Chris Froome Captures his Second Tour de France
Thibaut Pinot, FDJ, won Stage 20 for the third French win of the Tour. Chris Froome, Team Sky, won the Tour de France General Classification competition over Nairo Quintana, Movistar Team, by 1 minute and 12 seconds. Froome also won the King of the Mountains competition as well. Peter Sagan, Tinkoff-Saxo, has won the Points Competition for the fourth year in a row. Quintana has won the Best Young Rider competition, beating Romain Bardet, AG2R La Mondiale, by over 14 minutes. Movistar Team beat Team Sky by over 57 minutes to win the Best Team contest. This is Froome’s second Tour victory, the first was in 2013, and the third by Team Sky in 4 years. Bradley Wiggins for Team Sky in 2012.
Stage 20 was the last competitive stage of the Tour for the Yellow Jersey and Polka Dot Jersey as traditionally only the sprinters compete in Stage 21 in Paris. Today's stage ran from Modane Valfrejus to Alpe d'Huez. The stage was to include the Col Du Galibier. However, a landslide earlier this year forced the Tour organizer to reroute the stage. French fans were cursing and spitting at Chris Froome yesterday according to him. Today, Froome was still upset with Vincenzo Nibali for Nibali's attack while Froome was suffering a mechanical problem. Froome had a 2-minute 38-second advantage at the start of this stage over Nairo Quintana.
As the peloton went up the Col de la Croix de Fer, Chris Froome and Richie Porte of Team Sky were isolated while the other GC contenders attacked. Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde of Movistar Team pulled ahead just before the summit. Froome caught Quintana and Valverde on the way down. The top GC contenders regrouped into a group of 16 riders at 44 km (27 miles). Other Team Sky cyclists joined Froome in the group to support him at the lead of the Yellow Jersey group.
Alexandre Geniez, FDJ, started the Alpe d'Huez climb 3 minutes 48 seconds ahead of the Yellow Jersey group. The lead groups passed the Points competition Intermediate Sprint in Le Bourg-d'Oisans taking the Green Jersey points there. With only 70 points left in the Tour, Peter Sagan, Tinkoff-Saxo, has won the Points competition for the fourth year in a row.
All of the top GC contenders are climbing Alpe d'Huez together. Quintana tries to pull away at the 11.5 km (7.1 miles) but is pulled back by Team Sky and Froome. Alejandro Valverde, Movistar Team, attacked the Yellow Jersey group at 9.4 km. Quintana attacked soon after at 9.1 km. Alberto Contador fell away from the Yellow Jersey group. Quintana and Valverde joined in front of Froome, and they pull away. Valverde slipped off Quintana's wheel, but Quintana latched on to Winner Anacona, Movistar Team, who was in the breakaway group. Thibaut Pinot, FDJ, led the stage at the 5.8 km (3.5 mile) point of the stage. Quintana accelerated away from Anacona with 4.4 km (2.7 miles) to go. Quintana came within 18 seconds of stage winner Pinot.
Stage 20 Results
1.
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Thibaut Pinot
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FDJ
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03h 17' 21''
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2.
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Nairo Quintana
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Movistar Team
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03h 17' 39''
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+ 00' 18''
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3.
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Ryder Hesjedal
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Team Cannondale-Garmin
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03h 18' 02''
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+ 00' 41''
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4.
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Alejandro Valverde
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Movistar Team
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03h 18' 59''
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+ 01' 38''
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5.
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Chris Froome
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Team Sky
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03h 18' 59''
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+ 01' 38''
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Points Competition Standings
1.
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Peter Sagan
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Tinkoff-Saxo
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420 pts
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2.
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André Greipel
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Lotto-Soudal
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316 pts
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3.
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John Degenkolb
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Team Giant-Alpecin
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281 pts
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4.
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Mark Cavendish
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Etixx-Quick Step
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192 pts
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King of the Mountains Competition Standings
1.
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Chris Froome
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Team Sky
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119 pts
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2.
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Nairo Quintana
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Movistar Team
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108 pts
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3.
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Romain Bardet
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AG2R La Mondiale
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90 pts
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4.
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Thibaut Pinot
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FDJ
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82 pts
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5.
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Joachim Rodriguez
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Team Katusha
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78 pts
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GC Competition Standings
1.
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Chris Froome
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Team Sky
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81h 56' 33''
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2.
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Nairo Quintana
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Movistar Team
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81h 57' 45''
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+ 01' 12''
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3.
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Alejandro Valverde
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Movistar Team
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82h 01' 58''
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+ 05' 25''
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4.
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Vincenzo Nibali
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Astana Pro Team
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82h 05' 09''
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+ 08' 36''
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5.
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Alberto Contador
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Tinkoff-Saxo
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82h 06' 21''
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+ 09' 48''
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6.
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Robert Gesink
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Team Lotto NL - Jumbo
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82h 07' 20''
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+ 10' 47''
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7.
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Bauke Mollema
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Trek Factory Racing
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82h 11' 47''
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+ 15' 14''
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8.
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Mathias Frank
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IAM Cycling
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82h 12' 12''
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+ 15' 39''
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9.
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Romain Bardet
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AG2R La Mondiale
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82h 12' 33''
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+ 16' 00''
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10.
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Pierre Rolland
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Team Europcar
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82h 14' 03''
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+ 17' 30''
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