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• Date: 21 July 2016
• Start time: 11:45
• Avg. speed winner: 33.21 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 17 km
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Tour de France: Chris Froome wins stage 18 time trial – as it happened

Chris Froome put even more time into his rivals with a stunning time trial performance

• 21 Jul 2016 The riders tackle Mont Blanc tomorrow
• 21 Jul 2016 General Classification after Stage 18
• 21 Jul 2016 Sir Dave Brailsford speaks ...
• 21 Jul 2016 Today's top five
• 21 Jul 2016 CHRIS FROOME WINS THE STAGE!!!
• 21 Jul 2016 A good finish from Bauke Mollema
• 21 Jul 2016 Chris Froome has revved his engine ...
• 21 Jul 2016 Mollema hits the third check point
• 21 Jul 2016 Nairo Quintana finishes ....
• 21 Jul 2016 Bad news for Nigel Blackwell
• 21 Jul 2016 Chris Froome hits the first check point
• 21 Jul 2016 Fabio Aru moves second
• 21 Jul 2016 Porte loses time ...
• 21 Jul 2016 Richie Porte hits the first check point
• 21 Jul 2016 Chris Froome sets off ...
• 21 Jul 2016 Bauke Mollema rolls down the ramp
• 21 Jul 2016 Dan Martin hits the second check point
• 21 Jul 2016 Adam Yates sets off on his race of truth
• 21 Jul 2016 Quintana hits the road
• 21 Jul 2016 Nairo Quintana heads for the starter's hut ...
• 21 Jul 2016 More on sponsorship
• 21 Jul 2016 Richie Porte sets off ...
• 21 Jul 2016 Joaquin Rodriguez switches bikes ...
• 21 Jul 2016 Vincenzo Nibali speaks
• 21 Jul 2016 Tom Dumoulin's split times
• 21 Jul 2016 An email from Jade Thomas
• 21 Jul 2016 Tom Dumoulin speaks ...
• 21 Jul 2016 Tom Dumoulin negotiates the final roundabout
• 21 Jul 2016 Tom Dumoulin passes the third checkpoint
• 21 Jul 2016 Thomas De Gendt takes the lead
• 21 Jul 2016 Tom Dumoulin passes the second check point
• 21 Jul 2016 Which bikes will various riders use today?
• 21 Jul 2016 Ramunas Navardauskas speaks
• 21 Jul 2016 Dan Levy puts Josh Robinson back in his box
• 21 Jul 2016 An email from Nigel Shaw ...
• 21 Jul 2016 Movistar's Jon Izagirre takes over
• 21 Jul 2016 Justin Osbourn has a question
• 21 Jul 2016 Josh Robinson is here to put me back in my box
• 21 Jul 2016 An email from Simon Thomas
• 21 Jul 2016 IAM Cycling rider Jérôme Coppel takes over ...
• 21 Jul 2016 Romain Sicard takes the lead ...
• 21 Jul 2016 Nelson Oliveira takes the lead
• 21 Jul 2016 The story so far ...
• 21 Jul 2016 Simon Glynn has a question
• 21 Jul 2016 Nicolas Edet speaks ...
• 21 Jul 2016 Today's got off to a great start!!!
• 21 Jul 2016 We have a couple of non-runners ...
• 21 Jul 2016 Today's time trial began at 9.45 BST
• 21 Jul 2016 Top 10 on General Classification
• 21 Jul 2016 Attention angry Bruce Springsteen fans ...
• 21 Jul 2016 What is one kilometre in a lifetime?
• 21 Jul 2016 Jersey wearers after stage 17
• 21 Jul 2016 Stage 18: Sallanches to Megève (17km)

The riders tackle Mont Blanc tomorrow

Be sure to tune in for tomorrow’s stage from Albertville to Saint Gervais. It’s 146 kilometres long, with four hard climbs, with the Montee de Bisanne making its Tour debut. It’s a super-category climb of over 12 kilometres with a 10% gradient over the ramps of the final two.

General Classification after Stage 18

• 1. Chris Froome (Team Sky) 77hr 25min 10sec
• 2. Bauke Mollema (Trek) +3min 52sec
• 3. Adam Yates (Orica) +4min 16sec
• 4. Nairo Quintana (Movistar) +4min 37sec
• 5. Romain Bardet (AG2R) +4min 57sec
• 6. Richie Porte (BMC Racing) +5min
• 7. Fabio Aru (Astana) 6min 08sec
• 8. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) 6min 37sec
• 9. Louis Meintjes (Lampre) +7min 15sec
• 10. Daniel Martin (Etixx-Quick-Step) +7min 18sec

Another good day for Chris Froome, who extends his lead over Bauke Mollema to 3min 52sec. Richie Porte was the day’s other stand-out GC performer, moving to within three seconds of Romain Bardet.

Sir Dave Brailsford speaks ...

The Sky boss says: “Well as always in a time trial, the pacing strategy is critical,” he says. “You’ve got to be brave on a course like that and hold a little bit back [on the first section]. In terms of equipment, we spent a lot of time doing the math and calculations and put him on a lightweight TT bike with a disc wheel.”

Today's top five

1. Chris Froome (Sky) 30min 43sec 2. Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) +21sec 3. Fabio Aru (Astana) +33 4. Richie Porte (BMC) st 5. Romain Bardet (AG2R) 0.42

CHRIS FROOME WINS THE STAGE!!!

A stunning ride from Chris Froome, who started slowly but gradually got faster to win the stage with a time of 30min 43sec. At the finish line, Tom Dumoulin is a picture of stoicism, as he smiles ruefully at the good of it all. Froome wins the stage by 21 seconds and takes even more time out of all his General Classification rivals.

A good finish from Bauke Mollema

He loses just two seconds to Adam Yates and stays in second place on GC by - I think - 24 seconds.

Chris Froome has revved his engine ...

Having taken it easy over the first few kilometres, Chris Froome is getting faster and faster. He was just 10 seconds behind Dumoulin at the 10-kilometre mark and moved first at the third time check, where he was 13 seconds ahead of Dumoulin.

Mollema hits the third check point

At the 13.5km mark, Mollema 26min 05sec, a little over a minute slower than Dumoulin.

Nairo Quintana finishes ....

The Colombian appears to have made a remarkable recovery in the second half of the parcours , posting a time of 32min 53sec. He still has a slender lead of 20 seconds over Romain Bardet on General Classification, down from 48 seconds this morning.

Bad news for Nigel Blackwell

The Half Man Half Biscuit frontman and his fans will be troubled to hear that their 300-1 each-way investment, Bauke Mollema, is having a bad day at the office. He looks a cert to lose second place on GC to Adam Yates. Behind the pair on the overall leaderboard, it looks like Romain Bardet could be leapfrogging Nairo Quintana into fourth place.

Chris Froome hits the first check point

The race leader was timed at 11min 56sec after the 6.5km, 23 seconds behind Dumoulin. At the finish line, Richie Porte posts the same (provisional) time as Fabio Aru - 12 seconds slower than Tom Dumoulin. It’s difficult to see anybody beating Dumoulin now.

Yates-watch: At the second split timing point, Adam Yates stops the clock at 19min 30sec. Dumoulin did it in 18min 49sec.

Fabio Aru moves second

Placed eighth on GC, the young Italian Fabio Aru completes the course in an excellent 31min 16sec, to move second behind Tom Dumoulin on the stage. Further back, Nairo Quintana is having a nightmare, struggling badly as he drops time to all his rivals. Adam Yates and Richie Porte are both doing well.

Porte loses time ...

After his good start, Richie Porte got to the second check point nine seconds behind the time of Tom Dumoulin. Romain Bardet passes it a fairly respectable 33 seconds behind Dumoulin. Meanwhile at the finish line, Dan Martin finishes in 32min 11sec. Not bad, but he’ll have been hoping for better. Lampre-Merida rider Louis Meintjes will move ahead of Martin on GC this evening. The Birmingham born Irishman will drop to 10th overall.

Richie Porte hits the first check point

The BMC rider clocks 11min 33sec at Cote De Domancy, which is nine seconds quicker than Tom Dumoulin. There’s a prize of €5,000, the Prix Bernard Hinault, for the quickest rider past the first check point today. Better than a poke in the eye, eh?

Chris Froome sets off ...

He’s wearing an aerodynamic helmet with a visor and riding a bike with a front deep section rim and a rear disc wheel. He hunches over the clip-on handlebars and gets busy pedalling.

Bauke Mollema rolls down the ramp

The hot tip of Half Man Half Biscuit lead singer and cycling enthusiast Nigel Blackwell for this year’s race sets off and Chris Froome moves towards the starter’s hut. He’ll be last man out.

Dan Martin hits the second check point

He’s 53 seconds behind the 18min 49sec posted by Tom Dumoulin. Nobody has got near Dumoulin yet.

Adam Yates sets off on his race of truth

The Orica BikeExchange rider is no time trial specialist, but will need a decent performance today if he’s to keep his hopes of a podium finish alive.

Quintana hits the road

There are just three more riders left at the start, where Chris Froome appears to have already cycled about 100 kilometres on his stationary bike, hunched over the handlebars with a bag of ice resting across his neck. at the other end of the course, Sky’s Geraint Thomas stops the clock in 32min 52sec after a leisurely afternoon spin.

Nairo Quintana heads for the starter's hut ...

The Colombian wheels his bike to the hut, which fifth placed Frenchman Romain Bardet has just left. Quintana is 3min 27sec behind race leader Chris Froome.

More on sponsorship

Magnus Blair writes: “I’ve never been involved in TDF sponsorship, but I did once work with a brand that spent most of its marketing budget on maintaining a world class racing yacht,” he says. “The sponsorship value there was less in the TV coverage of yachting (because there’s not much) or even the crowd seeing the big logo on the sails. It was in the hospitality that could be generated at every regatta the thing competed in - taking clients out for quick harbour tours, meetings scheduled while watching the boats race etc, and so on.

“As I said, don’t know the exact parameters of TDF hospitality, but I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the stranger brands you see on the bike jerseys don’t derive their value in similar kinds of ways. Bike races as pretexts for meetings (generally in a way that doesn’t raise corruption red flags in many industries): customers can’t accept a bribe, but maybe can accept a day’s meet and greet with the team etc.”

Richie Porte sets off ...

The BMC team leader rolls down the ramp at the end of the five-second countdown. On Eurosport’s commentary, Sean Kelly is asked how he can improve his GC position of sixth today. The no-nonsense reply: “Go. Really. Fast. All. The. Way.”

Tejay Van Garderen’s miserable Tour continues: The out-of-sorts American has been passed by Pierre Rolland, who started two minutes after him. He’ll plummet further down the GC tonight, having started the day in 17th overall.

Eric Hoff writes: “Personally, I only buy from companies that sponsor bike teams,” he says. “So I can only eat Ettix energy bars. Prepared in my Bora kitchen.”

You “prepare” your energy bars? Hmmmm ... the drug testers might be interested in hearing that.

Joaquin Rodriguez switches bikes ...

Having used a time trial bike for the opening part of the course, the Katusha rider has switched to an ordinary road bike with clip-on handlebars for the remainder of the course.

Current top three

1. Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) 31min 04sec 2. Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) +41sec 3. Ion Izagirre (Movistar) +42sec

Vincenzo Nibali speaks

Vincenzo Nibali has been fifth fastest of the day and told one TV interviewer that he was happy with his afternoon’s worth. “I’ve tried to do the best time trial possible,” he said. “I’m happy with my ride and how I’m helping Fabio [Aru] in this Tour. The Giro d’Italia has taken a lot of energy out of me. Having good days and bad at the Tour after the Giro is just normal. It’s not easy to ride two Grand Tours in a row. For now I’m focused on making it to Paris and then I’ll think of the Olympic Games. It’s an important goal because it might my last chance for getting a result.”

Ian Britton writes: “Didn’t Oleg Tinkoff say he was wasting his money as no one in his markets watches the tour?” he asks. “A vanity project, but cheaper than football. There was also team Argos - a European oil/gas thing - not the laminated shop of dreams or a multi-eyed Greek God but I guess for UK fans a different connotation.”

Joaquim Rodriguez sets off: The Katusha rider is 12th in the GC. Meanwhile under the awning offering shade near the Sky team bus, Chris Froome can be seen warming up on a stationary bike. Tom Dumoulin’s 31min 04sec remains the one to beat. He’s 41 seconds ahead of his nearest rival Thomas De Gendt and nobody has got near him at any of the check points.

Bernard Keenan writes: “I suppose this is obvious but worth pointing out that sponsorship of cycling teams is quite risky - look at Skoda, who sponsor races and race coverage but not a team. This is a big factor in evaluating the endless debates about whether or not Sky are ‘really’ riding clean: the company has a lot of reputation at stake on that. “For companies who do go into it it’s not necessarily about reaching new customers - as with Lampre, perhaps - but for large profit companies it’s still a huge amount of exposure and prestige bought for relatively little cost, all of which comes from a marketing budget and thus decreases overall taxable profit in the jurisdiction in which the sponsoring entity is registered... this can lead to, ahem, efficiencies, marginal gains.”

An email from Tom Ashworth: “I bought tile adhesive and grout made by Mapei mainly because they used to sponsor cycling,” he says. “And they haven’t even sponsored a team since 2002.”

A fair point well made. I noticed - but crucially didn’t buy - some Alpecin shampoo in a shop recently, a state of affairs that would not have arisen if they did not sponsor a cycling team. I have nothing against Alpecin, per se ... I just didn’t need shampoo. On a similar note, I would specifically avoid buying Head & SHoulders because Joe Hart is one of their shills. I don’t want to wash my hair with it and suddenly prove incapable of holding on to sundry items I wish to pick up or catch.

Tom Dumoulin's split times

We’ve just 16 riders left to start, with 17th placed Tejay Van Garderen having just set off. Here are Tom Dumoulin’s split times.

• Cote de Domancy (6.5km): 11min 42sec
• Combloux (10km): 18min 49sec
• Les Berthelets (13.5km): 25min 01sec
• Megeve (17km finish): 31min 04sec

An email from Jade Thomas

“Further to Stephen Smith’s email about sponsorships in cycling, whilst I am obviously delighted by companies investing their money into the sport, I’m often baffled by some of the companies that decide to sponsor teams,” writes Jade. “I mean, how much do a company like Lampre (who specialise in pre-coated steel production, according to Wikipedia) expect to recoup from the millions they invest? And how on earth are the companies who send their money to Astana convinced to part ways with their cash?”

I have no idea how to answer your first question, Jade. I can tell you that Astana are sponsored by a coalition of state-owned companies in Kazakhstan. I’m only speculating here, but perhaps some of those state-owned companies are persuaded to invest for the ... I dunno, good of the nation in exchange for certain favours. Who knows what motivates who in this weird and wide world of sport?

Tom Dumoulin speaks ...

He’s being a bit hard on himself. “I think Froome in top shape will beat this time,” he says. “It’s not my best and I don’t think it will be enough. I think I went just a little bit over my limit [in the early stages] and I think I paid for it later on. It was a very hard time trial.”

Tom Dumoulin negotiates the final roundabout

Wow! Tom Dumoulin records an amazing finishing time of 31min 04sec. That’s an incredible 41 seconds quicker than his nearest rival, Thomas De Gendt. That is going to take some beating! Having already won stages nine and 13 in this year’s Tour, Dumoulin is hoping to make it a hat-trick of wins today.

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Why It Matters Stage 18 is a chance for Chris Froome to put the Tour out of reach. As the Tour’s best climber and one of its best time trialists, the 17km uphill race against the clock has all the makings of Tour-clinching performance for the Kenyan-born Briton. Behind him, the rest of the field will try their best to limit losses while jostling for their own positions on the Tour’s General Classification.

When to Tune In Stage 18 is a day for the Tour’s GC contenders to shine, which means you only need to make time to see the final riders tackle the 17km course. Tune in at about 10:30 a.m. EST to see the top 10 riders hit the course, or 10:45 a.m. EST to see the top five.

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21st and Final Stage, Sunday, July 24: Chantilly - Paris/Champs Elysées, 113 km

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• Km 32.5: Côte de l'Ermitage, 0.9 km @ 7% - cat 4

Weather: In Paris at 1:25 PM it is 24C (76F) and will climb to 27C (80F) later in the afternoon. It's partly cloudy with 0% chance of rain. Wind is from the WNW at 12 km/hr (8 mph).

The Race: The riders rolled off about 2:05 PM to begin the final stage of the 103rd Tour de France. There is a 15-kilometer neutral zone before the official start, scheduled for 2:35 PM. 175 riders, an all-time record, signed in.

Sky's team cars are yellow with a black stripe and the team is wearing black jerseys with a yellow horizontal stripe. The team's helmets have yellow accents. While riding through the neutral zone Sky celebrated with a little beer and Froome had a cup of champagne to celebrate what would be his third Tour victory.

The official start was given at 4:50 PM. With the champagne ceremony completed before the official start, the peloton began racing with moderate intensity from the gun.

The final KOM point at the fourth category Côte de l'Ermitage was taken by Roman Kreuziger.

Team Sky took the point as the peloton entered Paris. Seven teams reached the city intact: Sky, Astana, AG2R-La Mondiale, LottoNL-Jumbo, Lampre-Merida, Etixx-Quick Step and Fortuneo-Vital Concept.

Thirty-seven year old Joaquin Rodriguez, who is soon to retire, was allowed the honor of being first onto the Champs Elysées.

With fifty kilometers to race, eight riders got away: Alexis Gougeard, Lawson Craddock, Markus Burghardt, Daniel Teklehaimanot, Jérémy Roy, Jan Barta, Rui Costa and Brice Feillu.

Then Tony Martin abandoned. He had been suffering from a painful left knee for a few days and yesterday he finished last. Rather than further injure the knee, the team decided to pull him rather than hurt his chances at the Olympics.

Marcel Kittel suffered a mechanical and needed a new bike. No Etixx-Quick Step riders waited for him and he had to make his way back to the peloton on his own. He was paced by the team car, but he was clearly upset. Up front, Burghardt also suffered a mechanical and had to drop back, making it seven riders in the break.

Direct Energie was doing the main work of chasing the break, and at 22 kilometers to go, the pack was just nine seconds back.

Seven kilometers later Sky riders Luke Rowe and Wouter Poels bridged up to the break. And almost immediately Daniel Teklehaimanot went off the front of the break.

Others tried to get away and with ten kilometers remaining, Greg van Avermaet and Alexey Lutsenko were dangling just a few seconds ahead of a determined peloton. Meanwhile, the sprinters were making their way to the front of the pack.

And the peloton's timing was impeccable with the escaping duo rounded up with the final lap about to begin.

Great French hope Bryan Coquard flatted with just two kilometers to go.

Alexander Kristoff was passed by André Greipel, who won the stage, just ahead of Peter Sagan.

Complete Results:

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113 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.561 km/hr

Final Standings after Stage 21: click on links for complete final standings

• Final GC winner: Christopher Froome (Sky)
• Final points classification winner: Peter Sagan (Tinkoff)
• Final mountains classification winner: Rafal Majka (Tinkoff)
• Final young rider classification winner: Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange)
• Final team classification winner: Movistar

3,529 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.616 km/hr

Final General Classification:

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Team Sky in black jerseys with yellow bands and black helmets with yellow accents

André Greipel just beats Peter Sagan to win stage 21

Greipel is justly happy.

And gets to enjoy some quality time on the podium

Points classification winner Peter Sagan

Mountains classification winner Rafal Majka

Young rider classification winner Adam Yates

2016 Tour de France winner christopher Froome

The GC podium, from left: Romain Bardet (2nd), Christopher Froome & Nairo Quintana (3rd)

Organizer's preview:

There's one last stage remaining. It's a prestigious one with the Arc de Triomphe as a backdrop and the Champs-Elysées to welcome the 175 finishers of the Tour de France. This is a record – the previous highest number was 170 in 2010. The grand finale is a parade but also the sprinters' queen stage, as Mark Cavendish likes to describe it. But the most successful of them all this year (3 victories) has pulled out in order to gear up for the Olympic Games on the track. Therefore, only Peter Sagan can reach the number of four stage wins like André Greipel and Marcel Kittel (twice) in the past three years.

The two Germans have the Champs-Elysées in sight. Kittel is hungry for more after having won only once this year (stage 4 in Limoges). Greipel is still at zero, like Alexander Kristoff and Bryan Coquard who have already experienced finishing second in Paris but not first. Stage 10 winner Michael Matthews is a worthy challenger. He has showed good form in going into breakaways in the Alps. Rookies Dan McLay and Dylan Groenewegen might have some ideas at the back of their mind too. But according to recent statistics, every eleven years it's not a bunch sprint finish in Paris.

In 1994, Eddy Seigneur rode away from a 5-man breakaway to precede Frankie Andreu by three seconds. In 2005, Alexandre Vinokourov overtook Bradley McGee who had escaped the peloton before the flamme rouge. We're in 2016…

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Stage 20, Saturday, July 23: Megève - Morzine Avoriaz, 146.5 km

Complete stage 20 results, photos, stage story, map and profile

GC after Stage 20:

• GC leader: Christopher Froome (Sky)
• Points classification leader: Peter Sagan (Tinkoff)
• Mountains classification leader: Rafal Majka (Tinkoff)
• Young rider classification leader: Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange)
• Team classification leader (Movistar)

Stage 19, Friday, July 22: Albertville - Saint Gervais Mont Blanc (Le Bettex), 146 km

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GC after Stage 19:

Stage 18, Thursday, July 21: Sallanches - Megève 17 km individual time trial/hill climb

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GC after Stage 18:

• Team classification leader: Movistar

Stage 17, Wednesday, July 20: Berne - Finhaut Emosson, 184 km

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GC after Stage 17:

Rest Day 2, Tuesday, July 19: Berne

Stage 16, Monday, July 18: Moirans en Montagne - Berne, 209 km

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GC after Stage 16:

• Young rider classifiction leader: Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange)

Stage 15, Sunday, July 17: Bourg en Bresse - Culoz, 160 km

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GC after Stage 15:

Stage 14, Saturday, July 16: Montélimar - Villars les Dombes Parc des Oiseaux, 208.5 km

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GC after Stage 14:

• Mountains classification leader: Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal)
• Team classification leader: BMC

Stage 13, Friday, July 15: Bourg Saint Andéol - La Caverne du Pont d'Arc, 37.5 km individual time trial

Complete stage 13 results, photos, stage story map and profile

GC after Stage 13:

Stage 12, Thursday, July 14: Montpellier - Mont Ventoux, 184 178 km

Complete stage 12 results, photos, stage story, map and profile

GC after Stage 12:

Stage 11, Wednesday, July 13: Carcassonne - Montpellier, 162.5 km

Complete stage 11 results, photos, stage story, map and profile

GC after Stage 11:

• Mountains classification leader: Thibaut Pinot (FDJ)

Stage 10, Tuesday, July 12: Escaldes Engordany - Revel, 197 km

Stage 10 complete results, photos, stage story, map and profile

GC after Stage 10:

• Points classifiction leader: Peter Sagan (Tinkoff)

Rest Day 1, Monday, July 11: Andorre

Stage 9, Sunday, June 10: Vielha Val d'Aran - Andorre Arcalis, 184.5 km

Complete TDF stage nine results, photos, video, stage story, map and profile

GC after stage 9:

• Points classification leader: Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data)

Stage 8, Saturday, July 9: Pau - Bagnères de Luchon, 184 km

Complete stage 8 results, photos, stage story, video, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 8:

Stage 7, Friday, July 8: L'Isle Jourdain - Lac de Payolle, 162.5 km

Complete stage 7 results, stage story, photos, video, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 7:

• GC leader: Greg van Avermaet (BMC)

Stage 6, Thursday, July 7: Arpajon sur Cère - Montauban, 190.5 km

Complete stage 6 results, stage story, photos, video, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 6:

• Young rider classification leader: Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-Quick Step)

Stage 5, Wednesday, July 6: Limoges - Le Lioran, 216 km

Complete stage 5 results, stage story, photos, video, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 5:

Stage 4, Tuesday, July 5: Saumur - Limoges, 237.5 km

Complete stage 4 results, stage story, photos, video, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 4:

• GC leader: Peter Sagan (Tinkoff)
• Mountains classification leader: Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo)
• Team classification leader: Orica-BikeExchange

Stage 3, Monday, July 4: Granville - Angers, 223.5 km

Complete stage 3 results, photos, stage story, video, stage map and profile

GC after Stage 3:

Stage 2, Sunday, July 3: Saint Lô - Cherbourg en Cotentin, 183 km

Complete stage 2 results, stage story, photos, map and profile

GC after Stage 2:

• Points classification leader: Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), but green jersey will be worn by Mark Cavendish

Stage 1, Saturday, July 2: Mont Saint Michel - Utah Beach/Sainte Marie du Mont, 188 km

Complete stage 1 results, GC, stage story, photos, video, stage map and elevation

GC after Stage 1:

• GC leader: Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data)
• Mountains classification leader: Paul Voss (Bora-Argon 18)
• Young rider classification leader: Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo)
• Team classification leader: Lotto-Soudal

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Tour de france stage 18: a big opportunity for the break, tough transition stage will see major battle for stage honors, with punchy climbs boosting chances of explosive riders..

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Stage 18 — Thursday, July 18 Gap to Barcelonnette Distance: 178.8km (111 miles) Profile: Medium mountain stage

Stage 18: Tough transition stage will see major battle for stage honors

With just two summit finishes plus a time trial ahead, stage 18 will likely be the final opportunity to take a stage for many of the riders in the peloton.

Punchy competitors will relish the thoughts of the five categorized ascents on offer, particularly as the severity is not necessarily significant enough to pitch the odds definitively in the favor of the specialist climbers. Meanwhile the sprinters who have some uphill ability will keep fingers crossed that things remain relatively close and they can dispute the win.

The 178.8km stage from Gap to Barcelonnette features an elevation gain of 3,000 meters, but begins with a 16.5km mostly downhill section. The first climb is the longest of the stage, with the Col du Festre totaling 13.9km.

It averages some 6.3 percent, similar to the pitch of the Côte de Corps (2.1km at 7.2 percent). That in turn is followed by the Col de Manse, the Côte de Saint-Apollinaire and the Côte de Demoiselles Coiffées, which range between 3.6km and 7 km in length.

The final climb is followed by 40km of rolling roads, with a very gradual uphill pitch flattening out over the last 10km.

The view of Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme: “The altimeter drops temporarily, although the sprinters will still have to go right to their limits in order to claim the final bouquet within their grasp.

“That’s down to the fact that once the peloton has admired Lake Serre-Ponçon, the day’s attackers will have a few hills to exploit as they seek to maintain their lead. A strong puncheur might be able to go clear on the Côte de Saint-Apollinaire, and they’ll even more opportunity to do so on the Côte des Demoiselles Coiffées.”

Tour de France 2016: Results

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