breakaway, Arashiro has dropped back to the peloton after his mission was accomplished. Gap four minutes.

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The next to attack, on the Col de Latrape, is Majka. Elmiger has been dropped from the breakaway, with Bardet taking his place there.

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Fuglsang takes the points at the Col de Latrape. Is this what he's aiming or now since a good GC classification seems down the drain?

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Well, then this wouldn't really help. The whole breakaway has been caught on the slopes of the final climb of the day: the Col d'Agnes.

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But by the side of Contador, Fuglsang won't give up and attacks. They are joined by Mollema, Porte and Quintana.

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Clearly Quintana is the strongest and soon enough he found himself in the lead all by himself. Froome is attacking from the peloton, needing 90 seconds to reach the coveted yellow jersey. We wonder if his interview from yesterday has given him a moral boost.

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Nibali quickly realised his jersey might be in danger and goes in pursuit. Great Britain immediately put someone on his wheel in the person of Adam Yates. D. Martin also joins the group.

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Quintana is the first to cross the Col d'Agnes. Froome is thirty seconds behind him, with Contador and Nibali thirty seconds further down. Then is a group of Fuglsang, Porte and Zakarin. The other favourites are another half minute behind.

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With his superior downhill techniques, Froome closes the gap to the Colombian. Their two chasers are also making up ground. The other groups seem to be losing some time.

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With only 5 kilometers to go two becomes four, as Contador and Nibali join the first group. These four will battle for the stage victory and the boni seconds will be the only changes in the GC between them.

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The yellow jersey is the first to start his sprint, to the surprise of the others. He immediately creates a bit of a gap.

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And that's his second stage win in the yellow jersey! This is the race of Vincenzo Nibali thus far! Quintana, Froome and Contador finish second, third and fourth.

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Zakarin wins the sprint for fifth ahead of Porte and Fuglsang. They lose 55 seconds. At one minute and twenty seconds comes the next group, where Dumoulin sprints to eight but drops a place in the GC from fourth to fifth.

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The biggest losers of the day however are his teammates, Gesink and Poels. Both lose over four minutes and drop of of the top ten.

Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Vincenzo NibaliItaly4h52'44
2Nairo QuintanaColombias.t.
3Chris FroomeGreat Britains.t.
4Alberto ContadorSpains.t.
5Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 55
6Richie PorteAustralias.t.
7Jakob FuglsangDenmarks.t.
8Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 1'20
9Thibaut PinotFrances.t.
10Mikel LandaSpains.t.

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11Esteban ChavesColombias.t.
12Daniel MartinIrelands.t.
13Romain BardetFrances.t.
14Domenico PozzovivoItalys.t.
15Rigoberto UránColombia+ 2'06
16Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
17Steven KruijswijkNetherlandss.t.
18Rafał MajkaPolands.t.
19Fabio AruItaly+ 2'26
20Warren BarguilFrances.t.
21Mikel NieveSpains.t.
22Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
23Diego RosaItalys.t.
24Bauke MollemaNetherlandss.t.
25Serge PauwelsBelgiums.t.
26Bob JungelsMixed Europes.t.
27Julian AlaphilippeFrances.t.
28Rui CostaPortugal+ 3'38
29Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 3'59
30Lawson CraddockUnited Statess.t.
31Tejay Van GarderenUnited Statess.t.
32Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 4'30
33Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
34Wout PoelsNetherlandss.t.
35Simon SpilakSlovenias.t.
36Winner AnaconaColombia+ 5'30
37Michał KwiatkowskiPolands.t.
38Stephen CummingsGreat Britains.t.
39Jan HirtCzech Republics.t.
40Matvei MamykinRussias.t.
41Leopold KönigCzech Republics.t.
42John Darwin AtapumaColombias.t.
43Alexander FoliforovRussias.t.
44Fabio FellineItalys.t.
45Alejandro ValverdeSpains.t.
46Sérgio Luis HenaoColombias.t.
47Yury TrofimovRussias.t.
48Diego UlissiItalys.t.
49Davide FormoloItalys.t.
50Jarlinson PantanoColombias.t.
51José GonçalvesPortugals.t.
52Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 6'52
53Tony GallopinFrances.t.
54Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europes.t.
55Marc SolerSpains.t.
56Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
57Jonathan CastroviejoSpains.t.
58Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europes.t.
59Joseph DombrowskiUnited Statess.t.
60Mathias FrankSwitzerlands.t.
61Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World+ 8'00
62Philip DeignanIrelands.t.
63Tony MartinGermany+ 8'37
64Thomas VoecklerFrances.t.
65Patrick KonradMixed Europes.t.
66Jan BakelantsBelgiums.t.
67Tiesj BenootBelgiums.t.
68Rohan DennisAustralias.t.
69Michael MatthewsAustralias.t.
70Michael AlbasiniSwitzerlands.t.
71Tiago MachadoPortugal+ 9'43
72José MendesPortugals.t.
73Jan BartaCzech Republics.t.
74Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 10'21
75Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
76Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 10'42
77Thomas De GendtBelgiums.t.
78Simon GeschkeGermanys.t.
79Ian BoswellUnited Statess.t.
80Nelson OliveiraPortugals.t.
81Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 11'53
82Philippe GilbertBelgiums.t.
83Stefan KüngSwitzerlands.t.
84Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugals.t.
85Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
86Sonny ColbrelliItalys.t.
87José Joaquín RojasSpains.t.
88Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 12'53
89Paweł CieślikPolands.t.
90Luka MezgecSlovenias.t.
91Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 13'38
92Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 14'12
93Zdenek StybarCzech Republics.t.
94Jan TratnikSlovenias.t.
95Petr VakočCzech Republics.t.
96Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 15'00
97Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 16'15
98Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe+ 16'50
99Danilo WyssSwitzerlands.t.
100Rui VinhasPortugals.t.
101Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 19'18
102Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 19'49
103Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 22'35
104Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 33'58
105Peter SaganSlovakias.t.
106Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
107Edvald Boasson HagenNorways.t.
108Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
109Nicolas RocheIrelands.t.
110Greg Van AvermaetBelgiums.t.
111Miguel Angel LopezColombias.t.
112Geraint ThomasGreat Britains.t.
113Paweł PoljańskiPolands.t.
114Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
115Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
116Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
117Lars Ytting BakDenmarks.t.
118Brent BookwalterUnited Statess.t.
119John DegenkolbGermanys.t.
120Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
121Peter KennaughGreat Britains.t.
122Nikias ArndtGermanys.t.
123Nathan HaasAustralias.t.
124Magnus Cort NielsenDenmarks.t.
125Simon GerransAustralias.t.
126Maciej PaterskiPolands.t.
127Jens KeukeleireBelgiums.t.
128Sondre Holst EngerNorways.t.
129Niki TerpstraNetherlandss.t.
130Michał GołaśPolands.t.
131Lars Petter NordhaugNorways.t.
132Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
133Alex HowesUnited Statess.t.
134Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
135Michael MørkøvDenmarks.t.
136Matej MohoricSlovenias.t.
137Alexander KristoffNorways.t.
138Maciej BodnarPolands.t.
139Fernando GaviriaColombias.t.
140Rick ZabelGermanys.t.
141André GreipelGermanys.t.
142Michael ValgrenDenmarks.t.
143Sep VanmarckeBelgiums.t.
144Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
145Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
146Ian StannardGreat Britains.t.
147Caleb EwanAustralias.t.
148Sven Erik BystrømNorways.t.
149Matej MugerliSlovenias.t.
150Sergey ShilovRussias.t.
151Borut BožicSlovenias.t.
152Nacer BouhanniFrances.t.
153Dylan GroenewegenNetherlandss.t.
154Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europes.t.
155Søren Kragh AndersenDenmarks.t.
156Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europes.t.
157Patrik TyborSlovakias.t.
158Erik BaskaSlovakias.t.
159George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
160Truls KorsaethNorways.t.
161Sam BennettIrelands.t.
162Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
163Martin HaringSlovakia+ 36'49
164Edward DunbarIrelands.t.
165Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 49'56
166Ryan MullenIrelands.t.
167Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
168Marek CaneckySlovakias.t.
169Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
170Marko KumpSlovenias.t.
171Conor DunneIrelands.t.
172Matthew BrammeierIrelands.t.
173Roman MaikinRussias.t.

General:

Winning two stages in yellow, no one can call Vincenzo Nibali's lead undeserved.
RankNameTeamTime
1Vincenzo NibaliItaly71h30'59
2Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 1'37
3Nairo QuintanaColombia+ 3'28
4Alberto ContadorSpain+ 4'29
5Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 5'15
6Thibaut PinotFrance+ 6'50
7Rigoberto UránColombia+ 6'53
8Warren BarguilFrance+ 7'10
9Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 7'39
10Richie PorteAustralia+ 8'21

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11Daniel MartinIreland+ 8'31
12Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 9'22
13Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 9'30
14Rafał MajkaPoland+ 9'50
15Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 9'53
16Mikel LandaSpain+ 10'39
17Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 11'11
18Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 11'31
19Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 12'41
20Fabio AruItaly+ 12'54
21Romain BardetFrance+ 13'04
22Mikel NieveSpain+ 14'42
23Diego RosaItaly+ 15'48
24Steven KruijswijkNetherlands+ 16'06
25Rui CostaPortugal+ 17'25
26Domenico PozzovivoItaly+ 17'34
27Bauke MollemaNetherlands+ 18'32
28Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 18'52
29Michał KwiatkowskiPoland+ 19'17
30Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 19'49
31Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia+ 20'49
32Esteban ChavesColombia+ 21'04
33Tejay Van GarderenUnited States+ 21'37
34John Darwin AtapumaColombia+ 25'16
35Marc SolerSpain+ 25'33
36Fabio FellineItaly+ 26'25
37Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 27'46
38Leopold KönigCzech Republic+ 29'18
39Stephen CummingsGreat Britain+ 30'00
40Serge PauwelsBelgium+ 30'28
41Jan HirtCzech Republic+ 30'38
42Jarlinson PantanoColombia+ 31'08
43Diego UlissiItaly+ 31'42
44Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 32'04
45Tiago MachadoPortugal+ 32'46
46Simon SpilakSlovenia+ 33'43
47Philip DeignanIreland+ 33'52
48Yury TrofimovRussia+ 33'58
49Tony GallopinFrance+ 34'23
50Thomas De GendtBelgium+ 35'12
51Thomas VoecklerFrance+ 35'15
52Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland+ 35'32
53Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 36'13
54Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 36'33
55Matvei MamykinRussia+ 37'16
56Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 37'22
57Rohan DennisAustralia+ 37'28
58Winner AnaconaColombia+ 37'44
59Jan BartaCzech Republic+ 38'24
60Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 39'03
61Jonathan CastroviejoSpain+ 39'10
62José GonçalvesPortugal+ 39'19
63Patrick KonradMixed Europe+ 39'57
64José Joaquín RojasSpain+ 40'13
65Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 40'46
66Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World+ 41'19
67Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 42'45
68José MendesPortugal+ 43'04
69Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 43'10
70Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 43'37
71Ondrej CinkCzech Republic+ 47'43
72Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe+ 47'50
73Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 48'26
74Tanel KangertMixed Europe+ 48'51
75Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 49'20
76Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 50'44
77Tony MartinGermany+ 51'00
78Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 52'04
79Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 53'08
80Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 53'23
81Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe+ 53'44
82Primož RogličSlovenia+ 54'16
83Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 54'25
84Ian BoswellUnited States+ 54'39
85Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 55'03
86Simon GeschkeGermany+ 57'20
87Przemysław NiemiecPoland+ 1h01'30
88Brent BookwalterUnited States+ 1h01'56
89Nicolas RocheIreland+ 1h02'00
90Jan PolancSlovenia+ 1h02'23
91Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 1h03'26
92Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe+ 1h05'36
93Paweł PoljańskiPoland+ 1h06'26
94Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 1h06'54
95Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 1h08'21
96Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 1h10'53
97Nathan HaasAustralia+ 1h15'25
98Peter KennaughGreat Britain+ 1h17'57
99Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h20'58
100Maciej PaterskiPoland+ 1h21'43
101Greg Van AvermaetBelgium+ 1h22'04
102Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 1h23'19
103Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugal+ 1h27'46
104George BennettMixed Rest of World+ 1h29'04
105Mathias FrankSwitzerland+ 1h29'17
106Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 1h30'22
107Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 1h34'00
108Vegard Stake LaengenNorway+ 1h34'19
109Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe+ 1h34'39
110Paweł CieślikPoland+ 1h35'01
111Zdenek StybarCzech Republic+ 1h35'11
112Alex HowesUnited States+ 1h37'21
113Jan TratnikSlovenia+ 1h37'50
114Lars Petter NordhaugNorway+ 1h39'43
115Peter SaganSlovakia+ 1h41'14
116Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 1h42'37
117Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 1h45'30
118Petr VakočCzech Republic+ 1h47'24
119Danilo WyssSwitzerland+ 1h54'31
120Christopher Juul-JensenDenmark+ 1h57'04
121Simon GerransAustralia+ 1h57'08
122Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 1h59'49
123John DegenkolbGermany+ 2h02'54
124Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 2h02'57
125Sep VanmarckeBelgium+ 2h05'25
126Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 2h05'49
127Michał GołaśPoland+ 2h06'57
128Luke DurbridgeAustralia+ 2h07'20
129Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 2h13'49
130Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 2h14'41
131Alexander KristoffNorway+ 2h15'16
132Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
133Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 2h17'35
134Niki TerpstraNetherlands+ 2h17'36
135Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 2h17'57
136Rui VinhasPortugal+ 2h19'28
137Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 2h20'55
138Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 2h21'30
139André GreipelGermany+ 2h25'50
140Ian StannardGreat Britain+ 2h26'46
141Nacer BouhanniFrance+ 2h27'29
142Nikias ArndtGermany+ 2h31'19
143Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 2h31'49
144Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 2h33'14
145Matej MugerliSlovenia+ 2h35'56
146Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 2h36'18
147Luke RoweGreat Britain+ 2h36'21
148Jens KeukeleireBelgium+ 2h38'02
149Edvald Boasson HagenNorway+ 2h41'01
150Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World+ 2h42'01
151Caleb EwanAustralia+ 2h44'11
152Michael MørkøvDenmark+ 2h45'08
153Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe+ 2h45'17
154Maciej BodnarPoland+ 2h49'56
155Sergey ShilovRussia+ 2h50'36
156Rick ZabelGermany+ 2h52'47
157Sam BennettIreland+ 2h53'02
158Truls KorsaethNorway+ 2h54'22
159Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 2h55'18
160Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 2h56'17
161Borut BožicSlovenia+ 2h57'16
162Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 2h59'44
163Roman MaikinRussia+ 3h00'42
164Matthew BrammeierIreland+ 3h01'52
165Patrik TyborSlovakia+ 3h07'02
166Marko KumpSlovenia+ 3h12'29
167Ryan MullenIreland+ 3h14'32
168Robin CarpenterUnited States+ 3h15'51
169Marek CaneckySlovakia+ 3h16'21
170Martin HaringSlovakia+ 3h29'49
171Edward DunbarIreland+ 3h30'31
172Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 3h53'23
173Conor DunneIreland+ 4h05'13

Points:

One point at the intermediate sprint more for Peter Sagan to extend his lead to two points.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Peter SaganSlovakia180
2Alexander KristoffNorway178
3Fernando GaviriaColombia112
4Oliver NaesenBelgium108
5Vincenzo NibaliItaly105

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6André GreipelGermany90
7Lars Ytting BakDenmark86
8José Joaquín RojasSpain84
9Alejandro ValverdeSpain76
10Nairo QuintanaColombia69
11Rui CostaPortugal68
12Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands65
13Zdenek StybarCzech Republic62
14Nacer BouhanniFrance62
15Tony MartinGermany61
16Michał GołaśPoland60
17John DegenkolbGermany59
18Sep VanmarckeBelgium58
19Thomas VoecklerFrance57
20Lawson CraddockUnited States57
21Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark56
22Chris FroomeGreat Britain56
23José GonçalvesPortugal55
24Ryan MullenIreland50
25Caleb EwanAustralia49
26Petr VakočCzech Republic47
27Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World45
28Yury TrofimovRussia45
29Brent BookwalterUnited States44
30Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands44
31Ilnur ZakarinRussia43
32Michael MatthewsAustralia43
33Roman MaikinRussia43
34Przemysław NiemiecPoland42
35Patrick KonradMixed Europe42
36Joseph DombrowskiUnited States42
37Maciej BodnarPoland42
38Warren BarguilFrance41
39Philip DeignanIreland40
40Michael ValgrenDenmark40
41Sonny ColbrelliItaly39
42Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland38
43Richie PorteAustralia37
44Rigoberto UránColombia37
45Tiesj BenootBelgium37
46Nathan HaasAustralia37
47Luke DurbridgeAustralia37
48Sam BennettIreland37
49Marko KumpSlovenia37
50Thibaut PinotFrance36
51Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World36
52Truls KorsaethNorway36
53Fabio AruItaly34
54Jan BakelantsBelgium34
55Stefan KüngSwitzerland33
56Jan PolancSlovenia33
57Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World33
58Mikel LandaSpain32
59Tiago MachadoPortugal32
60Simon GeschkeGermany32
61Borut BožicSlovenia32
62Robin CarpenterUnited States32
63Alberto ContadorSpain31
64Alexander FoliforovRussia31
65Matvei MamykinRussia31
66Michael SchärSwitzerland31
67Simon GerransAustralia31
68Fabio FellineItaly30
69Edvald Boasson HagenNorway30
70Wout PoelsNetherlands29
71Greg Van AvermaetBelgium28
72Martin ElmigerSwitzerland28
73Nikias ArndtGermany28
74Tom DumoulinNetherlands27
75Serge PauwelsBelgium26
76Sergey ChernetskiyRussia26
77Niki TerpstraNetherlands25
78Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World25
79Nelson OliveiraPortugal25
80Matthew BrammeierIreland25
81Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe24
82Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe22
83Romain BardetFrance21
84Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe21
85Jens KeukeleireBelgium20
86Philippe GilbertBelgium19
87Jakob FuglsangDenmark18
88Rick ZabelGermany18
89Maciej PaterskiPoland17
90Silvan DillierSwitzerland17
91Andrew TalanskyUnited States16
92Rafał MajkaPoland15
93Rohan DennisAustralia15
94Paweł PoljańskiPoland15
95Esteban ChavesColombia14
96Stephen CummingsGreat Britain13
97Emanuel BuchmannGermany13
98Jan TratnikSlovenia13
99Ian StannardGreat Britain13
100Jarlinson PantanoColombia12
101Daniel MartinIreland11
102Diego RosaItaly11
103Domenico PozzovivoItaly11
104Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World11
105Ondrej CinkCzech Republic10
106Patrik TyborSlovakia10
107Julian AlaphilippeFrance9
108Geraint ThomasGreat Britain9
109Simon YatesGreat Britain9
110Tony GallopinFrance9
111Jan BartaCzech Republic9
112Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe9
113Ruben GuerreiroPortugal9
114Robert GesinkNetherlands8
115Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World8
116Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe8
117Diego UlissiItaly7
118Matej MohoricSlovenia7
119Mikel NieveSpain6
120Michał KwiatkowskiPoland6
121Jonathan CastroviejoSpain6
122Luke RoweGreat Britain6
123Michael MørkøvDenmark6
124Tanel KangertMixed Europe5
125Jóni BrandãoPortugal5
126Marek CaneckySlovakia5
127Luka MezgecSlovenia4
128Sven Erik BystrømNorway4
129Erik BaskaSlovakia4
130Bob JungelsMixed Europe3
131Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia3
132Danilo WyssSwitzerland3
133Adam YatesGreat Britain2
134Thomas De GendtBelgium2
135Nicolas RocheIreland2
136John Darwin AtapumaColombia1

Mountains:

Froome and Quintana are moving in, but Rui Costa remains the leader for another day.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Rui CostaPortugal73
2Chris FroomeGreat Britain62
3Nairo QuintanaColombia60
4Mikel LandaSpain58
5Joseph DombrowskiUnited States53

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6Lawson CraddockUnited States52
7Vincenzo NibaliItaly47
8Richie PorteAustralia41
9Serge PauwelsBelgium39
10Ilnur ZakarinRussia34
11Tony MartinGermany27
12Philip DeignanIreland25
13Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe22
14Alberto ContadorSpain20
15Michael ValgrenDenmark19
16Matvei MamykinRussia18
17Yury TrofimovRussia17
18Jan BakelantsBelgium17
19Thibaut PinotFrance16
20Romain BardetFrance16
21Warren BarguilFrance12
22Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World12
23Tiago MachadoPortugal11
24Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World10
25Ondrej CinkCzech Republic10
26Stefan KüngSwitzerland10
27Tiesj BenootBelgium9
28Rafał MajkaPoland8
29Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World8
30Jan BartaCzech Republic7
31Simon SpilakSlovenia7
32Alexander FoliforovRussia6
33José GonçalvesPortugal6
34Nathan HaasAustralia6
35Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe6
36Greg Van AvermaetBelgium6
37Alejandro ValverdeSpain5
38Jakob FuglsangDenmark5
39Patrick KonradMixed Europe4
40Davide FormoloItaly4
41Przemysław NiemiecPoland3
42Sergey ChernetskiyRussia3
43Nelson OliveiraPortugal3
44Tom DumoulinNetherlands2
45Bauke MollemaNetherlands2
46Diego UlissiItaly2
47Oliver NaesenBelgium2
48Alexander KristoffNorway2
49Domenico PozzovivoItaly1
50José Joaquín RojasSpain1
51Jan PolancSlovenia1
52Michael MatthewsAustralia1
53Simon GeschkeGermany1
54Zdenek StybarCzech Republic1
55Jan TratnikSlovenia1
56Michał GołaśPoland1
57Jens KeukeleireBelgium1
58Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World1

Young rider:

Bob Jungels just sticks to the wheel of Meintjes in order to not lose time.
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe71h40'21
2Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 3'19
3Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 9'30
4Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 10'27
5Marc SolerSpain+ 16'11

Spoiler
6Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 18'24
7Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 26'51
8Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 27'11
9Matvei MamykinRussia+ 27'54
10Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 28'00
11Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 31'24
12Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 34'15
13Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 39'58
14Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 43'46
15Jan PolancSlovenia+ 53'01
16Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 57'32
17Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 58'59
18Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h11'36
19Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 1h21'00
20Petr VakocCzech Republic+ 1h38'02
21Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 2h04'27
22Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 2h05'19
23Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 2h05'54
24Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 2h08'13
25Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 2h08'35
26Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 2h11'33
27Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 2h12'08
28Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 2h22'27
29Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 2h23'52
30Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 2h26'56
31Caleb EwanAustralia+ 2h34'49
32Rick ZabelGermany+ 2h43'25
33Truls KorsaethNorway+ 2h45'00
34Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 2h45'56
35Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 2h46'55
36Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 2h50'22
37Ryan MullenIreland+ 3h05'10
38Robin CarpenterUnited States+ 3h06'29
39Edward DunbarIreland+ 3h21'09
40Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 3h44'01
41Conor DunneIreland+ 3h55'51

Team:

Despite disappointing rides by their riders, the Netherlands still lead somehow.
RankTeamTime
1Netherlands213h28'11
2France+ 3'41
3Spain+ 5'31
4Colombia+ 14'28
5Italy+ 16'55

Spoiler
6Great Britain+ 24'49
7Russia+ 35'17
8Poland+ 35'22
9United States+ 36'29
10Mixed Europe+ 43'42
11Belgium+ 52'31
12Australia+ 57'16
13Mixed Rest of World+ 1h03'48
14Czech Republic+ 1h13'49
15Portugal+ 1h24'15
16Ireland+ 1h24'34
17Slovenia+ 1h33'32
18Switzerland+ 1h52'41
19Germany+ 2h18'41
20Denmark+ 2h59'41
21Norway+ 4h53'34
22Slovakia+ 7h14'06

Combativity:

Out of the riders in this breakaway attempt this was the most active:
Alexander Foliforov

Final words:

Spoiler
Strangely after the first and third category no one wanted to attack for the mountain sprints, they just rode in formation and whoever was in front was the lucky one. The GC riders did make a spectacle of this stage though.
Manager of Minions
 
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Posted on 27-12-2017 13:02
STAGE 19

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Race:

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The biggest news before the start is the abandonment of Greg van Avermaet due to illness. With 172 riders remaining we set course from Bagnères-de-Luchon to the ski station of Peyragudes.

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Four men got clear on the Col de Mente: T. Martin, Bakelants, Roche and Poljański. This is also the order in which they crossed the category one climb.

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The final two places go to Craddock and Pauwels. If you remember back to last stage they were battling each other as well. Both are still well behind Costa who has held the polka dot jersey for a while now.

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It seems Martin has his eye on the mountains classification as well, since he takes the second category Col d'Ares.

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A duo attack just before the top from Chaves and Poels. The latter is only a minute away from the top ten in the GC. The breakaway is four minutes clear.

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Landa has already won a stage, on the legendary Ventoux, but seems hungry for more. He attacks on the flat part between the Col d'Ares and the Port de Bales. Italy seems to allow it.

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A gruesome looking picture of Thomas who crashed while riding just ahead of Froome. Gołaś and Kump crashed earlier in the stage and have to fear the time limit. 2'30 to Landa, 3'30 to Chaves/Poels, 4'00 to E1.

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Seven leaders on the Bales, with the peloton four minutes behind. Thomas returns, with Italy setting the pace.

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Bakelants and Martin have been dropped, no chance at 20 points on this HC climb for them.

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It's also over for Poljański who can't follow the increase in pace. Landa is the first to cross the mountain and by that, becomes the new leader in the mountain classification. Whether or not he'll wear the jersey at the end of the day depends on what happens on the next climbs. The four leaders have increased the gap to five minutes.

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Another crash in the downhill, this time D. Martin fell victim to the slippery tarmac. He is eleventh in the GC but might also fall down the rankings after today.

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Roche was the last standing of the original breakaway but when we hit the Peyresourde, it was quickly over for him. The remaining trio leads by 4'30 over the peloton, the riders in between have been caught.

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On his way to what seems more points for the mountain classification and another stage win is Landa. His attack brings out absolutely no response from either Chaves or Poels, who are looking at each other.

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When the peloton crosses roughly the same spot, Froome attacks. As if he selected this place during recoinnasance. Fuglsang, Quintana and Dumoulin are awake and follow him. Nibali remains quiet for now.

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Only when Contador starts to chase he feels the need to respond. Zakarin is following on his wheel.

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Some more people made the jump and everything kinda regrouped. When Roche was caught, Nibali used this moment to time his attack, but Quintana pulls him and the rest back together.

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A strong effort from Chaves up front, who rode back to Landa. However, the latter takes the ten points for the mountain classification. Poels looks like he's riding backwards, as he's caught by the group of favourites. Dumoulin and Quintana attack from there, and Nibali puts his teammate Aru at the front to chase. The other riders in this group are Contador, Froome, Pinot, Porte, Pozzovivo and Zakarin.

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A mad descent by Nibali where he manages to create a gap going into the final climb. With three kilometers to go the gap to the front two is less than 90 seconds.

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With 1.5 kilometer to go they can see them. This works like a red rag to a bull for Froome, which causes him, Nibali and also Quintana, Dumoulin and Aru to ride away from the rest.

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500 meters later and Landa only has a marginal lead to Froome who has a little gap to the others. Chaves has dropped back to aid Quintana, and Porte has made it back to the group from behind.

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But the Spaniard holds off to take his second stage win, and the polka dot jersey. Mikel Landa is the strongest of the day! Nine seconds behind him Froome takes second place and six bonus seconds.

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The last for bonus seconds go the Quintana. Behind him, in the same time, are Aru, Nibali and Dumoulin. They lose an additional nineteen seconds to Froome, who reduces the gap to 1 minute and 12 seconds. Chaves and Porte finish seventh and eight.

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The next group contains Contador with Zakarin and Pozzovivo. He has just enough margin to defend his fourth place, but he sees Dumoulin approaching to within ten seconds.

DNF's of today: Van Avermaet (did not start), Gołaś, Kump (both crashed), Baska, Bellan, S. Bennett, Bodnar, Božic, Brammeier, Canecky, Carpenter, Dunbar, Dunne, Haring, Korsaeth, Maikin, Mugerli, Mullen and Shilov.

Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Mikel LandaSpain4h17'37
2Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 9
3Nairo QuintanaColombia+ 28
4Fabio AruItalys.t.
5Vincenzo NibaliItalys.t.
6Tom DumoulinNetherlandss.t.
7Esteban ChavesColombia+ 45
8Richie PorteAustralias.t.
9Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 1'06
10Domenico PozzovivoItalys.t.

Spoiler
11Alberto ContadorSpains.t.
12Thibaut PinotFrance+ 1'19
13Romain BardetFrance+ 1'52
14Rigoberto UránColombia+ 2'29
15Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 2'43
16Jakob FuglsangDenmarks.t.
17Daniel MartinIrelands.t.
18Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 2'59
19Geraint ThomasGreat Britains.t.
20Rui CostaPortugals.t.
21Warren BarguilFrances.t.
22Rafał MajkaPoland+ 3'24
23Nicolas RocheIreland+ 3'51
24Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 4'25
25Diego RosaItaly+ 4'32
26Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 4'38
27Sérgio Luis HenaoColombias.t.
28Mikel NieveSpain+ 4'52
29Bob JungelsMixed Europes.t.
30Paweł PoljańskiPoland+ 5'14
31Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 5'44
32Tony GallopinFrances.t.
33Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
34Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
35Robert GesinkNetherlandss.t.
36Stephen CummingsGreat Britain+ 6'05
37Davide FormoloItalys.t.
38Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
39Bauke MollemaNetherlands+ 6'33
40Steven KruijswijkNetherlandss.t.
41Serge PauwelsBelgium+ 6'45
42Peter KennaughGreat Britains.t.
43Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 7'18
44Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 7'25
45Diego UlissiItaly+ 7'34
46Michał KwiatkowskiPolands.t.
47Thomas De GendtBelgiums.t.
48Fabio FellineItalys.t.
49Mathias FrankSwitzerlands.t.
50Winner AnaconaColombias.t.
51Yury TrofimovRussias.t.
52Marc SolerSpains.t.
53Lawson CraddockUnited Statess.t.
54Tejay Van GarderenUnited Statess.t.
55Simon SpilakSlovenia+ 8'40
56Jan PolancSlovenia+ 8'55
57Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe+ 9'50
58Michael WoodsMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
59Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europes.t.
60Patrick KonradMixed Europes.t.
61Edvald Boasson HagenNorways.t.
62Thomas VoecklerFrances.t.
63Tiesj BenootBelgiums.t.
64Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 10'32
65Jonathan CastroviejoSpain+ 10'39
66Philip DeignanIrelands.t.
67José MendesPortugals.t.
68Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
69Rohan DennisAustralia+ 11'00
70Lilian CalmejaneFrances.t.
71José GonçalvesPortugal+ 12'04
72Brent BookwalterUnited Statess.t.
73Matvei MamykinRussias.t.
74Tiago MachadoPortugals.t.
75Alexander FoliforovRussias.t.
76Tony MartinGermanys.t.
77Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
78Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 13'22
79Michael MatthewsAustralias.t.
80Simon GeschkeGermanys.t.
81Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 14'33
82Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
83Alex HowesUnited Statess.t.
84Maciej PaterskiPolands.t.
85Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europes.t.
86Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
87Peter SaganSlovakias.t.
88Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland+ 15'05
89Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 15'12
90Nathan HaasAustralias.t.
91José Joaquín RojasSpains.t.
92Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 15'32
93Paweł CieślikPolands.t.
94Dylan Van BaarleNetherlandss.t.
95Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
96Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
97Sonny ColbrelliItalys.t.
98Leopold KönigCzech Republics.t.
99Ondrej CinkCzech Republic+ 15'58
100Jan HirtCzech Republics.t.
101Jan BartaCzech Republics.t.
102Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 16'13
103Simon GerransAustralia+ 16'19
104John DegenkolbGermanys.t.
105Zdenek StybarCzech Republic+ 16'31
106John Darwin AtapumaColombia+ 28'27
107Jarlinson PantanoColombias.t.
108Jóni BrandãoPortugals.t.
109Ian BoswellUnited Statess.t.
110Philippe GilbertBelgiums.t.
111Jan TratnikSlovenias.t.
112Stefan KüngSwitzerlands.t.
113Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugals.t.
114Lars Petter NordhaugNorways.t.
115Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
116Oliver NaesenBelgiums.t.
117Sondre Holst EngerNorways.t.
118Lars Ytting BakDenmarks.t.
119Miguel Angel LopezColombias.t.
120Matej MohoricSlovenias.t.
121Michael SchärSwitzerlands.t.
122Jens KeukeleireBelgiums.t.
123Petr VakočCzech Republics.t.
124Martin ElmigerSwitzerlands.t.
125Alexander KristoffNorways.t.
126Magnus Cort NielsenDenmarks.t.
127Silvan DillierSwitzerlands.t.
128Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
129Sep VanmarckeBelgiums.t.
130Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
131Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
132Danilo WyssSwitzerlands.t.
133André GreipelGermanys.t.
134Nikias ArndtGermanys.t.
135Reto HollensteinSwitzerlands.t.
136Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
137George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
138Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
139Ian StannardGreat Britains.t.
140Fernando GaviriaColombias.t.
141Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europes.t.
142Rui VinhasPortugal+ 42'00
143Michael MørkøvDenmarks.t.
144Sven Erik BystrømNorways.t.
145Ruben GuerreiroPortugals.t.
146Niki TerpstraNetherlandss.t.
147Søren Kragh AndersenDenmarks.t.
148Patrik TyborSlovakias.t.
149Nacer BouhanniFrances.t.
150Caleb EwanAustralias.t.
151Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europes.t.
152Dylan GroenewegenNetherlandss.t.
153Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
154Rick ZabelGermanys.t.
DNFErik BaskaSlovakia
DNFJuraj BellanSlovakia
DNFSam BennettIreland
DNFMaciej BodnarPoland
DNFBorut BožicSlovenia
DNFMatthew BrammeierIreland
DNFMarek CaneckySlovakia
DNFRobin CarpenterUnited States
DNFEdward DunbarIreland
DNFConor DunneIreland
DNFMichał GołaśPoland
DNFMartin HaringSlovakia
DNFTruls KorsaethNorway
DNFMarko KumpSlovenia
DNFRoman MaikinRussia
DNFMatej MugerliSlovenia
DNFRyan MullenIreland
DNFSergey ShilovRussia
DNFGreg Van AvermaetBelgium

General:

25 seconds lost, Vincenzo Nibali's lead is getting thinner.
RankNameTeamTime
1Vincenzo NibaliItaly75h49'04
2Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 1'12
3Nairo QuintanaColombia+ 3'24
4Alberto ContadorSpain+ 5'07
5Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 5'15
6Thibaut PinotFrance+ 7'41
7Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 8'17
8Richie PorteAustralia+ 8'38
9Rigoberto UránColombia+ 8'54
10Warren BarguilFrance+ 9'41

Spoiler
11Mikel LandaSpain+ 10'01
12Daniel MartinIreland+ 10'46
13Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 12'08
14Rafał MajkaPoland+ 12'46
15Fabio AruItaly+ 12'54
16Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 13'26
17Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 13'46
18Romain BardetFrance+ 14'28
19Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 14'46
20Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 15'28
21Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 16'51
22Domenico PozzovivoItaly+ 18'12
23Mikel NieveSpain+ 19'06
24Diego RosaItaly+ 19'52
25Rui CostaPortugal+ 19'56
26Esteban ChavesColombia+ 21'21
27Steven KruijswijkNetherlands+ 22'11
28Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 22'20
29Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 24'08
30Bauke MollemaNetherlands+ 24'37
31Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia+ 24'59
32Michał KwiatkowskiPoland+ 26'23
33Tejay Van GarderenUnited States+ 28'43
34Marc SolerSpain+ 32'39
35Fabio FellineItaly+ 33'31
36Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 34'52
37Stephen CummingsGreat Britain+ 35'37
38Serge PauwelsBelgium+ 36'45
39Diego UlissiItaly+ 38'48
40Tony GallopinFrance+ 39'39
41Yury TrofimovRussia+ 41'04
42Simon SpilakSlovenia+ 41'55
43Thomas De GendtBelgium+ 42'18
44Philip DeignanIreland+ 44'03
45Leopold KönigCzech Republic+ 44'22
46Tiago MachadoPortugals.t.
47Thomas VoecklerFrance+ 44'37
48Winner AnaconaColombia+ 44'50
49Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 45'55
50Jan HirtCzech Republic+ 46'08
51Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 47'43
52Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 47'49
53Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 47'54
54Rohan DennisAustralia+ 48'00
55Matvei MamykinRussia+ 48'52
56Patrick KonradMixed Europe+ 49'19
57Jonathan CastroviejoSpain+ 49'21
58Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland+ 50'09
59Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World+ 50'41
60José GonçalvesPortugal+ 50'55
61Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 51'57
62Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 53'15
63John Darwin AtapumaColombias.t.
64José MendesPortugals.t.
65Jan BartaCzech Republic+ 53'54
66Tanel KangertMixed Europe+ 54'07
67José Joaquín RojasSpain+ 54'57
68Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe+ 57'12
69Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 57'15
70Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 57'42
71Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 58'45
72Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 58'54
73Jarlinson PantanoColombia+ 59'07
74Primož RogličSlovenia+ 59'32
75Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 1h00'03
76Tony MartinGermany+ 1h02'36
77Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe+ 1h03'06
78Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 1h03'10
79Ondrej CinkCzech Republic+ 1h03'13
80Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 1h04'24
81Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 1h05'07
82Nicolas RocheIreland+ 1h05'23
83Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 1h06'17
84Simon GeschkeGermany+ 1h10'14
85Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 1h10'44
86Jan PolancSlovenia+ 1h10'50
87Paweł PoljańskiPoland+ 1h11'12
88Przemysław NiemiecPoland+ 1h11'41
89Brent BookwalterUnited States+ 1h13'32
90Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 1h17'31
91Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe+ 1h19'41
92Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 1h22'24
93Ian BoswellUnited States+ 1h22'38
94Peter KennaughGreat Britain+ 1h24'14
95Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h26'35
96Nathan HaasAustralia+ 1h30'09
97Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 1h34'53
98Maciej PaterskiPoland+ 1h35'48
99Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 1h36'20
100Mathias FrankSwitzerland+ 1h36'23
101Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 1h38'23
102Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 1h38'52
103Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 1h46'07
104Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe+ 1h46'15
105Vegard Stake LaengenNorway+ 1h49'23
106Paweł CieślikPoland+ 1h50'05
107Zdenek StybarCzech Republic+ 1h51'14
108Alex HowesUnited States+ 1h51'26
109Peter SaganSlovakia+ 1h55'19
110Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugal+ 1h55'45
111George BennettMixed Rest of World+ 1h57'03
112Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 1h57'41
113Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 2h01'59
114Jan TratnikSlovenia+ 2h05'49
115Lars Petter NordhaugNorway+ 2h07'42
116Simon GerransAustralia+ 2h12'59
117Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 2h13'29
118Petr VakočCzech Republic+ 2h15'23
119John DegenkolbGermany+ 2h18'45
120Danilo WyssSwitzerland+ 2h22'30
121Christopher Juul-JensenDenmark+ 2h25'03
122Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 2h27'48
123Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 2h30'56
124Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 2h32'39
125Sep VanmarckeBelgium+ 2h33'24
126Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 2h33'48
127Luke DurbridgeAustralia+ 2h35'19
128Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 2h41'48
129Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 2h42'40
130Alexander KristoffNorway+ 2h43'15
131Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 2h49'29
132Edvald Boasson HagenNorway+ 2h50'23
133André GreipelGermany+ 2h53'49
134Ian StannardGreat Britain+ 2h54'45
135Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 2h56'48
136Niki TerpstraNetherlands+ 2h59'08
137Nikias ArndtGermany+ 2h59'18
138Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 2h59'29
139Rui VinhasPortugal+ 3h01'00
140Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 3h01'13
141Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 3h02'27
142Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 3h04'17
143Luke RoweGreat Britain+ 3h04'20
144Jens KeukeleireBelgium+ 3h06'01
145Nacer BouhanniFrance+ 3h09'01
146Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World+ 3h10'00
147Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 3h13'21
148Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 3h23'17
149Caleb EwanAustralia+ 3h25'43
150Michael MørkøvDenmark+ 3h26'40
151Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe+ 3h26'49
152Rick ZabelGermany+ 3h34'19
153Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 3h37'49
154Patrik TyborSlovakia+ 3h48'34

Points:

Most likely a two way battle between Peter Sagan and Kristoff on the two remaining flat stages.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Peter SaganSlovakia180
2Alexander KristoffNorway178
3Vincenzo NibaliItaly121
4Fernando GaviriaColombia113
5Oliver NaesenBelgium108

Spoiler
6André GreipelGermany90
7Lars Ytting BakDenmark86
8Nairo QuintanaColombia84
9José Joaquín RojasSpain84
10Alejandro ValverdeSpain83
11Tony MartinGermany74
12Chris FroomeGreat Britain73
13Rui CostaPortugal68
14Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands65
15Zdenek StybarCzech Republic62
16Nacer BouhanniFrance62
17Mikel LandaSpain61
18John DegenkolbGermany59
19Sep VanmarckeBelgium58
20Thomas VoecklerFrance57
21Lawson CraddockUnited States57
22Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark56
23José GonçalvesPortugal55
24Fabio AruItaly51
25Jan BakelantsBelgium51
26Ilnur ZakarinRussia50
27Caleb EwanAustralia49
28Petr VakočCzech Republic47
29Richie PorteAustralia45
30Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World45
31Yury TrofimovRussia45
32Brent BookwalterUnited States44
33Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands44
34Michael MatthewsAustralia43
35Patrick KonradMixed Europe42
36Joseph DombrowskiUnited States42
37Przemysław NiemiecPoland42
38Warren BarguilFrance41
39Thibaut PinotFrance40
40Wout PoelsNetherlands40
41Philip DeignanIreland40
42Michael ValgrenDenmark40
43Rigoberto UránColombia39
44Sonny ColbrelliItaly39
45Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland38
46Tom DumoulinNetherlands37
47Tiesj BenootBelgium37
48Nathan HaasAustralia37
49Luke DurbridgeAustralia37
50Alberto ContadorSpain36
51Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World36
52Esteban ChavesColombia34
53Stefan KüngSwitzerland33
54Jan PolancSlovenia33
55Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World33
56Tiago MachadoPortugal32
57Simon GeschkeGermany32
58Alexander FoliforovRussia31
59Matvei MamykinRussia31
60Michael SchärSwitzerland31
61Simon GerransAustralia31
62Fabio FellineItaly30
63Paweł PoljańskiPoland30
64Edvald Boasson HagenNorway30
65Martin ElmigerSwitzerland28
66Nikias ArndtGermany28
67Serge PauwelsBelgium26
68Sergey ChernetskiyRussia26
69Niki TerpstraNetherlands25
70Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World25
71Nelson OliveiraPortugal25
72Romain BardetFrance24
73Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe24
74Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe22
75Nicolas RocheIreland22
76Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe21
77Jens KeukeleireBelgium20
78Domenico PozzovivoItaly19
79Philippe GilbertBelgium19
80Jakob FuglsangDenmark18
81Rick ZabelGermany18
82Julian AlaphilippeFrance17
83Maciej PaterskiPoland17
84Silvan DillierSwitzerland17
85Stephen CummingsGreat Britain16
86Andrew TalanskyUnited States16
87Rafał MajkaPoland15
88Rohan DennisAustralia15
89Emanuel BuchmannGermany13
90Jan TratnikSlovenia13
91Ian StannardGreat Britain13
92Jarlinson PantanoColombia12
93Daniel MartinIreland11
94Diego RosaItaly11
95Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World11
96Ondrej CinkCzech Republic10
97Patrik TyborSlovakia10
98Tony GallopinFrance9
99Jan BartaCzech Republic9
100Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe9
101Geraint ThomasGreat Britain9
102Simon YatesGreat Britain9
103Ruben GuerreiroPortugal9
104Robert GesinkNetherlands8
105Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World8
106Adam YatesGreat Britain8
107Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe8
108Diego UlissiItaly7
109Matej MohoricSlovenia7
110Mikel NieveSpain6
111Michał KwiatkowskiPoland6
112Jonathan CastroviejoSpain6
113Luke RoweGreat Britain6
114Michael MørkøvDenmark6
115Tanel KangertMixed Europe5
116Jóni BrandãoPortugal5
117Luka MezgecSlovenia4
118Sven Erik BystrømNorway4
119Bob JungelsMixed Europe3
120Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia3
121Danilo WyssSwitzerland3
122Thomas De GendtBelgium2
123John Darwin AtapumaColombia1

Mountains:

New leader: Mikel Landa.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Mikel LandaSpain98
2Rui CostaPortugal73
3Chris FroomeGreat Britain70
4Nairo QuintanaColombia68
5Lawson CraddockUnited States54

Spoiler
6Vincenzo NibaliItaly53
7Joseph DombrowskiUnited States53
8Tony MartinGermany46
9Richie PorteAustralia42
10Serge PauwelsBelgium40
11Ilnur ZakarinRussia34
12Jan BakelantsBelgium32
13Philip DeignanIreland25
14Esteban ChavesColombia23
15Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe22
16Alberto ContadorSpain20
17Nicolas RocheIreland19
18Michael ValgrenDenmark19
19Matvei MamykinRussia18
20Yury TrofimovRussia17
21Thibaut PinotFrance16
22Romain BardetFrance16
23Paweł PoljańskiPoland14
24Warren BarguilFrance12
25Wout PoelsNetherlands12
26Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World12
27Tiago MachadoPortugal11
28Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World10
29Ondrej CinkCzech Republic10
30Stefan KüngSwitzerland10
31Tiesj BenootBelgium9
32Rafał MajkaPoland8
33Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World8
34Simon SpilakSlovenia7
35Jan BartaCzech Republic7
36Alexander FoliforovRussia6
37José GonçalvesPortugal6
38Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe6
39Nathan HaasAustralia6
40Jakob FuglsangDenmark5
41Alejandro ValverdeSpain5
42Patrick KonradMixed Europe4
43Davide FormoloItaly4
44Sergey ChernetskiyRussia3
45Nelson OliveiraPortugal3
46Przemysław NiemiecPoland3
47Tom DumoulinNetherlands2
48Fabio AruItaly2
49Bauke MollemaNetherlands2
50Adam YatesGreat Britain2
51Diego UlissiItaly2
52Oliver NaesenBelgium2
53Alexander KristoffNorway2
54Domenico PozzovivoItaly1
55Michael MatthewsAustralia1
56José Joaquín RojasSpain1
57Simon GeschkeGermany1
58Jan PolancSlovenia1
59Zdenek StybarCzech Republic1
60Jan TratnikSlovenia1
61Jens KeukeleireBelgium1
62Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World1

Young rider:

14 seconds lost by Bob Jungels today, still leads over three minutes.
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe76h02'50
2Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 3'05
3Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 8'34
4Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 10'22
5Marc SolerSpain+ 18'53

Spoiler
6Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 21'06
7Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 32'09
8Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 33'57
9Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 34'03
10Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 34'08
11Matvei MamykinRussia+ 35'06
12Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 43'56
13Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 44'59
14Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 50'38
15Jan PolancSlovenia+ 57'04
16Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h12'49
17Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 1h21'07
18Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 1h22'34
19Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 1h32'21
20Petr VakocCzech Republic+ 2h01'37
21Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 2h18'53
22Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 2h28'02
23Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 2h28'54
24Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 2h35'43
25Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 2h43'02
26Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 2h45'43
27Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 2h47'27
28Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 2h48'41
29Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 2h50'31
30Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 2h59'35
31Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 3h09'31
32Caleb EwanAustralia+ 3h11'57
33Rick ZabelGermany+ 3h20'33
34Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 3h24'03

Team:

Netherlands still lead, somehow.
RankTeamTime
1Netherlands226h29'57
2France+ 56
3Spain+ 2'07
4Colombia+ 9'15
5Italy+ 10'02

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6Great Britain+ 22'01
7Poland+ 42'39
8Russia+ 47'06
9United States+ 50'00
10Mixed Europe+ 55'13
11Belgium+ 1h07'45
12Australia+ 1h13'28
13Mixed Rest of World+ 1h23'54
14Ireland+ 1h32'52
15Portugal+ 1h41'02
16Slovenia+ 1h47'56
17Czech Republic+ 1h52'22
18Switzerland+ 2h34'52
19Germany+ 2h42'37
20Denmark+ 3h38'09
21Norway+ 5h25'33
22Slovakia+ 8h48'23

Combativity:

Only one name pops into mind today:
Mikel Landa

Final words:

Spoiler
Van Avermaet abandoned in the early kilometers without any reason given by the game (no crash or whatever). Slovakia is now down to just two riders: Sagan and Tybor. Ireland only has three left: Deignan, Martin and Roche.
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#FreeLanda!! Pfft
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Posted on 27-12-2017 23:15
Aquarius97 wrote:
#FreeLanda!! Pfft


I'm sure Froomey won't agree this time Pfft
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Posted on 27-12-2017 23:20
STAGE 20

Profile:
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Race:

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The final mountain stage, but the best has been saved for last. Col du Marie Blanque, Col du Soulor, and finally the Col du Tourmalet.

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The first two attempts did not succeed. Let's see if this attempt on the slopes of the first categorised climb of the day can succeed.

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It can, and consists of the following twelve names: Albasini, Barta, Chernetskiy, Foliforov, Gilbert, Gonçalves, Kiserlovski, Mamykin, Roche, Roglic, Talansky and Woods, who won the stage to Super Besse.

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A crash on the downhill. Henao touched the guardrail and is down. De Gendt with some serious skills avoiding the incident.

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If there was an award for unluckiest rider in the tour, George Bennett would be a nominee for the amount of times we've seen him crash. Vakoč also went down in an unrelated accident. Arashiro (twice), Felline and Tratnik all picked up a puncture. The gap to the leaders is three minutes.

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Also unlucky this race is Fuglsang, but since his crash we've seen him with an attacking mindset and does so again today. He attacks near the foot of the Soulor. The gap he needs to bridge is four minutes.

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Heavy rainfall in southern France today. But it doesn't stop people from attacking. Bardet, Chaves, Majka, Mollema. They are between fifteen and twenty-five minutes down on Nibali so there is no immediate danger.

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Twelve plus one is thirteen. Fuglsang has made his way to the break. He also takes the category one mountain sprint. The four attackers are about 3 minutes behind, the peloton at 5.

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A crash inside the breakaway! It's Philippe Gilbert! Other riders who went down during the last minutes were Kwiatkowski, Mendes, Tybor and former yellow jersey Vanmarcke.

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Great Britain and Italy control the pace in the peloton. Mollema has had enough of his adventure and let himself be reeled in. Chaves/Majka are only a minute up the road, Bardet/Gilbert two minutes and the peloton four.

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The pace increased, leaving only Bardet as in-betweener. The breakaway is only two minutes ahead now and looks unlikely to battle for the stage win.

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The dance by the favourites is opened by Quintana, with assistance from Froome and D. Martin.

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Most of the breakaway has been caught, only Foliforov and Fuglsang remain ahead. Froome attacks again, with Nibali closing in from behind with Contador, Pinot and Porte.

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A big group reunited with 10 kilometers go, around thirty riders and no noticable absentees. Fuglsang remains the only rider ahead, but his gap is non-existant.

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When he finally awoke from his dream, and was caught, Porte thought he could ride away, but is immediately followed by Quintana and Nibali.

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Froome takes the command and brings the four back together. Then Nibali attacks himself and the others have no answer.

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Then Quintana goes, and Porte has to chase him. Martin looks like he's making contact with the rear of this group as well. And if anything, Froome looks very weak today!

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With three kilometers to go Froome, by the side of Pinot, manages to catch his main rival Nibali again. However, Quintana is a long way up the road and might even smell second place overall.

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Nibali sees Froome's troubles and wants to give him the decisive blow. Only Porte can remain on his wheel.

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Under the flamme rouge and Quintana is pretty much sure of the stage win. Nibali and Porte have a bit of a gap to group Froome, there will be some time differences today.

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And the victory on the Col du Tourmalet goes to Nairo Quintana! Nibali outsprints Porte for second, and now we start the stopwatch.

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Landa comes from nowhere to finish fourth and defend his polka dot jersey against Quintana, who now moves into second place there. Martin lead Froome over the line, but he lost one minute and one second to the Italian, barely hanging on to second place as well. Race over?

Talking of race over literally, Tybor didn't make the time cut today after his crash. This means Slovakia is down to one rider, but in all fairness they were always a one man team.

Classifications:

Stage:

RankNameTeamTime
1Nairo QuintanaColombia5h12'36
2Vincenzo NibaliItaly+ 48
3Richie PorteAustralias.t.
4Mikel LandaSpain+ 1'26
5Daniel MartinIreland+ 1'43
6Chris FroomeGreat Britains.t.
7Ilnur ZakarinRussias.t.
8Tom DumoulinNetherlandss.t.
9Alberto ContadorSpains.t.
10Thibaut PinotFrances.t.

Spoiler
11Jakob FuglsangDenmarks.t.
12Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 2'15
13Esteban ChavesColombias.t.
14Rigoberto UránColombias.t.
15Warren BarguilFrance+ 2'29
16Romain BardetFrances.t.
17Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 3'16
18Fabio AruItalys.t.
19Rafał MajkaPoland+ 3'29
20Domenico PozzovivoItaly+ 4'58
21Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
22Mikel NieveSpain+ 5'07
23Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 5'20
24Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
25Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 5'29
26Steven KruijswijkNetherlands+ 5'45
27Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 6'03
28Rui CostaPortugals.t.
29Tanel KangertMixed Europe+ 6'13
30Mathias FrankSwitzerlands.t.
31Sérgio Luis HenaoColombias.t.
32Emanuel BuchmannGermanys.t.
33Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 6'51
34Robert GesinkNetherlandss.t.
35Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 6'59
36Julian AlaphilippeFrances.t.
37Tejay Van GarderenUnited Statess.t.
38Bauke MollemaNetherlands+ 7'06
39Jarlinson PantanoColombias.t.
40Marc SolerSpain+ 7'14
41Davide FormoloItalys.t.
42Tony GallopinFrances.t.
43Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 7'39
44Stephen CummingsGreat Britains.t.
45Nicolas RocheIreland+ 7'50
46Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe+ 8'00
47Michał KwiatkowskiPoland+ 8'11
48John Darwin AtapumaColombias.t.
49Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
50Jan PolancSlovenia+ 8'40
51Simon SpilakSlovenias.t.
52Thomas VoecklerFrance+ 8'51
53Diego UlissiItalys.t.
54Yury TrofimovRussias.t.
55Patrick KonradMixed Europes.t.
56Diego RosaItaly+ 9'11
57Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 9'16
58Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europes.t.
59Fabio FellineItaly+ 9'23
60Peter KennaughGreat Britain+ 9'36
61Paweł PoljańskiPoland+ 10'24
62Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 10'40
63Philip DeignanIreland+ 11'02
64Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World+ 11'58
65Alex HowesUnited States+ 12'37
66Brent BookwalterUnited States+ 12'59
67Rohan DennisAustralia+ 13'18
68Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 13'25
69Alexander FoliforovRussias.t.
70Przemysław NiemiecPoland+ 13'44
71Jonathan CastroviejoSpain+ 14'10
72Tiago MachadoPortugal+ 14'21
73Peter SaganSlovakia+ 14'27
74Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 14'45
75José GonçalvesPortugal+ 15'04
76Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 16'03
77Matvei MamykinRussia+ 16'32
78Simon GeschkeGermany+ 16'42
79Ian BoswellUnited States+ 16'54
80Thomas De GendtBelgium+ 17'00
81Tony MartinGermanys.t.
82Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
83Serge PauwelsBelgium+ 17'13
84Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 17'23
85Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 17'34
86Jan BartaCzech Republic+ 17'52
87Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 18'07
88Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland+ 18'25
89Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 20'00
90Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 20'10
91Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugals.t.
92José Joaquín RojasSpains.t.
93Christopher Juul-JensenDenmark+ 20'23
94Nathan HaasAustralia+ 20'31
95Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 20'40
96Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 21'28
97Paweł CieślikPoland+ 21'51
98Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 21'58
99Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 22'25
100Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 22'42
101Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 23'43
102Leopold KönigCzech Republic+ 25'18
103Jan HirtCzech Republics.t.
104Ondrej CinkCzech Republic+ 25'38
105Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 25'47
106Zdenek StybarCzech Republic+ 25'59
107Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 29'24
108Simon GerransAustralia+ 29'33
109Edvald Boasson HagenNorway+ 37'44
110José MendesPortugals.t.
111Lars Petter NordhaugNorway+ 37'53
112Winner AnaconaColombias.t.
113Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 38'02
114John DegenkolbGermanys.t.
115Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
116Maciej PaterskiPoland+ 38'14
117Danilo WyssSwitzerland+ 38'19
118Sondre Holst EngerNorways.t.
119Matej MohoricSlovenias.t.
120Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 38'30
121Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 38'36
122Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europes.t.
123Alexander KristoffNorways.t.
124Nikias ArndtGermanys.t.
125Søren Kragh AndersenDenmarks.t.
126Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
127Niki TerpstraNetherlandss.t.
128Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europes.t.
129Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
130Fernando GaviriaColombias.t.
131Michael MørkøvDenmarks.t.
132Sven Erik BystrømNorways.t.
133Silvan DillierSwitzerlands.t.
134Rui VinhasPortugals.t.
135André GreipelGermanys.t.
136Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe+ 39'11
137Ian StannardGreat Britains.t.
138Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 39'17
139Caleb EwanAustralias.t.
140Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
141Dylan GroenewegenNetherlandss.t.
142Jens KeukeleireBelgium+ 39'32
143Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
144Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 39'41
145Petr VakočCzech Republic+ 49'02
146George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
147Jan TratnikSlovenias.t.
148Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 49'11
149Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
150Sep VanmarckeBelgium+ 49'18
151Nacer BouhanniFrances.t.
152Rick ZabelGermanys.t.
153Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
DNFPatrik TyborSlovakia

General:

One minute and one second won by Vincenzo Nibali to put him even firmer into yellow.
RankNameTeamTime
1Vincenzo NibaliItaly81h02'22
2Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 2'13
3Nairo QuintanaColombia+ 2'32
4Alberto ContadorSpain+ 6'08
5Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 6'16
6Richie PorteAustralia+ 8'40
7Thibaut PinotFrance+ 8'42
8Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 9'18
9Rigoberto UránColombia+ 10'27
10Mikel LandaSpain+ 10'45

Spoiler
11Warren BarguilFrance+ 11'28
12Daniel MartinIreland+ 11'47
13Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 14'27
14Fabio AruItaly+ 15'28
15Rafał MajkaPoland+ 15'33
16Romain BardetFrance+ 16'15
17Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 16'20
18Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 16'46
19Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 18'24
20Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 20'15
21Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 20'55
22Domenico PozzovivoItaly+ 22'28
23Esteban ChavesColombia+ 22'54
24Mikel NieveSpain+ 23'31
25Rui CostaPortugal+ 25'17
26Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 26'36
27Steven KruijswijkNetherlands+ 27'14
28Diego RosaItaly+ 28'21
29Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 30'25
30Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia+ 30'30
31Bauke MollemaNetherlands+ 31'01
32Michał KwiatkowskiPoland+ 33'52
33Tejay Van GarderenUnited States+ 35'00
34Marc SolerSpain+ 39'11
35Fabio FellineItaly+ 42'12
36Stephen CummingsGreat Britain+ 42'34
37Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 43'26
38Tony GallopinFrance+ 46'11
39Diego UlissiItaly+ 46'57
40Yury TrofimovRussia+ 49'13
41Simon SpilakSlovenia+ 49'53
42Thomas VoecklerFrance+ 52'46
43Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 53'14
44Serge PauwelsBelgium+ 53'16
45Philip DeignanIreland+ 54'23
46Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 54'51
47Patrick KonradMixed Europe+ 57'28
48Tiago MachadoPortugal+ 58'01
49Thomas De GendtBelgium+ 58'36
50Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 59'32
51Tanel KangertMixed Europe+ 59'38
52Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 1h00'32
53Rohan DennisAustralia+ 1h00'36
54John Darwin AtapumaColombia+ 1h00'44
55Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World+ 1h01'57
56Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 1h02'36
57Jonathan CastroviejoSpain+ 1h02'49
58Primož RogličSlovenia+ 1h04'10
59Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 1h04'15
60Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe+ 1h04'30
61Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 1h04'40
62Matvei MamykinRussia+ 1h04'42
63José GonçalvesPortugal+ 1h05'17
64Jarlinson PantanoColombia+ 1h05'31
65Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 1h06'14
66Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 1h07'13
67Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland+ 1h07'52
68Leopold KönigCzech Republic+ 1h08'58
69Jan HirtCzech Republic+ 1h10'44
70Jan BartaCzech Republic+ 1h11'04
71Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe+ 1h11'40
72Nicolas RocheIreland+ 1h12'31
73Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 1h14'00
74José Joaquín RojasSpain+ 1h14'25
75Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 1h18'31
76Jan PolancSlovenia+ 1h18'48
77Tony MartinGermany+ 1h18'54
78Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 1h20'20
79Paweł PoljańskiPoland+ 1h20'54
80Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 1h21'59
81Winner AnaconaColombia+ 1h22'01
82Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 1h22'03
83Przemysław NiemiecPoland+ 1h24'43
84Brent BookwalterUnited States+ 1h25'49
85Simon GeschkeGermany+ 1h26'14
86Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 1h28'09
87Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
88Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 1h29'29
89José MendesPortugal+ 1h30'17
90Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h33'07
91Peter KennaughGreat Britain+ 1h33'08
92Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 1h38'47
93Ian BoswellUnited States+ 1h38'50
94Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 1h41'02
95Mathias FrankSwitzerland+ 1h41'54
96Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 1h44'07
97Nathan HaasAustralia+ 1h49'58
98Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe+ 1h57'35
99Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 1h58'20
100Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 2h01'24
101Alex HowesUnited States+ 2h03'21
102Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 2h05'02
103Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 2h06'53
104Peter SaganSlovakia+ 2h09'04
105Paweł CieślikPoland+ 2h11'14
106Maciej PaterskiPoland+ 2h13'20
107Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugal+ 2h15'13
108Zdenek StybarCzech Republic+ 2h16'31
109Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 2h16'59
110Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe+ 2h24'50
111Vegard Stake LaengenNorway+ 2h26'43
112Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 2h33'27
113Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 2h39'53
114Simon GerransAustralia+ 2h41'50
115Christopher Juul-JensenDenmark+ 2h44'44
116Lars Petter NordhaugNorway+ 2h44'53
117George BennettMixed Rest of World+ 2h45'23
118Jan TratnikSlovenia+ 2h54'09
119John DegenkolbGermany+ 2h56'05
120Danilo WyssSwitzerland+ 3h00'07
121Petr VakočCzech Republic+ 3h03'43
122Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 3h08'50
123Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 3h09'59
124Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 3h12'47
125Luke DurbridgeAustralia+ 3h13'13
126Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 3h16'17
127Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 3h19'25
128Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 3h20'17
129Alexander KristoffNorway+ 3h21'09
130Sep VanmarckeBelgium+ 3h22'00
131Edvald Boasson HagenNorway+ 3h27'25
132Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 3h28'04
133André GreipelGermany+ 3h31'43
134Ian StannardGreat Britain+ 3h33'14
135Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 3h34'42
136Niki TerpstraNetherlands+ 3h37'02
137Nikias ArndtGermany+ 3h37'12
138Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 3h37'17
139Rui VinhasPortugal+ 3h38'54
140Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 3h39'07
141Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 3h40'21
142Jens KeukeleireBelgium+ 3h44'51
143Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World+ 3h48'50
144Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 3h51'15
145Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 3h52'46
146Luke RoweGreat Britain+ 3h52'56
147Nacer BouhanniFrance+ 3h57'37
148Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 4h01'11
149Caleb EwanAustralia+ 4h04'18
150Michael MørkøvDenmark+ 4h04'34
151Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe+ 4h05'18
152Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 4h16'24
153Rick ZabelGermany+ 4h22'55

Points:

No more mountain stages, just the battle between Kristoff and Peter Sagan.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Peter SaganSlovakia180
2Alexander KristoffNorway178
3Vincenzo NibaliItaly138
4Fernando GaviriaColombia116
5Oliver NaesenBelgium108

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6Nairo QuintanaColombia104
7André GreipelGermany90
8Lars Ytting BakDenmark86
9José Joaquín RojasSpain84
10Alejandro ValverdeSpain83
11Chris FroomeGreat Britain83
12Mikel LandaSpain74
13Tony MartinGermany74
14José GonçalvesPortugal72
15Rui CostaPortugal68
16Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands65
17Zdenek StybarCzech Republic64
18Nacer BouhanniFrance62
19Richie PorteAustralia60
20Ilnur ZakarinRussia59
21John DegenkolbGermany59
22Sep VanmarckeBelgium58
23Thomas VoecklerFrance57
24Lawson CraddockUnited States57
25Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark56
26Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World54
27Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland53
28Fabio AruItaly51
29Jan BakelantsBelgium51
30Caleb EwanAustralia49
31Petr VakočCzech Republic47
32Thibaut PinotFrance46
33Tom DumoulinNetherlands45
34Yury TrofimovRussia45
35Brent BookwalterUnited States44
36Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands44
37Alberto ContadorSpain43
38Michael MatthewsAustralia43
39Warren BarguilFrance42
40Patrick KonradMixed Europe42
41Joseph DombrowskiUnited States42
42Przemysław NiemiecPoland42
43Rigoberto UránColombia41
44Wout PoelsNetherlands40
45Philip DeignanIreland40
46Michael ValgrenDenmark40
47Sonny ColbrelliItaly39
48Esteban ChavesColombia37
49Tiesj BenootBelgium37
50Nathan HaasAustralia37
51Luke DurbridgeAustralia37
52Matvei MamykinRussia36
53Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World36
54Alexander FoliforovRussia35
55Nicolas RocheIreland35
56Sergey ChernetskiyRussia34
57Stefan KüngSwitzerland33
58Jan PolancSlovenia33
59Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World33
60Tiago MachadoPortugal32
61Simon GeschkeGermany32
62Michael SchärSwitzerland31
63Simon GerransAustralia31
64Edvald Boasson HagenNorway31
65Fabio FellineItaly30
66Philippe GilbertBelgium30
67Paweł PoljańskiPoland30
68Martin ElmigerSwitzerland28
69Nikias ArndtGermany28
70Serge PauwelsBelgium26
71Niki TerpstraNetherlands25
72Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World25
73Nelson OliveiraPortugal25
74Romain BardetFrance24
75Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe24
76Jakob FuglsangDenmark23
77Daniel MartinIreland22
78Andrew TalanskyUnited States22
79Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe22
80Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe21
81Primož RogličSlovenia20
82Jens KeukeleireBelgium20
83Domenico PozzovivoItaly19
84Jan BartaCzech Republic19
85Rick ZabelGermany18
86Julian AlaphilippeFrance17
87Maciej PaterskiPoland17
88Silvan DillierSwitzerland17
89Stephen CummingsGreat Britain16
90Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe16
91Rafał MajkaPoland15
92Rohan DennisAustralia15
93Emanuel BuchmannGermany13
94Jan TratnikSlovenia13
95Ian StannardGreat Britain13
96Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World12
97Jarlinson PantanoColombia12
98Diego RosaItaly11
99Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World11
100Ondrej CinkCzech Republic10
101Tony GallopinFrance9
102Geraint ThomasGreat Britain9
103Simon YatesGreat Britain9
104Ruben GuerreiroPortugal9
105Robert GesinkNetherlands8
106Adam YatesGreat Britain8
107Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe8
108Diego UlissiItaly7
109Matej MohoricSlovenia7
110Mikel NieveSpain6
111Michał KwiatkowskiPoland6
112Jonathan CastroviejoSpain6
113Luke RoweGreat Britain6
114Michael MørkøvDenmark6
115Tanel KangertMixed Europe5
116Jóni BrandãoPortugal5
117Luka MezgecSlovenia4
118Sven Erik BystrømNorway4
119Bob JungelsMixed Europe3
120Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia3
121Danilo WyssSwitzerland3
122Thomas De GendtBelgium2
123John Darwin AtapumaColombia1

Mountains:

His final dash was important to Mikel Landa to remain in the polka dot jersey.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Mikel LandaSpain118
2Nairo QuintanaColombia108
3Vincenzo NibaliItaly83
4Chris FroomeGreat Britain82
5Rui CostaPortugal73

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6Richie PorteAustralia66
7Lawson CraddockUnited States54
8Joseph DombrowskiUnited States53
9Tony MartinGermany46
10Ilnur ZakarinRussia42
11Serge PauwelsBelgium40
12Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe34
13Jan BakelantsBelgium32
14Nicolas RocheIreland29
15Philip DeignanIreland25
16Esteban ChavesColombia23
17Alberto ContadorSpain20
18Michael ValgrenDenmark19
19Matvei MamykinRussia18
20Yury TrofimovRussia17
21Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World17
22Thibaut PinotFrance16
23Daniel MartinIreland16
24Romain BardetFrance16
25Jakob FuglsangDenmark15
26Paweł PoljańskiPoland14
27Warren BarguilFrance12
28Wout PoelsNetherlands12
29Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World12
30Tiago MachadoPortugal11
31Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World10
32Primož RogličSlovenia10
33Ondrej CinkCzech Republic10
34Stefan KüngSwitzerland10
35Tiesj BenootBelgium9
36Rafał MajkaPoland8
37Simon SpilakSlovenia7
38José GonçalvesPortugal7
39Jan BartaCzech Republic7
40Sergey ChernetskiyRussia7
41Tom DumoulinNetherlands6
42Alexander FoliforovRussia6
43Andrew TalanskyUnited States6
44Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe6
45Nathan HaasAustralia6
46Alejandro ValverdeSpain5
47Patrick KonradMixed Europe4
48Davide FormoloItaly4
49Nelson OliveiraPortugal3
50Przemysław NiemiecPoland3
51Fabio AruItaly2
52Adam YatesGreat Britain2
53Bauke MollemaNetherlands2
54Diego UlissiItaly2
55Oliver NaesenBelgium2
56Alexander KristoffNorway2
57Domenico PozzovivoItaly1
58Michael MatthewsAustralia1
59José Joaquín RojasSpain1
60Simon GeschkeGermany1
61Jan PolancSlovenia1
62Zdenek StybarCzech Republic1
63Jan TratnikSlovenia1
64Jens KeukeleireBelgium1
65Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World1

Young rider:

Losing another minute today, is Bob Jungels bottling it?
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe81h18'42
2Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 2'04
3Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 10'16
4Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 14'05
5Marc SolerSpain+ 22'51

Spoiler
6Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 27'06
7Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 36'54
8Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 38'31
9Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 44'12
10Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 46'16
11Matvei MamykinRussia+ 48'22
12Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 49'54
13Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 57'40
14Jan PolancSlovenia+ 1h02'28
15Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 1h13'09
16Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h16'47
17Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 1h24'42
18Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 1h48'42
19Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 1h50'33
20Petr VakocCzech Republic+ 2h47'23
21Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 2h53'39
22Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 3h03'05
23Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 3h03'57
24Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 3h11'44
25Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 3h18'22
26Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 3h20'57
27Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 3h22'47
28Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 3h24'01
29Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 3h34'55
30Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 3h36'26
31Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 3h44'51
32Caleb EwanAustralia+ 3h47'58
33Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 4h00'04
34Rick ZabelGermany+ 4h06'35

Team:

France has taken the lead back from the Netherlands.
RankTeamTime
1France242h15'22
2Spain+ 2'46
3Netherlands+ 5'11
4Colombia+ 6'08
5Italy+ 11'27

Spoiler
6Great Britain+ 28'04
7Poland+ 57'06
8Russia+ 1h03'28
9United States+ 1h04'41
10Mixed Europe+ 1h05'05
11Australia+ 1h33'22
12Ireland+ 1h45'50
13Mixed Rest of World+ 1h47'30
14Belgium+ 1h51'44
15Slovenia+ 2h02'59
16Portugal+ 2h08'34
17Czech Republic+ 2h53'13
18Switzerland+ 3h12'33
19Germany+ 3h14'55
20Denmark+ 4h14'06
21Norway+ 7h11'35

Combativity:

Two breaks in a row, despite not making it to the end, still a great spirit in the race:
Nicolas Roche

Final words:

Spoiler
I forgot to take a picture of the podium ceremony, my apologies. I don't expect big differences to Le Cade, and two minutes should be enough for Nibali to maintain his lead after the time trial. I think it's done.
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Marcovdw
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Posted on 28-12-2017 18:43
STAGE 21

Profile:
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Race:

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After three days of climbing we get a flat affair today. For the sprinters who have survived this might be the final preparation for the Champs-Elysées. But the last few of these stages have gone to a victorious breakaway.

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The original breakaway, whose names I won't bother to give, was caught just ten kilometers before the only categorised mountain of the day. With the classification nearly settled in Landa's favour, you might think it doesn't matter.

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And it doesn't actually, because the one point goes to Stybar, who now doubles his tally to two points. Ironically, he wore the polka dot jersey for a week.

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He went on to be part of the breakaway, together with Arashiro, Benoot, Deignan, Haas, Lopez, Mamykin, Niemiec and Valgren.

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No rain today, yet Anacona crashes. The breakaway is going strong and already has four minutes with the peloton unwilling to chase them.

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Up front Niemiec takes the intermediate sprint uncontested, but the real battle is for tenth place. It is won by Kristoff ahead of Greipel and Sagan. With this result the Norwegian and Slovakian are exactly tied again, with the latter leading by countback.

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After the sprint Italy took control of the peloton again and the gap increased to a quarter of an hour. The breakaway has this one in the pocket.

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However, unlike previous stages, we don't see some riders who don't want to wait for a sprint. We are heading towards a bunch sprint of nine, no eight. I see Deignan is being dropped unfortunately.

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The front of the train heading into the sprint is Lopez, which is not the place you want to be in. Stybar and Niemiec are on his wheel and look the strongest so far.

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Into the final corner and Lopez is done for. It looks like we have a three way battle for the win. Arashiro on the left, Stybar in the center and Benoot on the right.

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And the winner is Zdenek Stybar! After losing a sprint-a-deux on stage two he now finally wins a stage. Arashiro second, Benoot third, Niemiec fourth, Haas fifth.

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Nine and a half minutes later, Kristoff beats Sagan for tenth by a narrow margin. It is enough to retake the green jersey after twelve stages, by one point!

Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Zdenek StybarCzech Republic4h45'19
2Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
3Tiesj BenootBelgiums.t.
4Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
5Nathan HaasAustralias.t.
6Miguel Angel LopezColombias.t.
7Michael ValgrenDenmarks.t.
8Matvei MamykinRussias.t.
9Philip DeignanIreland+ 3'23
10Alexander KristoffNorway+ 9'33

Spoiler
11Peter SaganSlovakias.t.
12Nacer BouhanniFrances.t.
13Fernando GaviriaColombias.t.
14André GreipelGermanys.t.
15Sonny ColbrelliItalys.t.
16Edvald Boasson HagenNorways.t.
17Caleb EwanAustralias.t.
18Dylan GroenewegenNetherlandss.t.
19Julian AlaphilippeFrances.t.
20Vincenzo NibaliItalys.t.
21Magnus Cort NielsenDenmarks.t.
22Luka MezgecSlovenias.t.
23Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
24Jens KeukeleireBelgiums.t.
25John DegenkolbGermanys.t.
26Philippe GilbertBelgiums.t.
27Fabio FellineItalys.t.
28Tony GallopinFrances.t.
29Sep VanmarckeBelgiums.t.
30Rui CostaPortugals.t.
31Sondre Holst EngerNorways.t.
32Daniel MartinIrelands.t.
33Andrew TalanskyUnited Statess.t.
34Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
35Tom DumoulinNetherlandss.t.
36Jan BakelantsBelgiums.t.
37Thomas De GendtBelgiums.t.
38Petr VakočCzech Republics.t.
39Jan BartaCzech Republics.t.
40Bauke MollemaNetherlandss.t.
41Warren BarguilFrances.t.
42Oliver NaesenBelgiums.t.
43Nelson OliveiraPortugals.t.
44Rigoberto UránColombias.t.
45Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
46Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europes.t.
47Nicolas RocheIrelands.t.
48Alejandro ValverdeSpains.t.
49Diego UlissiItalys.t.
50Thibaut PinotFrances.t.
51Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europes.t.
52Rohan DennisAustralias.t.
53Ilnur ZakarinRussias.t.
54Patrick KonradMixed Europes.t.
55Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europes.t.
56Bob JungelsMixed Europes.t.
57Alex HowesUnited Statess.t.
58Yury TrofimovRussias.t.
59Dylan Van BaarleNetherlandss.t.
60Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
61Lars Ytting BakDenmarks.t.
62Geraint ThomasGreat Britains.t.
63Mikel LandaSpains.t.
64Lilian CalmejaneFrances.t.
65Brent BookwalterUnited Statess.t.
66Maciej PaterskiPolands.t.
67Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
68Jan TratnikSlovenias.t.
69Romain BardetFrances.t.
70Marc SolerSpains.t.
71Niki TerpstraNetherlandss.t.
72Jonathan CastroviejoSpains.t.
73Chris FroomeGreat Britains.t.
74Jakob FuglsangDenmarks.t.
75Tejay Van GarderenUnited Statess.t.
76Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
77Jarlinson PantanoColombias.t.
78Robert GesinkNetherlandss.t.
79Rafał MajkaPolands.t.
80Tony MartinGermanys.t.
81John Darwin AtapumaColombias.t.
82Emanuel BuchmannGermanys.t.
83Diego RosaItalys.t.
84Davide FormoloItalys.t.
85Nikias ArndtGermanys.t.
86Fabio AruItalys.t.
87Alberto ContadorSpains.t.
88Michael MørkøvDenmarks.t.
89Leopold KönigCzech Republics.t.
90Matej MohoricSlovenias.t.
91Simon GeschkeGermanys.t.
92Simon GerransAustralias.t.
93Lars Petter NordhaugNorways.t.
94Michael AlbasiniSwitzerlands.t.
95Rick ZabelGermanys.t.
96Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europes.t.
97Ian BoswellUnited Statess.t.
98Martin ElmigerSwitzerlands.t.
99Jan HirtCzech Republics.t.
100Richie PorteAustralias.t.
101Michał KwiatkowskiPolands.t.
102Simon SpilakSlovenias.t.
103Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
104Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
105Thomas VoecklerFrances.t.
106Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
107Stephen CummingsGreat Britains.t.
108Michael MatthewsAustralias.t.
109Reto HollensteinSwitzerlands.t.
110Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europes.t.
111Domenico PozzovivoItalys.t.
112Sven Erik BystrømNorways.t.
113Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
114Serge PauwelsBelgiums.t.
115Lawson CraddockUnited Statess.t.
116Ian StannardGreat Britains.t.
117Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
118Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
119Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
120Joseph DombrowskiUnited Statess.t.
121Tiago MachadoPortugals.t.
122José Joaquín RojasSpains.t.
123Ruben GuerreiroPortugals.t.
124Steven KruijswijkNetherlandss.t.
125Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
126Esteban ChavesColombias.t.
127Sérgio Luis HenaoColombias.t.
128Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
129Danilo WyssSwitzerlands.t.
130Mikel NieveSpains.t.
131Søren Kragh AndersenDenmarks.t.
132José MendesPortugals.t.
133Jóni BrandãoPortugals.t.
134Peter KennaughGreat Britains.t.
135Wout PoelsNetherlandss.t.
136Paweł PoljańskiPolands.t.
137Alexander FoliforovRussias.t.
138Mathias FrankSwitzerlands.t.
139Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugals.t.
140Michael WoodsMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
141Nairo QuintanaColombias.t.
142George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
143Stefan KüngSwitzerlands.t.
144José GonçalvesPortugals.t.
145Rui VinhasPortugals.t.
146Silvan DillierSwitzerlands.t.
147Michael SchärSwitzerlands.t.
148Sergey ChernetskiyRussias.t.
149Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
150Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
151Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
152Paweł CieślikPoland+ 14'20
153Winner AnaconaColombia+ 15'00

General:

Is two minutes enough for Vincenzo Nibali to lead after the time trial?
RankNameTeamTime
1Vincenzo NibaliItaly85h57'14
2Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 2'13
3Nairo QuintanaColombia+ 2'32
4Alberto ContadorSpain+ 6'08
5Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 6'16
6Richie PorteAustralia+ 8'40
7Thibaut PinotFrance+ 8'42
8Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 9'18
9Rigoberto UránColombia+ 10'27
10Mikel LandaSpain+ 10'45

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11Warren BarguilFrance+ 11'28
12Daniel MartinIreland+ 11'47
13Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 14'27
14Fabio AruItaly+ 15'28
15Rafał MajkaPoland+ 15'33
16Romain BardetFrance+ 16'15
17Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 16'20
18Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 16'46
19Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 18'24
20Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 20'15
21Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 20'55
22Domenico PozzovivoItaly+ 22'28
23Esteban ChavesColombia+ 22'54
24Mikel NieveSpain+ 23'31
25Rui CostaPortugal+ 25'17
26Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 26'36
27Steven KruijswijkNetherlands+ 27'14
28Diego RosaItaly+ 28'21
29Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 30'25
30Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia+ 30'30
31Bauke MollemaNetherlands+ 31'01
32Michał KwiatkowskiPoland+ 33'52
33Tejay Van GarderenUnited States+ 35'00
34Marc SolerSpain+ 39'11
35Fabio FellineItaly+ 42'12
36Stephen CummingsGreat Britain+ 42'34
37Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 43'26
38Tony GallopinFrance+ 46'11
39Diego UlissiItaly+ 46'57
40Philip DeignanIreland+ 48'13
41Yury TrofimovRussia+ 49'13
42Simon SpilakSlovenia+ 49'53
43Thomas VoecklerFrance+ 52'46
44Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 52'59
45Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 53'14
46Serge PauwelsBelgium+ 53'16
47Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 54'51
48Matvei MamykinRussia+ 55'09
49Patrick KonradMixed Europe+ 57'28
50Tiago MachadoPortugal+ 58'01
51Thomas De GendtBelgium+ 58'36
52Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 59'32
53Tanel KangertMixed Europe+ 59'38
54Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 1h00'32
55Rohan DennisAustralia+ 1h00'36
56John Darwin AtapumaColombia+ 1h00'44
57Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World+ 1h01'57
58Jonathan CastroviejoSpain+ 1h02'49
59Primož RogličSlovenia+ 1h04'10
60Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 1h04'15
61Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe+ 1h04'30
62Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 1h04'40
63José GonçalvesPortugal+ 1h05'17
64Jarlinson PantanoColombia+ 1h05'31
65Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 1h06'14
66Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 1h07'13
67Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland+ 1h07'52
68Leopold KönigCzech Republic+ 1h08'58
69Jan HirtCzech Republic+ 1h10'44
70Jan BartaCzech Republic+ 1h11'04
71Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe+ 1h11'40
72Nicolas RocheIreland+ 1h12'31
73Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 1h14'00
74José Joaquín RojasSpain+ 1h14'25
75Przemysław NiemiecPoland+ 1h15'10
76Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 1h18'31
77Jan PolancSlovenia+ 1h18'48
78Tony MartinGermany+ 1h18'54
79Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 1h20'20
80Paweł PoljańskiPoland+ 1h20'54
81Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 1h21'59
82Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 1h22'03
83Brent BookwalterUnited States+ 1h25'49
84Simon GeschkeGermany+ 1h26'14
85Winner AnaconaColombia+ 1h27'28
86Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 1h28'09
87Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
88Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 1h29'29
89José MendesPortugal+ 1h30'17
90Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 1h31'29
91Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h33'07
92Peter KennaughGreat Britain+ 1h33'08
93Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 1h38'47
94Ian BoswellUnited States+ 1h38'50
95Nathan HaasAustralia+ 1h40'25
96Mathias FrankSwitzerland+ 1h41'54
97Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 1h44'07
98Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 1h57'20
99Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe+ 1h57'35
100Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 1h58'20
101Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 2h01'24
102Alex HowesUnited States+ 2h03'21
103Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 2h05'02
104Zdenek StybarCzech Republic+ 2h06'48
105Peter SaganSlovakia+ 2h09'04
106Maciej PaterskiPoland+ 2h13'20
107Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugal+ 2h15'13
108Paweł CieślikPoland+ 2h16'01
109Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 2h16'59
110Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe+ 2h24'50
111Vegard Stake LaengenNorway+ 2h26'43
112Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 2h33'27
113Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 2h39'53
114Simon GerransAustralia+ 2h41'50
115Christopher Juul-JensenDenmark+ 2h44'44
116Lars Petter NordhaugNorway+ 2h44'53
117George BennettMixed Rest of World+ 2h45'23
118Jan TratnikSlovenia+ 2h54'09
119John DegenkolbGermany+ 2h56'05
120Danilo WyssSwitzerland+ 3h00'07
121Petr VakočCzech Republic+ 3h03'43
122Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 3h06'38
123Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 3h08'50
124Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 3h09'59
125Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 3h12'47
126Luke DurbridgeAustralia+ 3h13'13
127Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 3h19'25
128Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 3h20'17
129Alexander KristoffNorway+ 3h21'09
130Sep VanmarckeBelgium+ 3h22'00
131Edvald Boasson HagenNorway+ 3h27'25
132Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 3h28'04
133André GreipelGermany+ 3h31'43
134Ian StannardGreat Britain+ 3h33'14
135Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 3h34'42
136Niki TerpstraNetherlands+ 3h37'02
137Nikias ArndtGermany+ 3h37'12
138Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 3h37'17
139Rui VinhasPortugal+ 3h38'54
140Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 3h39'07
141Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 3h40'21
142Jens KeukeleireBelgium+ 3h44'51
143Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World+ 3h48'50
144Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 3h51'15
145Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 3h52'46
146Luke RoweGreat Britain+ 3h52'56
147Nacer BouhanniFrance+ 3h57'37
148Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 4h01'11
149Caleb EwanAustralia+ 4h04'18
150Michael MørkøvDenmark+ 4h04'34
151Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe+ 4h05'18
152Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 4h16'24
153Rick ZabelGermany+ 4h22'55

Points:

Alexander Kristoff takes back the green jersey by a mere point.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Alexander KristoffNorway191
2Peter SaganSlovakia190
3Vincenzo NibaliItaly138
4Zdenek StybarCzech Republic127
5Fernando GaviriaColombia123

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6Oliver NaesenBelgium108
7Nairo QuintanaColombia104
8André GreipelGermany98
9Lars Ytting BakDenmark86
10José Joaquín RojasSpain84
11Alejandro ValverdeSpain83
12Chris FroomeGreat Britain83
13Przemysław NiemiecPoland80
14Mikel LandaSpain74
15Tiesj BenootBelgium74
16Tony MartinGermany74
17José GonçalvesPortugal72
18Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World70
19Nacer BouhanniFrance69
20Rui CostaPortugal68
21Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands65
22Nathan HaasAustralia64
23Richie PorteAustralia60
24Michael ValgrenDenmark60
25Ilnur ZakarinRussia59
26John DegenkolbGermany59
27Sep VanmarckeBelgium58
28Thomas VoecklerFrance57
29Lawson CraddockUnited States57
30Philip DeignanIreland57
31Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark56
32Matvei MamykinRussia56
33Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World54
34Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland53
35Fabio AruItaly51
36Jan BakelantsBelgium51
37Caleb EwanAustralia49
38Petr VakočCzech Republic47
39Thibaut PinotFrance46
40Tom DumoulinNetherlands45
41Yury TrofimovRussia45
42Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands45
43Brent BookwalterUnited States44
44Alberto ContadorSpain43
45Michael MatthewsAustralia43
46Warren BarguilFrance42
47Patrick KonradMixed Europe42
48Joseph DombrowskiUnited States42
49Rigoberto UránColombia41
50Sonny ColbrelliItaly41
51Wout PoelsNetherlands40
52Esteban ChavesColombia37
53Luke DurbridgeAustralia37
54Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World36
55Alexander FoliforovRussia35
56Nicolas RocheIreland35
57Sergey ChernetskiyRussia34
58Stefan KüngSwitzerland33
59Jan PolancSlovenia33
60Tiago MachadoPortugal32
61Simon GeschkeGermany32
62Michael SchärSwitzerland31
63Simon GerransAustralia31
64Edvald Boasson HagenNorway31
65Fabio FellineItaly30
66Paweł PoljańskiPoland30
67Philippe GilbertBelgium30
68Miguel Angel LopezColombia29
69Martin ElmigerSwitzerland28
70Nikias ArndtGermany28
71Serge PauwelsBelgium26
72Niki TerpstraNetherlands25
73Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World25
74Nelson OliveiraPortugal25
75Romain BardetFrance24
76Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe24
77Jakob FuglsangDenmark23
78Daniel MartinIreland22
79Andrew TalanskyUnited States22
80Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe22
81Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe21
82Primož RogličSlovenia20
83Jens KeukeleireBelgium20
84Domenico PozzovivoItaly19
85Jan BartaCzech Republic19
86Rick ZabelGermany18
87Julian AlaphilippeFrance17
88Maciej PaterskiPoland17
89Silvan DillierSwitzerland17
90Stephen CummingsGreat Britain16
91Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe16
92Rafał MajkaPoland15
93Rohan DennisAustralia15
94Emanuel BuchmannGermany13
95Jan TratnikSlovenia13
96Ian StannardGreat Britain13
97Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World12
98Jarlinson PantanoColombia12
99Diego RosaItaly11
100Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World11
101Ondrej CinkCzech Republic10
102Tony GallopinFrance9
103Geraint ThomasGreat Britain9
104Simon YatesGreat Britain9
105Ruben GuerreiroPortugal9
106Robert GesinkNetherlands8
107Adam YatesGreat Britain8
108Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe8
109Diego UlissiItaly7
110Matej MohoricSlovenia7
111Mikel NieveSpain6
112Michał KwiatkowskiPoland6
113Jonathan CastroviejoSpain6
114Luke RoweGreat Britain6
115Michael MørkøvDenmark6
116Tanel KangertMixed Europe5
117Jóni BrandãoPortugal5
118Luka MezgecSlovenia4
119Sven Erik BystrømNorway4
120Bob JungelsMixed Europe3
121Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia3
122Danilo WyssSwitzerland3
123Thomas De GendtBelgium2
124John Darwin AtapumaColombia1

Mountains:

10 points available at the arrival tomorrow, so it's not safe yet for Mikel Landa.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Mikel LandaSpain118
2Nairo QuintanaColombia108
3Vincenzo NibaliItaly83
4Chris FroomeGreat Britain82
5Rui CostaPortugal73

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6Richie PorteAustralia66
7Lawson CraddockUnited States54
8Joseph DombrowskiUnited States53
9Tony MartinGermany46
10Ilnur ZakarinRussia42
11Serge PauwelsBelgium40
12Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe34
13Jan BakelantsBelgium32
14Nicolas RocheIreland29
15Philip DeignanIreland25
16Esteban ChavesColombia23
17Alberto ContadorSpain20
18Michael ValgrenDenmark19
19Matvei MamykinRussia18
20Yury TrofimovRussia17
21Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World17
22Thibaut PinotFrance16
23Daniel MartinIreland16
24Romain BardetFrance16
25Jakob FuglsangDenmark15
26Paweł PoljańskiPoland14
27Warren BarguilFrance12
28Wout PoelsNetherlands12
29Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World12
30Tiago MachadoPortugal11
31Primož RogličSlovenia10
32Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World10
33Ondrej CinkCzech Republic10
34Stefan KüngSwitzerland10
35Tiesj BenootBelgium9
36Rafał MajkaPoland8
37Simon SpilakSlovenia7
38José GonçalvesPortugal7
39Jan BartaCzech Republic7
40Sergey ChernetskiyRussia7
41Tom DumoulinNetherlands6
42Alexander FoliforovRussia6
43Andrew TalanskyUnited States6
44Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe6
45Nathan HaasAustralia6
46Alejandro ValverdeSpain5
47Patrick KonradMixed Europe4
48Davide FormoloItaly4
49Nelson OliveiraPortugal3
50Przemysław NiemiecPoland3
51Fabio AruItaly2
52Adam YatesGreat Britain2
53Bauke MollemaNetherlands2
54Diego UlissiItaly2
55Oliver NaesenBelgium2
56Zdenek StybarCzech Republic2
57Alexander KristoffNorway2
58Domenico PozzovivoItaly1
59Michael MatthewsAustralia1
60José Joaquín RojasSpain1
61Jan PolancSlovenia1
62Simon GeschkeGermany1
63Jan TratnikSlovenia1
64Jens KeukeleireBelgium1
65Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World1

Young rider:

Benoot moving to seventh, but still half an hour behind Bob Jungels.
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe86h13'34
2Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 2'04
3Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 10'16
4Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 14'05
5Marc SolerSpain+ 22'51

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6Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 27'06
7Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 36'39
8Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 36'54
9Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 38'31
10Matvei MamykinRussia+ 38'49
11Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 44'12
12Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 49'54
13Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 57'40
14Jan PolancSlovenia+ 1h02'28
15Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 1h13'09
16Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 1h15'09
17Davide FormoloItaly+ 1h16'47
18Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 1h41'00
19Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 1h48'42
20Petr VakocCzech Republic+ 2h47'23
21Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 2h53'39
22Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 3h03'05
23Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 3h03'57
24Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 3h11'44
25Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 3h18'22
26Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 3h20'57
27Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 3h22'47
28Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 3h24'01
29Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 3h34'55
30Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 3h36'26
31Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 3h44'51
32Caleb EwanAustralia+ 3h47'58
33Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 4h00'04
34Rick ZabelGermany+ 4h06'35

Team:

Stupid France, who lost the lead to Colombia because the latter had someone in the breakaway.
RankTeamTime
1Colombia256h56'33
2France+ 3'25
3Spain+ 6'11
4Netherlands+ 8'36
5Italy+ 14'52

Spoiler
6Great Britain+ 31'29
7Poland+ 50'58
8Russia+ 57'20
9United States+ 1h08'06
10Mixed Europe+ 1h08'30
11Australia+ 1h27'14
12Mixed Rest of World+ 1h41'22
13Ireland+ 1h43'05
14Belgium+ 1h45'36
15Slovenia+ 2h06'24
16Portugal+ 2h11'59
17Czech Republic+ 2h47'05
18Switzerland+ 3h15'58
19Germany+ 3h18'20
20Denmark+ 4h07'58
21Norway+ 7h15'00

Combativity:

Part of a lot of breakaways this race, so he deserved one of these:
Matvei Mamykin

Final words:

Spoiler
The points classification is the most exiting classification, the others seem decided.
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GC done and dusted? Mostly! Nice Green Jersey fight going on. But Sagan always wins right Smile
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Posted on 29-12-2017 11:28
AbhishekLFC wrote:
GC done and dusted? Mostly! Nice Green Jersey fight going on. But Sagan always wins right Smile


I think whoever finishes ahead on the Champs-Élysées will win, and Sagan has never won there Wink
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