Le. Tour. De. France.
No rest for Dancin’ Dave.
Umm… changes. Not many. Jean-Christophe Péraud had a puncture and still finished 7th to move up to 2nd in the GC. Bardet had a flat and lost a place to Tejay Van Garderen.
That’s about it.
On the stage it was Tony Martin, Tom Dumoulin (1:39), Jan Barta (1:47), Vincenzo Nibali (1:58). Everybody else lost time.
What about a parade are we not understanding? As everyone limps into Paris (except the Sprinters who will want a stage win on the Champs-Élysées) the General Classification looks like this- Vincenzo Nibali, Jean-Christophe Péraud (7:52), Thibaut Pinot (8:24), Alejandro Valverde BelMonte (9:55), Tejay Vangarderen (11:44), Romain Bardet (11:46), Leopold Konig (14:41), Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (18:12), and Laurens Ten Dams (18:20). Everyone else is over 21 minutes behind.
In the Points competition it is Peter Sagan (417), Bryan Coquard (253), and Alexander Kristoff (247). Every one else is under 200. Maybe Kristoff will make a move on Coquard but I doubt it.
King of the Mountains is Rafal Majka (181), Vincenzo Nibali (168), and Joaquim Rodriguez (112).
In Team competition it is AG2R, Belkin (34:44), and 3rd place between Movistar (1:05:44) and BMC (1:08:09)
The Young Rider Classification is Thibaut Pinot, Romain Bardet (3:22). and Michal Kwiatkowski (1:12:25).
Today’s final stage of 85 and a half miles actually has a rated climb I missed at the beginning, Côte de Briis-sous-Forges, a Category 4. Otherwise the main feature is the customary 10 laps of the Champs-Élysées.
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