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[Story] Tour des Nations
Marcovdw
@Tamijo - Thanks, I thought it'd be nice to include some mixed teams instead of a team with one decent rider and a few fillers. I believe Austria and Luxembourg would've been the other two teams included in that case, but then we'd miss out on many other good riders.
@sutty68 - Geraint started just after the "weather change", so he was one of the first to be hindered by that I think. Frown

Edited by Marcovdw on 05-12-2017 17:29
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STAGE 2

Profile:
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Race:

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The second stage takes us from Brussels through Belgium to northern France, with the finish on the legendary Vélodrome de Roubaix. The highlight of the race are the five cobbled sections at the end, coincidentally also the final five sections from Paris - Roubaix, with as standout Carrefour de l'Arbre. Luckily for the riders, unfortunately for the fans, the weather forecast says it will remain dry. We don't know what this stage has in store for us. Can the favourites go all out or do they have to stick to their climbers and guide them over the pavée. Or can a strong breakaway be the key to success. Stick around to find out!

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As the flag is dropped and the comissionaries' car hasn't been able to accelerate yet, we have the first attacker of the race! His name is Vyacheslav Kuznetsov. His first attempt together with a few other riders was reeled in by the peloton because it was consider too big and too dangerous.

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Eventually, after a long range of attacks, they settled on a breakaway of 11 riders, with some pretty interesting names. Here's the rundown in order of GC position: Bodnar (fifth at three seconds), Navardauskas, Durbridge, Stybar, Božic, Van Baarle, Breschel, Carpenter, Richeze, Naesen and Rojas. Just over a minute behind this group are three more riders who try to bridge the gap: Baska, Guerreiro and the instigator Kuznetsov. The peloton is at six minutes.

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The work in the peloton is mainly done by Switzerland for Küng. They get sporadic help from Great Britain, Italy and Belgium (despite having Naesen in the break).

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Midway through the race, well before the first cobbles, Niki Terpstra attacks and is followed by Nicolas Roche. I don't know about their intent but this it's a long way out. We haven't even reached the first cobblestone section yet.

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The first mountain sprint goes to Richeze, who is now also the virtual leader in said classification. The three chasers still haven't caught up to the front group, 50 seconds back now. The peloton is at 4'30 with the two confused musketeers not far ahead of them.

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The Swiss train had caught up to Roche/Terpstra again, but not even one kilometer later they both attack again. Waste of energy or a clever strategy none of us can see? Clearly the other teams are very confused and start chasing them down again.

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Stybar takes the second and final mountain sprint, without Richeze's involvement. Whoever is higher in the standings at the end of the day will lead the mountain classification. The three chasers and the two chasers-chasers have been caught again. Two riders did attack from the peloton at the moment they were caught, can you guess who? One starts with a R and the other with a T.

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E1 has mostly been reeled in before the first cobble section, as are our two constant attackers, virtue to the strong pace of Switzerland. Only Navardauskas, Rojas and Stybar remain ahead. Oh, and Terpstra is chasing them down. Apparently Roche has come to his senses.

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We enter the first cobbles section, Camphin-en-Pévèle, with three leaders a minute ahead of the peloton. Yes, Terpstra has been caught again. Will the specialists charge to the front, and are the climbers awake?

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Total chaos on Carrefour de l'Arbre! Stybar is alone ahead, having left his two compagnions behind. They were swallowed by a small group of around 25 riders including yellow jersey Küng, but also people like Chris Froome and Vincenzo Nibali as GC favourites, and John Degenkolb and Sep Vanmarcke as possible stage favourites. A lot of GC riders have missed this cut and are making their way through the field.

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Willems à Hem, the second-a-last cobbled section. Stybar still ahead of a small group, thinned out to 14. In the next group we can see amongst others Bardet and Fuglsang. People who have been sighted in one of the last groups are Adam and Simon Yates, Thomas, Mollema and Chaves. They will have an early blow to their GC aspirations.

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Out on the final sector. Still in the lead is Stybar but he's being chased down by Vanmarcke who has attacked from the group behind. Degenkolb, Nibali, Terpstra are just a few meters behind him and also André Greipel is nearby if it comes down to a sprint. Froome and Küng are in the next group in picture. The exact situation behind is not clear, and we will have to wait to the velodrome to see the full damage of today's stage.

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The bell for the final lap around the velodrome an Vanmarcke has caught up to the back of Stybar who has to start his sprint!

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But we switch to a horrible shot just outside the velodrome, at the entrance of the Espace Crupelandt, where a mass crash has occured. Surely over 50 riders are involved, some come away with minor to no injury but we can see some riders who need medical attention and will likely be out of the race already. Notable riders involved are: Martin, Jungels, Barguil, Poels, Kruijswijk, Van Avermaet, Landa, Bennett, Dennis and the list just goes on. And these are just the people we have seen on the ground, not even those who had to take evasive action let alone be stuck behind this crash.

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We switch back just in time to see Sep Vanmarcke overtake Stybar and take the stage victory on the velodrome! Don't pay attention to Gilbert who is a lap down, but he can already celebrate his teammates victory for the final lap.

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Degenkolb comfortably sprints to a third place ahead of Greipel and Felline. Other important names in this group are Bardet, Froome and Nibali. Küng is here as well but he will lose the jersey as the gap is too big to defend yellow.

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The next group contains Dumoulin and Uran who both avoided the crash, but lose 1'30 to the group ahead. An extra minute loss for Contador and Valverde, Quintana. Add in another minute for Pinot, Aru, Porte and Zakarin. For your favourite rider we will refer to the full stage results.

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Here a shot of the five riders who are taken away by ambulance and won't continue the race. They are: Stephen Clancy, David De La Cruz, Wilco Kelderman and two Czechs, Roman Kreuziger and Michal Schlegel. We wish them a speedy recovery!

Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Sep VanmarckeBelgium4h41'33
2Zdenek StybarCzech Republics.t.
3John DegenkolbGermany+ 1'52
4André GreipelGermanys.t.
5Fabio FellineItalys.t.
6Edvald Boasson HagenNorways.t.
7Ian StannardGreat Britains.t.
8Tony MartinGermanys.t.
9Vincenzo NibaliItalys.t.
10Taylor PhinneyUnited Statess.t.

Spoiler
11Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
12Michael MatthewsAustralias.t.
13Jakob FuglsangDenmarks.t.
14Łukasz WiśniowskiPolands.t.
15Niki TerpstraNetherlandss.t.
16Chris FroomeGreat Britains.t.
17Lars Ytting BakDenmarks.t.
18Stefan KüngSwitzerlands.t.
19Martin ElmigerSwitzerlands.t.
20Matti BreschelDenmarks.t.
21Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
22Maciej BodnarPolands.t.
23Romain BardetFrances.t.
24Michael SchärSwitzerlands.t.
25Nikias ArndtGermany+ 3'23
26Tom DumoulinNetherlandss.t.
27Thomas De GendtBelgiums.t.
28Nacer BouhanniFrances.t.
29Philippe GilbertBelgiums.t.
30Robert GesinkNetherlandss.t.
31Rigoberto UránColombias.t.
32Michael AlbasiniSwitzerlands.t.
33Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 4'15
34Alexander KristoffNorways.t.
35Fernando GaviriaColombias.t.
36Bob JungelsMixed Europes.t.
37Peter SaganSlovakias.t.
38Mark CavendishGreat Britains.t.
39Arnaud DémareFrances.t.
40Giacomo NizzoloItalys.t.
41Mathew HaymanAustralias.t.
42Oliver NaesenBelgiums.t.
43Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europes.t.
44Michael ValgrenDenmarks.t.
45Alejandro ValverdeSpains.t.
46Andrey AmadorMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
47Ion IzagirreSpains.t.
48Alberto ContadorSpains.t.
49Daniel MartinIrelands.t.
50Magnus Cort NielsenDenmarks.t.
51Thomas VoecklerFrances.t.
52Nairo QuintanaColombias.t.
53Sven Erik BystrømNorways.t.
54Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 5'32
55Marcel KittelGermanys.t.
56Thibaut PinotFrances.t.
57Juraj SaganSlovakias.t.
58Fabio AruItalys.t.
59Richie PorteAustralias.t.
60Ilnur ZakarinRussias.t.
61Matthew BrammeierIrelands.t.
62Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
63Silvan DillierSwitzerlands.t.
64Nicolas RocheIrelands.t.
65Tejay Van GarderenUnited Statess.t.
66Michał KwiatkowskiPolands.t.
67Dylan GroenewegenNetherlandss.t.
68Nathan HaasAustralias.t.
69Lilian CalmejaneFrances.t.
70Tony GallopinFrances.t.
71Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
72Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
73Diego RosaItalys.t.
74Alexander PorsevRussias.t.
75Michał GołaśPolands.t.
76Simon SpilakSlovenias.t.
77Sam BennettIrelands.t.
78Rafał MajkaPolands.t.
79Truls KorsaethNorways.t.
80Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
81Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
82Marko KumpSlovenias.t.
83Simon GeschkeGermanys.t.
84Miguel Angel LopezColombias.t.
85Bauke MollemaNetherlandss.t.
86Lars Petter NordhaugNorways.t.
87Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussias.t.
88Erik BaskaSlovakias.t.
89Warren BarguilFrance+ 7'27
90Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europes.t.
91Tiesj BenootBelgiums.t.
92Jens KeukeleireBelgiums.t.
93Geraint ThomasGreat Britains.t.
94Sondre Holst EngerNorways.t.
95Dylan Van BaarleNetherlandss.t.
96Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europes.t.
97Borut BožicSlovenias.t.
98Matej MohoricSlovenias.t.
99Emanuel BuchmannGermanys.t.
100Reto HollensteinSwitzerlands.t.
101Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 8'15
102Greg Van AvermaetBelgiums.t.
103Jonathan CastroviejoSpains.t.
104José Joaquín RojasSpains.t.
105Julian AlaphilippeFrances.t.
106Wout PoelsNetherlandss.t.
107Michael MørkøvDenmarks.t.
108Jan BartaCzech Republics.t.
109Jan HirtCzech Republics.t.
110Caleb EwanAustralias.t.
111Rick ZabelGermanys.t.
112Søren Kragh AndersenDenmarks.t.
113Rui CostaPortugals.t.
114Juraj BellanSlovakias.t.
115Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
116Yury TrofimovRussias.t.
117Winner AnaconaColombias.t.
118Diego UlissiItalys.t.
119Mikel NieveSpains.t.
120Mikel LandaSpains.t.
121Michael KolarSlovakias.t.
122Danilo WyssSwitzerlands.t.
123Marc SolerSpains.t.
124Roman MaikinRussia+ 9'18
125Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
126Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europes.t.
127Steven KruijswijkNetherlandss.t.
128George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
129Jan TratnikSlovenias.t.
130Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
131Sérgio Luis HenaoColombias.t.
132Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
133Sébastien ReichenbachSwitzerlands.t.
134Stephen CummingsGreat Britains.t.
135Leopold KönigCzech Republics.t.
136Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
137Domenico PozzovivoItalys.t.
138Adam HansenAustralias.t.
139Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
140Serge PauwelsBelgiums.t.
141John Darwin AtapumaColombias.t.
142Matej MugerliSlovenias.t.
143Simon GerransAustralias.t.
144Rui VinhasPortugals.t.
145Peter KennaughGreat Britains.t.
146Mathias FrankSwitzerlands.t.
147Kristoffer HalvorsenNorways.t.
148José MendesPortugals.t.
149Nelson OliveiraPortugals.t.
150Martin HaringSlovakias.t.
151Phil BauhausGermanys.t.
152Patrik TyborSlovakias.t.
153Paweł CieślikPolands.t.
154Sergey ChernetskiyRussias.t.
155José GonçalvesPortugals.t.
156Marek CaneckySlovakias.t.
157Jan BakelantsBelgiums.t.
158Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
159Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
160Edward DunbarIrelands.t.
161Esteban ChavesColombias.t.
162Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
163Jarlinson PantanoColombia+ 10'37
164Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
165Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 11'18
166Davide FormoloItalys.t.
167Tiago MachadoPortugals.t.
168Ian BoswellUnited Statess.t.
169Rohan DennisAustralias.t.
170Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
171Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europes.t.
172Brent BookwalterUnited Statess.t.
173Paweł PoljańskiPolands.t.
174Lawson CraddockUnited Statess.t.
175Joseph DombrowskiUnited Statess.t.
176Petr VakočCzech Republics.t.
177Patrick KonradMixed Europes.t.
178Alois KankovskyCzech Republics.t.
179Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
180Maciej PaterskiPolands.t.
181Philip DeignanIrelands.t.
182Conor DunneIrelands.t.
183Michael WoodsMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
184Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
185Alex HowesUnited Statess.t.
186Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
187Alexander FoliforovRussias.t.
188Ryan MullenIrelands.t.
189Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugals.t.
190Martin VelitsSlovakias.t.
191Matvei MamykinRussias.t.
192Sergey ShilovRussias.t.
193Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 13'40
DNFStephen ClancyIreland
DNFDavid De La CruzSpain
DNFWilco KeldermanNetherlands
DNFRoman KreuzigerCzech Republic
DNFMichal SchlegelCzech Republic

General:

Zdenek Stybar was five seconds faster on stage 1. Vanmarcke gained back four bonus seconds, which means the Czech is the new race leader by one second.
RankNameTeamTime
1Zdenek StybarCzech Republic4h52'35
2Sep VanmarckeBelgium+ 1
3Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 1'40
4Taylor PhinneyUnited States+ 1'42
5Maciej BodnarPoland+ 1'43
6Tony MartinGermany+ 1'45
7Niki TerpstraNetherlands+ 1'47
8John DegenkolbGermany+ 1'49
9Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
10Ian StannardGreat Britain+ 1'53

Spoiler
11Fabio FellineItalys.t.
12Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 1'55
13Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 1'56
14Edvald Boasson HagenNorway+ 1'57
15Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 1'58
16Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 2'02
17Vincenzo NibaliItaly+ 2'04
18Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 2'05
19Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 2'07
20Łukasz WiśniowskiPoland+ 2'09
21Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
22Matti BreschelDenmarks.t.
23André GreipelGermany+ 2'11
24Romain BardetFrance+ 2'15
25Nikias ArndtGermany+ 3'15
26Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 3'22
27Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 3'26
28Michael AlbasiniSwitzerlands.t.
29Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 3'28
30Thomas De GendtBelgium+ 3'33
31Rigoberto UránColombia+ 3'35
32Nacer BouhanniFrance+ 3'40
33Ion IzagirreSpain+ 4'08
34Andrey AmadorMixed Rest of World+ 4'09
35Alexander KristoffNorway+ 4'10
36Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 4'17
37Arnaud DémareFrance+ 4'18
38Alberto ContadorSpains.t.
39Giacomo NizzoloItaly+ 4'19
40Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 4'24
41Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 4'25
42Peter SaganSlovakia+ 4'26
43Sven Erik BystrømNorways.t.
44Mathew HaymanAustralia+ 4'29
45Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe+ 4'30
46Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 4'31
47Magnus Cort NielsenDenmarks.t.
48Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 4'33
49Nairo QuintanaColombia+ 4'34
50Mark CavendishGreat Britain+ 4'38
51Thomas VoecklerFrance+ 4'39
52Daniel MartinIreland+ 4'41
53Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 4'43
54Marcel KittelGermany+ 5'23
55Simon GeschkeGermany+ 5'30
56Thibaut PinotFrance+ 5'32
57Simon SpilakSlovenia+ 5'33
58Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 5'35
59Michał KwiatkowskiPolands.t.
60Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 5'37
61Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
62Nathan HaasAustralia+ 5'38
63Diego RosaItalys.t.
64Tejay Van GarderenUnited States+ 5'39
65Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
66Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
67Rafał MajkaPoland+ 5'40
68Richie PorteAustralia+ 5'43
69Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 5'44
70Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 5'45
71Tony GallopinFrances.t.
72Fabio AruItaly+ 5'46
73Nicolas RocheIrelands.t.
74Bauke MollemaNetherlands+ 5'48
75Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 5'49
76Juraj SaganSlovakia+ 5'50
77Sam BennettIrelands.t.
78Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussias.t.
79Marko KumpSlovenia+ 5'52
80Matthew BrammeierIreland+ 5'54
81Alexander PorsevRussias.t.
82Erik BaskaSlovakias.t.
83Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World+ 5'56
84Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 5'58
85Michał GołaśPolands.t.
86Lars Petter NordhaugNorways.t.
87Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 5'59
88Truls KorsaethNorway+ 6'06
89Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe+ 7'22
90Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 7'27
91Warren BarguilFrance+ 7'31
92Jens KeukeleireBelgium+ 7'37
93Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 7'38
94Borut BožicSlovenia+ 7'39
95Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 7'40
96Dylan Van BaarleNetherlandss.t.
97Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 7'42
98Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 7'44
99Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 7'46
100Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 7'50
101Greg Van AvermaetBelgium+ 8'12
102Jonathan CastroviejoSpain+ 8'15
103Jan BartaCzech Republics.t.
104Marc SolerSpain+ 8'21
105Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 8'24
106Søren Kragh AndersenDenmarks.t.
107Caleb EwanAustralia+ 8'27
108Diego UlissiItaly+ 8'29
109Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 8'30
110Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 8'32
111Rui CostaPortugals.t.
112Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 8'35
113Mikel LandaSpains.t.
114Michael MørkøvDenmark+ 8'36
115Yury TrofimovRussia+ 8'38
116Jan HirtCzech Republic+ 8'39
117Winner AnaconaColombia+ 8'41
118Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 8'42
119Michael KolarSlovakia+ 8'43
120Rick ZabelGermany+ 8'46
121José Joaquín RojasSpain+ 8'47
122Mikel NieveSpains.t.
123Danilo WyssSwitzerland+ 8'53
124Stephen CummingsGreat Britain+ 9'11
125Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 9'13
126Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe+ 9'15
127Steven KruijswijkNetherlands+ 9'16
128Simon GerransAustralia+ 9'19
129Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
130Mathias FrankSwitzerland+ 9'20
131Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 9'21
132Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
133José MendesPortugals.t.
134Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 9'25
135Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 9'26
136Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia+ 9'27
137Esteban ChavesColombia+ 9'29
138Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 9'30
139José GonçalvesPortugals.t.
140Peter KennaughGreat Britain+ 9'32
141George BennettMixed Rest of World+ 9'33
142Serge PauwelsBelgiums.t.
143Jan PolancSlovenia+ 9'34
144Jan TratnikSlovenias.t.
145Domenico PozzovivoItaly+ 9'36
146Sébastien ReichenbachSwitzerlands.t.
147Leopold KönigCzech Republic+ 9'37
148Patrik TyborSlovakia+ 9'38
149Marek CaneckySlovakia+ 9'40
150Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 9'41
151Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
152Roman MaikinRussia+ 9'42
153Phil BauhausGermanys.t.
154John Darwin AtapumaColombia+ 9'44
155Kristoffer HalvorsenNorways.t.
156Adam HansenAustralia+ 9'46
157Matej MugerliSlovenias.t.
158Martin HaringSlovakia+ 9'47
159Paweł CieślikPoland+ 9'49
160Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 9'50
161Edward DunbarIreland+ 9'53
162Rui VinhasPortugal+ 9'55
163Jarlinson PantanoColombia+ 10'39
164Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 10'53
165Rohan DennisAustralia+ 11'08
166Ryan MullenIreland+ 11'16
167Brent BookwalterUnited States+ 11'21
168Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 11'23
169Davide FormoloItaly+ 11'25
170Sergey ShilovRussia+ 11'28
171Philip DeignanIreland+ 11'29
172Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
173Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 11'31
174Tiago MachadoPortugal+ 11'33
175Maciej PaterskiPoland+ 11'35
176Paweł PoljańskiPoland+ 11'36
177Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
178Petr VakočCzech Republics.t.
179Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
180Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 11'37
181Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europes.t.
182Ian BoswellUnited States+ 11'40
183Martin VelitsSlovakias.t.
184Alois KankovskyCzech Republic+ 11'42
185Alex HowesUnited Statess.t.
186Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugals.t.
187Patrick KonradMixed Europe+ 11'44
188Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
189Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 11'48
190Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World+ 11'50
191Matvei MamykinRussias.t.
192Conor DunneIreland+ 11'51
193Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 13'59

Points:

25 points at the finish and 7 at the intermediate is enough to lead in the points classification as well. Sep Vanmarcke scored 30 points for the win, and is ranked second and may wear the green jersey tomorrow.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Zdenek StybarCzech Republic32
2Sep VanmarckeBelgium30
3Taylor PhinneyUnited States24
4Maciej BodnarPoland22
5John DegenkolbGermany22

Spoiler
6Stefan KüngSwitzerland20
7Tony MartinGermany20
8José Joaquín RojasSpain20
9André GreipelGermany19
10Luke DurbridgeAustralia17
11Fabio FellineItaly17
12Rohan DennisAustralia15
13Edvald Boasson HagenNorway15
14Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World15
15Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe14
16Marcel KittelGermany13
17Ian StannardGreat Britain13
18Matti BreschelDenmark13
19Nikias ArndtGermany10
20Vincenzo NibaliItaly9
21Oliver NaesenBelgium9
22Ion IzagirreSpain8
23Borut BožicSlovenia8
24Stephen CummingsGreat Britain7
25Andrey AmadorMixed Rest of World6
26Luke RoweGreat Britain6
27Robin CarpenterUnited States6
28Nelson OliveiraPortugal5
29Niki TerpstraNetherlands5
30Michael MatthewsAustralia5
31Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands5
32Jakob FuglsangDenmark4
33Erik BaskaSlovakia4
34Łukasz WiśniowskiPoland3
35Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussia3
36Alexander KristoffNorway2
37Ruben GuerreiroPortugal2
38Greg Van AvermaetBelgium1
39Fernando GaviriaColombia1

Mountains:

To answer the question we asked earlier about the polka dot jersey: Ariel Maximiliano Richeze, because Stybar will wear the yellow jersey.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Zdenek StybarCzech Republic1
2Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World1

Young rider:

Stefan Küng stays in the lead, increasing his margin to over two minutes. He will wear the white jersey tomorrow since he lost the yellow jersey.
RankNameTeamTime
1Stefan KüngSwitzerland4h54'15
2Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 2'37
3Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 2'44
4Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 2'46
5Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 2'51

Spoiler
6Magnus Cort NielsenDenmarks.t.
7Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 3'59
8Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 4'04
9Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 4'09
10Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 4'14
11Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 4'18
12Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 4'19
13Truls KorsaethNorway+ 4'26
14Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 6'00
15Dylan Van BaarleNetherlandss.t.
16Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 6'02
17Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 6'04
18Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 6'06
19Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 6'10
20Marc SolerSpain+ 6'41
21Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 6'44
22Søren Kragh AndersenDenmarks.t.
23Caleb EwanAustralia+ 6'47
24Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 6'52
25Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 7'02
26Michael KolarSlovakia+ 7'03
27Rick ZabelGermany+ 7'06
28Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 7'41
29Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 7'50
30Jan PolancSlovenia+ 7'54
31Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 8'01
32Phil BauhausGermany+ 8'02
33Kristoffer HalvorsenNorway+ 8'04
34Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 8'10
35Edward DunbarIreland+ 8'13
36Ryan MullenIreland+ 9'36
37Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 9'43
38Davide FormoloItaly+ 9'45
39Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 9'51
40Petr VakocCzech Republic+ 9'56
41Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
42Matvei MamykinRussia+ 10'10
43Conor DunneIreland+ 10'11
44Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 12'19

Team:

Germany stays in the lead here.
RankTeamTime
1Germany14h42'57
2Switzerland+ 17
3Great Britain+ 18
4Denmark+ 33
5Belgium+ 1'42

Spoiler
6Australia+ 2'35
7Italy+ 2'55
8Netherlands+ 3'18
9Poland+ 4'06
10France+ 4'25
11Norway+ 5'17
12Colombia+ 7'03
13Spain+ 7'29
14Mixed Rest of World+ 10'23
15Slovenia+ 10'25
16United Statess.t.
17Ireland+ 10'30
18Mixed Europe+ 10'40
19Slovakia+ 10'56
20Czech Republic+ 11'41
21Russia+ 11'54
22Portugal+ 21'49

Combativity:

Nearly took the yellow jersey, but did take the polka dot and points jersey and now also the red numbers:
Zdenek Stybar

Final words:

Spoiler
The test attempt I did before reporting the actual stage was in fact won by Stybar.
It's a shame to see such a big crash early on, and in real life it would've been within the final three kilometers (final cobble stretch in Roubaix) but since it was like seven in PCM and the list of riders involved was endless I can't really enforce that rule. Apologies if the sprint report came over as messy because I was spammed with messages of riders crashed. I may have missed some important people who were involved, but then they didn't pop up and they could've just been behind already.

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sutty68
The first two are opening up a bit of a gap Wink
 
Ripley
Cool idea and great reporting so far! That second stage seems to have done a lot of damage to many GC hopes, though.
 
Ollfardh
Dumoulin losing so much time on Froome on a cobbled stage Pfft

Good concept, will be following this!
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
 
trekbmc
For your favourite rider we will refer to the full stage results.


He's not there. Sad


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Entertaining stage though, really dramatic and aggressive racing, especially surprising some of the names that found their way into the break. Pfft



"What done is, is one." - Benji Naesen
 
Marcovdw
@sutty68 - A lot of gaps all over the board already Wink
@Ripley - Thanks, I'm glad to see this stage turned out nearly exactly the way I wanted it to.
@Ollfardh - Even PCM11 is unrealistic sometimes Wink
@trekbmc - Yeah I was surprised by the quality of the breakaway. And by the lack of attacks from the real cobble specialists towards the end, it was more a case of not getting dropped.


I've been ill for the last two days, hence the lack of updates. But don't worry, I'll post a new report this evening.
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Marcovdw
STAGE 3

Profile:
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Race:

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193 riders remain at the start of the third stage. After yesterday's chaos, it's time for a short, flat stage which should suit the sprinters. Let's go!

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The first breakaway attempt is also the succesful one as Czech Republic immediately closes the door on any further attempt. The three lucky souls are Jens Keukeleire, Maciej Paterski and Martin Velits.

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The only mountain sprint of the day, a category four for one point, is won by Keukeleire, who also moves into the virtual yellow jersey as the gap is currently nine minutes, and he's the best placed in the break at seven minutes. But the gap will likely come down.

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There's no battle for the intermediate sprint at the front, with Keukeleire also the one to cross first. Kittel beats Kristoff for fourth place and 13 points. There are 50 points available at the finish line. Germany and France have taken control of the peloton.

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And the gap kept going down until ten kilometers to go, when the peloton could see the three leaders. In the battle for the red dossard, Keukeleire attacks again, but he would've been awarded the combativity award regardless of his attack. From the peloton, Terpstra continues his attacking spree from yesterday. He's followed by Hayman, Nieve and Phinney, who is third in the GC!

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And the déja vu continues as there's again a crash in the final few kilometers. This time only two people are involved, but they are both of importance. Gallopin and Colbrelli won't be able to participate in today's sprint.

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5000 meters before the finish line it is game over for Keukeleire, but he surely deserved the prix de combativité today. Two trains have been formed, on the left the German ICE, and on the right French TGV. Kittel and Démare are in the last carriage.

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Degenkolb-Greipel-Kittel is the fastest train at the moment. Voeckler of all people will lead out Démare, who has Cavendish, Gaviria and Groenewegen on his wheel. The crash caused a minor rift in the peloton, some riders will lose a bit of time!

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Under the kite and Kittel lost the wheel of Greipel. Dysfunctional sprinting from Team Germany! The Gorilla has a gap but it's a long way to go and the other sprinters are rapidly approaching. Kittel might get back up to speed as well.

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But 400 meters later we have an entirely different situation as both Germans have dropped down the order. Cavendish now has the front wheel but Gaviria and Sagan have developed a higher speed. And Alaphilippe appears out of nowhere on the right side of the road.

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Peter Sagan takes the victory in Cambrai! Gaviria pushes past Cavendish for third. Nizzolo comes home in fourth ahead of Kristoff. Greipel and Kittel finish in 16th and 21st place respectivaly.

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The second group cross the line three minutes later. Zdenek Stybar is in this group! Wow, that's a big surprise. Which means we have a new GC leader for the third day in a row as Sep Vanmarcke did finish in the first group. Küng is also in the group and has to fear for his white jersey. Other important names in this group: Aru, Chaves, Landa and some other minor GC contenders.

Classifications:

Stage:

RankNameTeamTime
1Peter SaganSlovakia3h35'24
2Fernando GaviriaColombias.t.
3Mark CavendishGreat Britains.t.
4Giacomo NizzoloItalys.t.
5Alexander KristoffNorways.t.
6Oliver NaesenBelgiums.t.
7Philippe GilbertBelgiums.t.
8Caleb EwanAustralias.t.
9Alejandro ValverdeSpains.t.
10Julian AlaphilippeFrances.t.

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11Michał KwiatkowskiPolands.t.
12Edvald Boasson HagenNorways.t.
13Michael MatthewsAustralias.t.
14Nacer BouhanniFrances.t.
15Arnaud DémareFrances.t.
16André GreipelGermanys.t.
17Thomas De GendtBelgiums.t.
18Dylan GroenewegenNetherlandss.t.
19John DegenkolbGermanys.t.
20Sep VanmarckeBelgiums.t.
21Marcel KittelGermanys.t.
22Mathew HaymanAustralias.t.
23Peter KennaughGreat Britains.t.
24Nathan HaasAustralias.t.
25Thibaut PinotFrances.t.
26Rigoberto UránColombias.t.
27Ilnur ZakarinRussias.t.
28Daniel MartinIrelands.t.
29Dylan Van BaarleNetherlandss.t.
30Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
31Jakob FuglsangDenmarks.t.
32Thomas VoecklerFrances.t.
33Taylor PhinneyUnited Statess.t.
34Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europes.t.
35Rohan DennisAustralias.t.
36Tom DumoulinNetherlandss.t.
37Ian StannardGreat Britains.t.
38Bob JungelsMixed Europes.t.
39Lars Ytting BakDenmarks.t.
40Chris FroomeGreat Britains.t.
41Vincenzo NibaliItalys.t.
42Mikel NieveSpains.t.
43Niki TerpstraNetherlandss.t.
44Jens KeukeleireBelgiums.t.
45Warren BarguilFrances.t.
46Tony MartinGermanys.t.
47Romain BardetFrances.t.
48Steven KruijswijkNetherlandss.t.
49Alberto ContadorSpains.t.
50Sérgio Luis HenaoColombias.t.
51Nikias ArndtGermanys.t.
52Emanuel BuchmannGermanys.t.
53Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussias.t.
54Jonathan CastroviejoSpains.t.
55Rafał MajkaPolands.t.
56Rick ZabelGermanys.t.
57Richie PorteAustralias.t.
58Truls KorsaethNorways.t.
59Davide FormoloItalys.t.
60Maciej PaterskiPolands.t.
61Simon GeschkeGermanys.t.
62Juraj SaganSlovakias.t.
63Adam HansenAustralias.t.
64Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
65Sven Erik BystrømNorways.t.
66Maciej BodnarPolands.t.
67Sébastien ReichenbachSwitzerlands.t.
68Marc SolerSpains.t.
69Winner AnaconaColombias.t.
70Nairo QuintanaColombias.t.
71Jan HirtCzech Republics.t.
72Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
73Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
74Robert GesinkNetherlandss.t.
75Matthew BrammeierIreland+ 2'01
76Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 2'37
77Brent BookwalterUnited Statess.t.
78Kristoffer HalvorsenNorways.t.
79Ondrej CinkCzech Republic+ 3'16
80Silvan DillierSwitzerlands.t.
81Petr VakočCzech Republics.t.
82Stefan KüngSwitzerlands.t.
83Danilo WyssSwitzerlands.t.
84Mathias FrankSwitzerlands.t.
85Marko KumpSlovenias.t.
86José GonçalvesPortugals.t.
87Martin ElmigerSwitzerlands.t.
88Nelson OliveiraPortugals.t.
89Martin VelitsSlovakias.t.
90Alois KankovskyCzech Republics.t.
91Jan BartaCzech Republics.t.
92Jóni BrandãoPortugals.t.
93Michael MørkøvDenmarks.t.
94Reto HollensteinSwitzerlands.t.
95Zdenek StybarCzech Republics.t.
96Michael SchärSwitzerlands.t.
97José MendesPortugals.t.
98Ruben GuerreiroPortugals.t.
99Rui CostaPortugals.t.
100Magnus Cort NielsenDenmarks.t.
101Michael AlbasiniSwitzerlands.t.
102Luka MezgecSlovenias.t.
103Marek CaneckySlovakias.t.
104Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
105Tiago MachadoPortugals.t.
106José Joaquín RojasSpains.t.
107Sondre Holst EngerNorways.t.
108Borut BožicSlovenias.t.
109Tony GallopinFrances.t.
110Sam BennettIrelands.t.
111Fabio FellineItalys.t.
112Tiesj BenootBelgiums.t.
113Erik BaskaSlovakias.t.
114Rui VinhasPortugals.t.
115Søren Kragh AndersenDenmarks.t.
116Matti BreschelDenmarks.t.
117Michael ValgrenDenmarks.t.
118Diego UlissiItalys.t.
119Lilian CalmejaneFrances.t.
120Sonny ColbrelliItalys.t.
121Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
122Jan TratnikSlovenias.t.
123Simon GerransAustralias.t.
124Roman MaikinRussias.t.
125Geraint ThomasGreat Britains.t.
126Alex HowesUnited Statess.t.
127Łukasz WiśniowskiPolands.t.
128Matej MohoricSlovenias.t.
129Matej MugerliSlovenias.t.
130Andrey AmadorMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
131Serge PauwelsBelgiums.t.
132Bauke MollemaNetherlandss.t.
133Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
134Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
135Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europes.t.
136Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugals.t.
137Jarlinson PantanoColombias.t.
138Michał GołaśPolands.t.
139Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europes.t.
140Stephen CummingsGreat Britains.t.
141Miguel Angel LopezColombias.t.
142Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
143Ion IzagirreSpains.t.
144Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
145Patrick KonradMixed Europes.t.
146Ryan MullenIrelands.t.
147Andrew TalanskyUnited Statess.t.
148Lars Petter NordhaugNorways.t.
149Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
150Tejay Van GarderenUnited Statess.t.
151Diego RosaItalys.t.
152Sergey ChernetskiyRussias.t.
153Mikel LandaSpains.t.
154Esteban ChavesColombias.t.
155Sergey ShilovRussias.t.
156Simon SpilakSlovenias.t.
157Phil BauhausGermanys.t.
158Paweł CieślikPolands.t.
159Yury TrofimovRussias.t.
160Nicolas RocheIrelands.t.
161Domenico PozzovivoItalys.t.
162Fabio AruItalys.t.
163Alexander PorsevRussias.t.
164Joseph DombrowskiUnited Statess.t.
165Lawson CraddockUnited Statess.t.
166Juraj BellanSlovakias.t.
167Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
168George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
169Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
170Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
171Leopold KönigCzech Republics.t.
172Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
173John Darwin AtapumaColombias.t.
174Paweł PoljańskiPolands.t.
175Philip DeignanIrelands.t.
176Matvei MamykinRussias.t.
177Martin HaringSlovakias.t.
178Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
179Greg Van AvermaetBelgiums.t.
180Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
181Michael WoodsMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
182Jan BakelantsBelgiums.t.
183Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
184Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europes.t.
185Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europes.t.
186Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
187Alexander FoliforovRussias.t.
188Conor DunneIrelands.t.
189Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
190Edward DunbarIrelands.t.
191Patrik TyborSlovakias.t.
192Ian BoswellUnited States+ 6'06
193Michael KolarSlovakia+ 8'21

General:

Everyone, including Sep Vanmarcke himself, did not expect that he would be wearing the yellow jersey after today.
RankNameTeamTime
1Sep VanmarckeBelgium8h28'00
2Taylor PhinneyUnited States+ 1'41
3Maciej BodnarPoland+ 1'42
4Tony MartinGermany+ 1'44
5Niki TerpstraNetherlands+ 1'46
6John DegenkolbGermany+ 1'48
7Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
8Ian StannardGreat Britain+ 1'52
9Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 1'55
10Edvald Boasson HagenNorway+ 1'56

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11Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 1'57
12Vincenzo NibaliItaly+ 2'03
13Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 2'04
14Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 2'06
15André GreipelGermany+ 2'10
16Romain BardetFrance+ 2'14
17Nikias ArndtGermany+ 3'14
18Zdenek StybarCzech Republic+ 3'15
19Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 3'21
20Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 3'25
21Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 3'27
22Thomas De GendtBelgium+ 3'32
23Rigoberto UránColombia+ 3'34
24Nacer BouhanniFrance+ 3'39
25Alexander KristoffNorway+ 4'09
26Peter SaganSlovakia+ 4'15
27Arnaud DémareFrance+ 4'17
28Alberto ContadorSpains.t.
29Giacomo NizzoloItaly+ 4'18
30Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 4'23
31Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 4'24
32Fernando GaviriaColombias.t.
33Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 4'25
34Mathew HaymanAustralia+ 4'28
35Mark CavendishGreat Britain+ 4'33
36Nairo QuintanaColombias.t.
37Thomas VoecklerFrance+ 4'38
38Daniel MartinIreland+ 4'40
39Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 4'42
40Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 4'55
41Fabio FellineItaly+ 5'08
42Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 5'10
43Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 5'17
44Marcel KittelGermany+ 5'22
45Luke RoweGreat Britain+ 5'24
46Łukasz WiśniowskiPolands.t.
47Matti BreschelDenmarks.t.
48Simon GeschkeGermany+ 5'29
49Thibaut PinotFrance+ 5'31
50Michał KwiatkowskiPoland+ 5'34
51Nathan HaasAustralia+ 5'37
52Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 5'38
53Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
54Rafał MajkaPoland+ 5'39
55Richie PorteAustralia+ 5'42
56Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 5'44
57Juraj SaganSlovakia+ 5'49
58Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussias.t.
59Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 5'57
60Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 5'58
61Truls KorsaethNorway+ 6'05
62Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland+ 6'41
63Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe+ 7'21
64Ion IzagirreSpain+ 7'23
65Andrey AmadorMixed Rest of World+ 7'24
66Warren BarguilFrance+ 7'30
67Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 7'32
68Jens KeukeleireBelgium+ 7'36
69Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 7'39
70Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe+ 7'45
71Emanuel BuchmannGermanys.t.
72Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 7'46
73Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 7'48
74Matthew BrammeierIreland+ 7'54
75Jonathan CastroviejoSpain+ 8'14
76Marc SolerSpain+ 8'20
77Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 8'23
78Caleb EwanAustralia+ 8'26
79Jan HirtCzech Republic+ 8'38
80Winner AnaconaColombia+ 8'40
81Rick ZabelGermany+ 8'45
82Mikel NieveSpain+ 8'46
83Simon SpilakSlovenia+ 8'48
84Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 8'50
85Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 8'52
86Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
87Diego RosaItaly+ 8'53
88Tejay Van GarderenUnited States+ 8'54
89Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 8'59
90Tony GallopinFrance+ 9'00
91Fabio AruItaly+ 9'01
92Nicolas RocheIrelands.t.
93Bauke MollemaNetherlands+ 9'03
94Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 9'04
95Sam BennettIreland+ 9'05
96Marko KumpSlovenia+ 9'07
97Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 9'09
98Alexander PorsevRussias.t.
99Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World+ 9'11
100Michał GołaśPoland+ 9'13
101Lars Petter NordhaugNorways.t.
102Steven KruijswijkNetherlands+ 9'15
103Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia+ 9'26
104Peter KennaughGreat Britain+ 9'31
105Sébastien ReichenbachSwitzerland+ 9'35
106Adam HansenAustralia+ 9'45
107Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 10'42
108Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 10'53
109Borut BožicSlovenia+ 10'54
110Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 10'55
111Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 10'57
112Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 10'59
113Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 11'05
114Rohan DennisAustralia+ 11'07
115Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 11'11
116Davide FormoloItaly+ 11'24
117Greg Van AvermaetBelgium+ 11'27
118Jan BartaCzech Republic+ 11'30
119Maciej PaterskiPoland+ 11'34
120Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 11'39
121Diego UlissiItaly+ 11'44
122Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 11'45
123Rui CostaPortugal+ 11'47
124Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
125Mikel LandaSpain+ 11'50
126Michael MørkøvDenmark+ 11'51
127Yury TrofimovRussia+ 11'53
128Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 11'57
129José Joaquín RojasSpain+ 12'02
130Danilo WyssSwitzerland+ 12'08
131Kristoffer HalvorsenNorway+ 12'20
132Stephen CummingsGreat Britain+ 12'26
133Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 12'28
134Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe+ 12'30
135Simon GerransAustralia+ 12'34
136Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
137Mathias FrankSwitzerland+ 12'35
138José MendesPortugal+ 12'36
139Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
140Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
141Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 12'40
142Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 12'41
143Esteban ChavesColombia+ 12'44
144José GonçalvesPortugal+ 12'45
145Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
146Serge PauwelsBelgium+ 12'48
147George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
148Jan TratnikSlovenia+ 12'49
149Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
150Domenico PozzovivoItaly+ 12'51
151Leopold KönigCzech Republic+ 12'52
152Patrik TyborSlovakia+ 12'53
153Marek CaneckySlovakia+ 12'55
154Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 12'56
155Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
156Roman MaikinRussia+ 12'57
157Phil BauhausGermanys.t.
158John Darwin AtapumaColombia+ 12'59
159Matej MugerliSlovenia+ 13'01
160Martin HaringSlovakia+ 13'02
161Paweł CieślikPoland+ 13'04
162Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 13'05
163Edward DunbarIreland+ 13'08
164Rui VinhasPortugal+ 13'10
165Jarlinson PantanoColombia+ 13'54
166Brent BookwalterUnited States+ 13'57
167Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 14'08
168Ryan MullenIreland+ 14'31
169Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 14'38
170Sergey ShilovRussia+ 14'43
171Philip DeignanIreland+ 14'44
172Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
173Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 14'46
174Tiago MachadoPortugal+ 14'48
175Ondrej CinkCzech Republic+ 14'51
176Petr VakočCzech Republics.t.
177Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
178Paweł PoljańskiPolands.t.
179Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 14'52
180Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europes.t.
181Martin VelitsSlovakia+ 14'55
182Alois KankovskyCzech Republic+ 14'57
183Alex HowesUnited Statess.t.
184Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugals.t.
185Patrick KonradMixed Europe+ 14'59
186Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
187Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 15'03
188Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World+ 15'05
189Matvei MamykinRussias.t.
190Conor DunneIreland+ 15'06
191Michael KolarSlovakia+ 17'03
192Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 17'14
193Ian BoswellUnited States+ 17'45

Points:

Due to the fifty points available at the finish line, Peter Sagan takes another jersey away from Stybar.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Peter SaganSlovakia50
2Zdenek StybarCzech Republic34
3Fernando GaviriaColombia31
4Sep VanmarckeBelgium30
5Tony MartinGermany28

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6Alexander KristoffNorway27
7Taylor PhinneyUnited States24
8Marcel KittelGermany24
9Oliver NaesenBelgium23
10Maciej BodnarPoland22
11John DegenkolbGermany22
12Stefan KüngSwitzerland20
13Edvald Boasson HagenNorway20
14Nikias ArndtGermany20
15Mark CavendishGreat Britain20
16Jens KeukeleireBelgium20
17José Joaquín RojasSpain20
18André GreipelGermany19
19Giacomo NizzoloItaly18
20Luke DurbridgeAustralia17
21Fabio FellineItaly17
22Maciej PaterskiPoland17
23Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World15
24Rohan DennisAustralia15
25Martin VelitsSlovakia15
26Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe14
27Ian StannardGreat Britain13
28Matti BreschelDenmark13
29Emanuel BuchmannGermany13
30Philippe GilbertBelgium12
31Caleb EwanAustralia10
32Michael MatthewsAustralia9
33Vincenzo NibaliItaly9
34Ion IzagirreSpain8
35Alejandro ValverdeSpain8
36Borut BožicSlovenia8
37Julian AlaphilippeFrance7
38Rick ZabelGermany7
39Stephen CummingsGreat Britain7
40Luke RoweGreat Britain6
41Andrey AmadorMixed Rest of World6
42Michał KwiatkowskiPoland6
43Truls KorsaethNorway6
44Robin CarpenterUnited States6
45Niki TerpstraNetherlands5
46Simon GeschkeGermany5
47Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands5
48Nelson OliveiraPortugal5
49Jakob FuglsangDenmark4
50Erik BaskaSlovakia4
51Petr VakočCzech Republic4
52Łukasz WiśniowskiPoland3
53Nacer BouhanniFrance3
54Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussia3
55Warren BarguilFrance3
56Arnaud DémareFrance2
57Ruben GuerreiroPortugal2
58Thomas De GendtBelgium1
59Greg Van AvermaetBelgium1

Mountains:

But Zdenek Stybar won't be shirtless as he will wear the polka dot jersey.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Zdenek StybarCzech Republic1
2Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World1
3Jens KeukeleireBelgium1

Young rider:

With Küng and Valgren in the second group, Bob Jungels moves from third to first. Gaviria (due to bonus seconds) and Bystrøm within two seconds though.
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe8h32'23
2Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 1
3Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 2
4Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 32
5Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 1'15

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6Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 1'34
7Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 1'35
8Truls KorsaethNorway+ 1'42
9Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 3'09
10Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 3'16
11Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 3'22
12Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 3'23
13Marc SolerSpain+ 3'57
14Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 4'00
15Caleb EwanAustralia+ 4'03
16Rick ZabelGermany+ 4'22
17Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 4'36
18Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 4'41
19Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 4'46
20Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 6'32
21Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 6'34
22Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 6'36
23Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 6'42
24Davide FormoloItaly+ 7'01
25Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 7'16
26Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 7'24
27Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 7'34
28Kristoffer HalvorsenNorway+ 7'57
29Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 8'13
30Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 8'22
31Jan PolancSlovenia+ 8'26
32Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 8'33
33Phil BauhausGermany+ 8'34
34Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 8'42
35Edward DunbarIreland+ 8'45
36Ryan MullenIreland+ 10'08
37Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 10'15
38Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 10'23
39Petr VakocCzech Republic+ 10'28
40Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
41Matvei MamykinRussia+ 10'42
42Conor DunneIreland+ 10'43
43Michael KolarSlovakia+ 12'40
44Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 12'51

Team:

Germany still leading despite their miscommunications.
RankTeamTime
1Germany25h29'09
2Great Britain+ 18
3Belgium+ 1'42
4Australia+ 2'35
5Italy+ 2'55

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6Netherlands+ 3'18
7Denmark+ 3'49
8Poland+ 4'06
9France+ 4'25
10Norway+ 5'17
11Switzerland+ 6'49
12Colombia+ 7'03
13Spain+ 7'29
14Mixed Rest of World+ 13'39
15Mixed Europe+ 13'56
16Slovakia+ 14'12
17Russia+ 15'10
18Ireland+ 15'47
19United States+ 16'18
20Czech Republic+ 18'13
21Slovenia+ 20'13
22Portugal+ 31'37

Combativity:

Being the last of the breakaway of three to be caught, and the most active in the sprints along the way:
Jens Keukeleire

Final words:

Spoiler
Shame to see another gap by a crash, I didn't know the impact of the two riders crashing until near the finish line. Shame for Stybar to lose the jersey this way.

Edited by Marcovdw on 11-12-2017 18:53
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STAGE 4

Profile:
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Race:

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Another day, another stage. The first of three 200+ kilometer stages, starting from Amiens and finishing on a category four climb in Le Havre. The uphill sprinters are rated favourites, but some regular sprinters might be able to get into things if there legs are feeling well. Or maybe a true pruncheur or even a real climber wants to take the ten bonification seconds.

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The first breakaway attempt didn't get the approval of the other teams. Mainly because it includes Bodnar, number three in the general classification. Surely Belgium don't want to risk losing the jersey.

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The second attempt contains even more people, and also includes Bodnar. And strangely they thought: "Well, this one can go". The fourteen members are: Bodnar, Bookwalter, Brammeier, Breschel, Dillier, Guerreiro, Kankovsky, Kump, Kuznetsov, Ludvigsson, Machado, Saramotins, Richeze and Wiśniowski.

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Van Avermaet leads his team in the chase on the breakaway. Does that mean he won't get his chance at the finish? Other teams joining in the chase are France and Norway, trying to get the gap down from nine minutes.

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Strangely Richeze doesn't bother with the mountain sprint. He could've taken the lead here. Instead Breschel wins from Dillier and Bookwalter. The winner of today's stage also receives one point.

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Amador crashed in a downhill. He has some minor wounds, but he's able to continue the race. The gap is down to three and a half minutes.

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With 25 kilometers to go and the breakaway is close enough for some attacks. Hayman goes and he's NOT joined by Terpstra. Is the Dutchman ill or has he come to his senses?

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The Australian's attempt is also unsuccessful. As the peloton reaches ever closer, Dillier, Guerreiro, Kump and Ludvigsson attack to remain ahead.

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With 7000 meters to go the last remaining member of the breakaway is caught. The jury awards the combativity award to Dillier for being in both early attempts and in the latter stages. Barguil leads the French train for Gallopin, Nordhaug as spanner in the works, Bouhanni and in the final wheel Démare, who thinks he can perform on the final climb. Valverde can also be found near the front, it is a typical arrival for him.

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Bouhanni has started his leadout before the uphill stretch for Démare. Colbrelli, Degenkolb and Valverde are on his wheel. Boasson Hagen comes from behind with Kristoff, Sagan, Cavendish, Gaviria and Matthews. A nice mix of pure and punchy sprinters.

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Démare is the first to reach the ramp but with the people on his wheel he's unlikely to hold the lead. The Norwegian train has made up a bit of ground due to Bouhanni's early release.

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Idiotic spectators in the way! What happened with the barricades! Anyway, Valverde makes a strong push but Démare is surprisingly strong. Kristoff and Sagan care too late.

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And it's Alejandro Valverde who takes the victory in Le Havre in a way we've seen him do before. Démare deserves a round of applause for his second place. Colbrelli gets third ahead of Degenkolb and Kristoff. No major shakeup in the general classification.

Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Alejandro ValverdeSpain5h18'06
2Arnaud DémareFrances.t.
3Sonny ColbrelliItalys.t.
4John DegenkolbGermanys.t.
5Alexander KristoffNorways.t.
6Peter SaganSlovakias.t.
7Michael MatthewsAustralias.t.
8Edvald Boasson HagenNorways.t.
9Mark CavendishGreat Britains.t.
10Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europes.t.

Spoiler
11Fernando GaviriaColombias.t.
12Tom DumoulinNetherlandss.t.
13Oliver NaesenBelgiums.t.
14Nacer BouhanniFrances.t.
15Daniel MartinIrelands.t.
16Dylan Van BaarleNetherlandss.t.
17Sondre Holst EngerNorways.t.
18Thibaut PinotFrances.t.
19Niki TerpstraNetherlandss.t.
20Magnus Cort NielsenDenmarks.t.
21Andrew TalanskyUnited Statess.t.
22Ilnur ZakarinRussias.t.
23Wout PoelsNetherlandss.t.
24Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
25Julian AlaphilippeFrances.t.
26Taylor PhinneyUnited Statess.t.
27Michael AlbasiniSwitzerlands.t.
28Rigoberto UránColombias.t.
29Mikel NieveSpains.t.
30Stefan KüngSwitzerlands.t.
31Jan HirtCzech Republics.t.
32Giacomo NizzoloItalys.t.
33Rui CostaPortugals.t.
34Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
35Matti BreschelDenmarks.t.
36Mathew HaymanAustralias.t.
37Jakob FuglsangDenmarks.t.
38Rafał MajkaPolands.t.
39Philippe GilbertBelgiums.t.
40Romain BardetFrances.t.
41Leopold KönigCzech Republics.t.
42Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europes.t.
43Bob JungelsMixed Europes.t.
44Nelson OliveiraPortugals.t.
45Chris FroomeGreat Britains.t.
46Vincenzo NibaliItalys.t.
47Matthew BrammeierIrelands.t.
48Silvan DillierSwitzerlands.t.
49Sébastien ReichenbachSwitzerlands.t.
50Luka MezgecSlovenias.t.
51Lars Petter NordhaugNorways.t.
52Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussias.t.
53Jan TratnikSlovenias.t.
54Marcel KittelGermanys.t.
55José Joaquín RojasSpains.t.
56Tony GallopinFrances.t.
57Simon GerransAustralias.t.
58Warren BarguilFrances.t.
59Jens KeukeleireBelgiums.t.
60Petr VakočCzech Republics.t.
61Caleb EwanAustralias.t.
62Tiesj BenootBelgiums.t.
63Fabio FellineItalys.t.
64Maciej BodnarPolands.t.
65Robert GesinkNetherlandss.t.
66Sep VanmarckeBelgiums.t.
67Tiago MachadoPortugals.t.
68Alois KankovskyCzech Republics.t.
69Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europes.t.
70Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
71Davide FormoloItalys.t.
72Marko KumpSlovenias.t.
73Dylan GroenewegenNetherlandss.t.
74Marc SolerSpains.t.
75Maciej PaterskiPolands.t.
76Rohan DennisAustralias.t.
77Michał KwiatkowskiPolands.t.
78Sam BennettIrelands.t.
79Simon SpilakSlovenias.t.
80Brent BookwalterUnited Statess.t.
81Stephen CummingsGreat Britains.t.
82Jarlinson PantanoColombias.t.
83Alexander PorsevRussias.t.
84Simon GeschkeGermanys.t.
85Tejay Van GarderenUnited Statess.t.
86André GreipelGermanys.t.
87Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
88Lars Ytting BakDenmarks.t.
89Diego UlissiItalys.t.
90Greg Van AvermaetBelgiums.t.
91Diego RosaItalys.t.
92Rick ZabelGermanys.t.
93Matej MohoricSlovenias.t.
94Łukasz WiśniowskiPolands.t.
95Thomas VoecklerFrances.t.
96Serge PauwelsBelgiums.t.
97Nikias ArndtGermanys.t.
98Ian StannardGreat Britains.t.
99Borut BožicSlovenias.t.
100Peter KennaughGreat Britains.t.
101Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
102Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
103Miguel Angel LopezColombias.t.
104Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
105Juraj SaganSlovakias.t.
106Jonathan CastroviejoSpains.t.
107Bauke MollemaNetherlandss.t.
108Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
109Roman MaikinRussias.t.
110Alberto ContadorSpains.t.
111Ruben GuerreiroPortugals.t.
112Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
113Sven Erik BystrømNorways.t.
114Matej MugerliSlovenias.t.
115Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
116Patrick KonradMixed Europes.t.
117Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
118Jan BartaCzech Republics.t.
119Zdenek StybarCzech Republics.t.
120Erik BaskaSlovakias.t.
121Yury TrofimovRussias.t.
122Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
123Nathan HaasAustralias.t.
124Winner AnaconaColombias.t.
125Emanuel BuchmannGermanys.t.
126Ryan MullenIrelands.t.
127Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
128Richie PorteAustralias.t.
129Kristoffer HalvorsenNorways.t.
130John Darwin AtapumaColombias.t.
131Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
132Truls KorsaethNorways.t.
133Michał GołaśPolands.t.
134Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
135Nairo QuintanaColombias.t.
136Sergey ChernetskiyRussias.t.
137Lawson CraddockUnited Statess.t.
138Paweł CieślikPolands.t.
139Matvei MamykinRussias.t.
140Thomas De GendtBelgiums.t.
141Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
142Martin ElmigerSwitzerlands.t.
143José GonçalvesPortugals.t.
144Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europes.t.
145Geraint ThomasGreat Britains.t.
146Ion IzagirreSpains.t.
147Lilian CalmejaneFrances.t.
148Sergey ShilovRussias.t.
149Mikel LandaSpains.t.
150Danilo WyssSwitzerlands.t.
151Sérgio Luis HenaoColombias.t.
152Michael ValgrenDenmarks.t.
153Alexander FoliforovRussias.t.
154George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
155José MendesPortugals.t.
156Fabio AruItalys.t.
157Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
158Michael SchärSwitzerlands.t.
159Esteban ChavesColombias.t.
160Paweł PoljańskiPolands.t.
161Adam HansenAustralias.t.
162Philip DeignanIrelands.t.
163Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
164Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
165Mathias FrankSwitzerlands.t.
166Tony MartinGermanys.t.
167Jóni BrandãoPortugals.t.
168Reto HollensteinSwitzerlands.t.
169Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europes.t.
170Joseph DombrowskiUnited Statess.t.
171Steven KruijswijkNetherlandss.t.
172Michael MørkøvDenmarks.t.
173Søren Kragh AndersenDenmarks.t.
174Rui VinhasPortugals.t.
175Nicolas RocheIrelands.t.
176Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
177Domenico PozzovivoItalys.t.
178Michael WoodsMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
179Ian BoswellUnited Statess.t.
180Marek CaneckySlovakias.t.
181Martin VelitsSlovakia+ 4'45
182Andrey AmadorMixed Rest of World+ 6'26
183Phil BauhausGermany+ 7'16
184Martin HaringSlovakias.t.
185Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 9'46
186Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugals.t.
187Alex HowesUnited States+ 11'17
188Patrik TyborSlovakia+ 12'00
189Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 13'22
190Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 14'02
191Conor DunneIreland+ 15'19
192Edward DunbarIreland+ 18'03
193Michael KolarSlovakias.t.

General:

For once there are no changes at the top. Sep Vanmarcke can add another yellow jersey to his wardrobe.
RankNameTeamTime
1Sep VanmarckeBelgium13h46'06
2Taylor PhinneyUnited States+ 1'41
3Maciej BodnarPoland+ 1'42
4Tony MartinGermany+ 1'44
5Niki TerpstraNetherlands+ 1'46
6John DegenkolbGermany+ 1'48
7Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
8Ian StannardGreat Britain+ 1'52
9Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 1'55
10Edvald Boasson HagenNorway+ 1'56

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11Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 1'57
12Vincenzo NibaliItaly+ 2'03
13Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 2'04
14Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 2'06
15André GreipelGermany+ 2'10
16Romain BardetFrance+ 2'14
17Nikias ArndtGermany+ 3'14
18Zdenek StybarCzech Republic+ 3'15
19Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 3'21
20Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 3'25
21Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 3'27
22Thomas De GendtBelgium+ 3'32
23Rigoberto UránColombia+ 3'34
24Nacer BouhanniFrance+ 3'39
25Alexander KristoffNorway+ 4'09
26Arnaud DémareFrance+ 4'11
27Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 4'14
28Peter SaganSlovakia+ 4'15
29Alberto ContadorSpain+ 4'17
30Giacomo NizzoloItaly+ 4'18
31Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 4'23
32Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 4'24
33Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 4'25
34Mathew HaymanAustralia+ 4'28
35Mark CavendishGreat Britain+ 4'33
36Nairo QuintanaColombias.t.
37Thomas VoecklerFrance+ 4'38
38Daniel MartinIreland+ 4'40
39Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 4'42
40Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 4'55
41Fabio FellineItaly+ 5'08
42Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 5'10
43Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 5'17
44Marcel KittelGermany+ 5'22
45Matti BreschelDenmark+ 5'24
46Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
47Łukasz WiśniowskiPolands.t.
48Simon GeschkeGermany+ 5'29
49Thibaut PinotFrance+ 5'31
50Michał KwiatkowskiPoland+ 5'34
51Nathan HaasAustralia+ 5'37
52Vegard Stake LaengenNorway+ 5'38
53Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
54Rafał MajkaPoland+ 5'39
55Richie PorteAustralia+ 5'42
56Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 5'44
57Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussia+ 5'49
58Juraj SaganSlovakias.t.
59Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 5'57
60Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 5'58
61Truls KorsaethNorway+ 6'05
62Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland+ 6'41
63Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe+ 7'21
64Ion IzagirreSpain+ 7'23
65Warren BarguilFrance+ 7'30
66Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 7'32
67Jens KeukeleireBelgium+ 7'36
68Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 7'39
69Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe+ 7'45
70Emanuel BuchmannGermanys.t.
71Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 7'46
72Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 7'48
73Matthew BrammeierIreland+ 7'54
74Jonathan CastroviejoSpain+ 8'14
75Marc SolerSpain+ 8'20
76Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 8'23
77Caleb EwanAustralia+ 8'26
78Jan HirtCzech Republic+ 8'38
79Winner AnaconaColombia+ 8'40
80Rick ZabelGermany+ 8'45
81Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 8'46
82Mikel NieveSpains.t.
83Simon SpilakSlovenia+ 8'48
84Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 8'52
85Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
86Diego RosaItaly+ 8'53
87Tejay Van GarderenUnited States+ 8'54
88Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 8'59
89Tony GallopinFrance+ 9'00
90Fabio AruItaly+ 9'01
91Nicolas RocheIrelands.t.
92Bauke MollemaNetherlands+ 9'03
93Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 9'04
94Sam BennettIreland+ 9'05
95Marko KumpSlovenia+ 9'07
96Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 9'09
97Alexander PorsevRussias.t.
98Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World+ 9'11
99Lars Petter NordhaugNorway+ 9'13
100Michał GołaśPolands.t.
101Steven KruijswijkNetherlands+ 9'15
102Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia+ 9'26
103Peter KennaughGreat Britain+ 9'31
104Sébastien ReichenbachSwitzerland+ 9'35
105Adam HansenAustralia+ 9'45
106Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 10'42
107Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 10'53
108Borut BožicSlovenia+ 10'54
109Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 10'55
110Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 10'57
111Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 10'59
112Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 11'05
113Rohan DennisAustralia+ 11'07
114Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 11'11
115Davide FormoloItaly+ 11'24
116Greg Van AvermaetBelgium+ 11'27
117Jan BartaCzech Republic+ 11'30
118Maciej PaterskiPoland+ 11'34
119Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 11'39
120Diego UlissiItaly+ 11'44
121Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 11'45
122Rui CostaPortugal+ 11'47
123Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
124Mikel LandaSpain+ 11'50
125Michael MørkøvDenmark+ 11'51
126Yury TrofimovRussia+ 11'53
127José Joaquín RojasSpain+ 12'02
128Danilo WyssSwitzerland+ 12'08
129Kristoffer HalvorsenNorway+ 12'20
130Stephen CummingsGreat Britain+ 12'26
131Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 12'28
132Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe+ 12'30
133Simon GerransAustralia+ 12'34
134Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
135Mathias FrankSwitzerland+ 12'35
136José MendesPortugal+ 12'36
137Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
138Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
139Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 12'40
140Esteban ChavesColombia+ 12'44
141José GonçalvesPortugal+ 12'45
142Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
143Serge PauwelsBelgium+ 12'48
144George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
145Jan TratnikSlovenia+ 12'49
146Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
147Domenico PozzovivoItaly+ 12'51
148Leopold KönigCzech Republic+ 12'52
149Marek CaneckySlovakia+ 12'55
150Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 12'56
151Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
152Roman MaikinRussia+ 12'57
153John Darwin AtapumaColombia+ 12'59
154Matej MugerliSlovenia+ 13'01
155Paweł CieślikPoland+ 13'04
156Rui VinhasPortugal+ 13'10
157Andrey AmadorMixed Rest of World+ 13'50
158Jarlinson PantanoColombia+ 13'54
159Brent BookwalterUnited States+ 13'57
160Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 14'08
161Ryan MullenIreland+ 14'31
162Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 14'38
163Sergey ShilovRussia+ 14'43
164Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe+ 14'44
165Philip DeignanIrelands.t.
166Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 14'46
167Tiago MachadoPortugal+ 14'48
168Petr VakočCzech Republic+ 14'51
169Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
170Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
171Paweł PoljańskiPolands.t.
172Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 14'52
173Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europes.t.
174Alois KankovskyCzech Republic+ 14'57
175Patrick KonradMixed Europe+ 14'59
176Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
177Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 15'03
178Matvei MamykinRussia+ 15'05
179Michael WoodsMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
180Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 17'14
181Ian BoswellUnited States+ 17'45
182Martin VelitsSlovakia+ 19'40
183Phil BauhausGermany+ 20'13
184Martin HaringSlovakia+ 20'18
185Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 22'27
186Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugal+ 24'43
187Patrik TyborSlovakia+ 24'53
188Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 25'59
189Alex HowesUnited States+ 26'14
190Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 26'27
191Conor DunneIreland+ 30'25
192Edward DunbarIreland+ 31'11
193Michael KolarSlovakia+ 35'06

Points:

We are used to seeing Peter Sagan in green.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Peter SaganSlovakia65
2Alejandro ValverdeSpain58
3Alexander KristoffNorway43
4Maciej BodnarPoland42
5John DegenkolbGermany40

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6Fernando GaviriaColombia37
7Zdenek StybarCzech Republic34
8Arnaud DémareFrance32
9Sep VanmarckeBelgium30
10Edvald Boasson HagenNorway30
11Tony MartinGermany28
12Mark CavendishGreat Britain28
13Oliver NaesenBelgium27
14Taylor PhinneyUnited States24
15Marcel KittelGermany24
16Matti BreschelDenmark24
17Michael MatthewsAustralia21
18Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe21
19Stefan KüngSwitzerland20
20Nikias ArndtGermany20
21Jens KeukeleireBelgium20
22Sonny ColbrelliItaly20
23José Joaquín RojasSpain20
24André GreipelGermany19
25Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World19
26Giacomo NizzoloItaly18
27Luke DurbridgeAustralia17
28Fabio FellineItaly17
29Marko KumpSlovenia17
30Maciej PaterskiPoland17
31Łukasz WiśniowskiPoland16
32Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe15
33Rohan DennisAustralia15
34Martin VelitsSlovakia15
35Ian StannardGreat Britain13
36Emanuel BuchmannGermany13
37Philippe GilbertBelgium12
38Caleb EwanAustralia10
39Tiago MachadoPortugal10
40Vincenzo NibaliItaly9
41Matthew BrammeierIreland9
42Ruben GuerreiroPortugal9
43Ion IzagirreSpain8
44Borut BožicSlovenia8
45Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe8
46Julian AlaphilippeFrance7
47Rick ZabelGermany7
48Stephen CummingsGreat Britain7
49Nacer BouhanniFrance6
50Luke RoweGreat Britain6
51Michał KwiatkowskiPoland6
52Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussia6
53Truls KorsaethNorway6
54Andrey AmadorMixed Rest of World6
55Brent BookwalterUnited States6
56Robin CarpenterUnited States6
57Niki TerpstraNetherlands5
58Tom DumoulinNetherlands5
59Simon GeschkeGermany5
60Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands5
61Nelson OliveiraPortugal5
62Alois KankovskyCzech Republic5
63Jakob FuglsangDenmark4
64Erik BaskaSlovakia4
65Petr VakočCzech Republic4
66Warren BarguilFrance3
67Daniel MartinIreland2
68Silvan DillierSwitzerland2
69Thomas De GendtBelgium1
70Greg Van AvermaetBelgium1

Mountains:

We now have a five-way tie but due to the general classification tiebraker Zdenek Stybar is the leader.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Zdenek StybarCzech Republic1
2Alejandro ValverdeSpain1
3Matti BreschelDenmark1
4Jens KeukeleireBelgium1
5Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World1

Young rider:

To continue the trend of not changing jerseys today, Bob Jungels remains in white.
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe13h50'29
2Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 1
3Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 2
4Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 32
5Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 1'15

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6Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 1'34
7Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 1'35
8Truls KorsaethNorway+ 1'42
9Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 3'09
10Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 3'16
11Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 3'22
12Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 3'23
13Marc SolerSpain+ 3'57
14Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 4'00
15Caleb EwanAustralia+ 4'03
16Rick ZabelGermany+ 4'22
17Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 4'36
18Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 4'41
19Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 4'46
20Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 6'32
21Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 6'34
22Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 6'36
23Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 6'42
24Davide FormoloItaly+ 7'01
25Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 7'16
26Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 7'24
27Kristoffer HalvorsenNorway+ 7'57
28Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 8'13
29Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 8'22
30Jan PolancSlovenia+ 8'26
31Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 8'33
32Ryan MullenIreland+ 10'08
33Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 10'15
34Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 10'23
35Petr VakocCzech Republic+ 10'28
36Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
37Matvei MamykinRussia+ 10'42
38Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 12'51
39Phil BauhausGermany+ 15'50
40Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 21'36
41Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 22'04
42Conor DunneIreland+ 26'02
43Edward DunbarIreland+ 26'48
44Michael KolarSlovakia+ 30'43

Team:

I'm running out of original ways to say Germany is leading the team classification. But with two sprinters stages upcoming I might have to dig into the dictionary.
RankTeamTime
1Germany41h23'27
2Great Britain+ 18
3Belgium+ 1'42
4Australia+ 2'35
5Italy+ 2'55

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6Netherlands+ 3'18
7Denmark+ 3'49
8Poland+ 4'06
9France+ 4'25
10Norway+ 5'17
11Switzerland+ 6'49
12Colombia+ 7'03
13Spain+ 7'29
14Mixed Rest of World+ 13'39
15Mixed Europe+ 13'56
16Slovakia+ 14'12
17Russia+ 15'10
18Ireland+ 15'47
19United States+ 16'18
20Czech Republic+ 18'13
21Slovenia+ 20'13
22Portugal+ 31'37

Combativity:

Included in both attempts and in the little attack near the end:
Silvan Dillier

Final words:

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This stage has actually been raced five times before the actual report. Two times it crashed midstage and three times I did finish it but the screenshots failed. Short rundown of these attempts:
First: Terpstra doing a traditional attack, only caught 300 meters before the line. Matthews won.
Second: A five way photo finish at the end between Greipel (fifth), Matthews (fourth), Vanmarcke (third, took bonus seconds), Sagan and the shock winner: Tiesj Benoot. I was quite angry when the screenshots failed because it was an amazing sprint where any of those five could've won with 100 meters to go.
Third: Elmiger as last survivor of the break caught at the final climb. Colbrelli won with ease.

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Interesting to see that Valverde has the legs, his major time loss in the cobbles may lead to some far-out attacks
 
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Just tripped over this and I love it! Amazing stuff so far, though I hate to see Kreuziger (and Kelderman) going.
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@Yellow Jersey - Yep, some big names have lost a lot of time already. But will they be forced to work for their leader or do they have a free role in the mountain stages?
@Croatia14 - Thanks, indeed sad to see a name like Kreuziger out already Sad

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STAGE 5

Profile:
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Race:

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The second longest stage of this Tour at 227 kilometers and 310 meters. The longest stage, stage 8, is only 100 meters longer. It should be a fairly flat affair with only a category four mountain sprint in the way.

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The first big breakaway group was caught very soon. Riders in it were Van Avermaet and Richeze, who wants a point for the polka dot jersey. His objective is only ten kilometers away. Velits has already crashed and is behind the peloton.

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A group of seven attacked just before the points giveaway, and Rojas denies Richeze the points. Other riders in the break are Božic, Carpenter, Deignan, Gołaś and Porsev.

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Another crash, the second of the day. This time Roche hits the tarmac but he can safely return to the peloton. Durbridge, seventh in the GC at 1'48, tries to jump across to the breakaway. He is joined by Korsaeth, Mørkøv and Sagan. Juraj Sagan of course, not his green brother.

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E2 joins E1, which is now 11 cyclists big and has a lead of five minutes. Belgium and Switzerland lead the peloton. The first one is clear, Vanmarcke doesn't want to give away his jersey, but the Swiss? Why? For who? Or as punishment for missing the break?

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Durbridge sprints for the intermediate sprint. Nice twenty points, but no bonification seconds which might help him in his quest for yellow. Green Sagan takes twelfth place.

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France and Germany brought the gap down to a minute. And Terpstra, yes you know. Naesen and polka dot Stybar join him on his late afternoon stroll.

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Martin is tasked with bringing back everyone up front. So far he has done his task successfully, he has caught everyone bar Gołaś, Richeze, Stybar and Terpstra. The guy in the polka dot jersey puts in another attack.

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A scene oh so familiar this tour. A bunch of riders on the ground. Phinney and Bodnar, numbers two and three in the general classification, are amongst the casualties. Bardet, Boasson Hagen, Colbrelli are other victims. Yellow and green jersery Vanmarcke and Sagan can only just avoid the incident.

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If look closely at the pileup we can see a skinny guy in a torn up British jersey. It's Chris Froome! One of the biggest favourite will lose even more time after his mediocre opening time trial.

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And so Stybar and Terpstra are still ahead in the final kilometers. A group of just fifteen riders managed to stay ahead of the chaos: Gołaś, Naesen, Richeze, Barguil, Bouhanni, Démare, Gallopin, Degenkolb, Geschke, Greipel, Kittel, Martin, Ewan, Kristoff and Talansky

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At three kilometers, the point where, if the crash had occured there, the riders involved wouldn't have lost time. The two leaders are caught by the two main trains. One is the traditional German train, with Kristoff at the end. On the other side we have Bouhanni and Démare, with Ewan behind. Talansky tries to get involved but it's clear this is not his cup of tea.

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And again the cooperation between the German supersprinters is not very good. Horrible actually. On the other side of the Elzas, Démare was released pretty well and only Kristoff looks able to challenge him for victory.

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The builders of the finish arc have put a hidden camera, in which we can see the sprint from full fronal view. From this angle it looks very tight.

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But when we cut back to the main camera it's clear Alexander Kristoff has crossed the line first. Démare again second placed, but he will have more chances in the race. Greipel is the best German in third, Bouhanni fourth and Kittel fifth.

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The group with the yellow jersey crosses the line one minute behind. He keeps his jersey as his nearest rivals were involved in the crash, and those ahead were not close enough in the general classification.

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Another minute later and the group with more people who were held up by the crash. Aru and Quintana are in this group.

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But the biggest loser today is Froome. HIs time loss is limited as he is in the same time as the group ahead, but we have to wonder about injuries. How hard was the impact? Surely he won't sleep well tonight.

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Four people couldn't get back on the bike in normal condition, and are therefore out of this race. Andrey Amador is out, Adam Hansen doesn't get to continue his Grand Tour streak, Ion Izagirre has had enough of his crashes, and Sébastien Reichenbach has to be transported to the nearest hospital. Martin Velits also has to abandon after his fall early in the stage and never got back to true speed.

Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Alexander KristoffNorway5h06'22
2Arnaud DémareFrances.t.
3André GreipelGermanys.t.
4Nacer BouhanniFrances.t.
5Marcel KittelGermanys.t.
6Zdenek StybarCzech Republics.t.
7Caleb EwanAustralias.t.
8Andrew TalanskyUnited Statess.t.
9John DegenkolbGermanys.t.
10Niki TerpstraNetherlandss.t.

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11Oliver NaesenBelgiums.t.
12Michał GołaśPolands.t.
13Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World+ 1'00
14Bob JungelsMixed Europes.t.
15Ilnur ZakarinRussias.t.
16Daniel MartinIrelands.t.
17Bauke MollemaNetherlandss.t.
18Robert GesinkNetherlandss.t.
19Tony MartinGermanys.t.
20Vincenzo NibaliItalys.t.
21Tiesj BenootBelgiums.t.
22Leopold KönigCzech Republics.t.
23Wout PoelsNetherlandss.t.
24Jakob FuglsangDenmarks.t.
25Tony GallopinFrances.t.
26Thibaut PinotFrances.t.
27Warren BarguilFrances.t.
28Diego RosaItalys.t.
29Simon SpilakSlovenias.t.
30Dylan GroenewegenNetherlandss.t.
31Mikel NieveSpains.t.
32Sep VanmarckeBelgiums.t.
33Luka MezgecSlovenias.t.
34Fernando GaviriaColombias.t.
35Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussias.t.
36Giacomo NizzoloItalys.t.
37Alejandro ValverdeSpains.t.
38Mark CavendishGreat Britains.t.
39Jonathan CastroviejoSpains.t.
40Lars Ytting BakDenmarks.t.
41Alberto ContadorSpains.t.
42Mikel LandaSpains.t.
43Tom DumoulinNetherlandss.t.
44Philippe GilbertBelgiums.t.
45Peter SaganSlovakias.t.
46Michael MatthewsAustralias.t.
47Michał KwiatkowskiPolands.t.
48Simon GeschkeGermanys.t.
49Richie PorteAustralias.t.
50Matej MohoricSlovenias.t.
51Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
52Matej MugerliSlovenias.t.
53Alexander PorsevRussias.t.
54Jarlinson PantanoColombias.t.
55Mathew HaymanAustralias.t.
56Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europes.t.
57Nikias ArndtGermany+ 1'56
58Rick ZabelGermanys.t.
59Rohan DennisAustralias.t.
60Truls KorsaethNorways.t.
61Lars Petter NordhaugNorways.t.
62Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europes.t.
63Geraint ThomasGreat Britains.t.
64Michael AlbasiniSwitzerlands.t.
65Simon GerransAustralias.t.
66Sonny ColbrelliItalys.t.
67Sondre Holst EngerNorways.t.
68Rui CostaPortugals.t.
69José Joaquín RojasSpains.t.
70Diego UlissiItalys.t.
71José GonçalvesPortugals.t.
72Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
73Esteban ChavesColombias.t.
74Sérgio Luis HenaoColombias.t.
75Patrick KonradMixed Europes.t.
76Nelson OliveiraPortugals.t.
77Danilo WyssSwitzerlands.t.
78Reto HollensteinSwitzerlands.t.
79Julian AlaphilippeFrances.t.
80Yury TrofimovRussias.t.
81Lilian CalmejaneFrances.t.
82Domenico PozzovivoItalys.t.
83Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
84Winner AnaconaColombias.t.
85Michael SchärSwitzerlands.t.
86Maciej PaterskiPolands.t.
87Emanuel BuchmannGermanys.t.
88Tiago MachadoPortugals.t.
89José MendesPortugals.t.
90Steven KruijswijkNetherlandss.t.
91Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
92Alois KankovskyCzech Republics.t.
93Borut BožicSlovenias.t.
94Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
95Alex HowesUnited Statess.t.
96Michael MørkøvDenmarks.t.
97Brent BookwalterUnited Statess.t.
98Rafał MajkaPolands.t.
99Łukasz WiśniowskiPolands.t.
100Roman MaikinRussias.t.
101Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
102Miguel Angel LopezColombias.t.
103Rigoberto UránColombias.t.
104George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
105Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
106Jóni BrandãoPortugals.t.
107Søren Kragh AndersenDenmarks.t.
108Nicolas RocheIrelands.t.
109Fabio AruItalys.t.
110Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
111Magnus Cort NielsenDenmarks.t.
112Jan HirtCzech Republics.t.
113Jens KeukeleireBelgiums.t.
114Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europes.t.
115Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europes.t.
116Nairo QuintanaColombias.t.
117Lawson CraddockUnited Statess.t.
118Taylor PhinneyUnited Statess.t.
119Paweł PoljańskiPolands.t.
120Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europes.t.
121Tejay Van GarderenUnited Statess.t.
122Maciej BodnarPolands.t.
123Sergey ShilovRussias.t.
124Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
125Philip DeignanIrelands.t.
126Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
127Michael WoodsMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
128Thomas VoecklerFrances.t.
129Matvei MamykinRussias.t.
130Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugals.t.
131Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
132Paweł CieślikPolands.t.
133Ian BoswellUnited Statess.t.
134Jan TratnikSlovenias.t.
135Edvald Boasson HagenNorways.t.
136Joseph DombrowskiUnited Statess.t.
137Alexander FoliforovRussias.t.
138Romain BardetFrances.t.
139John Darwin AtapumaColombias.t.
140Jan BakelantsBelgiums.t.
141Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
142Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
143Fabio FellineItalys.t.
144Sam BennettIrelands.t.
145Stephen CummingsGreat Britains.t.
146Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
147Ian StannardGreat Britains.t.
148Matti BreschelDenmarks.t.
149Greg Van AvermaetBelgiums.t.
150Martin ElmigerSwitzerlands.t.
151Marko KumpSlovenias.t.
152Stefan KüngSwitzerlands.t.
153Petr VakočCzech Republics.t.
154Nathan HaasAustralias.t.
155Ruben GuerreiroPortugals.t.
156Kristoffer HalvorsenNorways.t.
157Silvan DillierSwitzerlands.t.
158Peter KennaughGreat Britains.t.
159Michael ValgrenDenmarks.t.
160Dylan Van BaarleNetherlandss.t.
161Sergey ChernetskiyRussias.t.
162Sven Erik BystrømNorways.t.
163Mathias FrankSwitzerlands.t.
164Serge PauwelsBelgiums.t.
165Thomas De GendtBelgiums.t.
166Ryan MullenIrelands.t.
167Davide FormoloItalys.t.
168Jan BartaCzech Republics.t.
169Juraj SaganSlovakias.t.
170Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
171Matthew BrammeierIrelands.t.
172Erik BaskaSlovakias.t.
173Chris FroomeGreat Britains.t.
174Marc SolerSpains.t.
175Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
176Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
177Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
178Phil BauhausGermanys.t.
179Marek CaneckySlovakias.t.
180Rui VinhasPortugals.t.
181Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
182Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 6'10
183Martin HaringSlovakia+ 6'41
184Patrik TyborSlovakia+ 7'13
185Conor DunneIrelands.t.
186Edward DunbarIreland+ 8'15
187Michael KolarSlovakia+ 8'43
188Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 9'46
DNFAndrey AmadorMixed Rest of World
DNFAdam HansenAustralia
DNFIon IzagirreSpain
DNFSébastien ReichenbachSwitzerland
DNFMartin VelitsSlovakia

General:

Despite not being in the first group, Sep Vanmarcke retains yellow.
RankNameTeamTime
1Sep VanmarckeBelgium18h53'28
2Niki TerpstraNetherlands+ 46
3John DegenkolbGermany+ 48
4André GreipelGermany+ 1'06
5Tony MartinGermany+ 1'44
6Luke DurbridgeAustralia+ 1'48
7Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 1'55
8Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 1'57
9Vincenzo NibaliItaly+ 2'03
10Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 2'04

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11Zdenek StybarCzech Republic+ 2'15
12Taylor PhinneyUnited States+ 2'37
13Maciej BodnarPoland+ 2'38
14Nacer BouhanniFrance+ 2'39
15Ian StannardGreat Britain+ 2'48
16Edvald Boasson HagenNorway+ 2'52
17Alexander KristoffNorway+ 2'59
18Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 3'02
19Arnaud DémareFrance+ 3'05
20Romain BardetFrance+ 3'10
21Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 3'21
22Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 3'25
23Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 3'27
24Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 3'42
25Nikias ArndtGermany+ 4'10
26Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 4'14
27Peter SaganSlovakia+ 4'15
28Alberto ContadorSpain+ 4'17
29Giacomo NizzoloItaly+ 4'18
30Marcel KittelGermany+ 4'22
31Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 4'23
32Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 4'24
33Mathew HaymanAustralia+ 4'28
34Thomas De GendtBelgiums.t.
35Rigoberto UránColombia+ 4'30
36Mark CavendishGreat Britain+ 4'33
37Daniel MartinIreland+ 4'40
38Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 5'21
39Simon GeschkeGermany+ 5'29
40Nairo QuintanaColombias.t.
41Thibaut PinotFrance+ 5'31
42Michał KwiatkowskiPoland+ 5'34
43Thomas VoecklerFrances.t.
44Richie PorteAustralia+ 5'42
45Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 5'44
46Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussia+ 5'49
47Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 5'51
48Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 5'58
49Fabio FellineItaly+ 6'04
50Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 6'06
51Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 6'13
52Matti BreschelDenmark+ 6'20
53Łukasz WiśniowskiPolands.t.
54Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
55Nathan HaasAustralia+ 6'33
56Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 6'34
57Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
58Rafał MajkaPoland+ 6'35
59Juraj SaganSlovakia+ 6'45
60Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 6'53
61Truls KorsaethNorway+ 7'01
62Caleb EwanAustralia+ 7'26
63Warren BarguilFrance+ 7'30
64Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland+ 7'37
65Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe+ 7'45
66Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 7'48
67Michał GołaśPoland+ 8'13
68Jonathan CastroviejoSpain+ 8'14
69Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe+ 8'17
70Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 8'28
71Jens KeukeleireBelgium+ 8'32
72Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 8'35
73Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 8'41
74Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 8'42
75Mikel NieveSpain+ 8'46
76Simon SpilakSlovenia+ 8'48
77Matthew BrammeierIreland+ 8'50
78Diego RosaItaly+ 8'53
79Tony GallopinFrance+ 9'00
80Bauke MollemaNetherlands+ 9'03
81Alexander PorsevRussia+ 9'09
82Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World+ 9'11
83Marc SolerSpain+ 9'16
84Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 9'19
85Jan HirtCzech Republic+ 9'34
86Winner AnaconaColombia+ 9'36
87Rick ZabelGermany+ 9'41
88Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 9'42
89Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 9'48
90Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
91Tejay Van GarderenUnited States+ 9'50
92Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 9'55
93Fabio AruItaly+ 9'57
94Nicolas RocheIrelands.t.
95Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 10'00
96Sam BennettIreland+ 10'01
97Marko KumpSlovenia+ 10'03
98Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 10'05
99Lars Petter NordhaugNorway+ 10'09
100Steven KruijswijkNetherlands+ 10'11
101Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia+ 10'22
102Peter KennaughGreat Britain+ 10'27
103Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 10'45
104Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 10'59
105Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 11'05
106Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 11'11
107Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 11'38
108Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 11'49
109Borut BožicSlovenia+ 11'50
110Mikel LandaSpains.t.
111Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 11'51
112Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 11'53
113Rohan DennisAustralia+ 12'03
114Davide FormoloItaly+ 12'20
115Greg Van AvermaetBelgium+ 12'23
116Jan BartaCzech Republic+ 12'26
117Maciej PaterskiPoland+ 12'30
118Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 12'35
119Diego UlissiItaly+ 12'40
120Rui CostaPortugal+ 12'43
121Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
122Michael MørkøvDenmark+ 12'47
123Yury TrofimovRussia+ 12'49
124Leopold KönigCzech Republic+ 12'52
125José Joaquín RojasSpain+ 12'58
126Matej MugerliSlovenia+ 13'01
127Danilo WyssSwitzerland+ 13'04
128Kristoffer HalvorsenNorway+ 13'16
129Stephen CummingsGreat Britain+ 13'22
130Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 13'24
131Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe+ 13'26
132Simon GerransAustralia+ 13'30
133Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
134Mathias FrankSwitzerland+ 13'31
135José MendesPortugal+ 13'32
136Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
137Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
138Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 13'36
139Esteban ChavesColombia+ 13'40
140José GonçalvesPortugal+ 13'41
141Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
142Serge PauwelsBelgium+ 13'44
143George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
144Jan TratnikSlovenia+ 13'45
145Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
146Domenico PozzovivoItaly+ 13'47
147Marek CaneckySlovakia+ 13'51
148Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 13'52
149Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
150Roman MaikinRussia+ 13'53
151Jarlinson PantanoColombia+ 13'54
152John Darwin AtapumaColombia+ 13'55
153Paweł CieślikPoland+ 14'00
154Rui VinhasPortugal+ 14'06
155Brent BookwalterUnited States+ 14'53
156Ryan MullenIreland+ 15'27
157Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 15'34
158Sergey ShilovRussia+ 15'39
159Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe+ 15'40
160Philip DeignanIrelands.t.
161Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 15'42
162Tiago MachadoPortugal+ 15'44
163Petr VakočCzech Republic+ 15'47
164Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
165Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
166Paweł PoljańskiPolands.t.
167Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 15'48
168Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europes.t.
169Alois KankovskyCzech Republic+ 15'53
170Patrick KonradMixed Europe+ 15'55
171Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
172Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 15'59
173Matvei MamykinRussia+ 16'01
174Michael WoodsMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
175Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 18'10
176Ian BoswellUnited States+ 18'41
177Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 19'18
178Phil BauhausGermany+ 21'09
179Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 23'23
180Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugal+ 25'39
181Martin HaringSlovakia+ 25'59
182Alex HowesUnited States+ 27'10
183Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 27'23
184Patrik TyborSlovakia+ 31'06
185Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 34'45
186Conor DunneIreland+ 36'38
187Edward DunbarIreland+ 38'26
188Michael KolarSlovakia+ 42'49

Points:

Thanks to his stage victory Alexander Kristoff is the new green jersey owner.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Alexander KristoffNorway93
2Peter SaganSlovakia69
3Arnaud DémareFrance62
4Alejandro ValverdeSpain58
5John DegenkolbGermany48

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6Zdenek StybarCzech Republic48
7Maciej BodnarPoland42
8Fernando GaviriaColombia40
9Marcel KittelGermany40
10André GreipelGermany39
11Luke DurbridgeAustralia37
12Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World36
13Oliver NaesenBelgium33
14Sep VanmarckeBelgium30
15Edvald Boasson HagenNorway30
16Mark CavendishGreat Britain29
17Tony MartinGermany28
18José Joaquín RojasSpain28
19Taylor PhinneyUnited States24
20Nacer BouhanniFrance24
21Matti BreschelDenmark24
22Caleb EwanAustralia24
23Michael MatthewsAustralia21
24Truls KorsaethNorway21
25Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe21
26Stefan KüngSwitzerland20
27Nikias ArndtGermany20
28Jens KeukeleireBelgium20
29Sonny ColbrelliItaly20
30Giacomo NizzoloItaly18
31Fabio FellineItaly17
32Marko KumpSlovenia17
33Maciej PaterskiPoland17
34Philip DeignanIreland17
35Łukasz WiśniowskiPoland16
36Robin CarpenterUnited States16
37Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe15
38Borut BožicSlovenia15
39Rohan DennisAustralia15
40Michał GołaśPoland14
41Ian StannardGreat Britain13
42Emanuel BuchmannGermany13
43Niki TerpstraNetherlands12
44Philippe GilbertBelgium12
45Alexander PorsevRussia11
46Andrew TalanskyUnited States10
47Tiago MachadoPortugal10
48Vincenzo NibaliItaly9
49Matthew BrammeierIreland9
50Ruben GuerreiroPortugal9
51Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe8
52Julian AlaphilippeFrance7
53Rick ZabelGermany7
54Stephen CummingsGreat Britain7
55Luke RoweGreat Britain6
56Michał KwiatkowskiPoland6
57Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussia6
58Michael MørkøvDenmark6
59Brent BookwalterUnited States6
60Tom DumoulinNetherlands5
61Simon GeschkeGermany5
62Juraj SaganSlovakia5
63Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands5
64Nelson OliveiraPortugal5
65Alois KankovskyCzech Republic5
66Jakob FuglsangDenmark4
67Erik BaskaSlovakia4
68Petr VakočCzech Republic4
69Bob JungelsMixed Europe3
70Warren BarguilFrance3
71Daniel MartinIreland2
72Ilnur ZakarinRussia2
73Silvan DillierSwitzerland2
74Thomas De GendtBelgium1
75Greg Van AvermaetBelgium1

Mountains:

From five to six, but Zdenek Stybar is still the highest ranked with one point. There are no mountain points available in the next three stages, so he will likely keep the jersey for a while.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Zdenek StybarCzech Republic1
2Alejandro ValverdeSpain1
3Matti BreschelDenmark1
4Jens KeukeleireBelgium1
5Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World1

Spoiler
6José Joaquín RojasSpain1

Young rider:

Bob Jungels survived another challenge by Gaviria
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe18h57'51
2Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 1
3Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 58
4Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 1'28
5Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 1'35

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6Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 2'11
7Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 2'30
8Truls KorsaethNorway+ 2'38
9Caleb EwanAustralia+ 3'03
10Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 4'05
11Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 4'12
12Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 4'18
13Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 4'19
14Marc SolerSpain+ 4'53
15Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 4'56
16Rick ZabelGermany+ 5'18
17Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 5'32
18Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 5'37
19Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 5'42
20Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 6'36
21Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 6'42
22Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 7'28
23Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 7'30
24Davide FormoloItaly+ 7'57
25Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 8'12
26Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 8'20
27Kristoffer HalvorsenNorway+ 8'53
28Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 9'09
29Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 9'18
30Jan PolancSlovenia+ 9'22
31Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 9'29
32Ryan MullenIreland+ 11'04
33Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 11'11
34Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 11'19
35Petr VakocCzech Republic+ 11'24
36Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
37Matvei MamykinRussia+ 11'38
38Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 13'47
39Phil BauhausGermany+ 16'46
40Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 23'00
41Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 30'22
42Conor DunneIreland+ 32'15
43Edward DunbarIreland+ 34'03
44Michael KolarSlovakia+ 38'26

Team:

With all those flat stages there is no real challenge to dethrone Germany.
RankTeamTime
1Germany56h42'33
2Belgium+ 3'42
3Australia+ 4'35
4Great Britain+ 5'10
5Netherlands+ 5'18

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6France+ 5'25
7Italy+ 5'55
8Poland+ 7'02
9Denmark+ 7'45
10Norway+ 9'09
11Spain+ 10'29
12Colombia+ 10'59
13Switzerland+ 12'37
14Mixed Europe+ 17'52
15Russia+ 18'10
16Mixed Rest of World+ 18'31
17Slovakia+ 19'04
18United States+ 20'10
19Ireland+ 20'39
20Czech Republic+ 21'09
21Slovenia+ 23'13
22Portugal+ 37'25

Combativity:

He may not have taken over the mountain classification, but he did take a big share in the work at the front:
Ariel Maximiliano Richeze

Final words:

Spoiler
I didn't know PCM11 likes mass crashes this much. There were definitely more gaps than are showed in the results (group Froome lost at least another minute), but due to some riders in between the main groups they were all linked together into the same time. Let's call it PCM's way of the three kilometer rule.

Manager of Minions
 
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Great sprint from Kristoff and his reward is the Points jersey Wink
 
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STAGE 6

Profile:
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Race:

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206 flat kilometers leading from Saint-Malo to Nantes. This feels repetitive.

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But we get an interesting strategy ploy by the sprinters teams. With the intermediate sprint early on in the stage, the breakaway was chased down fiercely by, amongst others, France and Germany. It worked, and Démare got twenty points. Geschke is second and takes points away from Kittel in third in a comical mix-up in which most sprinters saw the banner too late and therefore couldn't overtake those who chased down the breakaway.

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After the sprint it was all lights green for a breakaway, but no one jumped. Eventually Marko Kump thought he would do everyone else a favour and become the solo breakaway. Niki Terpstra woke up and jumped with him in his traditional fashion. And Zdenek Stybar wants to join the party, despite there not being any points for his polka dot jersey available today. Belgium leads the peloton, the gap is five minutes plus.

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With 15 kilometers to go the trio was caught. Kump obviously gets the combativity award.

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And the heavens have opened upon Nantes. The rain might affect the sprint, let's pray there won't be another mass crash to disrupt procedures. The same two sprinters teams who were active in the early fases of the stage have started their preparation for the final dash to the line.

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However, as with nearly every sprint so far, there is a maverick who defies the law of flat stages. This time Castroviejo tries to remain ahead of the sprint train in the closing stages. Germany says "Never change a losing team" as they've gone with the exact same setup that brought them miserable results in the last stages: Degenkolb for Greipel for Kittel. Cavendish, Bennett, Ewan and Groenewegen join them on the left side of the road. On the right, Gallopin, Bouhanni and Démare go forth, with yesterday's winner Kristoff and Gaviria behind. Sagan is unsure which wheel to pick.

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Germany goes faster and his brought Castroviejo back from his dreams. Gaviria decided to switch trains, his place on the TGV is taken by Sagan.

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One final kilometer and for once things are going well for Germany. France seems to have the bad luck today as they and everyone on their wheel are faced with a major disadvantage to overcome.

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Cavendish comes off the wheel of Kittel who is released just too late by Greipel. This all has brought Kristoff and Sagan back with a shot at victory.

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But they are all powerless against The Manx Missile, Mark Cavendish wins in the streets of Nantes. Sagan might have been more threatening if he were to be positioned better, but his second place puts him closer to the green jersey. Démare comes from far behind to take third away from Kittel and Kristoff. Greipel outside the top ten, Germany needs to change if they want to win a sprint.

Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Mark CavendishGreat Britain4h44'13
2Peter SaganSlovakias.t.
3Arnaud DémareFrances.t.
4Marcel KittelGermanys.t.
5Alexander KristoffNorways.t.
6Caleb EwanAustralias.t.
7Fernando GaviriaColombias.t.
8Dylan GroenewegenNetherlandss.t.
9Giacomo NizzoloItalys.t.
10Sam BennettIrelands.t.

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11André GreipelGermanys.t.
12Michael MatthewsAustralias.t.
13John DegenkolbGermanys.t.
14Nacer BouhanniFrances.t.
15Sonny ColbrelliItalys.t.
16Leopold KönigCzech Republics.t.
17Alejandro ValverdeSpains.t.
18Tony MartinGermanys.t.
19Tom DumoulinNetherlandss.t.
20Robert GesinkNetherlandss.t.
21Vincenzo NibaliItalys.t.
22Simon GeschkeGermanys.t.
23Daniel MartinIrelands.t.
24Tony GallopinFrances.t.
25Thomas De GendtBelgiums.t.
26Wout PoelsNetherlandss.t.
27Julian AlaphilippeFrances.t.
28Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussias.t.
29Jarlinson PantanoColombias.t.
30Thibaut PinotFrances.t.
31Thomas VoecklerFrances.t.
32Warren BarguilFrances.t.
33Bob JungelsMixed Europes.t.
34Jonathan CastroviejoSpains.t.
35Jakob FuglsangDenmarks.t.
36Rigoberto UránColombias.t.
37Lars Ytting BakDenmarks.t.
38Ilnur ZakarinRussias.t.
39Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europes.t.
40Luka MezgecSlovenias.t.
41Rick ZabelGermanys.t.
42Nikias ArndtGermanys.t.
43Nathan HaasAustralias.t.
44Sondre Holst EngerNorways.t.
45Andrew TalanskyUnited Statess.t.
46Nairo QuintanaColombias.t.
47Philip DeignanIrelands.t.
48Tejay Van GarderenUnited Statess.t.
49Brent BookwalterUnited Statess.t.
50Jan HirtCzech Republics.t.
51Rohan DennisAustralias.t.
52Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europes.t.
53Peter KennaughGreat Britains.t.
54Zdenek StybarCzech Republics.t.
55Fabio FellineItalys.t.
56Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
57Jan BakelantsBelgiums.t.
58Nicolas RocheIrelands.t.
59Mathew HaymanAustralias.t.
60Truls KorsaethNorways.t.
61Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
62Richie PorteAustralias.t.
63Maciej BodnarPolands.t.
64Rafał MajkaPolands.t.
65Philippe GilbertBelgiums.t.
66Erik BaskaSlovakias.t.
67Sep VanmarckeBelgiums.t.
68Davide FormoloItalys.t.
69Miguel Angel LopezColombias.t.
70Winner AnaconaColombias.t.
71Lars Petter NordhaugNorways.t.
72Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
73José Joaquín RojasSpains.t.
74Kristoffer HalvorsenNorways.t.
75Matvei MamykinRussias.t.
76Matej MugerliSlovenias.t.
77Phil BauhausGermanys.t.
78Matthew BrammeierIrelands.t.
79Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
80Sven Erik BystrømNorways.t.
81Dylan Van BaarleNetherlandss.t.
82Alberto ContadorSpains.t.
83Juraj SaganSlovakias.t.
84Lilian CalmejaneFrances.t.
85Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
86Ryan MullenIrelands.t.
87Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
88Jan BartaCzech Republics.t.
89Petr VakočCzech Republics.t.
90Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
91Edvald Boasson HagenNorways.t.
92Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
93Yury TrofimovRussias.t.
94Alois KankovskyCzech Republics.t.
95Jan TratnikSlovenias.t.
96Tiesj BenootBelgiums.t.
97Greg Van AvermaetBelgiums.t.
98Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
99Chris FroomeGreat Britains.t.
100Borut BožicSlovenias.t.
101Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
102Jens KeukeleireBelgiums.t.
103Matej MohoricSlovenias.t.
104Michał KwiatkowskiPolands.t.
105Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
106Geraint ThomasGreat Britains.t.
107Diego UlissiItalys.t.
108Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
109Simon SpilakSlovenias.t.
110Steven KruijswijkNetherlandss.t.
111Danilo WyssSwitzerlands.t.
112Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
113Alexander PorsevRussias.t.
114Oliver NaesenBelgiums.t.
115Ruben GuerreiroPortugals.t.
116Lawson CraddockUnited Statess.t.
117José MendesPortugals.t.
118Michael SchärSwitzerlands.t.
119Magnus Cort NielsenDenmarks.t.
120José GonçalvesPortugals.t.
121Sergey ChernetskiyRussias.t.
122Sergey ShilovRussias.t.
123Roman MaikinRussias.t.
124Matti BreschelDenmarks.t.
125John Darwin AtapumaColombias.t.
126Marek CaneckySlovakias.t.
127Stefan KüngSwitzerlands.t.
128Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europes.t.
129Serge PauwelsBelgiums.t.
130Tiago MachadoPortugals.t.
131Alexander FoliforovRussias.t.
132Reto HollensteinSwitzerlands.t.
133Mikel NieveSpains.t.
134Emanuel BuchmannGermanys.t.
135Martin ElmigerSwitzerlands.t.
136Diego RosaItalys.t.
137Niki TerpstraNetherlandss.t.
138Bauke MollemaNetherlandss.t.
139Michael AlbasiniSwitzerlands.t.
140Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
141Søren Kragh AndersenDenmarks.t.
142Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugals.t.
143Ian StannardGreat Britains.t.
144Nelson OliveiraPortugals.t.
145Silvan DillierSwitzerlands.t.
146Alex HowesUnited Statess.t.
147Maciej PaterskiPolands.t.
148Michael MørkøvDenmarks.t.
149Stephen CummingsGreat Britains.t.
150Jóni BrandãoPortugals.t.
151Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europes.t.
152Rui CostaPortugals.t.
153Patrik TyborSlovakias.t.
154Romain BardetFrances.t.
155Mikel LandaSpains.t.
156Simon GerransAustralias.t.
157Ian BoswellUnited Statess.t.
158Marc SolerSpains.t.
159Joseph DombrowskiUnited Statess.t.
160Łukasz WiśniowskiPolands.t.
161Patrick KonradMixed Europes.t.
162Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
163Michał GołaśPolands.t.
164Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
165Rui VinhasPortugals.t.
166Michael ValgrenDenmarks.t.
167Domenico PozzovivoItalys.t.
168Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
169Fabio AruItalys.t.
170Sérgio Luis HenaoColombias.t.
171Paweł PoljańskiPolands.t.
172Paweł CieślikPolands.t.
173Esteban ChavesColombias.t.
174Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europes.t.
175Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
176Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
177Conor DunneIrelands.t.
178Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
179Michael WoodsMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
180George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
181Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
182Taylor PhinneyUnited Statess.t.
183Mathias FrankSwitzerlands.t.
184Martin HaringSlovakias.t.
185Michael KolarSlovakia+ 3'42
186Juraj BellanSlovakias.t.
187Edward DunbarIreland+ 4'12
188Marko KumpSlovenias.t.

General:

Sep Vanmarcke had no trouble staying with the pack.
RankNameTeamTime
1Sep VanmarckeBelgium23h37'41
2Niki TerpstraNetherlands+ 46
3John DegenkolbGermany+ 48
4André GreipelGermany+ 1'06
5Tony MartinGermany+ 1'44
6Luke DurbridgeAustralia+ 1'48
7Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 1'55
8Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 1'57
9Vincenzo NibaliItaly+ 2'03
10Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 2'04

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11Zdenek StybarCzech Republic+ 2'15
12Taylor PhinneyUnited States+ 2'37
13Maciej BodnarPoland+ 2'38
14Nacer BouhanniFrance+ 2'39
15Ian StannardGreat Britain+ 2'48
16Edvald Boasson HagenNorway+ 2'52
17Alexander KristoffNorway+ 2'59
18Arnaud DémareFrance+ 3'01
19Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 3'02
20Romain BardetFrance+ 3'10
21Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 3'21
22Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 3'25
23Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 3'27
24Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 3'42
25Peter SaganSlovakia+ 4'09
26Nikias ArndtGermany+ 4'10
27Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 4'14
28Alberto ContadorSpain+ 4'17
29Giacomo NizzoloItaly+ 4'18
30Marcel KittelGermany+ 4'22
31Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 4'23
32Mark CavendishGreat Britains.t.
33Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 4'24
34Mathew HaymanAustralia+ 4'28
35Thomas De GendtBelgiums.t.
36Rigoberto UránColombia+ 4'30
37Daniel MartinIreland+ 4'40
38Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 5'21
39Simon GeschkeGermany+ 5'29
40Nairo QuintanaColombias.t.
41Thibaut PinotFrance+ 5'31
42Michał KwiatkowskiPoland+ 5'34
43Thomas VoecklerFrances.t.
44Richie PorteAustralia+ 5'42
45Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 5'44
46Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussia+ 5'49
47Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 5'51
48Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 5'58
49Fabio FellineItaly+ 6'04
50Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 6'06
51Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 6'13
52Matti BreschelDenmark+ 6'20
53Luke RoweGreat Britains.t.
54Łukasz WiśniowskiPolands.t.
55Nathan HaasAustralia+ 6'33
56Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 6'34
57Vegard Stake LaengenNorways.t.
58Rafał MajkaPoland+ 6'35
59Juraj SaganSlovakia+ 6'45
60Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 6'53
61Truls KorsaethNorway+ 7'01
62Caleb EwanAustralia+ 7'26
63Warren BarguilFrance+ 7'30
64Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland+ 7'37
65Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe+ 7'45
66Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 7'48
67Michał GołaśPoland+ 8'13
68Jonathan CastroviejoSpain+ 8'14
69Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe+ 8'17
70Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 8'28
71Jens KeukeleireBelgium+ 8'32
72Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 8'35
73Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 8'41
74Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 8'42
75Mikel NieveSpain+ 8'46
76Simon SpilakSlovenia+ 8'48
77Matthew BrammeierIreland+ 8'50
78Diego RosaItaly+ 8'53
79Tony GallopinFrance+ 9'00
80Bauke MollemaNetherlands+ 9'03
81Alexander PorsevRussia+ 9'09
82Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World+ 9'11
83Marc SolerSpain+ 9'16
84Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 9'19
85Jan HirtCzech Republic+ 9'34
86Winner AnaconaColombia+ 9'36
87Rick ZabelGermany+ 9'41
88Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 9'42
89Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 9'48
90Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
91Tejay Van GarderenUnited States+ 9'50
92Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 9'55
93Nicolas RocheIreland+ 9'57
94Fabio AruItalys.t.
95Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 10'00
96Sam BennettIreland+ 10'01
97Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 10'05
98Lars Petter NordhaugNorway+ 10'09
99Steven KruijswijkNetherlands+ 10'11
100Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia+ 10'22
101Peter KennaughGreat Britain+ 10'27
102Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 10'45
103Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 10'59
104Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 11'05
105Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 11'11
106Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 11'38
107Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 11'49
108Borut BožicSlovenia+ 11'50
109Mikel LandaSpains.t.
110Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 11'51
111Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 11'53
112Rohan DennisAustralia+ 12'03
113Davide FormoloItaly+ 12'20
114Greg Van AvermaetBelgium+ 12'23
115Jan BartaCzech Republic+ 12'26
116Maciej PaterskiPoland+ 12'30
117Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 12'35
118Diego UlissiItaly+ 12'40
119Rui CostaPortugal+ 12'43
120Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
121Michael MørkøvDenmark+ 12'47
122Yury TrofimovRussia+ 12'49
123Leopold KönigCzech Republic+ 12'52
124José Joaquín RojasSpain+ 12'58
125Matej MugerliSlovenia+ 13'01
126Danilo WyssSwitzerland+ 13'04
127Kristoffer HalvorsenNorway+ 13'16
128Stephen CummingsGreat Britain+ 13'22
129Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 13'24
130Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe+ 13'26
131Simon GerransAustralia+ 13'30
132Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
133Mathias FrankSwitzerland+ 13'31
134José MendesPortugal+ 13'32
135Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
136Tanel KangertMixed Europes.t.
137Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 13'36
138Esteban ChavesColombia+ 13'40
139José GonçalvesPortugal+ 13'41
140Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
141Serge PauwelsBelgium+ 13'44
142George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
143Jan TratnikSlovenia+ 13'45
144Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
145Domenico PozzovivoItaly+ 13'47
146Marek CaneckySlovakia+ 13'51
147Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 13'52
148Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
149Roman MaikinRussia+ 13'53
150Jarlinson PantanoColombia+ 13'54
151John Darwin AtapumaColombia+ 13'55
152Paweł CieślikPoland+ 14'00
153Rui VinhasPortugal+ 14'06
154Marko KumpSlovenia+ 14'15
155Brent BookwalterUnited States+ 14'53
156Ryan MullenIreland+ 15'27
157Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 15'34
158Sergey ShilovRussia+ 15'39
159Philip DeignanIreland+ 15'40
160Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
161Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 15'42
162Tiago MachadoPortugal+ 15'44
163Petr VakočCzech Republic+ 15'47
164Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
165Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
166Paweł PoljańskiPolands.t.
167Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 15'48
168Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europes.t.
169Alois KankovskyCzech Republic+ 15'53
170Patrick KonradMixed Europe+ 15'55
171Przemysław NiemiecPolands.t.
172Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 15'59
173Matvei MamykinRussia+ 16'01
174Michael WoodsMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
175Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 18'10
176Ian BoswellUnited States+ 18'41
177Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 19'18
178Phil BauhausGermany+ 21'09
179Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 23'23
180Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugal+ 25'39
181Martin HaringSlovakia+ 25'59
182Alex HowesUnited States+ 27'10
183Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 27'23
184Patrik TyborSlovakia+ 31'06
185Conor DunneIreland+ 36'38
186Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 38'27
187Edward DunbarIreland+ 42'38
188Michael KolarSlovakia+ 46'31

Points:

Démare is closing in, but Alexander Kristoff still leads the fight for green.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Alexander KristoffNorway109
2Arnaud DémareFrance102
3Peter SaganSlovakia99
4Mark CavendishGreat Britain79
5Marcel KittelGermany73

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6Fernando GaviriaColombia59
7Alejandro ValverdeSpain58
8John DegenkolbGermany52
9Zdenek StybarCzech Republic48
10André GreipelGermany45
11Maciej BodnarPoland42
12Tony MartinGermany41
13Oliver NaesenBelgium39
14Caleb EwanAustralia38
15Luke DurbridgeAustralia37
16Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World36
17Sep VanmarckeBelgium32
18Edvald Boasson HagenNorway30
19Nikias ArndtGermany28
20José Joaquín RojasSpain28
21Nacer BouhanniFrance27
22Giacomo NizzoloItaly27
23Michael MatthewsAustralia26
24Taylor PhinneyUnited States24
25Matti BreschelDenmark24
26Simon GeschkeGermany22
27Sonny ColbrelliItaly22
28Truls KorsaethNorway21
29Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe21
30Stefan KüngSwitzerland20
31Jens KeukeleireBelgium20
32Rick ZabelGermany18
33Philippe GilbertBelgium17
34Fabio FellineItaly17
35Marko KumpSlovenia17
36Maciej PaterskiPoland17
37Philip DeignanIreland17
38Łukasz WiśniowskiPoland16
39Robin CarpenterUnited States16
40Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe15
41Borut BožicSlovenia15
42Rohan DennisAustralia15
43Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands14
44Michał GołaśPoland14
45Ian StannardGreat Britain13
46Warren BarguilFrance13
47Emanuel BuchmannGermany13
48Niki TerpstraNetherlands12
49Alexander PorsevRussia11
50Andrew TalanskyUnited States10
51Tiago MachadoPortugal10
52Vincenzo NibaliItaly9
53Matthew BrammeierIreland9
54Tony GallopinFrance9
55Ruben GuerreiroPortugal9
56Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe8
57Julian AlaphilippeFrance7
58Sam BennettIreland7
59Stephen CummingsGreat Britain7
60Michał KwiatkowskiPoland6
61Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussia6
62Luke RoweGreat Britain6
63Michael MørkøvDenmark6
64Brent BookwalterUnited States6
65Tom DumoulinNetherlands5
66Juraj SaganSlovakia5
67Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands5
68Nelson OliveiraPortugal5
69Alois KankovskyCzech Republic5
70Jakob FuglsangDenmark4
71Erik BaskaSlovakia4
72Petr VakočCzech Republic4
73Bob JungelsMixed Europe3
74Danilo WyssSwitzerland3
75Daniel MartinIreland2
76Ilnur ZakarinRussia2
77Silvan DillierSwitzerland2
78Thomas De GendtBelgium1
79Greg Van AvermaetBelgium1

Mountains:

Zdenek Stybar has held the lead in the mountains classification since day two.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Zdenek StybarCzech Republic1
2Alejandro ValverdeSpain1
3Matti BreschelDenmark1
4Jens KeukeleireBelgium1
5Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World1

Spoiler
6José Joaquín RojasSpain1

Young rider:

Also no changes here, Bob Jungels still has the slightest of margin.
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe23h42'04
2Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 1
3Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 58
4Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 1'28
5Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 1'35

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6Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 2'11
7Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 2'30
8Truls KorsaethNorway+ 2'38
9Caleb EwanAustralia+ 3'03
10Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 4'05
11Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 4'12
12Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 4'18
13Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 4'19
14Marc SolerSpain+ 4'53
15Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 4'56
16Rick ZabelGermany+ 5'18
17Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 5'32
18Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 5'37
19Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 5'42
20Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 6'36
21Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 6'42
22Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 7'28
23Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 7'30
24Davide FormoloItaly+ 7'57
25Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 8'12
26Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 8'20
27Kristoffer HalvorsenNorway+ 8'53
28Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 9'09
29Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 9'18
30Jan PolancSlovenia+ 9'22
31Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 9'29
32Ryan MullenIreland+ 11'04
33Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 11'11
34Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 11'19
35Petr VakocCzech Republic+ 11'24
36Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
37Matvei MamykinRussia+ 11'38
38Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 13'47
39Phil BauhausGermany+ 16'46
40Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 23'00
41Conor DunneIreland+ 32'15
42Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 34'04
43Edward DunbarIreland+ 38'15
44Michael KolarSlovakia+ 42'08

Team:

Germany. Yeah.
RankTeamTime
1Germany70h55'12
2Belgium+ 3'42
3Australia+ 4'35
4Great Britain+ 5'10
5Netherlands+ 5'18

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6France+ 5'25
7Italy+ 5'55
8Poland+ 7'02
9Denmark+ 7'45
10Norway+ 9'09
11Spain+ 10'29
12Colombia+ 10'59
13Switzerland+ 12'37
14Mixed Europe+ 17'52
15Russia+ 18'10
16Mixed Rest of World+ 18'31
17Slovakia+ 19'04
18United States+ 20'10
19Ireland+ 20'39
20Czech Republic+ 21'09
21Slovenia+ 23'13
22Portugal+ 37'25

Combativity:

Part of the original attempt, and the instigator of the successful attempt:
Marko Kump

Final words:

Spoiler
Every stage has been Degenkolb-Greipel-Kittel for Germany but they can't seem to make it work. The train is too strong?
Also, this weird behaviour at the intermediate sprint has been present in previous stage but not as obvious as today. The sprinters start too late or come from too far, hence whichever team leads the peloton gets some decent points ahead of some sprinters.

Manager of Minions
 
Ollfardh
Nothing to make the race exciting like a good Froome crash Wink
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
 
sutty68
Nice sprint from Cav Wink
 
Marcovdw
@Ollfardh - A position he's not usually in, will be exciting to see how he handles it.
@sutty68 - Nice sprint indeed Wink

Manager of Minions
 
Marcovdw
STAGE 7

Profile:
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Race:

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Portugal has the honours of opening the team time trial around Les Essarts.

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Czech Republic is down to seven riders already, certainly a handicap today. They won't finish last though, as Ireland and Slovakia set even slower times.

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An unusual sight, a lot of world champion jerseys together. They're not, this is team Mixed Rest of World. They seem to cooperate decently but their time won't set the world alight.

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Next up is Switzerland, including stage one winner Küng. Can he guide his team to his second time trial victory? Spoiler alert: no.

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Another team down in numbers is Spain, but that doesn't show as they set the fastest time of the day at the first checkpoint, two seconds faster than then-leader Russia. After that everything went downwards, most likely because they had to remain with five.

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The teams start rolling in one by one and we take note that the fastest time so far goes to the Mixed European Team, which is quite impressive since some of them can't understand each others due to language barriers. Props to them!

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Colombia is a team with a lot of climbers, some of which have lost a lot of time already. It is important that they set a decent time today. And they do, fastest so far in 30 minutes and 18 seconds, beating Mixed Europe by three seconds.

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Provisional third place goes to Italy, who are just four seconds slower.

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France comes within three secons but can't beat the time. The home crowd is disappointed.

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And The Netherlands cross the line and they take the lead! Three seconds faster. Possible yellow jersey for Terpstra?

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Great Britain was placed in second after the second intermediate, and only lost ten seconds over 23 kilometers. But with the closeness at the top it means they're only sixth.

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Vanmarcke arrives in his yellow jersey together with his Belgian compatriots. They lose 17 seconds but it's enough to keep him in yellow.

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And the last team to finish are Germany, but Martin can't carry Ze Germans to victory. They barely finish inside the top ten. The winners of today are their neighbours: The Netherlands. Schade Deutschland alles ist vorbei.

Classifications:

Stage:

RankTeamTime
1Netherlands30'15
2Colombia+ 3
3Mixed Europe+ 6
4Frances.t.
5Italy+ 7
6Great Britain+ 10
7Belgium+ 17
8Denmark+ 19
9Poland+ 24
10Germany+ 28
11Switzerland+ 34
12Australia+ 40
13Spains.t.
14Norway+ 52
15Russia+ 55
16United Statess.t.
17Portugals.t.
18Slovenia+ 1'07
19Mixed Rest of World+ 1'09
20Czech Republic+ 1'24
21Ireland+ 1'37
22Slovakia+ 2'07

Spoiler
RankNameTeamTime
1Niki TerpstraNetherlands30'15
2Dylan Van BaarleNetherlandss.t.
3Steven KruijswijkNetherlandss.t.
4Bauke MollemaNetherlandss.t.
5Wout PoelsNetherlandss.t.
6Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 1
7Rigoberto UránColombia+ 3
8Esteban ChavesColombias.t.
9Miguel Angel LopezColombias.t.
10Sérgio Luis HenaoColombias.t.
11Jarlinson PantanoColombias.t.
12Robert GesinkNetherlandss.t.
13Nairo QuintanaColombia+ 4
14Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe+ 6
15Patrick KonradMixed Europes.t.
16Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europes.t.
17Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europes.t.
18Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europes.t.
19Tony GallopinFrances.t.
20Thibaut PinotFrances.t.
21Thomas VoecklerFrances.t.
22Lilian CalmejaneFrances.t.
23Fernando GaviriaColombias.t.
24Arnaud DémareFrances.t.
25Diego UlissiItaly+ 7
26Fabio FellineItalys.t.
27Diego RosaItalys.t.
28Domenico PozzovivoItalys.t.
29Winner AnaconaColombias.t.
30Davide FormoloItalys.t.
31Tanel KangertMixed Europe+ 8
32Warren BarguilFrances.t.
33Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 9
34Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 10
35Simon YatesGreat Britains.t.
36Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
37Ian StannardGreat Britains.t.
38Stephen CummingsGreat Britains.t.
39Julian AlaphilippeFrances.t.
40Geraint ThomasGreat Britains.t.
41Vincenzo NibaliItaly+ 11
42Nacer BouhanniFrance+ 12
43John Darwin AtapumaColombias.t.
44Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 14
45Giacomo NizzoloItalys.t.
46Romain BardetFrances.t.
47Luke RoweGreat Britain+ 15
48Fabio AruItalys.t.
49Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe+ 16
50Serge PauwelsBelgium+ 17
51Philippe GilbertBelgiums.t.
52Sep VanmarckeBelgiums.t.
53Jens KeukeleireBelgiums.t.
54Dylan GroenewegenNetherlandss.t.
55Chris FroomeGreat Britains.t.
56Thomas De GendtBelgiums.t.
57Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 19
58Søren Kragh AndersenDenmarks.t.
59Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmarks.t.
60Christopher Juul-JensenDenmarks.t.
61Michael MørkøvDenmarks.t.
62Peter KennaughGreat Britain+ 20
63Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 21
64Oliver NaesenBelgiums.t.
65Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 22
66Mark CavendishGreat Britain+ 23
67Greg Van AvermaetBelgiums.t.
68Przemysław NiemiecPoland+ 24
69Łukasz WiśniowskiPolands.t.
70Michał KwiatkowskiPolands.t.
71Rafał MajkaPolands.t.
72Maciej BodnarPolands.t.
73Matti BreschelDenmark+ 25
74Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 26
75Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 27
76Maciej PaterskiPolands.t.
77Tony MartinGermany+ 28
78Marcel KittelGermanys.t.
79Simon GeschkeGermanys.t.
80Nikias ArndtGermanys.t.
81Emanuel BuchmannGermanys.t.
82Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 29
83Paweł PoljańskiPoland+ 31
84André GreipelGermanys.t.
85Michał GołaśPoland+ 33
86Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 34
87Stefan KüngSwitzerlands.t.
88Michael SchärSwitzerlands.t.
89Martin ElmigerSwitzerlands.t.
90Mathias FrankSwitzerlands.t.
91Danilo WyssSwitzerland+ 36
92John DegenkolbGermanys.t.
93Paweł CieślikPoland+ 37
94Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland+ 39
95Rick ZabelGermanys.t.
96Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 40
97Rohan DennisAustralias.t.
98Luke DurbridgeAustralias.t.
99Marc SolerSpains.t.
100Simon GerransAustralias.t.
101Alejandro ValverdeSpains.t.
102Mikel LandaSpains.t.
103Jonathan CastroviejoSpains.t.
104Mikel NieveSpains.t.
105Nathan HaasAustralias.t.
106Alberto ContadorSpain+ 41
107Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 42
108Phil BauhausGermany+ 43
109José Joaquín RojasSpain+ 44
110Caleb EwanAustralia+ 45
111Richie PorteAustralia+ 46
112Mathew HaymanAustralia+ 51
113Vegard Stake LaengenNorway+ 52
114Edvald Boasson HagenNorways.t.
115Alexander KristoffNorways.t.
116Lars Petter NordhaugNorways.t.
117Sondre Holst EngerNorways.t.
118Matvei MamykinRussia+ 55
119Sergey ShilovRussias.t.
120Ilnur ZakarinRussias.t.
121Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussias.t.
122Sergey ChernetskiyRussias.t.
123Yury TrofimovRussias.t.
124Andrew TalanskyUnited Statess.t.
125Lawson CraddockUnited Statess.t.
126Alex HowesUnited Statess.t.
127Taylor PhinneyUnited Statess.t.
128Joseph DombrowskiUnited Statess.t.
129Tejay Van GarderenUnited Statess.t.
130Nelson OliveiraPortugals.t.
131Tiago MachadoPortugals.t.
132José MendesPortugals.t.
133José GonçalvesPortugals.t.
134Ruben GuerreiroPortugals.t.
135Alexander FoliforovRussias.t.
136Truls KorsaethNorways.t.
137Brent BookwalterUnited Statess.t.
138Rui CostaPortugals.t.
139Alexander PorsevRussias.t.
140Odd Christian EikingNorways.t.
141Robin CarpenterUnited Statess.t.
142Rui VinhasPortugals.t.
143Roman MaikinRussias.t.
144Ian BoswellUnited Statess.t.
145Jóni BrandãoPortugals.t.
146Kristoffer HalvorsenNorways.t.
147Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugals.t.
148Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 1'05
149Jan TratnikSlovenia+ 1'07
150Primož RogličSlovenias.t.
151Simon SpilakSlovenias.t.
152Matej MugerliSlovenias.t.
153Matej MohoricSlovenias.t.
154Jan PolancSlovenia+ 1'09
155Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
156Michael WoodsMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
157George BennettMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
158Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
159Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
160Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 1'11
161Borut BožicSlovenias.t.
162Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 1'14
163Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
164Marko KumpSlovenia+ 1'16
165Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 1'17
166Leopold KönigCzech Republic+ 1'24
167Petr VakočCzech Republics.t.
168Zdenek StybarCzech Republics.t.
169Jan BartaCzech Republics.t.
170Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
171Jan HirtCzech Republic+ 1'27
172Alois KankovskyCzech Republic+ 1'30
173Ryan MullenIreland+ 1'37
174Nicolas RocheIrelands.t.
175Philip DeignanIrelands.t.
176Edward DunbarIrelands.t.
177Daniel MartinIrelands.t.
178Matthew BrammeierIreland+ 1'39
179Conor DunneIreland+ 1'42
180Sam BennettIreland+ 1'45
181Juraj SaganSlovakia+ 2'07
182Patrik TyborSlovakias.t.
183Peter SaganSlovakias.t.
184Marek CaneckySlovakias.t.
185Michael KolarSlovakias.t.
186Martin HaringSlovakia+ 2'08
187Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 2'10
188Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 2'13

General:

Despite losing a lot of time on the early splits, Sep Vanmarcke motivated his team to help him retain the lead in the general classification.
RankNameTeamTime
1Sep VanmarckeBelgium24h08'13
2Niki TerpstraNetherlands+ 29
3John DegenkolbGermany+ 1'07
4André GreipelGermany+ 1'20
5Tony MartinGermany+ 1'55
6Vincenzo NibaliItaly+ 1'57
7Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 2'07
8Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 2'09
9Luke DurbridgeAustralia+ 2'11
10Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 2'18

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11Nacer BouhanniFrance+ 2'34
12Ian StannardGreat Britain+ 2'41
13Maciej BodnarPoland+ 2'45
14Arnaud DémareFrance+ 2'50
15Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 3'02
16Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 3'05
17Romain BardetFrance+ 3'07
18Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 3'13
19Taylor PhinneyUnited States+ 3'16
20Zdenek StybarCzech Republic+ 3'22
21Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 3'25
22Edvald Boasson HagenNorway+ 3'27
23Alexander KristoffNorway+ 3'34
24Oliver NaesenBelgium+ 3'46
25Fernando GaviriaColombia+ 4'13
26Giacomo NizzoloItaly+ 4'15
27Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 4'16
28Rigoberto UránColombias.t.
29Nikias ArndtGermany+ 4'21
30Thomas De GendtBelgium+ 4'28
31Mark CavendishGreat Britain+ 4'29
32Marcel KittelGermany+ 4'33
33Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 4'37
34Alberto ContadorSpain+ 4'41
35Mathew HaymanAustralia+ 5'02
36Nairo QuintanaColombia+ 5'16
37Thibaut PinotFrance+ 5'20
38Thomas VoecklerFrance+ 5'23
39Simon GeschkeGermany+ 5'40
40Michał KwiatkowskiPoland+ 5'41
41Fabio FellineItaly+ 5'54
42Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 5'58
43Peter SaganSlovakia+ 5'59
44Daniel MartinIreland+ 6'00
45Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 6'08
46Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 6'09
47Richie PorteAustralia+ 6'11
48Luke RoweGreat Britain+ 6'18
49Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 6'22
50Martin ElmigerSwitzerland+ 6'23
51Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussia+ 6'27
52Łukasz WiśniowskiPolands.t.
53Matti BreschelDenmark+ 6'28
54Michael SchärSwitzerland+ 6'30
55Rafał MajkaPoland+ 6'42
56Nathan HaasAustralia+ 6'56
57Vegard Stake LaengenNorway+ 7'09
58Warren BarguilFrance+ 7'21
59Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 7'26
60Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe+ 7'34
61Truls KorsaethNorway+ 7'41
62Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 7'45
63Caleb EwanAustralia+ 7'54
64Michael AlbasiniSwitzerland+ 7'59
65Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe+ 8'06
66Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 8'18
67Michał GołaśPoland+ 8'29
68Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 8'30
69Jens KeukeleireBelgium+ 8'32
70Juraj SaganSlovakia+ 8'35
71Jonathan CastroviejoSpain+ 8'37
72Diego RosaItaly+ 8'43
73Luka MezgecSlovenia+ 8'45
74Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 8'46
75Bauke MollemaNetherlandss.t.
76Tony GallopinFrance+ 8'49
77Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 8'52
78Mikel NieveSpain+ 9'09
79Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 9'12
80Winner AnaconaColombia+ 9'26
81Sonny ColbrelliItaly+ 9'34
82Simon SpilakSlovenia+ 9'38
83Marc SolerSpain+ 9'39
84Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 9'44
85Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 9'46
86Alexander PorsevRussia+ 9'51
87Steven KruijswijkNetherlands+ 9'54
88Fabio AruItaly+ 9'55
89Rick ZabelGermany+ 10'03
90Sérgio Luis HenaoColombia+ 10'08
91Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of Worlds.t.
92Matthew BrammeierIreland+ 10'12
93Silvan DillierSwitzerland+ 10'13
94Tejay Van GarderenUnited States+ 10'29
95Peter KennaughGreat Britain+ 10'30
96Primož RogličSlovenia+ 10'38
97Jan HirtCzech Republic+ 10'44
98Lars Petter NordhaugNorways.t.
99Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 10'54
100Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 11'14
101Nicolas RocheIreland+ 11'17
102Andrew TalanskyUnited States+ 11'24
103Sam BennettIreland+ 11'29
104Geraint ThomasGreat Britain+ 11'31
105Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 11'48
106Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 11'49
107Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 11'58
108Reto HollensteinSwitzerland+ 12'06
109Davide FormoloItaly+ 12'10
110Mikel LandaSpain+ 12'13
111Rohan DennisAustralia+ 12'26
112Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 12'28
113Greg Van AvermaetBelgium+ 12'29
114Diego UlissiItaly+ 12'30
115Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 12'36
116Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 12'37
117Maciej PaterskiPoland+ 12'40
118Borut BožicSlovenia+ 12'45
119Michael MørkøvDenmark+ 12'49
120Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europe+ 13'15
121Stephen CummingsGreat Britains.t.
122Tanel KangertMixed Europe+ 13'23
123Danilo WyssSwitzerlands.t.
124José Joaquín RojasSpain+ 13'25
125Rui CostaPortugals.t.
126Adam YatesGreat Britains.t.
127Esteban ChavesColombia+ 13'26
128Yury TrofimovRussia+ 13'27
129Christopher Juul-JensenDenmark+ 13'32
130Jan BartaCzech Republic+ 13'33
131Domenico PozzovivoItaly+ 13'37
132Jarlinson PantanoColombia+ 13'40
133Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 13'43
134Serge PauwelsBelgium+ 13'44
135Mathias FrankSwitzerland+ 13'48
136John Darwin AtapumaColombia+ 13'50
137Matej MugerliSlovenia+ 13'51
138Simon GerransAustralia+ 13'53
139Leopold KönigCzech Republic+ 13'59
140Kristoffer HalvorsenNorway+ 14'02
141Nelson OliveiraPortugal+ 14'04
142José MendesPortugal+ 14'12
143Sergey ChernetskiyRussia+ 14'14
144Paweł CieślikPoland+ 14'20
145José GonçalvesPortugal+ 14'21
146Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 14'34
147Jan TratnikSlovenia+ 14'35
148George BennettMixed Rest of World+ 14'36
149Roman MaikinRussia+ 14'37
150Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
151Yukiya ArashiroMixed Rest of World+ 14'46
152Rui VinhasPortugal+ 14'50
153Marko KumpSlovenia+ 15'14
154Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe+ 15'29
155Brent BookwalterUnited States+ 15'34
156Marek CaneckySlovakia+ 15'41
157Patrick KonradMixed Europe+ 15'44
158Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe+ 15'47
159Paweł PoljańskiPoland+ 16'01
160Przemysław NiemiecPoland+ 16'02
161Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 16'13
162Sergey ShilovRussia+ 16'17
163Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 16'22
164Tiago MachadoPortugal+ 16'24
165Robin CarpenterUnited States+ 16'30
166Jóni BrandãoPortugal+ 16'34
167Joseph DombrowskiUnited States+ 16'38
168Matvei MamykinRussia+ 16'39
169Ryan MullenIreland+ 16'47
170Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World+ 16'53
171Petr VakočCzech Republic+ 16'54
172Ondrej CinkCzech Republics.t.
173Philip DeignanIreland+ 17'00
174Alois KankovskyCzech Republic+ 17'06
175Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 18'50
176Ian BoswellUnited States+ 19'26
177Tsgabu GrmayMixed Rest of World+ 20'18
178Phil BauhausGermany+ 21'35
179Jan BakelantsBelgium+ 23'35
180Amaro Manuel AntunesPortugal+ 26'26
181Alex HowesUnited States+ 27'49
182Martin HaringSlovakia+ 27'50
183Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 28'15
184Patrik TyborSlovakia+ 32'56
185Conor DunneIreland+ 38'03
186Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 40'23
187Edward DunbarIreland+ 43'58
188Michael KolarSlovakia+ 48'21

Points:

No points are given out on the team time trial, so another green jersey for Alexander Kristoff.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Alexander KristoffNorway109
2Arnaud DémareFrance102
3Peter SaganSlovakia99
4Mark CavendishGreat Britain79
5Marcel KittelGermany73

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6Fernando GaviriaColombia59
7Alejandro ValverdeSpain58
8John DegenkolbGermany52
9Zdenek StybarCzech Republic48
10André GreipelGermany45
11Maciej BodnarPoland42
12Tony MartinGermany41
13Oliver NaesenBelgium39
14Caleb EwanAustralia38
15Luke DurbridgeAustralia37
16Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World36
17Sep VanmarckeBelgium32
18Edvald Boasson HagenNorway30
19Nikias ArndtGermany28
20José Joaquín RojasSpain28
21Nacer BouhanniFrance27
22Giacomo NizzoloItaly27
23Michael MatthewsAustralia26
24Taylor PhinneyUnited States24
25Matti BreschelDenmark24
26Simon GeschkeGermany22
27Sonny ColbrelliItaly22
28Truls KorsaethNorway21
29Ramunas NavardauskasMixed Europe21
30Stefan KüngSwitzerland20
31Jens KeukeleireBelgium20
32Rick ZabelGermany18
33Philippe GilbertBelgium17
34Fabio FellineItaly17
35Maciej PaterskiPoland17
36Marko KumpSlovenia17
37Philip DeignanIreland17
38Łukasz WiśniowskiPoland16
39Robin CarpenterUnited States16
40Aleksejs SaramotinsMixed Europe15
41Borut BožicSlovenia15
42Rohan DennisAustralia15
43Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands14
44Michał GołaśPoland14
45Ian StannardGreat Britain13
46Warren BarguilFrance13
47Emanuel BuchmannGermany13
48Niki TerpstraNetherlands12
49Alexander PorsevRussia11
50Andrew TalanskyUnited States10
51Tiago MachadoPortugal10
52Vincenzo NibaliItaly9
53Matthew BrammeierIreland9
54Tony GallopinFrance9
55Ruben GuerreiroPortugal9
56Tobias LudvigssonMixed Europe8
57Julian AlaphilippeFrance7
58Sam BennettIreland7
59Stephen CummingsGreat Britain7
60Michał KwiatkowskiPoland6
61Vyacheslav KuznetsovRussia6
62Luke RoweGreat Britain6
63Michael MørkøvDenmark6
64Brent BookwalterUnited States6
65Tom DumoulinNetherlands5
66Juraj SaganSlovakia5
67Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands5
68Nelson OliveiraPortugal5
69Alois KankovskyCzech Republic5
70Jakob FuglsangDenmark4
71Erik BaskaSlovakia4
72Petr VakočCzech Republic4
73Bob JungelsMixed Europe3
74Danilo WyssSwitzerland3
75Daniel MartinIreland2
76Ilnur ZakarinRussia2
77Silvan DillierSwitzerland2
78Thomas De GendtBelgium1
79Greg Van AvermaetBelgium1

Mountains:

And with no mountain along the route no changes in the standings. Still Zdenek Stybar in the red dots.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Zdenek StybarCzech Republic1
2Alejandro ValverdeSpain1
3Matti BreschelDenmark1
4Jens KeukeleireBelgium1
5Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World1

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6José Joaquín RojasSpain1

Young rider:

Fernando Gaviria and Colombia were four seconds faster than Jungels' Rest of the World team.
RankNameTeamTime
1Fernando GaviriaColombia24h12'26
2Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 3
3Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 1'45
4Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 1'55
5Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 1'56

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6Alexey LutsenkoMixed Rest of World+ 3'13
7Truls KorsaethNorway+ 3'28
8Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 3'32
9Caleb EwanAustralia+ 3'41
10Dylan Van BaarleNetherlands+ 4'05
11Michael ValgrenDenmark+ 4'17
12Magnus Cort NielsenDenmark+ 4'33
13Emanuel BuchmannGermany+ 4'39
14Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 4'59
15Marc SolerSpain+ 5'26
16Lilian CalmejaneFrance+ 5'31
17Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 5'33
18Rick ZabelGermany+ 5'50
19Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 7'01
20Eduard-Michael GrosuMixed Europe+ 7'35
21Matej MohoricSlovenia+ 7'36
22Erik BaskaSlovakia+ 7'45
23Davide FormoloItaly+ 7'57
24Sondre Holst EngerNorway+ 8'15
25Simon YatesGreat Britain+ 8'23
26Søren Kragh AndersenDenmark+ 8'24
27Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 9'12
28Mads Würtz SchmidtDenmark+ 9'30
29Kristoffer HalvorsenNorway+ 9'49
30Odd Christian EikingNorway+ 10'21
31Jan PolancSlovenia+ 10'24
32Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 12'00
33Alexander FoliforovRussia+ 12'09
34Robin CarpenterUnited States+ 12'17
35Matvei MamykinRussia+ 12'26
36Ryan MullenIreland+ 12'34
37Petr VakocCzech Republic+ 12'41
38Ruben GuerreiroPortugal+ 14'37
39Phil BauhausGermany+ 17'22
40Merhawi KudusMixed Rest of World+ 24'02
41Conor DunneIreland+ 33'50
42Juraj BellanSlovakia+ 36'10
43Edward DunbarIreland+ 39'45
44Michael KolarSlovakia+ 44'08

Team:

Still three minutes lead for Germany. But when we get to hilly and mountain stages that lead will likely disappear.
RankTeamTime
1Germany71h25'55
2Belgium+ 3'31
3Australia+ 4'47
4Netherlands+ 4'50
5Great Britain+ 4'52

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6France+ 5'03
7Italy+ 5'34
8Poland+ 6'58
9Denmark+ 7'36
10Norway+ 9'33
11Colombia+ 10'34
12Spain+ 10'41
13Switzerland+ 12'43
14Mixed Europe+ 17'30
15Russia+ 18'37
16Mixed Rest of World+ 19'12
17United States+ 20'38
18Slovakia+ 20'43
19Ireland+ 21'48
20Czech Republic+ 22'05
21Slovenia+ 23'52
22Portugal+ 37'54

Combativity:

Not awarded

Final words:

Spoiler
My first team time trial report ever if my memory serves me correctly. For those who are interested, my control rider finished the stage seven minutes back. No problem in the stage and general classification, but the control team is leading the teams classification by seventy hours, despite not being classified (withdrawn) in the previous stages ingame. This is obviously fixed after the next stage.

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Ripley
No need to mock ze Germans all the time! Smile Surprisingly good performance by the Colombians.
 
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