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Ollfardh
Top  #41 Print Post
Posted on 13-12-2017 09:29
I was about to say the opposite, this thread needs more German mocking. First they fail the sprints, now the TT. Schade Deutschland alles ist vorbei indeed! :lol:
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
 
Marcovdw
Top  #42 Print Post
Posted on 13-12-2017 13:38
@Ripley - Yeah Quintana must be very happy with this result.
@Ollfardh - With the way they have been riding so far they deserve a bit of mockery, even though they can't help it because PCM :lol:
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Marcovdw
Top  #43 Print Post
Posted on 14-12-2017 06:00
STAGE 8

Profile:
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Race:

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No, you're not watching stage six again. But the peloton utilised the same tactic, no breakaway before the intermediate sprint. Ryan Mullen and Juraj Sagan don't want to comply yet and attack their breakaway mates, who are being reeled in.

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Unfortunately the breakaway riders lulled the sprinters and their trains into sleep as a few kilometers before the intermediate sprint, a small bunch of riders attack. The sprinter teams gave up and that's how today's breakaway was formed.

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Again a big group of attackers, a trend this tour so far. Here are the thirteen names: Mullen, Sagan (Juraj of course), Arashiro, Hollenstein, Kolar, Korsaeth, Kump, Maikin, Mørkøv, Oliveira, Porsev, Vakoč and Wiśniowski. Some names we have seen in a breakaway before.

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To continue the flat stage clichés the traditional teams lead the peloton: Belgium, France and Germany. The gap was at most eight minutes, with Wiśniowski being the virtual yellow jersey for an hour or so.

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With 22 kilometers to go, and as the rain starts to fall down, Hayman attacks and is joined by Terpstra. Normally I'd make fun of him and say he's wasting energy again, but he just needs about 20 seconds, win the stage and he's in yellow. So it's actually quite smart. I said Terpstra and smart in the same sentence. And I mean it. Seriously.

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Into the final stages and we have three leaders: Hayman, Oliveira and Terpstra. The gap is 30 seconds. It is actually possible!

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They still have the lead while the other teams have started building and executing their trains. These three are tough nuts to crack. The traditional German train hasn't imploded yet and is followed by Kristoff and Sagan (Peter of course).

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And so a perfectly executed attempt at a coup d'êtat has failed. Kudos to Terpstra, something the combativity jury agrees to. But now full focus on the sprint. Everyone has joined onto the German bandwagon.

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Kristoff comes out of the wheel before Kittel can and therefore single handly destroys the German train. The French train has some delays of their own with Démare only launched onto the right tracks now.

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In between the grandstands it's a battle between Kristoff and Sagan for the stage win and the green jersey. Whoever wins takes both. Bennett looks solid for an invisible third place while Kittel nearly puts Cavendish into the barrier.

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And Peter Sagan takes the green jersey! Or the stage victory, whatever you think is more important. Bennett nearly jumped Kristoff on the line while Cavendish kept control of his bike to finish ahead of culprit Kittel. Some angry words will be spoken between those two after the stage.

Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Peter SaganSlovakia5h19'04
2Alexander KristoffNorways.t.
3Sam BennettIrelands.t.
4Mark CavendishGreat Britains.t.
5Marcel KittelGermanys.t.
6Dylan GroenewegenNetherlandss.t.
7Arnaud DémareFrances.t.
8André GreipelGermanys.t.
9Caleb EwanAustralias.t.
10Fernando GaviriaColombias.t.

Spoiler

General:

Despite Terpstra's attempt, Sep Vanmarcke leads. Likely his final day in yellow tomorrow.
RankNameTeamTime
1Sep VanmarckeBelgium29h27'17
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

Spoiler

Points:

Peter Sagan is back in green after beating Kristoff today.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Peter SaganSlovakia149
2Alexander KristoffNorway139
3Arnaud DémareFrance114
4Mark CavendishGreat Britain97
5Marcel KittelGermany89

Spoiler

Mountains:

With a second and a third category climb tomorrow we will see a shakeup in the mountains classification. For now it still belongs to Zdenek Stybar.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Zdenek StybarCzech Republic1
2Alejandro ValverdeSpain1
3Matti BreschelDenmark1
4Jens KeukeleireBelgium1
5Ariel Maximiliano RichezeMixed Rest of World1

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Young rider:

Another classification which will likely change leadership tomorrow as I can't see Fernando Gaviria finishing in the first groups. But he may proof me wrong.
RankNameTeamTime
1Fernando GaviriaColombia29h31'30
2Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 3
3Dylan GroenewegenNetherlands+ 1'45
4Stefan KüngSwitzerland+ 1'55
5Sven Erik BystrømNorway+ 1'56

Spoiler

Team:

Despite screwing up every sprint, Germany remains unchallenged in the teams classification.
RankTeamTime
1Germany87h23'07
2Belgium+ 3'31
3Australia+ 4'47
4Netherlands+ 4'50
5Great Britain+ 4'52

Spoiler

Combativity:

Well, it had to happen one day:
Niki Terpstra

Final words:

Spoiler
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sutty68
Top  #44 Print Post
Posted on 14-12-2017 09:56
Sagan showing everyone else who's the boss Wink
 
Marcovdw
Top  #45 Print Post
Posted on 14-12-2017 18:15
STAGE 9

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Race:

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Today is the first time we tackle some serious hills. Not mountanious terrain yet, but with a second and third category mountain sprint the general and the mountain classification will likely get a shake up.

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Today's breakaway is formed by these eleven riders: Bookwalter, Brammeier, Chernetskiy, Cort Nielsen, Elmiger, Gonçalves, Konrad, Niemiec, Polanc, Poljański and Woods.

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Three people care about the single point on the Côte d'Evaux-les-Bains: Chernetskiy takes the point away from Gonçalves and Niemiec. The others are either not interested at all or smart enough to wait for the Col de la Croix Saint-Robert, a category two. Belgium and Colombia lead the peloton, six minutes back.

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A rookie mistake from Spilak, steering himself into the barriers.

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Woods joins the group of one pointers, in a sprint that was contested by nearly all riders. The next two categorised climbs will be very interested. The lead briefly touched eight minutes, but is back to six.

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And for the first time this tour we have someone with more than one point in the mountain classification: Woods takes five points on the category two and moves into the polka dots, as no one will be able to overtake him during this stage anymore. Brammeier, Cort Nielsen and Elmiger have been dropped on the climb. The peloton has reduced the gap to 2'30, no attacks yet.

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As the peloton reaches the top we find the yellow jersey in the last wheel. Vanmarcke was able to follow the pace set by Aru, Chaves and Landa, but is strugling at the moment. The riders ranked second to fourth have all been dropped already, as has Bardet. Very disappointing for the Frenchman who can now kiss any GC aspirations goodbye.

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Onto the final climb to Super Besse and the eight at the front still hold a two-minute lead over the peloton. Elmiger resides somewhere between the first group and the peloton, where Vanmarcke had to let go. The virtual yellow jersey now belongs Martin, number five in the GC.

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We are used to seeing a Sky train, and that has also found his way into the British team. Nibali decides to launch an attack and is followed by Kangert, Meintjes and Valverde. Probably too late for the stage win, but for the Italian it could be an opportunity to take yellow.

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The one who will take the polka dot happens to be the strongest climber in the break. Without attacking per se, Woods has managed to dropped everyone else and is riding towards the finish line solo. The group Nibali is closing in and the British train has upped their tempo in response.

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Two more mountain points to be sure of the polka dot jersey, but more importantly a stage victory for Michael Woods here in the ski station of Super Besse-Sancy.

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Konrad takes the final mountain point and second place in the stage, followed by Polanc, Chernetskiy, Bookwalter, Gonçalves and Niemiec.

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57 seconds behind the winner, Nairo Quintana takes eight with a late attack and beats Nibali an Valverde, which moves Poljański outside the top ten. The peloton arrives 26 seconds later, but Martin was dropped out of that group.

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Crossing the line together are Vanmarcke and Stybar. The two riders wore either the yellow jersey and the polka dot jersey for the last 7 stages. They had a nice run, but it's time to pass on the jersey to the others. The polka dot jersey goes to Woods and the yellow jersey to Nibali!

Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World4h36'49
2Patrick KonradMixed Europe+ 25
3Jan PolancSlovenias.t.
4Sergey ChernetskiyRussias.t.
5Brent BookwalterUnited Statess.t.
6José GonçalvesPortugals.t.
7Przemysław NiemiecPoland+ 57
8Nairo QuintanaColombias.t.
9Vincenzo NibaliItalys.t.
10Alejandro ValverdeSpains.t.

Spoiler

General:

The Shark of Messina, Vincenzo Nibali, is our new race leader after today.
RankNameTeamTime
1Vincenzo NibaliItaly34h07'00
2Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 38
3Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 47
4Tony MartinGermany+ 1'23
5Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 1'31
6Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 1'34
7Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 1'42
8Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 1'54
9Sep VanmarckeBelgium+ 2'20
10Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 2'40

Spoiler

Points:

No major changes at the top of the points classification with Peter Sagan still leading.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Peter SaganSlovakia149
2Alexander KristoffNorway139
3Arnaud DémareFrance114
4Mark CavendishGreat Britain97
5Marcel KittelGermany89

Spoiler

Mountains:

Michael Woods was dominant in the mountain sprints today and is the new owner of the red dots.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Michael WoodsMixed Rest of World8
2Patrick KonradMixed Europe4
3Sergey ChernetskiyRussia3
4Zdenek StybarCzech Republic1
5Alejandro ValverdeSpain1

Spoiler

Young rider:

After losing it to Gaviria for two stages, the white jersey is back on the shoulders of Bob Jungels.
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe34h09'45
2Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 3'29
3Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 4'56
4Marc SolerSpain+ 6'22
5Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 6'29

Spoiler

Team:

We have a new leader in the Netherlands, but only by two seconds over Great Britain!
RankTeamTime
1Netherlands101h22'33
2Great Britain+ 2
3France+ 13
4Italy+ 18
5Poland+ 1'16

Spoiler

Combativity:

On the podium for the stage win. On the podium for the polka dot jersey. And on the podium for the combativity award:
Michael Woods

Final words:

Spoiler
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Yellow Jersey
Top  #46 Print Post
Posted on 14-12-2017 23:45
Nibali delivers a major blow imo.. last days will favour him cause of REC (and final hill stage) and he's already got a sizeable gap on Froome. Quintana will be likely the strongest in the pyrinees but he's got the TT and a major delay to Nibali (Valverde similar situation)
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AbhishekLFC
Top  #47 Print Post
Posted on 15-12-2017 04:41
Off course Valverde is my favourite but also interested to see how far Fuglsang can go. This is a good platform for him.
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Ripley
Top  #48 Print Post
Posted on 15-12-2017 08:02
Nice, a stage for Woods! Ever since discovering his blog on cyclingnews.com I'm a fan of the Canadian, well worth a read. For the GC I'll be watching Fulgsang, star rider of my ICL team.
 
Marcovdw
Top  #49 Print Post
Posted on 15-12-2017 10:39
@Yellow Jersey - Nibali is favourite at the moment imo but there are still 15 stages left and we haven't even had a mountain stage yet. Froome and Quintana will surely attack him.
@AbhishekLFC - Fuglsang is the dark horse, will be interesting to see if he can remain near the top placements.
@Ripley - I must admit it was weird to see Woods win in a WC jersey, but it was a very deserved victory for a mixed team Wink
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Posted on 15-12-2017 10:50
but there are 15 stages left and we haven't had a mountain stage yet

Yes of course, but psychologicaly,winning time on a stage like this (knowing there's a similar in the 22nd day) is quite a blow, cause at this point it appears that Nibali is in better shape and might hold on with Froome in the big mountains.
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Posted on 15-12-2017 13:18
RESTDAY


Stages overview:

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Classification overview:

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Interviews:


Vincenzo Nibali


Q: You're in the yellow jersey. Do you think you're the main favourite now?
A: Well, we haven't even had the first mountain stage yet. It's nice to be in the lead but I'm not there yet. I have a bit of a gap and I'm confident I'll be able to maintain it but the competition will not sit back.

Q: You have riders like Aru and Pozzovivo in your squad. Do they need to help you or will they get a free role?
A: I would be very angry if they were to attack me for the yellow jersey. I think our primary goal is to win the race, which means they have to help me. I know Fabio (Aru, red.) is a very strong rider and if he thinks he can win a stage he has my blessing but it shouldn't bring my yellow jersey into troubles.

Chris Froome


Q: You're a bit behind in the GC. What's your plan to make up the deficit?
A: Ride as hard as I can, of course. Vincenzo (Nibali, red.) is a tough opponent but when I'm on my best and have the full support of a strong team I will beat him.

Q: You crashed on the fifth stage. Have you recovered?
A: I don't feel any pain while riding. You can see some scratches here and there but they won't influence my performance. I feel stronger than ever.

Jakob Fuglsang


Q: Second place in the GC, well done. Did you expect to be in this position?
A: At this point in the race, to be honest, no. I didn't expect this many GC contenders to lose time on the cobbles or due to crashes.

Q: Can you see yourself on the podium at the end of the race?
A: I have no reason to see why not. The legs feel great and I have an advantage over riders like Nairo (Quintana, red.), who have lost three minutes already.

Nairo Quintana


Q: Three minutes down on Nibali, two on Froome. Do you think you're out of contention for the win?
A: There are still fifteen stages left, anything can happen. They can have a bad day or some bad luck and then I need to be ready to capitalise on those.

Q: Úran is ahead of you in the GC. Is the team 100% focussed on you or does he have his own agenda?
A: Rigoberto (Úran, red) has done well to stay out of trouble but as far as I know I'm still the team leader.

Thibaut Pinot


Q: The French haven't really done great so far. Is the pressure growing?
A: When you're riding a home race the fans expect big things from you. But Arnaud (Démare) has done some good stuff in the sprints and me and Romain (Bardet, red.) haven't really had a mountain stage.

Q: Quatorze juillet, Alpe d'Huez? Can we expect something from you?
A: Of course. Such a legendary climb on the national holiday will give me a huge boost which will hopefully result in the stage win.
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sutty68
Top  #52 Print Post
Posted on 15-12-2017 18:50
Great to see the World Champion jersey winning Smile
 
Marcovdw
Top  #53 Print Post
Posted on 16-12-2017 08:00
STAGE 10

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Race:

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Some riders like a restday, others dread it. Today we go through the Ardeche to Le Puy-en-Velay. Three category one climbs, including one right from the start. Yet the stage is only rated as hilly.

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Only 15 kilometers into the stage and Kittel already has to let go of the peloton. It will be a battle against the time limit for him today.

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Seven men chose for the very early attack today, either as playground for the polka dots or a possible stage win. The names are, in alphabetical order: Bakelants, Craddock, Foliforov, Haas, Küng, Mohoric and Valgren. Two riders attack halfway up the first climb of the day in order to join them: Costa and Trofimov.

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Bakelants takes the ten points available on the Col de l'Escrinet and becomes the virtual leader in the mountains classification. The nine leaders now have two minutes on the chasing peloton.

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On the next category three climbs Trofimov takes two points, adding up to his eight on the previous climb he's now tied with Bakelants. Are these two the main contenders, and will the other seven focus on the stage win? Italy takes control of the peloton at 3'30.

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The first atop the Mont Mezenc is Costa. Trofimov takes one point, Bakelants none. Costa already claimed 3 points from previous climbs, meaning the Portugese is the new virtual leader. Mohoric has been dropped from the break, gap six minutes.

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France and Spain join Italy to make it a trio of Southern European countries chasing the break, and it seems to be working. The gap is down to four minutes, with Mohoric exactly in between the two groups at two minutes. Kangert and Mollema attack from the peloton.

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A further five points for Costa to extend his lead even furhter. Only ten points available means that only Bakelants, Craddock, Kung, Trofimov or Woods with a surprise attack can take the jersey away from him.

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Chaves is dropped by the peloton, in a same group which contains Greipel. The Colombian is most likely injured from one of the crashes in earlier stages, else I have no explanation for this. Kangert and Mollema joined up with Mohoric.

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We hit the final climb of the day, the Col du Cayres. Mohoric is caught as Poels attack. E1 has a lead of two and a half minutes, E2 is at one minute from the peloton.

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Valverde opens the attacks of the favourites. Gilbert follows, Nibali in his yellow jersey goes on his wheel which immediately triggers Froome. Fuglsang around the outside, Martin right behind, Quintana, Contador, Pinot, nearly everyone with intentions has attacked!

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The yellow jersey catches the second part of the breakaway, which has been split into two parts. Bakelants, Costa, Craddock and Trofimov remain in the lead. Group Kangert/Mollema is back in the peloton as is Fuglsang. Porte has attacked, as he had missed the first round.

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Costa secures his polka dot jersey as he crosses the line first and takes another ten poins. The other attackers have caught up to Nibali again, creating a big group of favourites.

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The group of favourites is caught by their domestiques in the downhill. Bakelants and Craddock are 30 seconds up the road, Costa and Trofimov in the lead with 1 minute and 30 seconds.

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These two will battle for the stage win. Coincidentally they also attacked together when the first breakaway attempt was just getting away. Costa already has the polka dot jersey, but given by the way they rode today I don't think they made a deal to let Trofimov win the stage. It will be an all-out sprint-à-deux.

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Rui Costa wins stage ten in Le Puy-en-Velay! And takes the polka dots of the hands of Woods. Trofimov was outsmarted and has to settle for second.

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Craddock completes the podium just ahead of Bakelants and the peloton, which has just managed to join them in the last meters. Nibali sprints to fifth but no bonus seconds on offer for that placement. Matthews and Martin, third and fourth in the GC, are not in this group.

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The last group to cross the line within the time limit contains Groenewegen and Kittel. Three riders were behind this group but unfortunately they are taken out of the race: Phil Bauhaus, Michael Kolar and Taylor Phinney.

Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Rui CostaPortugal4h14'09
2Yury TrofimovRussias.t.
3Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 1'18
4Jan BakelantsBelgiums.t.
5Vincenzo NibaliItalys.t.
6Rigoberto UránColombias.t.
7Wout PoelsNetherlandss.t.
8Fabio AruItalys.t.
9Diego RosaItalys.t.
10Robert GesinkNetherlandss.t.

Spoiler

General:

Vincenzo Nibali attacked, but gained no time. Neither did his rivals.
RankNameTeamTime
1Vincenzo NibaliItaly38h22'27
2Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 38
3Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 1'31
4Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 1'34
5Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 1'42
6Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 1'54
7Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 2'40
8Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 2'45
9Rigoberto UránColombias.t.
10Michael MatthewsAustralia+ 2'48

Spoiler

Points:

This was not a sprinters stage, and no challenge for Peter Sagan's green.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Peter SaganSlovakia149
2Alexander KristoffNorway139
3Arnaud DémareFrance114
4Mark CavendishGreat Britain97
5Marcel KittelGermany89

Spoiler

Mountains:

For the second day in a row the stage winners also claims the polka dot jersey, in this case Rui Costa.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Rui CostaPortugal28
2Lawson CraddockUnited States19
3Yury TrofimovRussia17
4Jan BakelantsBelgium17
5Stefan KüngSwitzerland10

Spoiler

Young rider:

A comfortable lead for Bob Jungels
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe38h25'12
2Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 3'29
3Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 4'56
4Miguel Angel LopezColombia+ 6'29
5Davide FormoloItaly+ 7'54

Spoiler

Team:

Still two seconds for Netherlands.
RankTeamTime
1Netherlands114h08'54
2Great Britain+ 2
3Italy+ 18
4Australia+ 1'45
5France+ 3'18

Spoiler

Combativity:

As consolation for not winning the stage or the polka dot despite being very active today:
Yury Trofimov

Final words:

Spoiler
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Top  #54 Print Post
Posted on 16-12-2017 12:18
Rui Costa Grin Otherwise, not an important day for GC (although Nibali did create a gap on the climb again, can't stress it enough :lol: )
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Marcovdw
Top  #55 Print Post
Posted on 16-12-2017 22:12
STAGE 11

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Race:

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The first proper mountain stage of the race takes us to Grenoble, after a downhill from the first Hórs Category climb: Chamrousse. Also two second category climbs, which means the polka dot might change shoulders again after today.

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The first breakaway attempt, containing thirteen riders with no real standout names, was caught back fairly early in the stage.

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The second attempt, containing only nine riders, did get a waiver from the peloton. Craddock, second in the mountains classification, is the only one who wsan't part in the original attempt. The others are: Bak, Benoot, Deignan, Kiryienka, Machado, Mamykin, Niemiec and Schär, the most dangerous for the general classification at seventeen minutes.

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While leading the peloton for his and the race's leader Nibali, Formolo hits a bad patch of road and goes down. Luckily he didn't take his teammates or the yellow jersey with him. The gap to the front group is eight minutes.

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We start our Alpine adventure with the ascent of the Col du Cucheron. The gap has further increased to 11 minutes, and Barguil attacks. His gap to Nibali is also 11 minutes, but the Italians seem to allow it for now.

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The priorities within the break are pretty clear, as Craddock can take the points without any substantial challenge. Barguil is now about halfway between the break and the Italy-led peloton.

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Next up is the Col de Port, and Poels has taken over Barguil's homework but made a slight adjustment to avoid plagiarism. He will also try to bridge towards the break, something his source of inspiration hasn't managed to do yet. He's getting closer though, only four minutes behind.

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Surprisingly, Benoot takes the top points away from Craddock, who only comes in third. 2 minutes and 30 seconds to Barguil, 10 minutes to Poels, 12 minutes to the peloton.

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Barguil has made the catch at the foot of the climb towards Chamrousse, and now also moves into the virtual yellow jersey with 50 kilometers to go. Time for Italy to pick up the pace? Poels is also closing in but needs a monster climb to make up the entire difference.

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Chaves tries to break the ice in the peloton. After being dropped yesterday, he's now the first to attack on the final climb. The gap to the break is still over 11 minutes.

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Deignan takes 20 points for the mountains classification. Craddock comes over second and that's enough for him to appear at the podium ceremony at the end of the stage as the new owner of the polka dot jersey. Maybe he can also appear as stage winner, since the peloton is unlikely to close down the entire gap. Bak and Schär have been dropped and are now with Poels about two minutes down the road. Chaves is at six already and the peloton keeps quiet at eleven, for now.

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No move from any of the major players on Chamrousse, they all cross the top in a very big group. Very disappointing for the fans, I bet some of them will go to an online forum to out their anger at the passive strategy today. I'm sure they'll be rooting for Barguil to take the jersey, and it might be a very close call whether he'll make it or not.

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Barguil is either the best descender or takes the most risks, since he's managed to create a little gap in the downhill. With ten bonus seconds available at the line, he'll be desperate to get those as well.

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But the group behind him thought otherwise, as they worked hard to get him back, espescially time trial specialists Kiryienka took a big turn. This group of eight will likely go to a sprint. Poels two minutes behind, Chaves five, peleton at 11. It's still possible for Barguil.

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A moment of hesitation at the front and suddenly Kiryienka finds himself with a gap. Very dangerous, since he's known to be able to ride hard, but he has spend a lot of energy chasing down Barguil. We'll see what he has left.

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And with just two kilometers to go he himself is chased back by the others, mainly Mamykin. Another moment of unawareness and Barguil puts himself on the other side of the road and rides away. Is this the decisive move?

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Yes it was, Warren Barguil wins the eleventh stage in the streets of Grenoble after a midstage attack! Behind him Benoot sprints to second ahead of Deignan and Machado. And now it's waiting for the peloton to arrive, to see if the Frenchman can also take the yellow jersey.

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But wait, something we didn't pay much attention today, Poels is ahead of Barguil in the GC. He crosses the line in ninth place, 2 minutes and 16 seconds behind. He was 2 minutes and 26 seconds ahead of Barguil before today's stage, which means that, with Barguil's bonus seconds, they are exactly tied at the top of the general classification. If Nibali is too late we might need a bit more calculators to determine the new leader!

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The Italian sprints to thirteenth place, but more importantly he sprints to keep his yellow jersey. The chrono stops at 10 minutes and 38 seconds after the winner crossed the line. This means, all things accounted for, he is still a minute ahead of Barguil and Poels, who both now move into the top four and are possibly back in contention.

Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Warren BarguilFrance5h42'06
2Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 21
3Philip DeignanIrelands.t.
4Tiago MachadoPortugals.t.
5Matvei MamykinRussias.t.
6Lawson CraddockUnited Statess.t.
7Vasil KiryienkaMixed Europes.t.
8Przemysław NiemiecPoland+ 48
9Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 2'16
10Lars Ytting BakDenmark+ 4'51

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General:

Today's stage was a thriller regarding the yellow jersey. Vincenzo Nibali survived, just.
RankNameTeamTime
1Vincenzo NibaliItaly44h15'11
2Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 38
3Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 1'01
4Warren BarguilFrances.t.
5Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 1'31
6Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 1'34
7Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 1'42
8Philippe GilbertBelgium+ 1'54
9Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 2'40
10Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 2'45

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Points:

Peter Sagan took three points at the intermediate sprint and extends his lead.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Peter SaganSlovakia152
2Alexander KristoffNorway139
3Arnaud DémareFrance114
4Mark CavendishGreat Britain97
5Marcel KittelGermany89

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Mountains:

Four different leaders in four stages, the lead now goes to Lawson Craddock.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Lawson CraddockUnited States41
2Rui CostaPortugal28
3Philip DeignanIreland25
4Yury TrofimovRussia17
5Jan BakelantsBelgium17

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Young rider:

Benoot and Craddock move into the top five, but still a heafty lead for Bob Jungels.
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe44h17'56
2Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 3'29
3Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 4'56
4Lawson CraddockUnited States+ 6'19
5Tiesj BenootBelgium+ 7'07

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Team:

With three riders in the top ten of the general classification the Netherlands deservedly lead the teams classification.
RankTeamTime
1Netherlands131h38'44
2France+ 1'02
3Poland+ 3'44
4Belgium+ 4'33
5Colombia+ 7'53

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Combativity:

Nearly taking yellow after a well timed mid stage attack to take today's victory:
Warren Barguil

Final words:

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Posted on 16-12-2017 22:25
Barguil winning a TDF stage from a breakaway... where have i seen this before? Pfft

Really great job you are doing with this!
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Posted on 17-12-2017 20:02
Aquarius97 wrote:
Barguil winning a TDF stage from a breakaway... where have i seen this before? Pfft

Really great job you are doing with this!


Thanks, maybe PCM11 is more realistic than we think :lol:
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Posted on 17-12-2017 20:33
STAGE 12

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Race:

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A short multimountain stage with two climbs of the highest category and finish on a first category climb at the ski station of La Toussuire. We expect more action than yesterday, where the big names decided not to waste energy.

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The first three attackers are Kristoff, T. Martin, Van Avermaet. This could become a really strong breakaway.

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Joining them are: Dombrowski, Gerrans, Kiserlovski, Kudus, Stybar and Valgren. They are 90 seconds ahead on the first parts of the first climb, the Col de la Madeleine.

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Italy controls the pace and keeps the break within striking distance. This allows former polka dot wearer Costa to take this opportunity to cross over to the breakaway.

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And it's an easy 20 points for Costa in his quest to retake the lead in the mountains classification. Gerrans, Kristoff and Stybar couldn't follow the pace on the climb. The peloton also took things easy and are 5 minutes behind.

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Inspired by Barguil's stage winning and nearly yellow jersey taking attempt yesterday, Spilak thinks he can do the same today. He is not alone though, as Landa moves with him. The gap to the leading seven is six and a half minutes, with the other three somewhere in between.

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The Sky, sorry Great Britain train leads the peloton on the slopes of the Croix de Fer. They have already taken out one minute of the gap. Mollema wants in on Landa and Spilak's mischief and decides to attack as well.

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The two adventures join E1 just before the top, and can't do anything against Costa taking another top score. Van Avermaet had to let go of the first group. Mollema at 1'30, and the group Stybar back in the peloton at 4'30.

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On the downhill, the Belgian and the Dutch (re)join the lead group.

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And just to be sure, Costa takes more points on the category two Col du Molard. Valgren and Van Avermaet were dropped (again), the peloton also closing in to just over 3 minutes.

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What a crash by Porte! He's lucky to get back on his feet after this, and that he brought no one down with him. He'll surely lose a lot of time today. The breakaway is two minutes ahead on the downhill, unlikely one of them will win the stage today.

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For Kiserlovski, Kudus and T. Martin, the pace was too high and they had to drop back into the peloton. Chaves and Kangert want a little head start on the final climb.

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Costa goes solo, and Dombrowski is left behind. He has to ride a monster of a climb to stay ahead as the rest is closing in rapid pace.

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At the moment some remains of the original break and some other attackers are caught, Fuglsang, who sits at second place in the GC, attacks. No immediate response from Nibali who might risk losing his jersey.

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With 10 kilometers to go the yellow jersey finally attacks. D. Martin, Zakarin, Dumoulin respond immediately, while Froome and Quintana don't wait as well. Only Costa, Landa, Spilak and Fuglsang are ahead of them.

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The Dane tried, but he couldn't get away as he's caught together with Landa and Spilak. Nibali looks like he gave a bit too much, and Froome and Quintana try to use his weak moment by attacking the yellow jersey.

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With 7000 meters to go they can finally see Costa up the road. Landa, D. Martin and eventually Pinot in front of his home crowd try to gain some ground.

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With 5 kilometers on the GPS everything is back together, with still a big group of around 40 riders together on the final climb. Surely we'll see some action in the dying minutes of the stage.

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Fuglsang attacks again! Amongst those who follow him is Nibali finally, and Froome. Also Costa manages to keep up with the frontrunners and might even get some points for the mountain classification.

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The Dane tries but doesn't have the legs to destroy the opposition today. Nibali attacks Froome, after looking very weak just a few minutes ago!

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But he doesn't just get to ride away from him, the distance remains minimal. Two riders try to join the two leaders: Quintana and Aru, who sees his boss in a good position

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Inside the last kilometer and the Italian finally has a gap.

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Which is enough to give Vincenzo Nibali a victory at La Tousuirre in the yellow jersey. Froome loses nine seconds while Quintana crosses the line in third at 23 seconds. Zakarin rode a strong final kilometer to finish fourth to lead home a big group of 20, including the likes of Aru, Barguil, Dumoulin, Fuglsang and Pinot.

After the time limit passed, a few riders we still out on the mountain, including some big sprinters. The following riders have been eliminated from the Nations Cup: Breschel, Cavendish, Démare, Halvorsen, Hayman, Kankovsky, Kittel, Kuznetsov, Porsev, Juraj Sagan and Wiśniowski.

Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Vincenzo NibaliItaly4h49'36
2Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 9
3Nairo QuintanaColombia+ 23
4Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 35
5Alejandro ValverdeSpains.t.
6Tom DumoulinNetherlandss.t.
7Thibaut PinotFrances.t.
8Rigoberto UránColombias.t.
9Fabio AruItalys.t.
10Rafał MajkaPolands.t.

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General:

Vincenzo Nibali may return to the podium to receive another yellow jersey.
RankNameTeamTime
1Vincenzo NibaliItaly49h04'37
2Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 1'23
3Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 1'44
4Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 1'46
5Warren BarguilFrances.t.
6Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 2'19
7Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 2'27
8Alejandro ValverdeSpain+ 3'25
9Bob JungelsMixed Europe+ 3'30
10Rigoberto UránColombias.t.

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Points:

Kristoff tried a sneaky move but didn't take enough points to beat Peter Sagan.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Peter SaganSlovakia152
2Alexander KristoffNorway147
3Alejandro ValverdeSpain76
4Fernando GaviriaColombia66
5Rui CostaPortugal64

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Mountains:

A man on a mission today, to retake the polka dots. He gathered all available points except those at the finish, but that's enough for Rui Costa
RankNameTeamPoints
1Rui CostaPortugal73
2Lawson CraddockUnited States41
3Philip DeignanIreland25
4Robert KiserlovskiMixed Europe22
5Vincenzo NibaliItaly21

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Young rider:

Meintjes and Bob Jungels were in the front group, so the former didn't gain time on the latter.
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe49h08'07
2Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 3'29
3Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 5'57
4Marc SolerSpain+ 9'24
5Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 10'10

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Team:

Tomorrow we go to the Dutch Mountain with the Netherlands in the lead of the teams classification!
RankTeamTime
1Netherlands146h09'17
2France+ 2'03
3Colombia+ 7'41
4Italy+ 9'06
5Great Britain+ 10'00

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Combativity:

Maybe he deserved it two days ago, but today he was a man with a successful mission:
Rui Costa

Final words:

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Posted on 18-12-2017 00:05
And the Shark bites just as i predicted :lol:
Really nice stage by Rui Costa again, Froome showing good legs but not good enough so far. Quintana the 3rd rider, I was also expecting a bit more from him.
Rooting for Jungels now also Pfft
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Posted on 18-12-2017 18:52
STAGE 13

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Race:

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After 12 stages, Conor Dunne is last in the general classification, nearly 2 and three quarter hours behind. He's the first to tackle Alpe d'Huez today, but I would safely say he won't win this stage.

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The first reasonable time comes from Frank, who is way down in the GC due to crashes. He overtakes Gołaś on his way up, and beats Boasson Hagen's best time by 1 minute and 22 seconds. The benchmark is set at 42 minutes and 50 seconds.

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Buchmann is six seconds faster at the intermediate, eleven seconds faster at the finish.

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His teammate Martin would be a dangerous outsider for any timetrial, but it's too mountanious for him to have an impact today.

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Miguel Angel Lopez takes some slipstream of Rojas to take the new best time.

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But not for long, as Chaves charges up the mountain. He beats his teammates time by 43 seconds and is the first to go under 42 minutes. 41'40 is the time to beat now.

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Pozzovivo, Mollema and now Thomas came between the Colombians, but they're nowhere near Chaves. Can he rise up the general classification?

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But then there's someone who goes even faster. It's Mikel Landa who takes another ten seconds off the best time. The crowd goes mental...

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for Romain Bardet, who comes right behind him, and beats his time by six seconds. Will we see a French winner on the fourteenth of July?

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Fabio Aru goes third, seven seconds behind the best time. There are only strong climbers coming now, can we see some surprises and disappointments?

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We just received word that Richie Porte has beaten Bardet's time at the intermediate by 30 seconds! As we follow him in the final turns, he gains another 18 seconds to post the new best time. 40 minutes and 43 seconds! Can this be beaten?

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Thibaut Pinot and Ilnur Zakarin can't, as they're 42 and 25 seconds slower respectively, but they join the Australian on the virtual podium.

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Definitely not the start Quintana wanted this tour, only 11th in the GC by now. For what it's worth he sets the second time of the day, 14 seconds slower after 14 kilometers of climbing.

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Alejandro Valverde disappoints today, not even finishing in the top twenty. As a result he will drop out of the top 10 of the GC.

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A master in flat time trials and not bad up mountains either, Tom Dumoulin was a marked name today. But he's 1 minute and 13 seconds slower than Porte, which is not enough for a top 10 on the stage.

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Chris Froome is booed by the French public, who don't seem to like him. He does manage to overtake Poels on the climb. Whether these things actually affected his performance is questionable. In the end he's 37 seconds slower, virtual fourth place. Only two people are still on the road.

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The slightly surprising number two at the moment is Jakob Fuglsang. His performance today is not amongst the best, as he lost nearly a minute to Froome who moves ahead of him in the general classification.

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And the last rider to start and finish is Vincenzo Nibali after the intermediate it was clear he wouldn't get to Porte's time. The final result show he lost 50 seconds to the Australian, and 13 seconds to his nearest rival Froome. It's enough to keep him in the yellow jersey, but the real man of today is Richie Porte, who wins the time trial to the Alpe d'Huez!

Classifications:

Stage:

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RankNameTeamTime
1Richie PorteAustralia40'34
2Nairo QuintanaColombia+ 15
3Ilnur ZakarinRussia+ 26
4Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 37
5Thibaut PinotFrance+ 43
6Alberto ContadorSpain+ 45
7Rafał MajkaPoland+ 48
8Romain BardetFrance+ 49
9Vincenzo NibaliItaly+ 50
10Mikel LandaSpain+ 56

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General:

Not the fastest ascent today but enough for Vincenzo Nibali to lead after the Alps.
RankNameTeamTime
1Vincenzo NibaliItaly49h46'01
2Chris FroomeGreat Britain+ 1'31
3Jakob FuglsangDenmark+ 1'57
4Tom DumoulinNetherlands+ 2'43
5Wout PoelsNetherlands+ 2'50
6Warren BarguilFrance+ 3'01
7Robert GesinkNetherlands+ 3'10
8Nairo QuintanaColombia+ 3'13
9Rigoberto UránColombia+ 3'44
10Alberto ContadorSpain+ 3'50

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Points:

Peter Sagan is inseperable from his green jersey.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Peter SaganSlovakia152
2Alexander KristoffNorway147
3Alejandro ValverdeSpain76
4Fernando GaviriaColombia66
5Vincenzo NibaliItaly65

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Mountains:

A heafty bonus puts Quintana in second, but still a long way off Rui Costa.
RankNameTeamPoints
1Rui CostaPortugal73
2Nairo QuintanaColombia42
3Lawson CraddockUnited States41
4Richie PorteAustralia40
5Chris FroomeGreat Britain38

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Young rider:

Bob Jungels lost twenty seconds to Meintjes but still has three minutes over him.
RankNameTeamTime
1Bob JungelsMixed Europe49h50'34
2Louis MeintjesMixed Rest of World+ 3'09
3Julian AlaphilippeFrance+ 6'07
4Marc SolerSpain+ 10'04
5Adam YatesGreat Britain+ 10'37

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Team:

Despite mediocre times Netherlands still leads.
RankTeamTime
1Netherlands148h15'16
2France+ 1'21
3Colombia+ 5'49
4Italy+ 8'16
5Great Britain+ 9'58

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Combativity:

Not awarded

Final words:

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