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Chris Froome wins 2017 Tour de France, plus final standings

Chris Froome has never been more challenged at the Tour de France than in 2017, and that’s why this yellow jersey is his best ever.

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Chris Froome completed Sunday’s processional up and down the Champs-Élysées to win his fourth Tour de France title in five years. In the history of cycling, only four riders have won more — Miguel Indurain, Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx, and Jacques Anquetil. Froome is also one of five riders to ever win three consecutively, joining Louison Bobet, Indurain, Merckx, and Anquetil.

As dominant as Froome is — and he is assuredly deserving of his place as one of the best cyclists ever — his fourth yellow jersey didn’t come easily. For the first time in his career, he gave up the yellow jersey after taking it during the Tour. He wrangled the jersey from Sky teammate Geraint Thomas on Stage 5 , then appeared to crack on the steep ramp into Peyragudes on Stage 12 and gave it to Fabio Aru. In the process, he looked more vulnerable than we have ever seen him in July.

But of course, as has always been the case, Froome was at his best in the Tour’s third week. He took the yellow jersey back for good on Stage 14 when Aru got caught too deep in the peloton before the uphill finish in Rodez, then proceeded to hold pace on the major Alpine climbs of Stage 17 and 18 as Romain Bardet and Rigoberto Uran attacked.

Froome had at least two riders within 30 seconds of him from Stage 12 until Stage 20, and managed to become just the seventh rider to ever win the Tour without a single stage win ... but he won, nonetheless, and his latest win might be his most impressive. Froome, at 32, is at an age when riders should be in decline, and the field of general classification contenders is getting stronger by the year.

How long Froome’s reign will last is difficult to say. Uran, who took second, seemingly had a career renaissance. Bardet, third, will be dominant if he ever learns to ride a time trial properly. Nairo Quintana, who finished a disappointing 12th, probably won’t be foolish enough to try to race the Giro d’Italia before the Tour next year. Mikel Landa, Froome’s teammate, likely would have been on the podium if he hadn’t been working for his team leader.

Then there are the riders who didn’t make it to the podium. One of the great what-ifs will be what might have happened if Richie Porte hadn’t suffered that terrible crash on the hair-raising descent of Mont du Chat during a wild Stage 9 . Tom Dumoulin, who didn’t come to the Tour but bested Quintana at the Giro, is rounding into elite form, and will be among the favorites to win if he decides to ride the Tour next year.

And yet, how could anyone bet against Froome topping the podium again next year? The man proved in 2016 that he can win in practically every way possible . In 2015, he did it even when the world seemed to hate him . This year, he won when even the course was stacked against him . At this point, there’s nothing to do but to relent: Chris Froome is the best cyclist in the world and will be until such a time when he isn’t. Only the course of time can take him down now.

Final 2017 Tour de France general classification

1. Chris Froome, Team Sky

2. Rigoberto Uran, Cannondale - +00’54’’

3. Romain Bardet, AG2R La Mondiale - +02’20’’

4. Mikel Landa, Team Sky - +02’21’’

5. Fabio Aru, Astana - +03’05’’

6. Daniel Martin, Quick-Step - +04’42’’

7. Simon Yates - Orica-Scott - +06’14’’

8. Louis Meintjes, Team Emirates - +08’20’’

9. Alberto Contador, Trek-Segafredo - +08’49”

10. Warren Barguil, Team Sunweb - +09’25”

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Who Won the 2017 Tour de France?

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Froome was joined on the Tour’s final podium by second-place finisher Rigoberto Uran (Cannondale-Drapac) and third-place finisher Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale). Team Sunweb’s Michael Matthews won the green jersey as the winner of the Tour’s Points Classification, and his teammate, Warren Barguil, won the polka dot jersey as the winner of the Tour’s King of the Mountains Classification. Orica-Scott’s Simon Yates won the white jersey as the Tour’s Best Young Rider.

Froome is now only the fifth rider in history to win four Tours de France, joining Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel Indurain (who each won five). One more win and Froome joins these legends at the top of the Tour’s record book. ( Show off your love of the maillot jaune and all things Tour with our ultra-soft yellow jersey tee !)

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What About Next Year?

This was by far the most challenging of Froome’s four victories. Heading into the middle of the third week, four riders were within 90 seconds of the as lead. But Froome held tough in the Alps, and added to his advantage in the Tour’s final individual time trial. In fact, the Tour’s two individual time trials were all Froome really needed: his winning margin came entirely thanks to time gained during Stage 1’s time trial in Düsseldorf and Stage 20’s in Marseille. Were it not for those two stages, he might not have won the Tour.

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Winning a record-tying fifth Tour de France won’t be easy. Most of Froome’s competition from this year’s Tour should return next year, perhaps even more confident in their chances given how close they came to defeating him this July. Froome should also expect a more serious challenge from Movistar’s Nairo Quintana (a three-time podium finisher at the Tour), who suffered through the worst Tour de France of his career after a second-place finish in May’s Tour of Italy. As an added twist, Quintana might be joined at Movistar by Mikel Landa, who this year finished fourth despite riding in support of Froome at Team Sky .

And then there's Richie Porte, who crashed out of the race in spectacular fashion on Stage 9 . Porte looked to be capable of challenging Froome all the way to Paris this year, and he'll certainly return to next year's race eager to avenge the demons that sent him home early in 2017.

But Froome’s toughest future challenger didn’t even compete in this year’s Tour. Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin, who’s only 26, skipped the Tour after beating Quintana to win the Tour of Italy. Dumoulin, a Dutchman despite his French-sounding last name, is younger, almost as good of a climber, and an even better time trialist than Froome.

Even if it loses Landa this off-season, Froome's team will certainly surround its leader with the best support riders money can buy. And Team Sky will need to: with a refreshed Quintana, a healthy Porte, and a confident Dumoulin joining this year's strong challengers, Froome will have his hands full.

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Stage 20 - Chris Froome

As expected, Team Sky’s Chris Froome put more time into his closest rivals during Saturday’s individual time trial in Marseille, extending his lead in the 2017 Tour de France. Froome finished third on Stage 20, six seconds behind the stage winner, Macej Bodnar of Bora-Hansgrohe. But the Briton finished 25 seconds ahead of Cannondale-Drapac’s Rigoberto Uran and 1:57 ahead of AG2R La Mondiale’s Romain Bardet, the men who entered the day in third- and second-place on the Tour’s General Classification. With only one (somewhat ceremonial) stage left in the race, it’s now safe to declare Froome the winner.

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Who’s Really Winning the Tour?

Despite failing to win a stage during the three week event, Froome did everything he needed to do to win his fourth Tour de France . In the end, the Tour’s two individual time trials were all Froome really needed: he put enough time into the rest of the field during Stage 1 in Düsseldorf and Stage 20 in Marseille to win the Tour. Were it not for those two stages, the Tour might have had a different champion.

The day’s other big winner was Bardet. By far the weakest time trialist of the Tour’s overall contenders, the Frenchman lost second-place overall to Uran, but held onto a podium spot—by one second—over Froome’s teammate, Mikel Landa. It’s Bardet’s second straight podium finish at the Tour, cementing his status as France’s best chance to take the host nation’s first victory since Bernard Hinault won the race back in 1985.

Stage 19 - Chris Froome

Team Sky’s Chris Froome finished safely in the peloton at the end of Stage 19, and therefore still wears the yellow jersey as the leader of the 2017 Tour de France . Dimension Data’s Edvald Boasson Hagen won the stage in Salon de Provence. The Norwegian escaped from the remnants of the day’s big breakaway to take the second stage of his career. There were, however, no changes to the Tour’s General Classification. With two days left, Froome leads the Tour by 23 seconds over AG2R La Mondiale’s Romain Bardet and 29 seconds over Cannondale-Drapac’s Rigoberto Uran.

RELATED: Edvald Boasson Hagen Wins Stage 19 as Froome Marches One Day Closer to Yellow

With only Saturday’s individual time trial remaining before the Tour’s traditional promenade into Paris on Sunday, Froome looks set to take the fourth Tour de France victory of his career. His lead is small, but he’s a much better time trialist than the men closest to him on the Tour’s GC. Barring a crash or a poorly-timed mechanical, Froome should extend his lead in Marseille on Saturday before riding triumphantly into Paris on Sunday.

Stage 18 - Chris Froome

With only three days left in the 2017 Tour de France , Team Sky’s Chris Froome wears the yellow jersey as the Tour’s overall leader. Froome finished fourth on Stage 18, the Tour’s final summit finish, and had no problem responding to the attacks from his rivals. Team Sunweb’s Warren Barguil, the leader of the Tour’s King of the Mountains competition, won the stage atop the Col d’Izoard, the third-highest summit finish in Tour history. It was the Frenchman's second stage victory of the Tour de France.

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AG2R La Mondiale’s Romain Bardet finished third on the day and took a four-second time bonus, so the Frenchman is now in second-place overall, 23 seconds behind the yellow jersey. Cannondale-Drapac’s Rigoberto Uran finished fifth, two seconds behind Froome, and now sits third overall, 29 seconds off the yellow jersey.

The 2017 Tour de France exits the high mountains on Friday, which means the best chance for Froome’s rivals to close the gap to the yellow jersey has passed. Friday’s Stage 19 is the longest of the Tour, but Froome’s team has enough firepower to keep his lead safe heading into Saturday’s individual time trial in Marseille. It’s there that Froome, by far the strongest time trialist of the Tour’s GC contenders, should put the finishing touches on his fourth Tour de France victory. Barring a crash, sickness, or a mechanical, Froome has effectively won the race. The only question that remains is which riders will join him on the podium in Paris.

Stage 17 - Chris Froome

After a third-place finish on Stage 17, Team Sky’s Chris Froome still wears the yellow jersey as the overall leader of the 2017 Tour de France. Froome was able to withstand a series of attacks from AG2R La Mondiale’s Romain Bardet on the Col du Galibier, the highest mountain in the 2017 Tour, and picked up four bonus seconds, thanks to his third place finish. Cannondale-Drapac’s Rigoberto Uran was able to follow Bardet’s attacks as well, and is now tied with Bardet in second overall, 27 seconds behind Froome. The stage was won by LottoNL-Jumbo’s Primoz Roglic , a former world-class ski jumper who’s starting to put together quite an impressive resume as a pro cyclist.

With only one more day in the mountains (and four more days in the race), Chris Froome and Team Sky look to be firmly in control of the 2017 Tour de France . Froome had no problem following Bardet’s attacks, and his top lieutenant, Spain’s Mikel Landa, was able to respond as well. Bardet and Uran will certainly try their best to dislodge Froome on the steep Col d'Izoard at the end of Stage 18, but with fewer climbs leading up to it, Sky will have less work to do in keeping the race under control. The day’s big loser was Astana’s Fabio Aru, who wore the yellow jersey for two days earlier in the Tour. Aru was gapped coming over the top of the Galibier, a gap which grew on the long descent to the stage finish. He fell from second to fourth, and needs an incredible performance on Thursday to maintain any chance of winning the 2017 Tour de France.

Stage 16 - Chris Froome

Team Sky’s Chris Froome survived the crosswinds of Stage 16 to hold onto the yellow jersey as the overall leader of the 2017 Tour de France. It was one of the most stressful days of the Tour as strong winds made the race hard right from the start. With about 18km to go things really blew apart, and a small group emerged filled with the Tour’s toughest men. At the finish in Romans sur Isère, Team Sunweb’s Michael Matthews out-sprinted Edvald Boasson Hagen and John Degenkolb to take his second stage of this year’s Tour.

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As the race heads into the Alps, the top-4 riders on the Tour’s General Classification are exactly where they were at the start of Stage 16 with Froome, Fabio Aru , Romain Bardet, and Rigoberto Uran separated by only 29 seconds. Quick-Step’s Daniel Martin was the day’s big the loser. The Irishman started the stage in fifth overall, 1:12 behind Froome, but failed to make the leading group when crosswinds split the race. He finished 51 seconds the leaders, and fell to seventh overall. Now 2:03 behind Froome, Martin’s chances of a podium finish in Paris may have disappeared.

Stage 15 - Chris Froome

Team Sky’s Chris Froome survived a flat tire on the day’s big climb to hold onto the yellow jersey as the overall leader of the Tour de France . The Briton finished in a select group of the Tour’s main contenders on Stage 15, which was won by Trek-Segafredo’s Bauke Mollema. The gap between Froome and his closest rivals remains the same: Astana’s Fabio Aru is in second place at 18 seconds, and AG2R La Mondiale’s Romain Bardet is in third at 23 seconds. And to underscore how competitive this year’s Tour has been, Cannondale-Drapac’s Rigoberto Uran is fourth, only 29 seconds behind the yellow jersey.

Froome’s team has been the biggest reason why the three-time Tour champ remains on the verge of a fourth victory, but on Stage 15 they went deep to get Froome back to the front after his flat tire on the lower slopes of the Category 1 Col de Peyra Taillade. The Tour’s second Rest Day couldn’t come at a better time, as they’ll need all the rest they can get following four hard days of racing in the Pyrenees and Massif Central. This is the closest a Tour de France has ever been heading into the final week, with four riders within 29 seconds of one another on the Tour’s General Classification. Froome’s leading the race for now, but with two hard days in the Alps still to come, anything could happen.

Stage 14 - Chris Froome

Team Sky’s Chris Froome is back in the yellow jersey as the overall leader of the 2017 Tour de France. The 3-time Tour champ finished 24 seconds ahead of the former overall leader, Astana’s Fabio Aru, on Stage 14’s uphill finish in Rodez. Team Sunweb’s Michael Matthews won the stage, his team’s second victory in a row following Warren Barguil’s win on Friday. Froome now leads Aru by 18 seconds and AG2R’s Romain Bardet by 23.

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Froome once again occupies the driver’s seat of the 2017 Tour de France , thanks largely to the strength of his team (and the weakness of Aru’s). Knowing that the finish of Stage 14 was a tricky one, Team Sky moved Froome to the front in the closing kilometers, sensing an opportunity to gain back some time on the twisty roads leading to the uphill finish. Conversely, Aru’s decimated Astana squad left the Italian isolated, and he could be seen struggling to hold his position as the race wound itself up for the sprint in Rodez. Sunday’s Stage 15 is even harder, with a Category 1 climb 40km from the finish in Le Puy en Velay and another technical run-in to the finish line. If Aru loses more time, his chances of defeating Froome could disappear.

Stage 13 - Fabio Aru

Astana’s Fabio Aru still wears the yellow jersey as the leader of the 2017 Tour de France. Despite being completely isolated throughout much of Stage 13, the Italian national champion held onto his six-second advantage over Team Sky’s Chris Froome, winner of three of the past four Tours de France. Team Sunweb’s Warren Barguil took the Bastille Day stage victory, a dream come true for the Frenchman.

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Aru still leads the Tour, but his team has been decimated. He’s lost two of his strongest teammates in the past three days, and now faces the prospect of defending the yellow jersey without anyone to support him in the mountains. On the other hand, Froome’s team is by far the strongest in the Tour, led first and foremost by Mikel Landa, who rode himself into the Tour’s top five on Stage 13. With the Pyrenees behind them and two cards to play during the Tour’s final week, Sky looks well-positioned to win their fifth Tour de France .

Stage 12 - Fabio Aru

Astana’s Fabio Aru now wears the yellow jersey as the leader of the 2017 Tour de France. The Italian national champion finished second on the Stage 12 summit finish in Peyragudes, which was won by AG2R La Mondiale’s Romain Bardet. Team Sky’s Chris Froome entered the day wearing the yellow jersey, but faltered on the steep climb to the finish line. The three-time Tour champ now trails Aru by 6 seconds. Bardet remains in third place, but sits only 25 seconds behind the yellow jersey.

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After days spent thinking it was Froome’s Tour to lose , we finally have a more open race. Aru may be wearing his first yellow jersey, but he’s an experienced grand tour contender who won the 2015 Tour of Spain and twice finished on the podium at the Giro d’Italia. He’s certainly capable of defending and extending his lead on Stage 13’s short, mountainous course. Then there’s Bardet, a Frenchman who has now won mountain stages in three consecutive Tours. He might actually be the Tour’s most dangerous rider as he’s confident attacking on both the climbs and the descents. And of course, Froome can’t be ruled-out. He had a bad day on Stage 12, but he only lost a handful of time. With a time trial on the Tour’s penultimate day, he only needs to stay about 30 seconds away from the lead in order to have a chance at taking back the yellow jersey.

Stage 11 - Chris Froome

Stage 11 ended with a fifth sprint victory for Quick-Step’s Marcel Kittel , which means Team Sky’s Chris Froome will wear the 51st yellow jersey of his career as the leader of the 2017 Tour de France. The Briton finished safely in the peloton at the end of Stage 11 to earn the same finishing time as Kittel, who easily blew away the competition to win the stage in Pau.

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Froome still leads the Tour by 18 seconds over Italy’s Fabio Aru and 51 seconds over France’s Romain Bardet. But the Tour heads to the Pyrenees on Thursday and Friday, with two hard stages that will give Froome’s rivals another chance to try and steal the yellow jersey. Despite Froome’s small advantage, his team is packed with climbers and is relatively fresh after two easy sprint stages. So while he’s only winning it by 18 seconds, the Tour is still Froome’s to lose.

Stage 10 - Chris Froome

Stage 10 ended with a field sprint, which means another day in the yellow jersey for Chris Froome, the current leader of the 2017 Tour de France . The Team Sky rider finished safely in the peloton at the end of Stage 10, which earned him the same finishing time as the day’s winner, Germany’s Marcel Kittel (who took his fourth stage win of the race on Tuesday).

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Froome is still in the Tour's driver's seat. The Briton leads the Tour by 18 seconds over Italy’s Fabio Aru and 51 seconds over France’s Romain Bardet. A field sprint is expected again on Stage 11, so Froome’s lead is probably safe for another day. But the Tour heads to the Pyrenees on Thursday and Friday, giving Froome’s challengers another chance to try and take the yellow jersey from him. Froome’s still the favorite to win the 2017 Tour de France, but he and his team will have to work hard to defend his chances.

Stage 9 - Chris Froome

Team Sky’s Chris Froome survived a dramatic day in the Jura mountains to hold onto his yellow jersey as the overall leader of the 2017 Tour de France . Cannondale-Drapac’s Rigoberto Uran won the stage in Chambéry, but the Briton finished third, which means he added four bonus seconds to his advantage. He now leads Astana’s Fabio Aru by 18 seconds and AG2R La Mondiale’s Romain Bardet (last year’s runner-up) by 51.

Froome heads into the Tour’s first Rest Day with a narrow margin, but he’s still in control of the Tour as several of his key rivals came up short on Stage 9. As expected, the day’s final climb of the Mont du Chat did all of the damage.

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Trek-Segafredo’s Alberto Contador was the first favorite to get dropped. The Spaniard fell earlier in the stage and proved unable to follow the pace of the yellow jersey group at the end. He finished the day over four minutes behind Froome, his chances of a high finish gone.

Movistar’s Nairo Quintana also struggled. The three-time podium finisher conceded 1:15 to Froome by the finish, and now sits in 8th-place overall, more than two minutes behind the yellow jersey. He’s not out of contention, but he doesn’t appear to be in contention either.

The day’s most unfortunate victim was BMC’s Richie Porte, who crashed dramatically on the descent of the Mont du Chat, ending his Tour de France. Porte looked to be riding himself into the top-3 at the time, but misjudged a corner on the technical downhill. Quick-Step’s Dan Martin was involved in the crash as well, and while he was able to get back on his bike, he lost 1:15 and fell to 6th-place overall.

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So with two weeks left to race, the 2017 Tour de France is far from over. But on a day in which he displayed no signs of weakness, it might be Froome’s to lose.

Stage 8 - Chris Froome

Team Sky’s Chris Froome survived the first of two days in the Jura mountains to hold onto the yellow jersey as the leader of the 2017 Tour de France . A breakaway finally succeeded, with 24-year-old Frenchman Lilian Calmejane taking the win for Direct Energie, but Froome finished safely in the bunch 50 seconds behind him. He still leads the Tour by 12 seconds over his teammate, Geraint Thomas, and by 14 seconds over Astana’s Fabio Aru.

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Froome is still in the driver’s seat, but his team used a lot of energy to keep its captain safe during a difficult Stage 8. Stage 9 is even harder with seven categorized climbs including three Hors Categorie or “Beyond Category” summits. Froome’s closest challengers were happy to let the Team Sky keep the race, but with such a mountainous stage on tap for Sunday, they won’t be content to just ride the Briton’s wheel. If Froome’s lead in the 2017 Tour de France is vulnerable, Stage 9 will let us know.

Stage 7 - Chris Froome

Another field sprint means another day in the yellow jersey for Chris Froome, who still leads the 2017 Tour de France. The Team Sky rider finished safely in the peloton at the end of Stage 7, which earned him the same finishing time as the day’s winner, Germany’s Marcel Kittel.

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With no changes to the top of the Tour's General Classification, Froome still leads the Tour by 12 seconds over his teammate, Geraint Thomas, and 14 seconds over Astana’s Fabio Aru. But the Tour heads back to the mountains this weekend with two tough stages in the Jura. Froome’s still the favorite to win the Tour overall, but he and his team will have their hands full Saturday and Sunday.

Stage 6 - Chris Froome

Team Sky’s Chris Froome is still wearing the yellow jersey as the leader of the 2017 Tour de France . Froome finished safely in the peloton on Stage 6, which was won by Quick-Step’s Marcel Kittel.

Froome leads the Tour by 12 seconds over his teammate, Geraint Thomas, and by 14 seconds over Astana’s Fabio Aru, the Italian national champion who won the Tour’s first summit finish on Stage 5. With another flat stage on tap for Stage 6, don’t expect any changes until the Tour hits the mountains this weekend.

Stage 3 - Geraint Thomas (with Froome Closing in)

After three stages, Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas is still wearing the yellow jersey as the overall leader of the 2017 Tour de France . Thomas finished eighth in Stage 3, only two seconds behind the winner, Peter Sagan. As a result, he’ll keep the maillot jaune for another day.

Team Sky’s Chris Froome moved up the Tour’s General Classification, thanks to his ninth-place finish today. He’s now second overall, just 12 seconds behind Thomas, his teammate. Stage 4 is expected to end in a field sprint, meaning we shouldn’t see many changes in the overall standings Tuesday. But Wednesday’s Stage 5 finishes atop the la Planche des Belles Filles, a Category 1 climb that will certainly shake things up.

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Stage 2 - Team Sky, With Sagan Looking Strong

By finishing safely inside the main peloton on Stage 2 of the Tour , Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas successfully defended his yellow jersey. That said, Quick-Step’s Marcel Kittel picked up 10 bonus seconds by winning Sunday’s stage in Liège, and now sits just 6 seconds behind Thomas. Tomorrow’s uphill finish in Longwy doesn’t suit the big German, though, so his chances of earning more bonus seconds and possibly the yellow jersey are slim. A better bet to win the stage and possibly take over the lead in the Tour’s General Classification is Bora-Hansgrohe’s Peter Sagan . The world champion sits only 25-seconds behind Thomas and took the yellow jersey early in last year’s Tour by winning a stage with a similar finish. Quick-Step’s Philippe Gilbert is only 1 second behind Sagan and could pull it off as well.

Unless it’s later revealed that his crash had a bigger impact than it appears, there’s still little reason to doubt that Team Sky has the inside track to win its fifth Tour de France. Thomas, Chris Froome , and the rest of the team are clearly in top form. That said, as we’ve seen in the last two days, crashes happen. Even the best riders need a little luck to win the Tour de France—especially during the first week when the peloton is large and the riders are nervous.

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Stage 1 - Geraint Thomas and Team Sky

Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas won Stage 1 of the 2017 Tour de France , on only his fifth day of racing since crashing-out of May’s Giro d’Italia. Thomas stormed the rainy 14km individual time trial 5 seconds faster than pre-race favorite Stefan Küng of BMC, and seven seconds faster than his teammate, Vassil Kiryienka. Germany’s Tony Martin, the reigning world time trial champion, finished fifth. Thomas has been one of Chris Froome’s most important teammates during Froome’s three Tour victories. Today, his dedication was rewarded with a stage win and the Tour’s first yellow jersey.

With four riders in the top-10, Team Sky clearly sent a message to those who doubted the team’s collective strength—especially BMC’s Richie Porte . In a pre-race interview, the Australian said he thought that Sky’s team was weaker than in past years, a comment that clearly seems have “poked the bear.” Clearly, Froome and his team are ready for another dominating Tour de France performance, with Froome himself putting more than 30 seconds into Porte, Movistar’s Nairo Quintana, and Trek-Segafredo’s Alberto Contador. We’re only one day into the race, but it’s already looking as if the 2017 Tour de France is Team Sky’s for the taking—again.

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Chris Froome of Great Britain and Team Sky grabs a glass of champagne during stage 21 of the Tour de France.

PARIS — Riding a bright yellow bike to match his shiny leader’s jersey, defending champion Chris Froome won his fourth and most challenging Tour de France title on Sunday.

The 32-year-old Kenyan-born British rider finished 54 seconds ahead of Colombian Rigoberto Uran overall, the smallest margin of his wins.

“This Tour has been my toughest yet. I want to pay tribute to all riders for their sportsmanship,” Froome said. “We raced hard together, we suffered together.”

This was the third straight win for the Team Sky rider. His first in 2013 came the year after former teammate Bradley Wiggins sparked off an era of British dominance.

His margin of victory over Colombian Nairo Quintana in 2013 was by more than four minutes. Quintana pushed him much harder in 2015, finishing only 1:12 back, but Froome beat Frenchman Romain Bardet by 4:05 last year. Bardet was third this time.

Froome looked emotional as he lifted the race winner’s bouquet of flowers, his eyes seemingly watering. Then, smiling broadly, he gave a thumbs-up to the crowd before going to pick up his young son and walking back onto the podium with him in his arms.

“I want to dedicate this victory to my family. Your love and support makes everything possible,” he said. “I also want to thank my team Sky (for your) dedication and passion.”

Then, switching to an admirably improving French, Froome addressed the Parisian crowd.

“I wanted to thank the French fans, thank you for the welcome and your generosity,” said Froome, who was nevertheless loudly jeered in Marseille on Saturday. “More than 100 years ago you created this beautiful race. Your passion for this race makes it really special. I fell in love with this race.”

Bardet placed 2 minutes, 20 seconds behind him. But he denied Spaniard Mikel Landa — Froome’s teammate — a podium spot by just one second. Italian Fabio Aru, who briefly led the race, finished fifth, 3:05 behind.

“It’s always more difficult to repeat a result,” Bardet said. “I’m really happy with this podium finish.”

As per tradition, the 21st stage was reserved for sprinters and mostly a procession for Froome and the other overall leaders.

Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen won it in a dash to the line, edging German rider Andre Greipel and Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen.

Moments later, Froome and the rest of the peloton crossed the line after eight laps of an eye-catching circuit around the city’s landmarks, finishing as usual on the famed Champs-Elysees.

Froome now needs only one more title to match the Tour record of five shared by Frenchmen Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault, Belgian Eddie Merckx and Spaniard Miguel Indurain.

“It’s a huge honor to be talked about in the same sentence as those guys,” Froome said. “Lots of respect for them.”

Froome sealed it on Saturday, finishing third in the time trial in Marseille where he put more time into Uran and Bardet, who dropped from second to third.

After more than three weeks of stressful racing, it was a relaxed atmosphere as riders set out from Montgeron in the Essone suburb south of Paris to the evening finish 103 kilometers (64 miles) away.

Froome chatted casually with two-time champion Alberto Contador, the Spanish veteran, as if they were on a sight-seeding ride.

Right in front of them, Frenchman Warren Barguil — wearing the best climber’s red-and-white polka dot jersey — swapped race anecdotes with Australian Michael Matthews, wearing the green jersey awarded for the Tour’s top sprinter.

Matthews became the third Australian to win the green jersey, all this decade, following Robbie McEwen and Baden Cooke.

“It’s really a dream come true to stand there with the green jersey,” the 26-year-old Matthews said.

Froome’s teammates wore a yellow stripe on the back of their Team Sky shirts. They allowed themselves a flute of champagne, chinking glasses with leader Froome, as they casually rolled through the streets under cloudy skies beside cheering fans packing the roads into Paris.

Everyone was in high spirits, happy to complete a grueling race that saw Australian Richie Porte, one of the pre-race favorites, and Froome’s teammate Geraint Thomas both crash out. Britain’s Mark Cavendish, a 30-time Tour stage winner, and Marcel Kittel — winner of five stages this year — pulled out injured after crashes.

As the slow-moving peloton passed near where Frenchman Yoann Offredo grew up, a television camera moved alongside, asking what it was like to be riding so close to home.

“I might nip to the bathroom,” he said, jokingly.

Another rider, Cyril Gautier, asked his girlfriend Caroline to marry him: the proposal scrawled on a piece of paper held up by the smiling Frenchman as he blew a kiss to the camera.

Barring a crash, Froome was virtually assured of winning.

The route to another victory continued to unfurl before him without mishap — although he did have to change bikes at one stage. Barguil had a brief hiccup, needing to catch up after a puncture, but generally the peloton took in the sights.

Riders passed the Hotel des Invalides — a magnificent, sprawling set of buildings ordered by King Louis XIV in the 17th century — and actually rode through the resplendent Grand Palais exhibition hall, then past the golden statute of Joan of Arc, up the famed Champs-Elysees from the iconic Place de la Concorde and its towering 23-meter Egyptian obelix, and around the Arc de Triomphe.

Some might say Froome did not shine too brightly because he didn’t win a stage, but neither did American Greg Lemond when clinching his third and final Tour in 1990.

For Froome, consistency and a dogged ability to respond when put under pressure were the keys to his latest success.

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Urán wins, Froome keeps yellow but Porte and Thomas crash out: Tour de France stage nine – as it happened

A brutal, dramatic stage saw Geraint Thomas and Richie Porte crash out and Rigoberto Uran steal a stage victory on a broken bike

Porte and Thomas out of Tour de France after crash on stage nine
9 Jul 2017 Rigoberto Uran actually wins stage nine!
9 Jul 2017 Warren Barguil wins stage nine!

And with that, I’m done. It’s been remarkable. Bye!

So today’s big GC losers, other than Thomas and Porte, are probably Dan Martin, who from 14sec behind in fourth place is now 1min 44sec behind in sixth, and Alberto Contador, who from 52sec behind and well poised is now 5min 15sec behind and out of contention.

Here’s an updated news story, on the Tour-ending crashes suffered today by Richie Porte and Geraint Thomas:

Here’s the top 10 of the general classification at the close of play – lots of churn, but not at the very top.

Le nouveau classement général ! / The new GC! #TDF2017 pic.twitter.com/NHUkEHimlQ — Le Tour de France (@LeTour) July 9, 2017

Warren Barguil cries after finishing second.

Porte’s injuries seem miraculously light, given how close he came to being flung off the side of a wooded mountain at 73km/h.

First news on Porte from TDF doctor, she just told TV he was conscious, remembered it all, was speaking. Verdict: "Plus de peur que de mal," — William Fotheringham (@willfoth) July 9, 2017

Today’s top five:

Rigoberto Uran
Warren Barguil
Chris Froome
Romain Bardet

Le Top 10 de cette énorme étape ! / Here is the Top 10 of this fabulous stage! #TDF2017 pic.twitter.com/NjgSFivher — Le Tour de France (@LeTour) July 9, 2017

Dan Martin speaks. I missed a bit of it because my computer decided to play up, but even what I got was quite hard-hitting:

Richie just slipped up. It was so slippery out there. I guess the organisers got what they wanted, you know. I think adrenaline has covered up the pain so far. I was very lucky a couple of times, the first crash when Geraint came down his bike hit my handlebars, it was that close. I got through but my luck ran out in the end.

Rigoberto Uran just outsprints Warren Barguil for the win.

So a day that for a while appeared likely to end with a new occupant of the yellow jersey ends with Chris Froome’s lead extended (a bit) to 18sec.

Oh maan. How freaking close was that?! OMG! Such a baller our Mick Jagger. Way to go @UranRigoberto @Ride_Argyle . Even my toe nails are gone https://t.co/0hy8cYaQZB — Toms Skujiņš (@Tomashuuns) July 9, 2017

My heart break for Wawa is overshadowed by my joy for @UranRigoberto and @Ride_Argyle . What a stage.... It's killing me not being there. — Lawson Craddock (@lawsoncraddock) July 9, 2017

An astonishing day’s cycling. We’ve had the beauty and the beast.

I have to say that was one of the more action-packed Tour stages I've ever seen. Up there with Les Arcs in 1996 — William Fotheringham (@willfoth) July 9, 2017

Some reaction:

No... F*ck — Tom Dumoulin (@tom_dumoulin) July 9, 2017

Mmmm another photofinish, and we just got to see Warren Barguil be told on live TV that he's lost the win to Uran. Poor kid, great ride. — William Fotheringham (@willfoth) July 9, 2017

Really tough on Barguill. I'd thought he got it. So did he. There is no justice. — David Walsh (@DavidWalshST) July 9, 2017

Here is that photo. Three enormous climbs, 181.5km, and the difference at the end was this:

De finishfoto verpest het feestje van Barguil: het is toch Uran die wint. #TDF2017 pic.twitter.com/9CIZJCk2VU — Sporza 🚴 (@sporza_koers) July 9, 2017

Rigoberto Uran actually wins stage nine!

We get a glimpse of the photo finish, and it looks like Rigoberto Uran has pipped it, by an inch!

I might have announced this a little prematurely – apparently a photograph is being studied – but he looked a winner to me, and to the TV commentators. Oh, hang on …

Uran wins stage 9 https://t.co/cRuIEg8CWB #TDF2017 — Radio Tour - EN 🇬🇧 (@radiotour_en) July 9, 2017

Warren Barguil wins stage nine!

Incredible, breathless stuff, and at the end of it Barguil nips just in front of Uran with a couple of metres to go!

Uran goes, with 400m to go!

Into the final kilometre, and Froome is in the lead, ahead of Fuglsang.

Uran is riding a messed-up bike, with only two working gears, so he is perhaps crucially disadvantaged.

Bardet has been caught. It’s any one of six for the stage win.

This is knife-edge stuff at the front. Bardet’s lead is perhaps 5sec, with five people behind him and going fast.

Dan Martin is fine, cycling smoothly – cut, grazed and bruised, to be sure, but inherently sound – and riding with Simon Yates and Nairo Quintana.

France’s Warren Barguil rides in the breakaway.

Barguil has been caught be Froome’s small group, and latched onto the end of it. Froome, Aru, Uran and Fuglsang are riding as a team, trying to reel in Bardet. The Frenchman has a 17sec advantage, with 6.5km to go.

So two of this morning’s GC top five are no longer in the race. Bardet was 47sec behind Froome, but with 8.5km to go today is in the lead – so, should he win the stage, a 10sec bonus is coming his way – with a 25sec advantage. So he would, if the stage ended now, be 12sec behind Froome and in second place.

Now Uran has a mechanical problem! Meanwhile Romain Bardet has caught and indeed overtaken Warren Barguil at the front!

The Porte crash was a bit gruesome, frankly. He was apparently going at 72.5km/h when he came off his bike.

#TDF2017 Devastating images of @richie_porte coming from the road after a nasty crash. Richie will be taken to hospital for examination. — BMC Racing Team (@BMCProTeam) July 9, 2017

Richie Porte is being loaded into an ambulance, but we’re told he is conscious. Dan Martin, meamwhile, is apparently back on a bike.

Jakob Fuglsang falls off the back of Froome’s group. He just avoided the Martin/Porte pile-up, and is now being understandably cautious.

Whoosh! Romain Bardet overtakes Froome, and just disappears!

I’ve heard no further update on Dan Martin. In front of him, though, Froome is at the front of a five-man group further down the mountain.

One of the worst crashes I've seen in Tour de France. Porte lost it at a corner, brought down Martin. — David Walsh (@DavidWalshST) July 9, 2017

Dan Martin took a new bike but has apparently gone down again a little further on!

Porte is receiving medical attention, but that was a hard fall. It could have been worse – he headed off the road to the left, on the mountain side, but it was on a curve in the road so he ended up sliding back across the tarmac, taking out Martin in the process. Porte is surely out of the race.

Crash! Porte and Martin are down!

At last count, Barguil’s advantage at the front stood at 12 seconds.

Barguil has crossed the line at the top of the Mont du Chat, and will wear polka dots tonight.

Now just 35sec behind Barguil:

Uran, Froome, Bardet, Porte, Aru, Fuglsang ensemble / together #TDF2017 pic.twitter.com/oYiSxIKrTH — Le Tour de France (@LeTour) July 9, 2017

Barguil passes the sign marking 1km from the top of the climb. It’s all downhill from here (almost).

Six people now in the Froome group, Quintana having fallen off the back.

Jakob Fuglsang is now caught by Froome, so Warren Barguil is now all by himself with Froome a minute or so behind him.

A series of mini-attacks are launched, and Froome matches them all. Now, though, Froome makes his own move and only three men stay with him!

Alberto Contador has been dropped from the yellow jersey group, which is now perhaps 10 strong. Nairo Quintana, Romain Bardet, Richie Porte and Dan Martin are among them.

Attack! Aru goes, and then Richie Porte has a go, and Froome follows, now without any Team-Sky-shirted assistance.

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Tour de France 2017: Froome takes control as Porte, Thomas crash out

Chris Froome and Team Sky took control of the Tour de France on Stage 9, as Froome's general classification rival Richie Porte (BMC), Froome's teammate Geraint Thomas and many other riders crashed out of the race.

A very difficult day on the mountains saw Froome need a bike change but recover to take a commanding lead in the Tour as Porte and Thomas crashed violently.

Attacks from AG2R, who early in the stage were leading the breakaway group and the peloton, decimated the peloton on the Queen stage -- the hardest of the race.

On the descent on the Col de la Biche, the first of three hors categorie climbs on the stage, the French team laid devastation on the Tour, with Geraint Thomas crashing out of the race after suffering a suspected broken collarbone as Team Sky looked to reel in the attack.

With AG2R attacking downhill, there were a number of crashes, and Thomas was joined in withdrawing by Robert Gesink (Lotto) and Manuele Mori (UAE Team Emirates), whose awful crash saw him crying out in agony on the ground.

The attacking saw the peloton stretched over 30 kilometres, and former stage winner Arnaud Démare struggling at the rear of the race.

With just over 30 kilometres remaining, Chris Froome had a mechanical error and had to change bikes. Seeing his general classification rival suffer, Fabio Aru (Astana) attacked.

Although the group went with Aru, they neutralised the Astana rider, and allowed Froome to get back into the group.

After numerous attacks including from Aru and Porte, Froome dropped the other GC rivals, with Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Aru unable to stay with the three-time Tour de France winner.

On descent of Mont du Chat, the final hors categorie , Porte crashed and skidded across the road and into the side of the mountain wall, with Daniel Martin (Quickstep) unable to avoid crashing into him.

Porte was taken by ambulance to hospital as Froome raced to pull in Romain Bardet (AG2R) at the front, which he did with 2 kilometres to go.

With a kilometre to go, Froome took the lead of a group of six but was beaten in the sprint as Rigoberto Uran (Cannondale) held off Warren Barguil (Sunweb) and Froome to win the stage.

Yellow Jersey Classification

1. Chris Froome 38h 26' 59''

2. Fabio Aru +18''

3. Romain Bardet +51''

King of the Mountains (Points)

1. Warren Barguil 60

2. Primoz Roglic 30

3. Alexis Vuillermoz 27

Green Jersey (Points)

1. Marcel Kittel 212

2. Arnaud Demare 182

3. Michael Matthews 160

Tour de France: Unchained – Second series offers more emotions but also more crashes

The eight new episodes look back at the Vingegaard-Pogačar duel of the 2023 Tour

The second series of ‘Tour de France: Unchained’ will be released on June 11, and the Netflix documentary offers another intense, emotional and dramatic insider view of the biggest race in professional cycling.

Last year, we compared the slick editing and constant showing of crashes and suffering to eating too much Haribo on a hot day . The second series offers more of the same, with the eight 45-minute episodes packed with best moments of racing, the crashes, the heartache and joy that the Tour always produces.

Tadej Pogačar and his UAE Team Emirates teams struck a deal to be filmed alongside the eight official teams, and so this year’s series tells a more complete story of his battle with Vingegaard and how Pogačar lost out in the time trial and then cracked on stage 17 over the Col de la Loze.

Mark Cavendish also features across several episodes that highlight the dangers of sprinting, including the moment when he crashed out on stage 8 after going close to victory on stage 7 in Bordeaux.

The tragic death of Gino Mäder at the Tour de Suisse is weaved into the narrative Tour de France Unchained, with a tearful interview with Pello Bilbao highlighting the fears and emotions in the peloton after the loss of the Swiss rider.

One of the most moving moments of series 2 captures the moment Ben O'Connor is told of Mäder’s death during a training ride. Julian Alaphilippe also reflects on the dangers of pro racing. "We are nothing on earth and even less on a bike. Just to evoke Gino gives me chills everywhere," he said.

Yet 'Tour de France: Unchained' also dramatizes numerous crashes in a jarring contradiction that could perhaps have been avoided. At the very least, the crashes could have been treated with more respect.

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The crashes and serious injuries of the 2024 season have confirmed that the riders’ pain and suffering should never be used to ‘sell’ the sport, even to a broader audience on Netflix.

Despite that, the documentary is addictive and entertaining to watch, whatever your level of understanding of the sport, showing moments that are rarely seen on television or video.

The Netflix camera crews again had all-area access to the eight teams and captured rarely-seen moments on team buses and even intimate moments between directeur sportif and riders on the massage table.

Each of the eight episodes combines different storylines covering the AG2R Citroën, Alpecin-Deceuninck, EF Education-EasyPost, Groupama-FDJ, Ineos Grenadiers, Bora-Hansgrohe, Jumbo-Visma and Soudal-QuickStep teams.

Their race tactics are studied in detail, with race commentary and scripted comments and considerations from French commentator Steve Chainel and Ireland’s Orla Chennaoui of Eurosport. Interviews at home, often done by their partners, reveal a more human face of the leading riders.

"Some of the eight episodes look like a dive into a pack of mixed feelings. Almost like being on a psychiatrist's couch, it's about grief, fear, anger, betrayal and pride," Christophe Bérard suggested in the French newspaper Le Parisien in one of the early reviews.

Team managers Jonathan Vaughters, Patrick Lefevere, Marc Madiot and Richard Plugge also feature, as they fight with each other and try to guide their riders to victory. Madiot’s disdain for Plugge after he accuses his riders and staff of drinking beer is ‘peak Madiot,’ packed with venom and pride.

Jumbo-Visma directeur sportif Grischa Niermann and his many exclamations of ‘Fuck!” in the team car again star, as does Pogačar’s foul-mouthed acceptance that he was done and his Tour de France challenge over. Not surprisingly Tour de France Unchained is rated 13+.

The official trailer included a question to Thibaut Pinot about Vingegaard’s crushing time trial performance but did not reveal his answer.

It turns out the Frenchman preferred to enjoy his final Tour.

“Phew… I don’t want to answer that question. I’m not interested in that,” Pinot said.

Madiot was not so diplomatic.

“There’s always a moment when the truth comes out, so we’ll see,” he said.

Vingegaard has always insisted he races clean and spoke directly to the Netflix camera about the 2023 allegations.

“There’s no reason to be speculating. The past (history of cycling) is the only reason to speculate,” Vingegaard said.

“I know I don’t take anything. I’m not doing anything that I'm not allowed to do. I’m clean and even when they test these samples in 100 years, they won't find anything.”

Eight carefully scripted episodes

The eight episodes are an excellent way to look back at the 2023 Tour de France and prepare for this year’s race.

Episode one sets up the series and the Vinggaard-Pogačar battle with interviews with both riders from their homes and training camps, recalling Pogačar’s return from his scaphoid fracture at Liege-Bastogne-Liege.

It also captures the riders during a minute’s silence to remember Gino Mäder in their pre-race meeting with race organisers ASO in Bilbao, to introduce the crash narrative and reveal riders’ fears but also their determination to win.

Richard Carapaz crashed on stage one and the episode focuses on his subsequent abandon and how it wrecked EF Education-Easypost’s ambitions at the 2023 Tour de France.

Episode two recalls Ben O’Connor emotional and physical struggles in the early stages in the Basque Country, while fellow Perth native and natural rival Jai Hindley won stage 5 and pulled on the yellow jersey.

The first sprint battles, Jasper Philipsen’s dominance and the many crashes fill episode two.

Fabio Jakobsen’s Tour de Pologne crash is shown again, while his high-speed crash on stage 4 is dissected and analysed in all its gory detail. Jakobsen accuses Philipsen of sparking the crash but he says: “We're not here to make friends with other teams.”

Cavendish’s crash and abandon is covered in the same episode, but the series ends with him promising to return to the 2024 Tour.

Stage 4 is simply titled ‘For Gino’ and tells how the Bahrain Victorious riders try to win a stage to honour his memory, with Bilbao taking stage 10.

The struggles at Ineos Grenadiers fills episode five, as Tom Pidcock fails to fight for GC and Carlos Rodriguez steps up and confirms his Grand Tour potential, winning stage 14 just 24 hours after Michał Kwiatkowski won stage 13.

The Vingegaard-Pogačar battle takes centre stage on episode six as the Dane dominates the time trial and then Pogačar cracks.

The episode covers the suspicions created by Vingegaard’s performance and reveals how team manager Richard Plugge accused Groupama-FDJ of drinking beers on the rest day as a dead cat distraction to take the media spotlight and pressure off Vingegaard.

Patrick Lefevere and his spats with Julian Alaphilippe about his salary and poor results fill episode seven. The French rider jokes that he is paid “a bit too much for Patrick….” but went on the attack on seven stages to try to win a stage. Kasper Asgreen eventually saves the team’s Tour de France.

Marc Madiot responds to Plugge’s beer accusations during episode eight, which also recalls Pinot’s ‘Last Dance’ solo attack on his home roads during stage 20. The Virage Pinot was packed with screaming fans but following a perfect Netflix script, Pinot did not win the stage.

Episode eight and the second series of Tour de France: Unchained ends in Paris with the Champs Elysees sprint, the final podium and Vingegaard’s second victory ahead of Pogačar.

In the final moments, Madiot raises a sarcastic glass of beer as Pinot ends his Tour de France career, emotional but happy that it is all over.

It leaves us wishing for more. Fortunately, the start of the 2024 Tour de France is only a few weeks away.

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Distance: 101 km
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Stage 17 » La Mure › Serre-Chevalier (183km) Primož Roglič is the winner of Tour de France 2017 Stage 17, before Rigoberto Urán and Chris Froome. Chris Froome was leader in GC.
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Tour de France 2017. This article is more than 6 years old. Urán wins, Froome keeps yellow but Porte and Thomas crash out: Tour de France stage nine - as it happened ... but he looked a winner ...
Tour de France 2017 Route, Stages & Results
21/07. Stage 19 / 222.5 KM E. Boasson Hagen. Marseille Marseille. 22/07. Stage 20 / 22.5 KM M. Bodnar. Stay up to date with the full 2017 Tour de France schedule. Eurosport brings you live updates ...
Tour de France 2017: Race History
*Oscar Pereiro was awarded the victory of the 2006 Tour de France on October 16, 2007, after original winner Floyd Landis was disqualified for doping. Best Team 2016 Movistar Team
Tour de France 2017 Stage 1 (ITT) results
Geraint Thomas is the winner of Tour de France 2017 Stage 1 (ITT), before Stefan Küng and Vasil Kiryienka. Geraint Thomas was leader in GC. ... 2017 » 104th Tour de France (2.UWT)
2017 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11
The 2017 Tour de France is the 104th edition of the cycle race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race started in Düsseldorf, Germany on 1 July, ... Chris Froome, the previous year's overall winner, during the Stage 1 time trial. The tour began on 1 July 2017 in Germany, ...
Tour de France 2017 Stage 14 results
Stage 14 » Blagnac › Rodez (181.5km) Michael Matthews is the winner of Tour de France 2017 Stage 14, before Greg Van Avermaet and Edvald Boasson Hagen. Chris Froome was leader in GC.
Tour de France 2017 stage 9 results, classifications, report and ...
7d. Tour de France 2017: Froome takes control as Porte, Thomas crash out. ESPN staffJul 9, 2017, 11:12 AM ET. Email. Print. Chris Froome and Team Sky took control of the Tour de France on Stage 9 ...
Tour de France 2017 Stage 4 results
Stage 4 » Mondorf-les-Bains › Vittel (207.5km) Arnaud Démare is the winner of Tour de France 2017 Stage 4, before Alexander Kristoff and André Greipel. Geraint Thomas was leader in GC.
Tour de France: Unchained
The second series of 'Tour de France: Unchained' will be released on June 11, and the Netflix documentary offers another intense, emotional and dramatic insider view of the biggest race in ...
Tour de France 2017 Stage 9 results
Stage 9 » Nantua › Chambéry (181.5km) Rigoberto Urán is the winner of Tour de France 2017 Stage 9, before Warren Barguil and Chris Froome. Chris Froome was leader in GC.
Tour de France 2017 Stage 13 results
Stage 13 » Saint-Girons › Foix (101km) Warren Barguil is the winner of Tour de France 2017 Stage 13, before Nairo Quintana and Alberto Contador. Fabio Aru was leader in GC.

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