Ollfardh wrote:
Oh, I thought this would be the Champs already, two more stages then?
Three stages left: a hilly stage towards Millau, 54 kilometers TT around Albi and then Champs-Élysées. I tried to fit everything in a race and use as many variants as possible and I couldn't do that in 21 stages.
Stage 22, an unusual sight in a Grand Tour, but we count to 24 here. Also one of the longest stages, 221 kilometers from Toulouse to Millau. Arrival on a second category climb with ten points available there, if Quintana wins today he'll be tied with Landa.
It is also the last chance for a breakaway victory, since it's unlikely to happen at the Champs-Élysées. Elmiger, Mohoric and Talansky form the definitive breakaway after some earlier attempts did not get approved.
Halfway through the stage and the gap is eight minutes. Talansky takes the first two category four climbs, but he's not in the race for that. He's also the best placed in the GC of the three ahead, but at over an hour.
Strangely, with a lot of points available at the intermediate sprint today, there's no challenge for it. A lot of points for France who were leading the peloton at the time. Kristoff still leads by one point.
After taking the category three mountain as well, Talansky has enough of Elmiger and Mohoric who have been lurking in his wheel all day long and goes solo. The gap to the peloton is 5 minutes with 45 kilometers to go.
Chaves was on the attack a lot the past few days, and has to pay the prize today. He's dropped way before the end, and his 23rd place in the GC is at stake.
Elmiger and Mohoric did not try to stay ahead and were caught with ease. Talansky takes the second category Col de Vernhette, moving up even further in the mountains classification. Also no showdown between Landa and Quintana for the remainig points there. Only thirteen points available in the race, while the gap between the first two is ten. Gap in this race for the leader is 3'30.
Another point taken by the American. With 20 kilometer to go he is still 2 and a half minutes ahead, the stage win might be possible.
Crash by Meintjes, who is second in the youth classification at two minutes from Jungels. Another jersey we can call decided now.
We reach the final climb to Le Cade and no time is wasted by Porte. It also shows that Talansky's lead wasn't enough and he is about to be caught. He wins the combativité award for his effort, and rightfully so.
It's done, the stage win will be decided by a sprint up the mountain. Valverde used Porte's slipstream to get ahead, Pinot is now also getting in the mix. Nibali looks upon it from the front of the peloton.
Scratch that, he goes himself. Is two minutes plus not enough going into the time trial. Froome was badly placed and missed the attack.
Going into the final kilometer and Valverde holds ten seconds to a unleashed Nibali. The others are not far behind, but there's no sign of either Landa or Quintana amongst the frontrunners. The polka dot jersey battle ends in an anticlimax.
Spain won two stages courtesy of Landa, and now Alejandro Valverde takes his second stage win of the race after stage four in Le Havre. In fact, all of Spain's victories came from an uphill finish.
Nibali crosses the line thriteen seconds later and picks up six bonus seconds. He will go into the final time trial with a comforting lead.
Third place for Porte at 29 seconds. D. Martin fourth, Froome fifth, Pinot sixth, Zakarin seventh, Aru eight all in the same time.
Quintana finishes a minute down in eleventh, Landa a group further in thirteenth. Neither of them took points, which means we can call one classification decided, the winner of the mountains classification is Mikel Landa (provided he finishes the final two stages).
Classifications:
Stage:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
5h34'45
2
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
+ 13
3
Richie Porte
Australia
+ 29
4
Daniel Martin
Ireland
s.t.
5
Chris Froome
Great Britain
s.t.
6
Thibaut Pinot
France
s.t.
7
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
s.t.
8
Fabio Aru
Italy
s.t.
9
Alberto Contador
Spain
+ 1'02
10
Warren Barguil
France
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
s.t.
12
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
s.t.
13
Mikel Landa
Spain
+ 1'27
14
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
s.t.
15
Diego Rosa
Italy
s.t.
16
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
s.t.
17
Wout Poels
Netherlands
s.t.
18
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
s.t.
19
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
s.t.
20
Rui Costa
Portugal
s.t.
21
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
s.t.
22
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
s.t.
23
Romain Bardet
France
s.t.
24
Yury Trofimov
Russia
s.t.
25
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
+ 2'27
26
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
s.t.
27
Rafał Majka
Poland
s.t.
28
Mikel Nieve
Spain
s.t.
29
Julian Alaphilippe
France
s.t.
30
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
s.t.
31
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
s.t.
32
Adam Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
33
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
s.t.
34
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
s.t.
35
Diego Ulissi
Italy
s.t.
36
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
s.t.
37
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
s.t.
38
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
+ 2'54
39
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
s.t.
40
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
s.t.
41
Lilian Calmejane
France
s.t.
42
Tony Gallopin
France
s.t.
43
Simon Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
44
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
s.t.
45
Davide Formolo
Italy
s.t.
46
Tony Martin
Germany
s.t.
47
Fabio Felline
Italy
s.t.
48
Leopold König
Czech Republic
+ 3'37
49
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
+ 3'51
50
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
s.t.
51
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
s.t.
52
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
s.t.
53
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
s.t.
54
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
s.t.
55
Lawson Craddock
United States
s.t.
56
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
+ 4'22
57
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
s.t.
58
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
+ 4'52
59
Rohan Dennis
Australia
s.t.
60
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
s.t.
61
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
s.t.
62
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
+ 5'30
63
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
s.t.
64
Michael Matthews
Australia
s.t.
65
Thomas Voeckler
France
s.t.
66
Marc Soler
Spain
s.t.
67
Michael Valgren
Denmark
s.t.
68
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
s.t.
69
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
s.t.
70
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
s.t.
71
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
s.t.
72
José Mendes
Portugal
s.t.
73
José Gonçalves
Portugal
s.t.
74
Simon Geschke
Germany
s.t.
75
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
s.t.
76
Brent Bookwalter
United States
s.t.
77
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
s.t.
78
Simon Gerrans
Australia
s.t.
79
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
s.t.
80
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
s.t.
81
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
s.t.
82
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
s.t.
83
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
s.t.
84
Andrew Talansky
United States
s.t.
85
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
86
Philip Deignan
Ireland
s.t.
87
Tiago Machado
Portugal
s.t.
88
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
+ 6'47
89
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
s.t.
90
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
s.t.
91
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
s.t.
92
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
+ 9'02
93
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
s.t.
94
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
+ 10'15
95
Alex Howes
United States
s.t.
96
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
s.t.
97
Luke Durbridge
Australia
s.t.
98
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
s.t.
99
Maciej Paterski
Poland
s.t.
100
Ian Boswell
United States
s.t.
101
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
s.t.
102
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
103
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
s.t.
104
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
s.t.
105
Paweł Poljański
Poland
s.t.
106
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
s.t.
107
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
s.t.
108
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
+ 11'08
109
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
110
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
s.t.
111
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
s.t.
112
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
s.t.
113
Michael Schär
Switzerland
s.t.
114
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
s.t.
115
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
s.t.
116
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
s.t.
117
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
s.t.
118
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
s.t.
119
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
s.t.
120
Nathan Haas
Australia
s.t.
121
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
122
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
s.t.
123
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
s.t.
124
Nacer Bouhanni
France
s.t.
125
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
s.t.
126
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
s.t.
127
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
s.t.
128
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
129
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
+ 12'09
130
John Degenkolb
Germany
+ 12'39
131
Nikias Arndt
Germany
s.t.
132
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
133
André Greipel
Germany
s.t.
134
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 13'45
135
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
+ 15'06
136
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
+ 15'42
137
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
s.t.
138
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
s.t.
139
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
s.t.
140
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
s.t.
141
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
+ 17'06
142
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
s.t.
143
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 17'57
144
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
+ 18'32
145
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
s.t.
146
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 19'27
147
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 19'51
148
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 20'23
149
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
s.t.
150
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 20'46
151
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 24'06
152
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
+ 24'18
153
Winner Anacona
Colombia
+ 37'24
General:
2 minutes and 35 seconds is what Vincenzo Nibali gets as an advantage going into the final time trial.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
91h32'06
2
Chris Froome
Great Britain
+ 2'35
3
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
+ 3'27
4
Alberto Contador
Spain
+ 7'03
5
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
+ 7'36
6
Richie Porte
Australia
+ 8'58
7
Thibaut Pinot
France
+ 9'04
8
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
+ 9'40
9
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
+ 11'47
10
Mikel Landa
Spain
+ 12'05
Spoiler
11
Daniel Martin
Ireland
+ 12'09
12
Warren Barguil
France
+ 12'23
13
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
+ 15'47
14
Fabio Aru
Italy
+ 15'50
15
Romain Bardet
France
+ 17'35
16
Rafał Majka
Poland
+ 17'53
17
Wout Poels
Netherlands
+ 18'06
18
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
+ 18'40
19
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
+ 19'58
20
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
+ 23'15
21
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
+ 23'48
22
Mikel Nieve
Spain
+ 25'51
23
Rui Costa
Portugal
+ 26'37
24
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
+ 28'34
25
Adam Yates
Great Britain
+ 28'56
26
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
+ 29'25
27
Diego Rosa
Italy
+ 29'41
28
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
+ 31'50
29
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
+ 31'56
30
Julian Alaphilippe
France
+ 32'45
31
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
+ 36'39
32
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
+ 37'20
33
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
+ 38'29
34
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 44'34
35
Fabio Felline
Italy
+ 44'59
36
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
+ 45'21
37
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 47'10
38
Tony Gallopin
France
+ 48'58
39
Diego Ulissi
Italy
+ 49'17
40
Yury Trofimov
Russia
+ 50'33
41
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
+ 52'13
42
Philip Deignan
Ireland
+ 53'36
43
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
+ 55'34
44
Lilian Calmejane
France
+ 57'38
45
Thomas Voeckler
France
+ 58'09
46
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
+ 58'22
47
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
+ 58'39
48
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
+ 1h00'15
49
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
+ 1h01'49
50
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
+ 1h01'52
51
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
+ 1h01'58
52
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
+ 1h02'51
53
Tiago Machado
Portugal
+ 1h03'24
54
Rohan Dennis
Australia
+ 1h05'21
55
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
+ 1h05'29
56
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
+ 1h06'30
57
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
+ 1h06'33
58
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
+ 1h07'12
59
Simon Yates
Great Britain
+ 1h09'01
60
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
+ 1h09'15
61
Andrew Talansky
United States
+ 1h09'38
62
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
+ 1h09'53
63
Michael Matthews
Australia
+ 1h10'03
64
José Gonçalves
Portugal
+ 1h10'40
65
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
+ 1h11'36
66
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
+ 1h12'05
67
Leopold König
Czech Republic
+ 1h12'28
68
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
+ 1h14'28
69
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
+ 1h16'08
70
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
+ 1h16'46
71
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
+ 1h17'03
72
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
+ 1h19'48
73
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
+ 1h21'12
74
Tony Martin
Germany
+ 1h21'41
75
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
+ 1h21'50
76
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
+ 1h24'08
77
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
+ 1h24'11
78
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
+ 1h25'05
79
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
+ 1h27'22
80
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
+ 1h27'26
81
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
+ 1h28'39
82
Paweł Poljański
Poland
+ 1h31'02
83
Brent Bookwalter
United States
+ 1h31'12
84
Simon Geschke
Germany
+ 1h31'37
85
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
+ 1h33'32
86
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
+ 1h35'13
87
José Mendes
Portugal
+ 1h35'40
88
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 1h35'54
89
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
+ 1h38'17
90
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
+ 1h38'24
91
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
+ 1h38'31
92
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
+ 1h46'39
93
Ian Boswell
United States
+ 1h48'58
94
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
+ 1h49'48
95
Nathan Haas
Australia
+ 1h51'26
96
Michael Schär
Switzerland
+ 1h55'08
97
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 2h02'43
98
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
+ 2h02'58
99
Winner Anacona
Colombia
+ 2h04'45
100
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
+ 2h06'47
101
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
+ 2h09'21
102
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
+ 2h10'32
103
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
+ 2h11'42
104
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
+ 2h11'51
105
Alex Howes
United States
+ 2h13'29
106
Maciej Paterski
Poland
+ 2h23'28
107
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
+ 2h26'14
108
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
+ 2h28'00
109
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
+ 2h34'58
110
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
+ 2h36'51
111
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
+ 2h40'12
112
Simon Gerrans
Australia
+ 2h47'13
113
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
+ 2h48'26
114
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
+ 2h50'46
115
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
+ 2h50'54
116
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
+ 2h55'45
117
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
+ 2h56'55
118
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
+ 3h05'10
119
John Degenkolb
Germany
+ 3h08'37
120
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
+ 3h11'08
121
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
+ 3h13'51
122
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
+ 3h17'39
123
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
+ 3h19'51
124
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
+ 3h21'00
125
Luke Durbridge
Australia
+ 3h23'21
126
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
+ 3h28'22
127
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 3h31'18
128
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
+ 3h32'08
129
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
+ 3h32'10
130
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
+ 3h32'48
131
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 3h37'15
132
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
+ 3h39'05
133
André Greipel
Germany
+ 3h44'15
134
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
+ 3h48'03
135
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 3h48'20
136
Nikias Arndt
Germany
+ 3h49'44
137
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 3h51'22
138
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
+ 3h51'39
139
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 3h52'52
140
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
+ 3h54'42
141
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
+ 3h55'52
142
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
+ 3h55'53
143
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
+ 4h01'22
144
Nacer Bouhanni
France
+ 4h08'38
145
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
+ 4h09'55
146
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 4h11'31
147
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
+ 4h13'02
148
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
+ 4h20'53
149
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 4h21'50
150
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
+ 4h22'59
151
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 4h23'38
152
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 4h40'23
153
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 4h42'39
Points:
Alexander Kristoff is in the lead but definitely not sure of taking the green jersey home.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
191
2
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
190
3
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
163
4
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
127
5
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
125
Spoiler
6
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
123
7
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
110
8
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
108
9
André Greipel
Germany
105
10
Chris Froome
Great Britain
100
11
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
86
12
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
84
13
Richie Porte
Australia
82
14
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
80
15
Mikel Landa
Spain
78
16
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
74
17
Tony Martin
Germany
74
18
José Gonçalves
Portugal
72
19
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
72
20
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
70
21
Nacer Bouhanni
France
69
22
Rui Costa
Portugal
68
23
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
65
24
Nathan Haas
Australia
64
25
Thomas Voeckler
France
62
26
Fabio Aru
Italy
62
27
Thibaut Pinot
France
61
28
Michael Valgren
Denmark
60
29
John Degenkolb
Germany
59
30
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
58
31
Lawson Craddock
United States
57
32
Philip Deignan
Ireland
57
33
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
56
34
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
56
35
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
54
36
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
53
37
Alberto Contador
Spain
52
38
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
51
39
Warren Barguil
France
49
40
Caleb Ewan
Australia
49
41
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
48
42
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
48
43
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
47
44
Yury Trofimov
Russia
45
45
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
45
46
Brent Bookwalter
United States
44
47
Michael Matthews
Australia
43
48
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
43
49
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
42
50
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
42
51
Daniel Martin
Ireland
41
52
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
41
53
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
41
54
Wout Poels
Netherlands
40
55
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
37
56
Andrew Talansky
United States
37
57
Luke Durbridge
Australia
37
58
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
36
59
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
35
60
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
34
61
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
33
62
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
33
63
Tiago Machado
Portugal
32
64
Simon Geschke
Germany
32
65
Michael Schär
Switzerland
31
66
Simon Gerrans
Australia
31
67
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
31
68
Julian Alaphilippe
France
30
69
Fabio Felline
Italy
30
70
Paweł Poljański
Poland
30
71
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
30
72
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
29
73
Nikias Arndt
Germany
28
74
Romain Bardet
France
27
75
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
26
76
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
25
77
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
25
78
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
25
79
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
24
80
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
24
81
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
23
82
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
22
83
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
21
84
Tony Gallopin
France
20
85
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
20
86
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
20
87
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
19
88
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
19
89
Diego Rosa
Italy
19
90
Rick Zabel
Germany
18
91
Maciej Paterski
Poland
17
92
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
17
93
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
16
94
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
16
95
Rafał Majka
Poland
15
96
Mikel Nieve
Spain
15
97
Rohan Dennis
Australia
15
98
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
13
99
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
13
100
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
13
101
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
12
102
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
12
103
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
11
104
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
10
105
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
9
106
Simon Yates
Great Britain
9
107
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
9
108
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
8
109
Adam Yates
Great Britain
8
110
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
8
111
Diego Ulissi
Italy
7
112
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
7
113
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
6
114
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
6
115
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
6
116
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
5
117
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
5
118
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
5
119
Lilian Calmejane
France
4
120
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
4
121
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
4
122
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
3
123
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
3
124
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
3
125
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
2
126
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
1
Mountains:
This one's done. Congratulations Mikel Landa!
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Mikel Landa
Spain
118
2
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
108
3
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
89
4
Chris Froome
Great Britain
82
5
Rui Costa
Portugal
73
Spoiler
6
Richie Porte
Australia
70
7
Lawson Craddock
United States
54
8
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
53
9
Tony Martin
Germany
46
10
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
42
11
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
40
12
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
34
13
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
32
14
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
29
15
Philip Deignan
Ireland
25
16
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
23
17
Alberto Contador
Spain
20
18
Michael Valgren
Denmark
19
19
Daniel Martin
Ireland
18
20
Romain Bardet
France
18
21
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
18
22
Yury Trofimov
Russia
17
23
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
17
24
Thibaut Pinot
France
16
25
Andrew Talansky
United States
16
26
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
15
27
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
15
28
Paweł Poljański
Poland
14
29
Warren Barguil
France
12
30
Wout Poels
Netherlands
12
31
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
12
32
Tiago Machado
Portugal
11
33
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
10
34
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
10
35
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
10
36
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
10
37
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
9
38
Rafał Majka
Poland
8
39
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
7
40
José Gonçalves
Portugal
7
41
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
7
42
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
7
43
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
6
44
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
6
45
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
6
46
Nathan Haas
Australia
6
47
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
4
48
Davide Formolo
Italy
4
49
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
3
50
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
3
51
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
3
52
Fabio Aru
Italy
2
53
Adam Yates
Great Britain
2
54
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
2
55
Diego Ulissi
Italy
2
56
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
2
57
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
2
58
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
2
59
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
1
60
Michael Matthews
Australia
1
61
Simon Yates
Great Britain
1
62
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
1
63
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
1
64
Simon Geschke
Germany
1
65
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
1
66
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
1
67
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
1
68
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
1
Young rider:
Although not officially done yet, we could say Bob Jungels will win the youth classification after Meintjes's crash.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
91h50'46
2
Adam Yates
Great Britain
+ 10'16
3
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
+ 10'45
4
Julian Alaphilippe
France
+ 14'05
5
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 25'54
Spoiler
6
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 28'30
7
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
+ 36'54
8
Lilian Calmejane
France
+ 38'58
9
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
+ 39'42
10
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
+ 43'09
11
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
+ 48'32
12
Simon Yates
Great Britain
+ 50'21
13
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
+ 1h05'28
14
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
+ 1h05'31
15
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
+ 1h16'33
16
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 1h17'14
17
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
+ 1h19'44
18
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 1h44'03
19
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
+ 1h53'02
20
Petr Vakoc
Czech Republic
+ 2h55'11
21
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
+ 3h02'20
22
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 3h12'38
23
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 3h18'35
24
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
+ 3h20'25
25
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 3h29'40
26
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 3h32'42
27
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 3h34'12
28
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
+ 3h36'02
29
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 3h52'51
30
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
+ 3h54'22
31
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 4h03'10
32
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 4h04'58
33
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 4h21'43
34
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 4h23'59
Team:
Colombia needs to hope their riders have a better or only slightly worse time trial than their rivals.
Rank
Team
Time
1
Colombia
273h44'44
2
France
+ 2'27
3
Spain
+ 4'44
4
Netherlands
+ 8'36
5
Italy
+ 13'05
Spoiler
6
Great Britain
+ 32'56
7
Poland
+ 59'10
8
Russia
+ 1h02'07
9
Mixed Europe
+ 1h12'22
10
United States
+ 1h15'58
11
Australia
+ 1h34'09
12
Ireland
+ 1h49'30
13
Belgium
+ 1h57'02
14
Mixed Rest of World
+ 2h03'26
15
Slovenia
+ 2h12'52
16
Portugal
+ 2h19'52
17
Czech Republic
+ 2h54'28
18
Germany
+ 3h25'15
19
Switzerland
+ 3h27'32
20
Denmark
+ 4h22'07
21
Norway
+ 7h37'57
Combativity:
Out of the three who got away, he was present in both previous attempts, won every mountain sprint today and was by far the last to get caught: Andrew Talansky
Final words:
Spoiler
Unrealistic intermediate sprint bug again, might actually directly influence the result. But we might get an epic showdown at the Champs to decide the green jersey, the only classification still very close.
The jury will be deciding on the supercombativity award at the end of the Tour, but for this year they've added a public vote. Visit the link below to vote for your favourite. Here are the ten nominees!
The closing time trial takes place around Albi and is 54 kilometers long. There is a categorised hill in the middle but the specialists can eat their heart out today. Zabel is the first to start as he's last in the GC at 4 hours, 42 minutes and 39 seconds.
The fastest of the early starters is Boasson Hagen, providing an early benchmark at 1 hour, 23 minutes and 29 seconds.
Peter Sagan shows his multifunctionality. He beats the best time by nearly a minute and might even finish in the top fifteen of the day for some additional points for the points classification.
Prologue winner Küng can't make it a double, he's 46 seconds down, proving that the Slovakian has raced a great time trial.
Former champion of the world in this discipline, Tony Martin, would be expected to beat this time by quite a margin. However, at the first split he's one second slower. At the second split that gap increased to four seconds. In the end, seven seconds is the deficit for provisional second place.
Another former world champion, Vasil Kiryienka, does a lot better. He is already 18 seconds ahead at the first split and doubles that at the end. New best time: 1h21'52.
Castroviejo passed Foliforov on his run, but the extra slipstream doesn't bring him close to the best time. He's nearly a minute down.
Another outsider for the stage is Roglic, but we can cross out his name pretty quickly as well since he's 40 seconds down at the top of the climb.
Dennis also won't look back on this time trial with fondness, he's not even in the provisional top ten.
Finally a good time again, Kwiatkowski is only two seconds away at the first intermediate. He manages to turn it around to two seconds advantage at the finish line. New leader!
The man in the white jersey, Jungels, could lose ten minutes today and still win. He's provisional fifth, and will become the winner of the youth classification provided he doesn't crash in Paris.
A huge favourite for the stage win is Dumoulin. He's fifth in the GC and has the opportunity to pass Contador for fourth. His first two split times show he's well on his way to stage victory.
Chris Froome needs two minutes and a bit to win the race against all odds. He arrives at the first split with a time of 30 minutes and 42 seconds, just one second behind Dumoulin.
Right behind him the man in yellow, Vincenzo Nibali. He rides past this at 30 minutes and 52 seconds, losing 14 seconds to Froome. No worries as of yet.
Froome has caught sight of Quintana who has an absolute shocker! The second checkpoint tells us he's still only a second behind Dumoulin, however there are no bonus seconds in a TT.
Four seconds has Nibali lost between checkpoint one and two. Barring a mechanical failure, a crash or a sudden gust of wind, he'll have the race in his pocket.
As expected, Dumoulin takes the fastest time at the finish with a one hour, 21 minutes and 15 seconds, which is 34 seconds faster than Kwiatkowski.
Fighting for his fourth place, Contador rode a very strong time trial. He lost 18 seconds over 54 kilometers and that's enough to defend fourth, by 14 seconds. His time will even bring him third place of the day.
Quintana managed to barely stay ahead of a charging Froome. He can be satisfied with his performance since he's not the best against the clock, but he'll finish nineteenth today. His gap to those behind him was large enough to avoid a bit of loss, and his third place was never in question today.
One second at split one, one second at split two, two seconds at the finish. Froome will finish the race without a stage victory, and without the overall victory!
And so Nibali is the last to cross the line. He lost a bit more in the final kilometers, but 24 seconds down on Froome is enough to defend his yellow jersey, and it's good enough for fourth place today! The honours today go to Tom Dumoulin for winning the stage, and Vincenzo Nibali for securing the yellow jersey!
Classifications:
Stage:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
1h21'15
2
Chris Froome
Great Britain
+ 3
3
Alberto Contador
Spain
+ 19
4
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
+ 27
5
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
+ 35
6
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
+ 37
7
Richie Porte
Australia
+ 45
8
Julian Alaphilippe
France
+ 1'06
9
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
+ 1'16
10
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
+ 1'22
12
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
s.t.
13
Tony Martin
Germany
+ 1'24
14
Thibaut Pinot
France
+ 1'27
15
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
+ 1'31
16
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
+ 1'34
17
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
s.t.
18
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
+ 1'36
19
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
+ 1'39
20
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
+ 1'40
21
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
+ 1'42
22
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
+ 1'46
23
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
+ 1'48
24
Tony Gallopin
France
+ 1'49
25
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 1'51
26
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
+ 1'54
27
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
+ 1'58
28
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
+ 1'59
29
Romain Bardet
France
+ 2'00
30
Andrew Talansky
United States
+ 2'01
31
Rohan Dennis
Australia
+ 2'03
32
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
s.t.
33
Leopold König
Czech Republic
+ 2'05
34
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
+ 2'06
35
Diego Ulissi
Italy
+ 2'10
36
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
s.t.
37
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
+ 2'14
38
Fabio Felline
Italy
s.t.
39
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
+ 2'15
40
Rui Costa
Portugal
+ 2'19
41
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
+ 2'26
42
Adam Yates
Great Britain
+ 2'28
43
Mikel Landa
Spain
s.t.
44
Michael Matthews
Australia
+ 2'29
45
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
+ 2'32
46
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
+ 2'34
47
Simon Geschke
Germany
+ 2'40
48
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
+ 2'41
49
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
+ 2'42
50
Fabio Aru
Italy
+ 2'43
51
Daniel Martin
Ireland
+ 2'45
52
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
+ 2'48
53
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
+ 2'49
54
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
+ 2'50
55
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
s.t.
56
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
+ 2'52
57
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
+ 2'53
58
Brent Bookwalter
United States
+ 2'54
59
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
s.t.
60
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
+ 2'55
61
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
+ 2'57
62
Warren Barguil
France
+ 3'00
63
Wout Poels
Netherlands
s.t.
64
Lilian Calmejane
France
+ 3'07
65
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
+ 3'08
66
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
+ 3'11
67
Nikias Arndt
Germany
+ 3'12
68
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
s.t.
69
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
+ 3'15
70
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
+ 3'16
71
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
s.t.
72
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
+ 3'18
73
Rafał Majka
Poland
s.t.
74
Simon Yates
Great Britain
+ 3'20
75
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
s.t.
76
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
+ 3'21
77
Thomas Voeckler
France
+ 3'22
78
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 3'29
79
José Mendes
Portugal
+ 3'30
80
Tiago Machado
Portugal
s.t.
81
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
s.t.
82
Luke Durbridge
Australia
+ 3'33
83
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
s.t.
84
Yury Trofimov
Russia
+ 3'35
85
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
+ 3'37
86
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
+ 3'39
87
Michael Schär
Switzerland
+ 3'40
88
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 3'43
89
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
+ 3'46
90
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
+ 3'47
91
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
s.t.
92
Simon Gerrans
Australia
+ 3'55
93
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
s.t.
94
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 3'56
95
Winner Anacona
Colombia
+ 3'57
96
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 3'58
97
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
+ 4'01
98
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
s.t.
99
Diego Rosa
Italy
+ 4'02
100
José Gonçalves
Portugal
+ 4'03
101
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
+ 4'04
102
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
+ 4'05
103
Alex Howes
United States
+ 4'08
104
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
+ 4'18
105
Philip Deignan
Ireland
+ 4'19
106
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
+ 4'21
107
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
+ 4'23
108
John Degenkolb
Germany
+ 4'26
109
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
+ 4'27
110
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
+ 4'30
111
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
+ 4'35
112
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
+ 4'36
113
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
+ 4'37
114
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
+ 4'38
115
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
+ 4'39
116
Ian Boswell
United States
+ 4'40
117
Mikel Nieve
Spain
+ 4'41
118
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
+ 4'49
119
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
s.t.
120
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
s.t.
121
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
+ 4'53
122
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
s.t.
123
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
+ 4'59
124
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
+ 5'01
125
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
+ 5'02
126
André Greipel
Germany
+ 5'10
127
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
+ 5'12
128
Maciej Paterski
Poland
+ 5'13
129
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 5'14
130
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 5'17
131
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
132
Nathan Haas
Australia
+ 5'20
133
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
+ 5'21
134
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 5'24
135
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
+ 5'25
136
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
+ 5'28
137
Paweł Poljański
Poland
s.t.
138
Nacer Bouhanni
France
+ 5'29
139
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 5'33
140
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 5'34
141
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
s.t.
142
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
+ 5'42
143
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
+ 5'43
144
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 5'54
145
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
s.t.
146
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
+ 5'58
147
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
148
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
+ 6'03
149
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 6'09
150
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
+ 6'11
151
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 6'20
152
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 6'26
153
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
+ 6'56
General:
Providing no strange things happen in Paris: Vincenzo Nibali has won the Tour des Nations.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
92h53'48
2
Chris Froome
Great Britain
+ 2'11
3
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
+ 4'39
4
Alberto Contador
Spain
+ 6'55
5
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
+ 7'09
6
Richie Porte
Australia
+ 9'16
7
Thibaut Pinot
France
+ 10'04
8
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
+ 10'59
9
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
+ 12'42
10
Mikel Landa
Spain
+ 14'06
Spoiler
11
Daniel Martin
Ireland
+ 14'27
12
Warren Barguil
France
+ 14'56
13
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
+ 17'19
14
Fabio Aru
Italy
+ 18'06
15
Romain Bardet
France
+ 19'08
16
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
+ 19'44
17
Wout Poels
Netherlands
+ 20'39
18
Rafał Majka
Poland
+ 20'44
19
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
+ 21'07
20
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
+ 25'41
21
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
+ 26'11
22
Rui Costa
Portugal
+ 28'29
23
Mikel Nieve
Spain
+ 30'05
24
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
+ 30'22
25
Adam Yates
Great Britain
+ 30'57
26
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
+ 31'24
27
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
+ 32'45
28
Diego Rosa
Italy
+ 33'16
29
Julian Alaphilippe
France
+ 33'24
30
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
+ 34'20
31
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
+ 36'47
32
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
+ 38'33
33
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
+ 40'12
34
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
+ 46'36
35
Fabio Felline
Italy
+ 46'46
36
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 47'36
37
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 48'34
38
Tony Gallopin
France
+ 50'20
39
Diego Ulissi
Italy
+ 51'00
40
Yury Trofimov
Russia
+ 53'41
41
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
+ 54'34
42
Philip Deignan
Ireland
+ 57'28
43
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
+ 58'01
44
Lilian Calmejane
France
+ 1h00'18
45
Thomas Voeckler
France
+ 1h01'04
46
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
+ 1h02'16
47
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
+ 1h02'47
48
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
+ 1h02'48
49
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
+ 1h02'56
50
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
+ 1h03'37
51
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
+ 1h04'12
52
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
+ 1h06'21
53
Tiago Machado
Portugal
+ 1h06'27
54
Rohan Dennis
Australia
+ 1h06'57
55
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
+ 1h07'37
56
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
+ 1h07'40
57
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
+ 1h10'30
58
Andrew Talansky
United States
+ 1h11'12
59
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
+ 1h11'24
60
Simon Yates
Great Britain
+ 1h11'54
61
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
+ 1h12'00
62
Michael Matthews
Australia
+ 1h12'05
63
Leopold König
Czech Republic
+ 1h14'06
64
José Gonçalves
Portugal
+ 1h14'16
65
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
+ 1h14'38
66
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
+ 1h15'14
67
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
+ 1h17'13
68
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
+ 1h17'49
69
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
+ 1h18'28
70
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
+ 1h19'00
71
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
+ 1h20'30
72
Tony Martin
Germany
+ 1h22'38
73
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
+ 1h23'19
74
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
+ 1h25'04
75
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
+ 1h25'41
76
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
+ 1h26'13
77
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
+ 1h26'36
78
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
+ 1h28'53
79
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
+ 1h29'05
80
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
+ 1h30'41
81
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
+ 1h31'49
82
Brent Bookwalter
United States
+ 1h33'39
83
Simon Geschke
Germany
+ 1h33'50
84
Paweł Poljański
Poland
+ 1h36'03
85
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
+ 1h38'01
86
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
+ 1h38'30
87
José Mendes
Portugal
+ 1h38'43
88
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 1h39'25
89
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
+ 1h41'17
90
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
+ 1h41'51
91
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
+ 1h42'28
92
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
+ 1h49'07
93
Ian Boswell
United States
+ 1h53'11
94
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
+ 1h54'38
95
Nathan Haas
Australia
+ 1h56'19
96
Michael Schär
Switzerland
+ 1h58'21
97
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
+ 2h05'13
98
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 2h06'12
99
Winner Anacona
Colombia
+ 2h08'15
100
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
+ 2h09'31
101
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
+ 2h12'40
102
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
+ 2h13'18
103
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
+ 2h13'26
104
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
+ 2h13'56
105
Alex Howes
United States
+ 2h17'10
106
Maciej Paterski
Poland
+ 2h28'14
107
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
+ 2h30'48
108
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
+ 2h32'08
109
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
+ 2h37'23
110
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
+ 2h39'13
111
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
+ 2h46'41
112
Simon Gerrans
Australia
+ 2h50'41
113
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
+ 2h51'32
114
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
+ 2h53'58
115
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
+ 2h54'48
116
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
+ 2h58'48
117
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
+ 3h01'17
118
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
+ 3h08'38
119
John Degenkolb
Germany
+ 3h12'36
120
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
+ 3h16'15
121
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
+ 3h18'13
122
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
+ 3h22'05
123
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
+ 3h22'42
124
Luke Durbridge
Australia
+ 3h26'27
125
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
+ 3h26'31
126
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
+ 3h31'11
127
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
+ 3h34'33
128
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
+ 3h34'35
129
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
+ 3h36'11
130
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 3h36'24
131
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
+ 3h43'01
132
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 3h43'08
133
André Greipel
Germany
+ 3h48'58
134
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
+ 3h50'52
135
Nikias Arndt
Germany
+ 3h52'29
136
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 3h54'02
137
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
+ 3h55'13
138
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 3h57'21
139
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 3h57'59
140
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
+ 3h59'26
141
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
+ 4h00'09
142
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
+ 4h01'08
143
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
+ 4h06'53
144
Nacer Bouhanni
France
+ 4h13'40
145
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 4h14'47
146
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
+ 4h15'31
147
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
+ 4h16'22
148
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
+ 4h25'02
149
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 4h26'40
150
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
+ 4h27'09
151
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 4h28'25
152
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 4h45'50
153
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 4h47'36
Points:
A surprising TT for Peter Sagan puts him back in green.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
197
2
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
191
3
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
176
4
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
127
5
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
125
Spoiler
6
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
123
7
Chris Froome
Great Britain
117
8
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
110
9
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
108
10
André Greipel
Germany
105
11
Richie Porte
Australia
91
12
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
86
13
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
84
14
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
80
15
Mikel Landa
Spain
78
16
Tony Martin
Germany
77
17
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
74
18
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
72
19
José Gonçalves
Portugal
72
20
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
70
21
Nacer Bouhanni
France
69
22
Rui Costa
Portugal
68
23
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
68
24
Alberto Contador
Spain
67
25
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
65
26
Nathan Haas
Australia
64
27
Thibaut Pinot
France
63
28
Thomas Voeckler
France
62
29
Fabio Aru
Italy
62
30
Michael Valgren
Denmark
60
31
John Degenkolb
Germany
59
32
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
58
33
Lawson Craddock
United States
57
34
Philip Deignan
Ireland
57
35
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
56
36
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
56
37
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
54
38
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
53
39
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
51
40
Warren Barguil
France
49
41
Caleb Ewan
Australia
49
42
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
48
43
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
47
44
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
46
45
Yury Trofimov
Russia
45
46
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
45
47
Brent Bookwalter
United States
44
48
Michael Matthews
Australia
43
49
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
43
50
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
42
51
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
42
52
Daniel Martin
Ireland
41
53
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
41
54
Wout Poels
Netherlands
40
55
Julian Alaphilippe
France
38
56
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
37
57
Andrew Talansky
United States
37
58
Luke Durbridge
Australia
37
59
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
36
60
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
35
61
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
34
62
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
33
63
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
33
64
Tiago Machado
Portugal
32
65
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
32
66
Simon Geschke
Germany
32
67
Michael Schär
Switzerland
31
68
Simon Gerrans
Australia
31
69
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
31
70
Fabio Felline
Italy
30
71
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
30
72
Paweł Poljański
Poland
30
73
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
29
74
Nikias Arndt
Germany
28
75
Romain Bardet
France
27
76
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
26
77
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
25
78
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
25
79
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
25
80
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
24
81
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
24
82
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
23
83
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
21
84
Tony Gallopin
France
20
85
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
20
86
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
20
87
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
19
88
Diego Rosa
Italy
19
89
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
19
90
Rick Zabel
Germany
18
91
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
17
92
Maciej Paterski
Poland
17
93
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
17
94
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
16
95
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
16
96
Rafał Majka
Poland
15
97
Mikel Nieve
Spain
15
98
Rohan Dennis
Australia
15
99
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
13
100
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
13
101
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
13
102
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
13
103
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
12
104
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
12
105
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
11
106
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
11
107
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
10
108
Simon Yates
Great Britain
9
109
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
9
110
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
8
111
Adam Yates
Great Britain
8
112
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
8
113
Diego Ulissi
Italy
7
114
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
7
115
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
6
116
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
6
117
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
5
118
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
5
119
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
4
120
Lilian Calmejane
France
4
121
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
4
122
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
4
123
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
3
124
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
3
125
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
2
126
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
1
Mountains:
A point for the stage winner today, but this has long been settled for Mikel Landa.
Rank
Name
Team
Points
1
Mikel Landa
Spain
118
2
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
108
3
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
89
4
Chris Froome
Great Britain
82
5
Rui Costa
Portugal
73
Spoiler
6
Richie Porte
Australia
70
7
Lawson Craddock
United States
54
8
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
53
9
Tony Martin
Germany
46
10
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
42
11
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
40
12
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
34
13
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
32
14
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
29
15
Philip Deignan
Ireland
25
16
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
23
17
Alberto Contador
Spain
20
18
Michael Valgren
Denmark
19
19
Daniel Martin
Ireland
18
20
Romain Bardet
France
18
21
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
18
22
Yury Trofimov
Russia
17
23
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
17
24
Thibaut Pinot
France
16
25
Andrew Talansky
United States
16
26
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
15
27
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
15
28
Paweł Poljański
Poland
14
29
Warren Barguil
France
12
30
Wout Poels
Netherlands
12
31
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
12
32
Tiago Machado
Portugal
11
33
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
10
34
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
10
35
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
10
36
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
10
37
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
9
38
Rafał Majka
Poland
8
39
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
7
40
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
7
41
José Gonçalves
Portugal
7
42
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
7
43
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
7
44
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
6
45
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
6
46
Nathan Haas
Australia
6
47
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
4
48
Davide Formolo
Italy
4
49
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
3
50
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
3
51
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
3
52
Fabio Aru
Italy
2
53
Adam Yates
Great Britain
2
54
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
2
55
Diego Ulissi
Italy
2
56
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
2
57
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
2
58
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
2
59
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
1
60
Simon Yates
Great Britain
1
61
Michael Matthews
Australia
1
62
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
1
63
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
1
64
Simon Geschke
Germany
1
65
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
1
66
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
1
67
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
1
68
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
1
Young rider:
A big gap for Bob Jungels to the others of his generation.
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
93h13'32
2
Adam Yates
Great Britain
+ 11'13
3
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
+ 11'40
4
Julian Alaphilippe
France
+ 13'40
5
Marc Soler
Spain
+ 27'52
Spoiler
6
Lawson Craddock
United States
+ 28'50
7
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
+ 38'17
8
Lilian Calmejane
France
+ 40'34
9
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
+ 43'04
10
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
+ 46'37
11
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
+ 51'40
12
Simon Yates
Great Britain
+ 52'10
13
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
+ 1h06'29
14
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
+ 1h09'21
15
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
+ 1h18'17
16
Davide Formolo
Italy
+ 1h19'41
17
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
+ 1h21'33
18
Michael Valgren
Denmark
+ 1h46'28
19
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
+ 1h53'34
20
Petr Vakoc
Czech Republic
+ 2h58'29
21
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
+ 3h06'47
22
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
+ 3h16'40
23
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
+ 3h23'17
24
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
+ 3h23'24
25
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
+ 3h34'18
26
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
+ 3h37'37
27
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
+ 3h38'15
28
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
+ 3h40'25
29
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
+ 3h55'03
30
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
+ 3h56'38
31
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
+ 4h06'56
32
Caleb Ewan
Australia
+ 4h08'41
33
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
+ 4h26'06
34
Rick Zabel
Germany
+ 4h27'52
Team:
Colombia held on to the team classification.
Rank
Team
Time
1
Colombia
277h53'40
2
France
+ 1'38
3
Spain
+ 3'02
4
Netherlands
+ 6'56
5
Italy
+ 12'45
Spoiler
6
Great Britain
+ 30'52
7
Poland
+ 1h02'10
8
Russia
+ 1h05'54
9
Mixed Europe
+ 1h11'25
10
United States
+ 1h16'19
11
Australia
+ 1h34'15
12
Ireland
+ 1h54'04
13
Belgium
+ 1h59'19
14
Mixed Rest of World
+ 2h06'52
15
Slovenia
+ 2h15'58
16
Portugal
+ 2h22'28
17
Czech Republic
+ 2h57'17
18
Germany
+ 3h27'02
19
Switzerland
+ 3h30'35
20
Denmark
+ 4h25'43
21
Norway
+ 7h40'39
Combativity:
Not awarded
Final words:
Spoiler
This was quite an anticlimax. It was always going to be very difficult for Froome to win two minutes over Nibali but the latter was strong enough. Dumoulin v. Contador was the most interesting battle of the day. And Sagan with a nice surprise!
If you'd ask yourself, where did Nibali win the race, then there are two stages which stand out: stage five and stage twenty.
Let's take a look at stage five. Before this stage Nibali was only three seconds ahead of Froome thanks to a better prologue (which was already a blow to Froome, but not the end of the world). In this stage Froome was caught up in a crash and was even spotted on the ground himself, in pain. He lost nearly a minute on that stage, which could've been as much as three minutes but he was saved by liberal application of time gaps.
Can you spot Froome?
But is this crash the reason Froome lost the race? He did lose an additional 26 seconds on the first hilly stage, which could be attributed to the crash. But he seemed normal during the Alps and the Pyrenees, and even clawed back a bit of time during those. So we have to conclude no. Though it did attribute to Nibali's victory, it is not the exact reason why he won it.
Then there's stage twenty, with finish on the Tourmalet. Froome won back 25 seconds during the previous day in a rare moment of weakness from Nibali. The gap was 1'12 with a time trial still to come, so the race wasn't lost yet. It wasn't for a lack of trying, Froome attacked a lot during that stage, but maybe Nibali was smarter with his energy and managed to gain a lot of time on him in the end.
Where the race was definitely lost
So, maybe we should be looking at it from Nibali's side of things. He had a faster prologue, a better team time trial and was clearly better on hilly arrivals. Combined with the fact he limited his losses in the final time trial, two stage victories in yellow and a generally strong performance in the mountain stages, he probably would've won regardless of Froome's crash. He was the strongest rider of the race.
Then we have to consider Quintana, who was also marked as one of the big favourites. However, with his inferior time trialing ability he needed to make up time in the mountain stages, which he wasn't really able to do. He also couldn't benefit of his strong team. But the real blow to his GC aspirations came very early in the race. Stage two, the cobbled stage with a lot of crashes. We haven't seen Quintana in a crash and we have no reason to believe he was held up by one, but still he lost two minutes to both Nibali and Froome.
In conclusion, we should say Nibali won this race, rather than Froome and Quintana lost this race. He was the strongest of the race, and although he had some weaknesses and some time losses, the opposition wasn't really strong enough to get rid of him.
This is it, we've made it to the end! Paris. Only a few kilometers left and some laps over the Champs-Élysées and then it's time for champagne, parties and some decent sleep.
Traditionally there's no morning breakaway on the final stage but this year the riders have decided not to adhere this. This resulted in the following breakaway: Bookwalter, Dillier, Foliforov, Gilbert, Guerreiro, Haas, Kiryienka, König, Lopez, Paterski, Roche, Tratnik, Valgren and Woods. Gilbert takes the only remaining mountain point.
Fourteen men in the breakaway means fifteenth and one point is still available at the intermediate, and so we have an actual race for it. Sagan extends his margin in the points classification to seven. His rival Kristoff has to either win or finish second and he's guaranteed, and needs at least top ten if Sagan finishes outside the top fifteen, and a lot of scenarios in between.
A tradition we do follow this year is the ceremonial entrance of the Champs-Élysées. The first rider from the peloton to enter is John Journalist, an anonymous reported who managed to ride this entire race as well. Kudos!
Once he got out of the way the pace was increased again, and with 20 kilometer to go the fourteen lead by 90 seconds. The first sprint trains are being formed.
One straightaway later and the gap is under a minute, surely they won't make it. Germany and Norway lead the peloton.
But the breakaway doesn't give up without a fight. We can see Gilbert, Kiryienka, Roche and Woods accelerating.
Scratch that, Bookwalter, Guerreiro, König, Paterski and Roche are the first five. Then a small gap to Gilbert and Woods, and then the peloton with the other members of the breakaway caught.
Sagan is positioned a bit further back than Kristoff at the moment, mostly due to the fact he doesn't have any teammates left. His rival does have a sprint train, and it's unlikely they'll let Sagan ride in their wheel. Nibali also very much near the front, as if he's afraid to crash. The seven leaders are still away with eight kilometers to go.
The sprinters can thank Bystrøm and Martin for pulling back the breakaway. Can we finally go towards the sprint?
No we can't, Dylan van Baarle throws a spanner in the works. Dennis, Elmiger, Saramotins and Vanmarcke are on his wheel. Will we see another surprise?
I never thought I would say this phrase in my life but here we go: Aleksejs Saramotins is leading out of the final corner at the Champs-Élysées! On the right side of the road is a German train with Arndt-Degenkolb-Greipel, who have failed so many times over the past stages. On the left Norway with Enger-Boasson Hagen-Kristoff. In the middle Sagan appears to be led out by Mezgec in a Slovakia/Slovenia alliance.
Saramotins is caught, but applause for the effort. Vanmarcke is still there but the sprinters have far more pace. Mezgec lapsed onto the German train while Sagan chose to sit behind Kristoff, and they're not happy with that but they have to continue. Gaviria and Groenewegen also in a good position.
We have a malfunction in Norway's train! Boasson Hagen launched his sprint way too early and Kristoff was not ready, Sagan now finds himself ahead. Enger is trying to bring Kristoff back to pace. At this moment it looks like a battle between Greipel and Mezgec.
Boasson Hagen has a lot of stamina but he's beginning to fade away. Degenkolb launched Greipel and leaves Mezgec far, far behind. Sagan is coming strong from behind and Kristoff has found his momentum. Remember he has to beat Sagan to win the green jersey.
The battle for the stage victory will be one between Greipel and Sagan. It could save the race for Germany, who have been mocked throughout this race for their dysfunctional sprint preparations. Sagan doesn't need to win to bag the green jersey, as long as Kristoff doesn't overtake him during the final 200 meters.
André Greipel saves the race, and wins on the Champs-Élysées! Peter Sagan takes second place and the green jersey! Gaviria, KristoffGroenewegen, Degenkolb, Mezgec, Colbrelli, Enger and Boasson Hagen complete the top ten.
Vincenzo Nibali participated in the sprint for the heck of it, and even finished thirteenth. And it secures him the yellow jersey, the overall victory in the Tour des Nations!
Classifications:
Stage:
Rank
Name
Team
Time
1
André Greipel
Germany
3h07'22
2
Peter Sagan
Slovakia
s.t.
3
Fernando Gaviria
Colombia
s.t.
4
Alexander Kristoff
Norway
s.t.
5
Dylan Groenewegen
Netherlands
s.t.
6
John Degenkolb
Germany
s.t.
7
Luka Mezgec
Slovenia
s.t.
8
Sonny Colbrelli
Italy
s.t.
9
Sondre Holst Enger
Norway
s.t.
10
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Norway
s.t.
Spoiler
11
Fabio Felline
Italy
s.t.
12
Alexey Lutsenko
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
13
Vincenzo Nibali
Italy
s.t.
14
Magnus Cort Nielsen
Denmark
s.t.
15
Caleb Ewan
Australia
s.t.
16
Nacer Bouhanni
France
s.t.
17
Tiesj Benoot
Belgium
s.t.
18
Sep Vanmarcke
Belgium
s.t.
19
Tom Dumoulin
Netherlands
s.t.
20
Nikias Arndt
Germany
s.t.
21
Julian Alaphilippe
France
s.t.
22
Jens Keukeleire
Belgium
s.t.
23
Michael Albasini
Switzerland
s.t.
24
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
25
Lilian Calmejane
France
s.t.
26
Steven Kruijswijk
Netherlands
s.t.
27
Daniel Martin
Ireland
s.t.
28
Dylan Van Baarle
Netherlands
s.t.
29
Rohan Dennis
Australia
s.t.
30
Lars Ytting Bak
Denmark
s.t.
31
Thibaut Pinot
France
s.t.
32
Ilnur Zakarin
Russia
s.t.
33
Aleksejs Saramotins
Mixed Europe
s.t.
34
Warren Barguil
France
s.t.
35
Tony Martin
Germany
s.t.
36
Martin Elmiger
Switzerland
s.t.
37
Rigoberto Urán
Colombia
s.t.
38
Rui Costa
Portugal
s.t.
39
Oliver Naesen
Belgium
s.t.
40
Mikel Landa
Spain
s.t.
41
Luke Durbridge
Australia
s.t.
42
Jakob Fuglsang
Denmark
s.t.
43
Nelson Oliveira
Portugal
s.t.
44
Yury Trofimov
Russia
s.t.
45
Jonathan Castroviejo
Spain
s.t.
46
Ramunas Navardauskas
Mixed Europe
s.t.
47
José Joaquín Rojas
Spain
s.t.
48
Miguel Angel Lopez
Colombia
s.t.
49
Maciej Paterski
Poland
s.t.
50
Nairo Quintana
Colombia
s.t.
51
Thomas De Gendt
Belgium
s.t.
52
Rafał Majka
Poland
s.t.
53
Alberto Contador
Spain
s.t.
54
Eduard-Michael Grosu
Mixed Europe
s.t.
55
Christopher Juul-Jensen
Denmark
s.t.
56
Philip Deignan
Ireland
s.t.
57
Nathan Haas
Australia
s.t.
58
Romain Bardet
France
s.t.
59
Ruben Guerreiro
Portugal
s.t.
60
Leopold König
Czech Republic
s.t.
61
Michael Mørkøv
Denmark
s.t.
62
Simon Geschke
Germany
s.t.
63
Primož Roglič
Slovenia
s.t.
64
Odd Christian Eiking
Norway
s.t.
65
Silvan Dillier
Switzerland
s.t.
66
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Norway
s.t.
67
Vegard Stake Laengen
Norway
s.t.
68
Jarlinson Pantano
Colombia
s.t.
69
Rick Zabel
Germany
s.t.
70
Thomas Voeckler
France
s.t.
71
Jan Tratnik
Slovenia
s.t.
72
Michael Matthews
Australia
s.t.
73
Stefan Küng
Switzerland
s.t.
74
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Norway
s.t.
75
Emanuel Buchmann
Germany
s.t.
76
Niki Terpstra
Netherlands
s.t.
77
Nicolas Roche
Ireland
s.t.
78
Michael Valgren
Denmark
s.t.
79
Przemysław Niemiec
Poland
s.t.
80
Diego Ulissi
Italy
s.t.
81
Tony Gallopin
France
s.t.
82
Simon Gerrans
Australia
s.t.
83
Andrew Talansky
United States
s.t.
84
Mads Würtz Schmidt
Denmark
s.t.
85
Richie Porte
Australia
s.t.
86
Adam Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
87
Serge Pauwels
Belgium
s.t.
88
Tejay Van Garderen
United States
s.t.
89
Davide Formolo
Italy
s.t.
90
Ian Boswell
United States
s.t.
91
Danilo Wyss
Switzerland
s.t.
92
Alexander Foliforov
Russia
s.t.
93
Geraint Thomas
Great Britain
s.t.
94
José Gonçalves
Portugal
s.t.
95
John Darwin Atapuma
Colombia
s.t.
96
Sergey Chernetskiy
Russia
s.t.
97
Reto Hollenstein
Switzerland
s.t.
98
Petr Vakoč
Czech Republic
s.t.
99
Chris Froome
Great Britain
s.t.
100
Zdenek Stybar
Czech Republic
s.t.
101
Brent Bookwalter
United States
s.t.
102
Alejandro Valverde
Spain
s.t.
103
George Bennett
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
104
Michael Schär
Switzerland
s.t.
105
Michael Woods
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
106
Yukiya Arashiro
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
107
Tanel Kangert
Mixed Europe
s.t.
108
Michał Kwiatkowski
Poland
s.t.
109
Bob Jungels
Mixed Europe
s.t.
110
Vasil Kiryienka
Mixed Europe
s.t.
111
Jan Polanc
Slovenia
s.t.
112
Jan Bakelants
Belgium
s.t.
113
Mathias Frank
Switzerland
s.t.
114
Marc Soler
Spain
s.t.
115
Alex Howes
United States
s.t.
116
Lawson Craddock
United States
s.t.
117
Søren Kragh Andersen
Denmark
s.t.
118
Merhawi Kudus
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
119
Joseph Dombrowski
United States
s.t.
120
Louis Meintjes
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
121
Philippe Gilbert
Belgium
s.t.
122
Tsgabu Grmay
Mixed Rest of World
s.t.
123
Ian Stannard
Great Britain
s.t.
124
Luke Rowe
Great Britain
s.t.
125
Simon Spilak
Slovenia
s.t.
126
Matej Mohoric
Slovenia
s.t.
127
Simon Yates
Great Britain
s.t.
128
Mikel Nieve
Spain
s.t.
129
Jan Barta
Czech Republic
s.t.
130
Bauke Mollema
Netherlands
s.t.
131
Paweł Poljański
Poland
s.t.
132
Amaro Manuel Antunes
Portugal
s.t.
133
Diego Rosa
Italy
s.t.
134
Fabio Aru
Italy
s.t.
135
Robert Gesink
Netherlands
s.t.
136
Jóni Brandão
Portugal
s.t.
137
José Mendes
Portugal
s.t.
138
Tiago Machado
Portugal
s.t.
139
Sérgio Luis Henao
Colombia
s.t.
140
Stephen Cummings
Great Britain
s.t.
141
Peter Kennaugh
Great Britain
s.t.
142
Jan Hirt
Czech Republic
s.t.
143
Wout Poels
Netherlands
s.t.
144
Matvei Mamykin
Russia
s.t.
145
Esteban Chaves
Colombia
s.t.
146
Domenico Pozzovivo
Italy
s.t.
147
Patrick Konrad
Mixed Europe
s.t.
148
Robert Kiserlovski
Mixed Europe
s.t.
149
Tobias Ludvigsson
Mixed Europe
s.t.
150
Paweł Cieślik
Poland
s.t.
151
Ondrej Cink
Czech Republic
s.t.
152
Rui Vinhas
Portugal
s.t.
153
Winner Anacona
Colombia
+ 2'08
Combativity:
Not awarded
Final words:
Spoiler
I originally didn't want to report the breakaway before the Champs-Élysées for realism sake, but then I realised the intermediate sprint was before that and there were points available for the Sagan/Kristoff battle. Which also kinda spoiled my plan of letting the control rider take the credit of entering Paris first but I thought what the hell, he deserved a bit of attention (but not as much as Peraud in my two rider story, which kinda got out of hand).
For the points and mountains classification I applied the official ordening from the Tour rather than PCM's standard "sorted by GC", I haven't done this for the previous stages. The combativity is based on your votes with all non-votees getting joint third.
Q: Congratulations, what is going through your mind right now? A: I'm really happy. I want to thank my teammates, the management, the fans, my family, everyone back in Italy. Amazing victory, just amazing. I have no words.
Chris Froome
Q: Second place, did you use doping to aid your performance? A: I still won't answer your questions.
Nairo Quintana
Q: On the podium, satisfied? A: I came here to win, so I'm a bit disappoined but there were two riders stronger than me. Congratulations to them, and I'd like to thank everyone who supported me througout the race.
Alberto Contador
Q: Rumours are you're ending your career here. Is that true? A: I'm quitting after the Vuelta, a race I consider more important than this. It's nice to finish fourth but I didn't really like the race.
Tom Dumoulin
Q: Fifth place and a stage win. Do you consider this race a success? A: Yes, definitely. Shame to lose out on fourth by just a few seconds but overall I can be happy.
Peter Sagan
Q: The points classification was closer than previous races. How happy are you? A: I'm very happy. Kristoff good rider. Sprints here tough. Tough field. Very happy. Congrats Nibs, buddy, good victory. Froomey, sorry man. Yeah, great race. Thank you.
André Greipel
Q: Finally a stage victory. Could you have achieved this had Kittel not withdrawn? A: The manager kept going back on Marcel (Kittel, red.) while I was much stronger. The reason we failed in the beginning was Marcel's arrogance. But here everything worked, many thanks to Nikias (Arndt, red.) and John (Degenkolb, red.) who really helped me today. And thanks to everyone who supported me, the fans, friends and family. I never gave up, this is so beatiful.
Alexander Kristoff
Q: What happened there in the train? A: Eddy (Boasson Hagen, red.) went way too early and that caught me off guard. Luckily Sondre {Enger, red.) had enough strength left to pull me back into speed, but yeah very weird. I'll have to talk to him about that. I could've won today, and I could've won green. Really disappointed.
Mikel Landa
Q: Two stage wins, polka dots and the combativity award, which one is the most important to you? A: They're all of great importance to me, but if I have to choose then the combativity. It was voted by the fans and that's the most important thing to me. Without them we're nothing. Thanks to everyone who voted for me, followed and supported me and I hope to be back next time.
Bob Jungels
Q: Best youngster of the race by ten minutes. Did you expect more competition? A: Don't forget Meintjes crashed, else it would've been two or three minutes. Yeah I felt really strong this race and this victory doesn't come as a surprise to me. The opposition wasn't strong enough, I was too good for them.
And that's a wrap! I wanted to be done before 2018 and I've done that with four hours to spare here. I would like to thank everyone who followed my story, and I'll see you around. Maybe I will write a new story in due time, but that depends on a lot of things.
Awesome job mate! The whole Tour was entertaining to watch and you really deserve a party out night tonight
I'm sure to be following if you do keep on with these great stories.. First one i followed and it surprised me. Good luck!
Yep, well done, mate, all round an excellent story, writing, screenshots, summaries, analysis, interviews. Also pretty realistic simulation, Froome was on the back foot after his crash, he knew he couldn't make up enough time in the late ITT so he had to try and attack but failed. My ICL riders Fuglsang (despite crash) and Poels 13th and 17th, pretty good.
Quintana wins today he'll be tied with 
Landa.
Elmiger, 
Mohoric and 
Talansky form the definitive breakaway after some earlier attempts did not get approved.
France who were leading the peloton at the time. 
Kristoff still leads by one point.
Meintjes, who is second in the youth classification at two minutes from 
Jungels. Another jersey we can call decided now.
Porte. It also shows that Talansky's lead wasn't enough and he is about to be caught. He wins the combativité award for his effort, and rightfully so.
Nibali looks upon it from the front of the peloton.
Froome was badly placed and missed the attack.
D. Martin fourth, Froome fifth, Pinot sixth, 
Zakarin seventh, 
WARREN BARGUIL
Zabel is the first to start as he's last in the GC at 4 hours, 42 minutes and 39 seconds.
Peter Sagan shows his multifunctionality. He beats the best time by nearly a minute and might even finish in the top fifteen of the day for some additional points for the points classification.
Vasil Kiryienka, does a lot better. He is already 18 seconds ahead at the first split and doubles that at the end. New best time: 1h21'52.
Kwiatkowski is only two seconds away at the first intermediate. He manages to turn it around to two seconds advantage at the finish line. New leader!
Dumoulin. He's fifth in the GC and has the opportunity to pass 
Gilbert, 
Guerreiro, 
König, 
Valgren and 
Woods. Gilbert takes the only remaining mountain point.
John Journalist, an anonymous reported who managed to ride this entire race as well. Kudos!
Saramotins and 
