Tour de France Stage 11 Results

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Rafal Majka Wins Stage 11

Rafal Majka, Tinkoff-Saxo, pulled away from the breakaway group near the top of the climb up the Col du Tourmalet and stayed away to win Stage 11. This was Majka’s first stage win in this year’s Tour and the first of the season. This was also Tinkoff-Saxo’s first Tour win this year. The Polish cyclist won the King of the Mountains competition in the Tour in 2014.
After Chris Froome's, Team Sky, dramatic victory in Stage 10, all of his competitors said how tough the stage was, but all promised to fight on. Stage 11 featured Col d'Aspin, and the Col du Tourmalet, Category 1 and hors catégorie (“above category”) climbs respectively. The Col du Tourmalet (2,115 m, 6939 ft) is the most climbed mountain pass used in the Tour. 1910 was its first time in the Tour, and it has been in the Tour 84 times. It was a tough, hot day for the peloton today.
All of the top contenders were in the lead group of the peloton keeping an eye on each other. Therefore, there was not much of a change in the Yellow Jersey standings today, except for Vincenzo Nibali, Astana Pro Team, the winner of last year's Tour, who fell behind the lead group near the top of the last climb to the finish. He finished one minute behind Chris Froome on today’s stage. The rest of the top contenders finished in the same group with Froome.
Peter Sagan, Tinkoff-Saxo, regained the lead in the Points competition, taking back the Green Jersey from Andre Greipel, Lotto-Soudal, at the intermediate sprint early in the stage. Sagan finished second in that sprint.
Lance Armstrong commented on strong victory by Chris Froome in Stage 10. In a tweet, Armstrong wondered whether Froome, Richie Porte and Team Sky were too strong to be clean. This tweet could be an attempt to gain attention for his upcoming rides for charity over the next two days over Stage 12 and Stage 13 routes. His tweet did bring a swift negative reaction from other Twitter users. Team Sky let it be known that they saw how other cyclists were struggling in the thin air and Froome ordered an attack in Stage 10 to take advantage.
Stage 11 Results
1.
Rafal Majka
Tinkoff-Saxo
05h 02' 01''
2.
Dan Martin
Team Cannondale-Garmin
05h 03' 01''
+ 01' 00''
3.
Emanuel Buchmann
Bora-Argon 18
05h 03' 24''
+ 01' 23''
4.
Serge Pauwels
MTN-Qhubeka
05h 04' 09''
+ 02' 08''
5.
Thomas Voeckler
Team Europcar
05h 05' 35''
+ 03' 34''
6.
Julien Simon
Cofidis Solutions Crédits
05h 05' 35''
+ 03' 34''
7.
Bauke Mollema
Trek Factory Racing
05h 07' 12''
+ 05' 11''
8.
Alejandro Valverde
Movistar Team
05h 07' 20''
+ 05' 19''
9.
Chris Froome
Team Sky
05h 07' 22''
+ 05' 21''
10.
Alberto Contador
Tinkoff-Saxo
05h 07' 22''
+ 05' 21''
11.
Nairo Quintana
Movistar Team
05h 07' 22''
+ 05' 21''
12.
Samuel Sanchez
BMC Racing Team
05h 07' 22''
+ 05' 21''
13.
Tejay Van Garderen
BMC Racing Team
05h 07' 22''
+ 05' 21''
14.
Geraint Thomas
Team Sky
05h 07' 22''
+ 05' 21''
15.
Robert Gesink
Team Lotto NL - Jumbo
05h 07' 22''
+ 05' 21''
16.
Pierre Rolland
Team Europcar
05h 07' 22''
+ 05' 21''
17.
Tony Gallopin
Lotto-Soudal
05h 07' 22''
+ 05' 21''
18.
Mathias Frank
IAM Cycling
05h 07' 22''
+ 05' 21''
Polka Dot Jersey Standing
1.
Chris Froome
Team Sky
57 pts
2.
Richie Porte
Team Sky
40 pts
3.
Rafal Majkal
Tinkoff-Saxo
32 pts
4.
Nairo Quintana
Movistar Team
32 pts
5.
Robert Gesink
Team Lotto NL - Jumbo
28 pts
Green Jersey Standings
1.
Peter Sagan
Tinkoff-Saxo
239 pts
2.
André Greipel
Lotto-Soudal
232 pts
3.
John Degenkolb
Team Giant-Alpecin
184 pts
4.
Mark Cavendish
Etixx-Quick Step
172 pts
5.
Bryan Coquard
Team Europcar
108 pts
Yellow Jersey Standings
1.
Chris Froome
Team Sky
41h 03' 31''
2.
Tejay Van Garderen
BMC Racing Team
41h 06' 23''
+ 02' 52''
3.
Nairo Quintana
Movistar Team
41h 06' 40''
+ 03' 09''
4.
Alejandro Valverde
Movistar Team
41h 07' 30''
+ 03' 59''
5.
Geraint Thomas
Team Sky
41h 07' 34''
+ 04' 03''
6.
Alberto Contador
Tinkoff-Saxo
41h 07' 35''
+ 04' 04''
7.
Tony Gallopin
Lotto-Soudal
41h 08' 04''
+ 04' 33''
8.
Robert Gesink
Team Lotto NL - Jumbo
41h 08' 06''
+ 04' 35''
9.
Warren Barguil
Team Giant-Alpecin
41h 10' 15''
+ 06' 44''
10.
Bauke Mollema
Trek Factory Racing
41h 10' 36''
+ 07' 05''
11.
Vincenzo Nibali
Astana Pro Team
41h 11' 18''
+ 07' 47''

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