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2014 Tour de France

101st edition: july 5 - july 27, 2014, list of stages, results, photos, stage profiles and maps.

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Saturday, July 5: Stage 1, Leeds - Harrogate, 190.5 km

Stage 1 complete results, GC, Live Updates, photos, map and profile |

Marcel Kittel wins stage one. Photo ©Sirotti

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• Km 68.0: Cray, 1.6 km @ 7.1% average gradient, category 4
• Km 103.5: Buttertubs, 4.4 km @ 6.8%, category 3
• Km 129.5, Grinton Moor, 3 km @ 6.6%, category 3

The Race: A hard, hilly day in Yorkshire yielded German sprinter Marcel Kittel as the first Yellow Jersey of the year. Just as the sprinters were getting going, a bad crash took down Mark Cavendish and Simon Gerrans, slowing much of the peloton. A few were ahead and safe and Kittel was the fastest of them.

A last-minute flyer by Fabian Cancellara almost won the day, but he was caught within sight of the finish.

A savvy escape that started a almost the drop of the flag let the oldest rider in the peloton, Jens Voigt, hoover up the lion's share of the KOM points. For a report of the stage in detail, please see our stage 1 live-updates .

Winner's average speed: 40.2 km/hr

Sunday, July 6: Stage 2, York - Sheffield, 201 km

Complete stage 2 results, GC, live updates, photos, map and profile |

Vincenzo Nibali wins stage two. Photo ©Sirotti

• Km 47.0: Blubberhouses, 1.8 km @ 6.1% average gradient - category 4
• Km 85.0: Oxenhope Moor, 3.1 km @ 6.4% - category 3
• Km 112.5: Ripponden, 1.3 km @ 8.6% - category 3
• Km 119.5: Greetland, 1.6 km @ 6.7% - category 3
• Km 143.5: Holme Moss, 4.7 km @ 7% - category 2
• Km 167.0: Midhopestones, 2.5 km @ 6.1% - category 3
• Km 175.0: Bradfield, 1 km @ 7.4% - category 4
• Km 182.0: Oughtibridge, 1.5 km @ 9.1% - category 3
• Km 196.0: Jenkin Road, 0.8 km @ 10.8% - category 4

The Race: A group of seven escapees went almost from the start. They were never allowed much rope and by km 140, most were back in the pack and eventually the final holdout, Blel Kadri of Ag2r, was also caught.

Yellow Jersey Marcel Kittel was unable to handle the nine categorized ascents (plus all the unrated climbs that made the day so hard). He finished 166th, about 20 minutes down.

The final climbs reduced the peloton to the 20 best. All the contenders were there and several threw in vicious attacks. But near the end Italian road champion Vincenzo Nibali took off. It was perfect timing and for those few crucial seconds the others just looked at each other. That was enough. Nibali is enjoying the form of his life. He dug deep and crossed the line a couple of seconds in front of the charging pack. Nibali not only won the stage, he is the new yellow jersey. Chapeau!

Winner's average speed: 39.1 km/hr

Monday, July 7: Stage 3, Cambridge - London, 155 km

Complete stage 3 results, GC, live updates, photos, map and profile |

Marcel Kittel wins stage 3. Photo ©Sirotti

No rated ascents in this stage

More stage three notes |

The Race: As soon as the peloton passed the end of the neutral zone and the official racing started, Jean-Marie Bideau accelerated with Czech time trial champion Jan Barta on his wheel. That was the day's break. The pair were allowed three minutes lead, but they were never going to be allowed a big gap. This flat stage was the property of the sprinters and they had no plans to relinquish that title to the duo.

Near the end of the stage the pair still held on to a slim lead, but Bideau buckled and had to let his powerful breakaway partner do all the work. With a few kilometers to go to the finish Barta had dropped Bideau and though the pack was just 10 seconds back, he refused to surrender.

Barta was caught with seven kilometers to go, so things were set up for a big, fast sprint. Omega Pharma took over, but they seemed to have gone a bit early and ran out of gas. Giant-Shimano timed things perfectly and at just the right time unleashed stage one winner Marcel Kittel.

Peter Sagan was perfectly positioned, tucked right in on Kittel's wheel. But no one could come around the blazingly fast German. Kittel charged for the line to take a clean win. But, Sagan's choice of wheel let him come in second and extend his points classification lead.

Vincenzo Nibali rode the race near the front, stayed out of trouble and preserved his two-second GC lead.

Winner's average speed: 42.6 km/hr

546.5 km raced so far at an average speed of 40.421 km/hr

Tuesday, July 8: Stage 4, Le Touquet Paris Plage - Lille Métropole, 163.5 km

Complete stage 4 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Marcel Kittel (center, black and white Giant-Shimano kit) just wins stage four. Photo ©Sirotti

• Km 34: Côte de Campagnette, 1 km @ 6.5% average gradient - Category 4
• Km 117.5: Mont Noir, 1.3 km@ 5.7% - Category 4

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The Race: Thomas Voeckler and Luis Maté broke away early, but the sprinters wanted this flat stage for themselves, so the lead never got very large. Maté had bad luck, first having his chain get snarled and needing a new bike (Voeckler waited) and then getting a front flat. At that point Voeckler pressed on. Refusing to give up, Voeckler grimly held on until about 15 km to go, when he was finally caught.

There was more bad luck. Lotto-Belisol had three riders go down, forcing Greg Henderson to abandon. Chris Froome crashed and had to wear a splint for much of the race. At this point I don't know his condition, though he did finish the stage in the front group.

The pack was together for a big sprint and all the good speedsters duked it out. Alexander Kristoff got a jump and Marcel Kittel clawed his way past him. Peter Sagan had a late crash and resolutely made his way to the front and at the last moment landed on Kittel's wheel. Kittel towed the talented Sagan to fifth place.

Kittel has so far won three of the four stages. Vincenzo Nibali remains the GC leader going into tomorrow's stage. Peter Sagan is still the leader in the points and young rider classifications.

Winner's average speed: 45.3 km/hr

Wednesday, July 9: Stage 5, Ypres (Belgium) - Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, 155.5 km 152.5 km( 15.4 13 km of cobbles)

Complete stage 5 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Lars Boom wins stage 5. Photos ©Sirotti

The Race: The roads were slick from rain and oil, causing innumerable crashes. Already badly hurt, Chris Froome fell twice before stage five reached the first cobbles. The second crash was the last straw and the 2013 Tour champion climbed into the team car and quit the 2014 Tour de France.

Over the slippery cobbles Vincenzo Nibali asserted his superiority, finally riding in a lead group of three with Lars Boom (Belkin) and teammate Jakob Fuglsang. Near the end Boom blasted away and rode strongly to the finish to win a staggeringly difficult stage. Nibali finished third and in doing so, might have destroyed the hopes of the rest of the contenders. Alberto Contador, especially, who suffered today, finished nearly three minutes down.

Sky seems to have appointed Richie Porte as their new GC man. Porte was falling further behind in the Contador group when teammate Geraint Thomas pulled him up to the next chasing group with Andrew Talansky.

What a day of racing!

Winner's average speed: 47.0 km/hr

Thursday, July 10: Stage 6, Arras - Reims, 194 km

Complete Stage 6 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

André Greipel wins stage 6. Photo ©Sirotti

• Km 107.5: Côte de Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, 0.9 km @ 6.2% average gradient - category 4
• Km 157: Côte de Roucy, 1.5 km @ 6.2% - category 4

The Race: A nervous peloton suffered numerous crashes on the wet, slippery roads of today's stage. Alberto Contador will have to do without one of his climbing wingmen, Jesus Hernandez, when the Tour hits the high mountains. Hernandez fell hard enough to temporarily lose consciousness.

As the peloton closed in on the finishing city of Reims, crosswinds tormented some of the riders. Belgian squad Omega Pharma, experienced in racing under these conditions, used the wind to shell some competitors. One after another, Omega Pharma team members took hard, ferocious pulls, upping the speed sometimes to 55 km/hr. The pack was shattered into several echelons. The result was that several sprinters including Arnaud Démare and Marcel Kittel never saw the front again. Earlier reports (repeated in this site's live updates) were that Kittel had flatted, were wrong, he just couldn't get up to the front group when the hammer was dropped.

Under the Red Kite, Omega Pharma's Michal Kwiatkowski took off and for a while it looked like he might make it to the finish alone. But Europcar's Kévin Reza closed the gap. Then André Greipel unleashed an irresistible sprint that gave him the stage win. All bunch sprints in the Tour have so far been won by Germans (Greipel and Kittel).

Vincenzo Nibali stayed at the front and out of trouble, giving him another day in yellow.

Winner's average speed: 46.3 km/hr

Friday, July 11: Stage 7, Epernay - Nancy, 234.5 km

Complete Stage 7 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Matteo Trentin wins a photo finish victory from Peter Sagan (green jersey) in stage seven. Photo Sirotti

• Km 217.5: Côte de Maron, 3.2 km @ 5% average gradient - category 4
• Km 229: Côte de Boufflers, 1.3 km @ 7.9% - category 4

The Race: The second-longest stage of this year's Tour was again marred by many crashes. Cannondale spent most of the day at the front, keeping a six-man break within reach. As the peloton got closer to the end, other teams, notably Orica-GreenEdge, brought the pace up to a point that a lot riders were getting shelled out the back.

Before the final climb there was a big crash that brought down several BMC riders, notably Tejay van Garderen. He had lots of help from teammates, but the pack was moving so fast he was unable to reduce his one-minute deficit to the speeding peloton. The unfortunate BMC rider is now 3min 14sec behind race leader Vincenzo Nibali.

Over the crest of the final climb, the Côte de Boufflers, BMC rider Greg van Avermaet attacked (while van Garderen was struggling to catch the pack) and over the crest he had a small gap and Peter Sagan for company.

The pair were caught near the finish and just as the pack was in full flight, Andrew Talansky went down hard.

Sagan and Matteo Trentin fought for the stage win and everyone initially thought Sagan had taken the stage. Trentin even congratulated Sagan. But a look at the photos revealed that Trentin was first over the line.

Race leader Vincenzo Nibali finished 16th, in the front group, to remain the overall leader.

Winner's average speed: 44.2 km/hr

Saturday, July 12: Stage 8, Tomblaine - Gérardmer La Mauselaine, 161 km

Complete stage 8 results, GC, live updates, map and profile |

Blel Kadri wins stage eight. Photo ©Sirotti

• Km 142: Col de la Croix des Monats, 7.6 km @ 6% average gradient - category 2
• Km 150: Col de Grosse Pierre, 3 km @ 7.5% - category 2
• Km 161: Gérardmer La Mauselaine, 1.8 km @ 10.3% - category 3

The Race: Blel Kadri was the last survivor of a five-man break that went early in the stage. He went clear on the first categorized climb of the day, the Col de la Croix des Monats and stayed away for the stage's remaining twenty kilometers. He not only won the stage, he now owns the polka-dot jersey of the King of the mountains.

Several minutes back Alberto Contador's Tinkoff-Saxo squad went to the front and seriously ramped up the speed. They did succeed in largely isolating race leader Vincenzo Nibali. But when the final climb got steep and Contador threw attack after attack at Nibali, Nibali hung on. That is, until the final meters. Contador was able to finally get clear, but only by four seconds.

The hard day in the rain seriously reordered the general classification. Peter Sagan was shelled early in the climbing, so Michal Kwiatkowski owns the young rider's white jersey outright. Sagan does have a vise-like grip on the points classification, leading Europcar's Bryan Coquard by 111 points.

Richie Porte rode well and is now sitting in third place. Sadly, Andrew Talansky crashed again. The talented rider lost a couple of minutes and is now 16th, more than four minutes behind Nibali.

Winner's average speed: 42.1 km/hr

Sunday, July 13: Stage 9, Gérardmer - Mulhouse, 170 km

Complete stage 9 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Brilliant! Tony Martin wins stage nine. Photo ©Sirotti

• Km 11.5: Col de la Schlucht, 8.6 km @ 4.5% average gradient - category 2
• Km 41.0: Col du Wettstein, 7.7 km @ 4.1% - category 3
• Km 70.0: Côte des Cinq Châteaux, 4.5 km @ 6.1% - category 3
• Km 86.0: Côte de Gueberschwihr, 4.1 km @ 7.9% - category 2
• Km 120.0: Le Markstein, 10.8 km @ 5.4% - category 1
• Km 127.0: Grand Ballon, 1.4 @ 8.6% - category 3

The Race: The overall standings are a bit different after today's stage.

Early on, Tony Martin and Alessandro de Marchi escaped. At about the 40th kilometer, a good-sized chase group formed containing Tony Gallopin and Pierre Rolland.

As Martin and De Marchi were riding part way up the penultimate ascent, the first category Markstein, Martin simply rode away. Martin was never seen again until he arrived in Mulhouse. He rode the remaining 59 kilometers powerfully, never betraying weakness, his shoulders and body remains steady on the bike. He rides to the finish nearly three minutes ahead of his chasers. It was a fabulous ride.

As the chase group pulled away form the peloton, the possibility grew that the break's best placed rider, Tony Gallopin, might grab the lead. With tomorrow's brutal stage facing the contenders, the peloton's chase lacked drive and force.

Rolland, who had suffered earlier time losses, was also motivated to drive the break hard. His Europcar teammate Cyril Guatier buried himself helping pull the group. As hard as they rode, they never really cut Martin's lead by much. But, they came into Mulhouse with enough time to make Tony Gallopin the new yellow jersey, and Rolland the new eighth place.

Gallopin will have the pleasure of being a Frenchman in yellow on Bastille Day.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed:40.9 km/hr

Monday, July 14: Stage 10: Mulhouse - La Planche des Belles Filles, 161.5 km (hilltop finish)

Stage 10 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Vincenzo Nibali wins stage 10. Photos ©Sirotti

• Km 30.5: Col du Firstplan, 8.3 km @ 5.4% average gradient - category 2
• Km 54.5: Petit Ballon, 9.3% @ 8.1% - category 1
• Km 71.5: Col du Platzerwasel, 7.1 km @ 8.4% - category 1
• Km 103.5: Col d'Oderen, 6.7 km @ 6.1% - category 2
• Km 125.5: Col des Croix, 3.2 km @ 6.2% - category 3
• Km 143.5: Col des Chevrèes, 3.5 km @ 9.5% - category 1
• Km 161.5: Le Planche des Belles Filles, 5.9 km @ 8.5% - category 1

The Race: The big news, Alberto Contador has crashed out of the 2014 Tour de France .

The day's break went early and had lots of firepower from strong, non GC threats. But things changed when Tony Martin took Michal Kwiatkowski with him while descending the Col du Firstplan and dragged his highly placed teammate up to the break. That could not be ignored. Over the hilly course the break dropped riders and slowly lost its lead.

On the final ascent, the Planche des Belles Filles, It was just Joaquin Rodriguez and Kwiatkowski. Further back race leader Tony Gallopin was struggling.

Kwiatkowski cracked and Rodriguez pressed on. But Vincenzo Nibali and his Astana squad had been closing in all the time and near the summit Nibali passed Rodriguez to take the stage and the yellow jersey. Rodriguez did get the polka-dot jersey for his trouble.

Winner's average speed: 36.2 km/hr

Tuesday, July 15: Rest day, Besançon

Vincenzo Nibali leads the Tour after completing the brutal stage 10. "This was the hardest stage I've ever done in a Grand Tour, with seven climbs and so many crashes," he said. Of the 198 starters, there were 180 classified finishers. Here is a list of withdrawals:

Wednesday, July 16: Stage 11, Besançon - Oyonnax, 187.5 km

Stage 11 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Tony Gallopin wins stage 11. Photo ©Sirotti

• Km 141: Côte de Rogna, 7.6 km @ 4.9% average gradient - Category 3
• Km 148.5: Côte de Choux, 1.7 km @ 6.5% - category 3
• Km 152.5: Côte de Désertin, 3.1 km @ 5.2% - category 4
• Km 168.0: Côte d'Échallon, 3 km @ 6.6% - category 3

The Race: It took a while for the day's break to go clear. Martin Elmiger (IAM), Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis) and Anthony Delaplace (Bretagne-Séché Environnement) escaped after about 33 kilometers of racing. Their gap eventually grew to over six minutes. After about a hundred kilometers into the stage, Cannondale and Orica-GreenEdge started bringing the escapees back.

As the lumpy second-half of the stage was reached, Andrew Talansky got into trouble. At one point, clearly suffering from agonizing pain in his back after two crashes in earlier stages, he dismounted and had a long talk with staff in the team car. He got back on his bike and eventually finished more than a half hour down, but within the time limit. He can start tomorrow.

Nicolas Roche made a bid to join the break, but Omega Pharma's Tony Martin chased everyone down. Martin's high-speed descending caused a split in the pack.

Late in the stage on an unrated climb Tony Gallopin took off with Michael Rogers, Michal Kwiatkowski and Peter Sagan for company. The quartet formed a working break. Gallopin tired to get away and was brought back. Undaunted, he went again.

The other three looked at each other for just those few, crucial seconds. Too late. Gallopin had bolted and was hustling for the finish. The other three were quickly reeled in.

Gallopin had just enough of a gap to take his hands off the bars to salute the crowd. Nice ride.

The top of the GC ranks remained unchanged except that Rui Costa was on the wrong side of the peloton split and dropped out of the top 10.

Complete Results: more photos coming...

Winner's average speed: 42.3 km/hr

Thursday, July 17: Stage 12, Bourg en Bresse - St Etienne, 185.5 km

Stage 12 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Alexander Kristoff wins stage 12. Photo ©Sirotti

• Km 58.5: Col de Brouilly, 1.7 km @ 5.1% average gradient - category 4
• Km 83.0: Côte du Saule-d'Oingt, 3.8 km @ 4.5% - category 3
• Km 138: Col de Brosses, 15.3 km @ 3.3%, category 3
• Km 164: Côte de Grammond, 9.8km @ 2.9%, category 4

The Race: Andrew Talansky was unable to start stage 12 .

Five riders were allowed to escape early in the stage: Sebastian Langeveld (Garmin-Sharp), Gregory Rast (Trek), Simon Clarke (Orica), David De La Cruz (NetApp) and Florian Vachon (Bretagne-Séché).

De la Cruz suffered a nasty fall while rounding a corner and abandoned with a broken collarbone.

The other four pressed on, but the kilometers took their toll. By the final climb Simon Clarke was alone, but with two Europcar riders chasing him, Perrig Quémeneur and Cyril Gautier. The pair caught Clarke just as they crested the final climb, the Côte de Grammond.

While the peloton ramped up its high-speed chase, Quémeneur was dropped from the break. Near the finish Gautier and Clarke were caught, setting things up for a big sprint finale.

But, the speedy chase over the technical final kilometers split the peloton. Among the missing from the front group were Marcel Kittel and yesterday's winner, Tony Gallopin. With about three kilometers remaining André Greipel and Sylvain Chavanel fell. After they remounted, Griepel was seen griping at the Frenchman, seeming to blame Chavanel for the crash.

Cannondale, which had been missing from the front all day, tried to impose its will on the pack, but it was chaos. Katusha's Alexander Kristoff chose Omega Pharma's Matteo Trentin's wheel in the sprint. It must have been a good choice because Kristoff, after patiently waiting for the right moment, pounced and won the stage with Peter Sagan second. Sagan has still to win a stage in this year's Tour, though he has a commanding lead in the points classification.

Vincenzo Nibali finished in the front group, 25th, and remains the overall leader.

Winner's average speed: 40.892 km/hr

Friday, July 18: Stage 13, St Etienne - Chamrousse, 197.5 km (hilltop finish)

Stage 13 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Vincenzo Nibali wins stage 13. Photo ©Sirotti

• Km 24.0: Col de la Croix de Monvieux, 8 km @ 4.1% average gradient - category 3
• Km 152.0: Col de Palaquit, 14.1 km @ 6.1% average gradient - category 1
• Km 197.5: Montée de Chamrousse, 18.2 km @ 7.3% - Hors Category

The Race: Today's first day in the high mountains didn't lack for drama or surprises.

On the day's second climb, the first-category Col de Palaquit, Cannondale's Alessandro de Marchi went solo. He pressed on and when he started the 2014 Tour's first hors category climb, the ascent to Chamrousse, he was still alone and being chased by Jan Bakelants.

The day had been raced at a very high speed and in real heat. When the peloton started ascending the Chamrousse climb, it was quickly shredded and soon there were just 15 riders. Movistar, looking to set things up for an Alejandro Valverde move, had been particularly active at the front of the peloton, keeping the speed high.

Very quickly Sky's GC man, Richie Porte was dropped. Then one after another riders of the caliber of Pierre Rolland and Rui Costa were also shelled. De Marchi was caught and passed by the reduced peloton.

The first big move came NetApp-Endura's Leopold König. He attacked the fast-moving yellow-jersey peloton, taking Rafal Majka with him. Soon thereafter Alejandro Valverde made his expected attack. It was a violent and effective acceleration, but race leader Vincenzo Nibali was immediately on his wheel. They were later joined by Thibaut Pinot and Laurens Ten Dam.

Six kilometers from the finish, without making any particular attack, Nibali just rode the others off his wheel. He was soon up to and past Konig and Majka, soloing off the front. It was an extraordinary performance.

Nibali crossed the line ten seconds ahead of Majka, and more significantly, nearly a minute in front of Valverde. Still, Valverde's efforts paid off, he is now in second place with French wonder Romain Bardet third.

Several riders had a catastrophic day, including Porte, who lost about nine minutes, and Michal Kwiatkowski. Nibali's Astana teammate, Jakob Fuglsang had been sitting in tenth place, but after crashing on a descent, he was never able to regain the front group.

Winner's average speed: 37.9 km/hr

Saturday, July 19: Stage 14, Grenoble - Risoul, 177 km (hilltop finish)

Stage 14 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Rafal Majka wins stage 14. Photo ©Sirotti

• Km 82: Col du Lautaret, 34 km @ 3.9% average gradient - category 1
• Km 132.5: Col d'Izoard (Souvenir Henri Desgrange), 19 km @ 6% - hors category
• Km 177: Montée de Risoul, 12.6 km @ 6.9% - category 1

The Race: Vincenzo Nibali had predicted that this would be a fearsomely difficult stage. He was sure right about that.

The speed was high from the gun and very soon seventeen riders were clear, none of whom presented a GC threat.

Wanting to take back his leadership in the mountains classification, break member Joaquin Rodriguez was first over the Col du Lautaret. After the Lautaret's descent the break's lead, which had been as much as five minutes, was down to two minutes 33 seconds.

Rodriguez was also first over the mighty Izoard, getting both the KOM points and the 5,000 Euro Souvenir Henri Desgrange prize for being the first over the Tour's highest point.

On the Izoard's descent Romain Bardet and his Ag2r teammates attempted to split the yellow jersey group. There was a furious scramble and before the final ascent to Risoul had begun, there was a general regoupment. The front break was down to eleven riders, 1 minute 47 seconds ahead of the peloton.

Sky's Geraint Thomas slaved away at the front of the break, trying to set things up for teammate Mikel Nieve. But Rafal Majka had other plans. He went solo up the final climb while in the yellow jersey group the attacks started firing off.

With four kilometers to go Nibali attacked with Jean-Christophe Péraud stuck to him like a limpet. A half-minute back Thibaut Pinot, Romain Bardet, Tejay Van Garderen with Alejandro Valderde for company were chasing. Then, astonishingly, Valverde cracked. He was dropped.

Rafal Majka is enjoying terrific form. The Tinkoff-Saxo rider crossed the line alone. A half-minute later Nibali, refusing to give any presents, beat Péraud to the line for second.

Nibali has tightened his grip on the yellow jersey. And despite faltering on the final climb, Valverde remain in second place, followed by the two feisty Frenchmen, Bardet and Pinot. What a terrific day of racing!

Winner's average speed: 34.4 km/hr

Sunday, July 20: Stage 15, Tallard - Nîmes, 222 km

Stage 15 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Alexander Kristoff wins stage 15. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 15 has no categorized ascents

The Race: This stage was a heartbreaker if you want hard-working breakaway riders to win races. Three minutes into today's stage Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling) and Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp) left the peloton and soon had a sizeable gap. At one point the duo were almost nine minutes up the road.

Halfway through the stage light drizzle started to fall. That became a torrential rainstorm. Still, Elmiger and Bauer pressed on. The sprinters' teams nailed the gap back, but with 30 kilometers to go the pair still had two minutes.

It was a nail-biter. With three kilometers to go, Elmiger and Bauer were still a half-minute ahead. Near the finish Bauer had a gap on Elmiger as the peloton was flying up to them. Bauer was passed by a flying Alexander Kristoff with about 30 meters to go to win the stage. That makes two stage victories for Kristoff this Tour.

Vincenzo Nibali stayed close to the front most of the stage and finished safely to remain the overall leader.

Winner's average speed: 44.9 km/hr

Monday, July 21 : Rest day, Carcassonne

Tuesday, July 22: Stage 16, Carcassonne - Bagnères de Luchon, 237.5 km

Stage 16 complete results, GC, photos, map and profile |

Michael Rogers wins stage 16. Photo ©Sirotti

• Km 25.0: Côte de Fanjeaux, 2.4 km @ 4.9% average gradient - category 4
• Km 71.5: Côte de Pamiers, 2.5 km @ 5.4% - category 4
• Km 155: Cole de Portet d'Aspet, 5.4 km @ 6.9% - category 2
• Km 176.5: Col des Ares, 6 km @ 5.2% - category 3
• Km 216: Port de Balès, 11.7 km @ 7.7% - hors category

The Race: More than twenty riders escaped the field after the stage was about a third complete. When the escapees reached the day's final categorized, the hors category Port de Balès the break started to thin. Thomas Voeckler's attack reduced the group to four but in the lead-in to the finish, Voeckler wasn't doing enough work to make former world time trial champion happy. The group grew two six. Rogers went alone and won.

Since none of the break rider were GC threats, Vincenzo Nibali and Alejandro Valverde followed them in more than eight minutes later.

For BMC's Tejay Van Gardeen, the day was a catastrophe. He finished 37th, 12min 8sec after Rogers.

Vincenzo Nibali remains the GC leader with Alejandro Valverde second, at 4min 37sec

Wednesday, July 23: Stage 17, St Gaudens - St Lary Soulan/ Pla d'Adet, 124.5 km (hilltop finish)

Stage 17 results, GC live updates, photos, map and profile |

Rafal Majka riding to his second stage win. Photo ©Sirotti

• Km 57.5: Col du Portillon, 8.3 km @ 7.1% average gradient - category 1
• Km 82: Col de Peyresourde , 13.2 km @ 7% - category 1
• Km 102.5: Col de Val Louron-Azet, 7.4 km @ 8.3% - category 1
• Km 125: Montée de Saint-Lary-Soulan/Pla d'Adet, 10.2 km @ 8.3% - hors category

The Race: Today's 124.5 km stage was the year's shortest, but it was loaded with challenges; three first-category climbs before the hors category ascent to Saint-Lary-Soulan/Pla d'Adet.

There were two races going on today, the fight for the polka-dot jersey and the top GC places. Vincenzo Nibali is looking rock-solid but Alejandro Valverde's second place is takable, as well as several places further down.

Rafal Majka might well have a secured an iron grip on the mountains classification when he won today's stage, his second stage win of this Tour. He leads the competition for the polka-dot jersey 149 points to Nibali's 118 and Joaquin Rodriguez' 112.

In the brutal fight for the GC places below Nibali, Valverde emerged with his second place intact. He's 5min 26sec behind Nibali but Pinot is at six minutes and Bardet is just another eight seconds back.

Tomorrow is a hard day in the Pyrenees with the Tourmalet and a hilltop finish at Hautacam. Nibali and Astana may be fortress-strong, but the places below Nibali are going to be in play tomorrow.

Winner's average speed: 34.7 km/hr

Thursday, July 24: Stage 18, Pau - Hautacam, 145.5 km (hilltop finish)

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Vincenzo Nibali about wraps up the 2014 Tour de France. Photo ©Sirotti

• Km 28: Côte de Bénéjacq, 2.6 km @ 6.7% average gradient - category 3
• Km 56: Côte de Loucrup, 2 km @ 7% - category 3
• Km 95.5: Col du Tourmalet , 17.1 km @ 7.3% average gradient, Souvenier Jacques Goddet - hors category
• Km 145: Montée du Hautacam, 13.6 km @ 7.8% - hors category

The Race: Vincenzo Nibali proved his is a deserving yellow jersey when he left the peloton at will and finished alone in the 2014 Tour's final mountain stage, extending his lead to 7min 10sec.

For Alejandro Vlaverde, the day was a catastrophe. He tried an attack on the descent of the Tourmalet, but cracked badly on the climb to Hautacam. The Spaniard lost enough time to fall from second to fourth place. Young rider classification leader Thibaut Pinot now sits in second place, albeit more than seven minutes behind Nibali.

With fifteen seconds separating second from fourth place, the Saturday 54 km individual time trial will be crucial. Pinot has no illusions, considering himself the least capable time trialist of the three (Pinot, Jean-Christophe Péraud and Valverde) in the hunt for second place. Valverde is the reigning Spanish time-trial champion.

Winner's average speed: 35.7 km/hr

Friday, July 25: Stage 19, Maubourguet Pays du Val d'Adour - Bergerac, 208.5 km

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Ramunas Navardauskas wins stage 19. Photo ©Sirotti

• Km 195.5: Côte de Monbazillac, 1.3 km @ 7.6% average gradient - category 4

The Race: What a wet, miserable day!

Before the rainy day was even twenty kilometers old, five riders had established themselves as the working break: Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis), Cyril Gautier (Europcar), Martin Elmiger (IAM), Arnaud Gérard (Bretagne) and Tom-Jelte Slagter (Garmin). None were GC threats, but the break was never allowed to gain even a four-minute lead.

As the race closed in on the day's only categorized climb, the Côte de Monbazillac, the steam was coming out of the break. Tom-Jelte Slagter, in what turned out to be a planned set-piece, left the break. Then, on the ascent Ramunas Navardauskas blasted away from the field, bridged up to teammate Slagter and then kept right on going. It looked for a while as if he were going to be caught, but misfortune did not strike Navardauskas the way it did teammate Jack Bauer a few days ago. Navardauskas drove across the line with seven seconds in hand for a lovely stage win.

His chances were improved because of a big fall at the front of the peloton, ruining Peter Sagan's chances. Because the crash occurred with less than three kilometers to go, there was no change to the GC.

Vincenzo Nibali finished safely and need only ride a decent time trial and stay upright Sunday to win the 2014 Tour de Frace.

Winner's average speed: 44.1 km/hr

Saturday, July 26: Stage 20, Bergerac - Périgueux 54 km individual time trial

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Tony Martin riding to his stage 20 victory. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 20 has no categorized ascents

The Race: The 2014 Tour de France is almost in our rear view mirror. The time trial made for a few serious changes to the GC. While there was no surprise in Tony Martin's commanding stage win today, Alejandro Valverde folded today, giving up third place to Jean-Christophe Péraud, despite Péraud's puncture.

Young rider classification leader Thibaut Pinot challenged Péraud for third place, but ultimately came up a half-minute short. He'll be back.

Tejay Van Garderen had a good day and good fortune, being able to ride into fifth place ahead of Romain Bardet. Bardet wasn't so lucky, getting a flat close to the end of his ride.

Biggest heartbreak might have been Bauke Mollema's ride. The Dutchman was 140th, 9min 26sec slower than Martin. Mollema is better than that. Mollema slid to 10th place, 21min 24sec behind Nibali.

Nibali rode strongly and smothly to extend his lead still further.

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Sunday, July 27: 21st and Final Stage, Evry - Paris, Champs Elysées, 137.5 km

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Marcel Kittel wins stage 21. Photo ©Sirotti

Km 31: Côte de Briis-sous-Forges - category 4

The Race: The stage started with a leisurely ride to Paris with the usual champagne toasts. But once the peloton hit the Champs Elysées, it was, "Katy, bar the door!" Sylvain Chavanel blasted off at the first possible moment and from there on the speed was high and the aggression unrelenting.

There was a scare when Jean-Christophe Péraud flatted and had to chase the fast-moving peloton, endangering his second place. But Péraud is a capable time trialist and was quickly back in the peloton. Nibali had signalled to the field that they should ease-up for a moment to let the Frenchman catch on.

The sprinters' teams tried to get the their lead-outs organized, but the speed was high and the attacks seemed to prevent most teams getting a good set-up. It came down to Alexander Kristoff getting the best jump, but Marcel Kittel came up next to him. Then, Kittel just started to go faster than Kristoff could, probably because Kristoff had flatted earlier and been forced to mount a chase.

Kristoff won the stage, giving Germany seven stage wins this year, and Kittel wins in both the first and last stages, a feat he had accomplished last year as well.

Vincenzo Nibali finished safely in the field to win the 2014 Tour de France, an accomplishment for which there should be no apology. If his competitors could not finish the race, the failing is theirs, not his. They all started in good order. That's why winning the Tour de France is a big deal. It's really hard to do.

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Winner's average speed: 41.1 km/hr

2014 Tour quick numbers:

The 2014 Tour de France will have 21 stages covering 3,656 kilometers, beginning in Harrogate, Yorkshire in Great Britain. This will be a hilly Tour with visits to the Vosges, Alps and Pyrenees mountains.

• 9 flat stages
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• 5 hill stages
• 6 mountain stages, with 5 hilltop finishes
• 1 individual time trial of 54 km, the penultimate stage
• 2 rest days

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In accordance with Union Cycliste Internationale rules, the following eighteen ProTeams are automatically invited:

AG2R La Mondiale (France) Astana Pro Team (Kazakhstan) Belkin Pro Cycling Team (Netherlands) BMC Racing Team (USA) Cannondale (Italy) FDJ.fr (France) Garmin-Sharp (USA) Lampre-Merida (Italy) Lotto-Belisol (Belgium) Movistar Team (Spain) Omega Pharma – Quick Step Cycling Team (Belgium) Orica–GreenEDGE (Australia) Team Europcar (France) Team Giant–Shimano (Netherlands) Team Katusha (Russia) Team Sky (Great Britain) Tinkoff Saxo (Russia) Trek Factory Racing (USA)

In addition to these eighteen teams, the organizers have awarded the following wildcards:

Bretagne–Séché Environnement (France) Cofidis, Solutions Crédits (France) IAM Cycling (Switzerand) Team NetApp–Endura (Germany)

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Tour de France 2014: stage-by-stage guide, from Leeds to Paris

Stage 1 : saturday 5 july.

Leeds-Harrogate, 190.5km

As in 2013, a simple road race stage starts the Tour rather than a prologue time trial. Buttertubs and Gritton Moor would test a club cyclist but by the standards of the Tour this is relatively flat, with a few long drags over the moors, but not enough to split the bunch, although rain and wind could make life unpleasant if the British summer is in Wimbledon form. The script is for a bunch sprint won by Mark Cavendish in his mother’s home town, but Marcel Kittel could well get in his way as he did several times in 2013 and another German, André Greipel will be in the mix as well.

Stage 2: Sunday 6 July

York-Sheffield, 201km

This is far more serious. The Tour won’t be won in Steel City but one of the favourites could lose it here, as the series of short steep climbs and some abrupt, narrow and very technical descents – equally difficult, particularly if the roads are wet – will make for a demanding finale, where a crash or a puncture could be very costly. If there is a decent breeze it could all kick off on Holme Moss, 57km out, while the last climb up Jenkin Road is a steep little monster. It’s made for a specialist in “punchy” repeated climbs, like Movistar’s Alejandro Valverde of Spain.

Stage 3: Monday 7 July

Cambridge-London, 155km

Relatively short and definitely flat, with not one rated climb en route through Essex, but scenic villages aplenty like Finchingfield and Radwinter before the lengthy run-in past the Olympic park and across the capital to the Mall, replicating the finish of the 2012 Games road race. That was a bitter defeat for Cavendish, and he and his lead-out train face another battle with Kittel, Greipel and their team-mates. The fight between Cav and the up-and-coming German was a highlight of 2013; Kittel clearly had the upper hand and the Manxman will be out to make amends for his series of defeats.

Stage 4: Tuesday 8 July

Le Touquet-Lille, 163.5km

Another short, flat stage earmarked for the sprinters. Cavendish and Kittel again, for sure, but there is also a new generation of French fast men who will be worth watching. Arnaud Démare is under pressure to impress having ousted fdj.fr team-mate Nacer Bouhanni, multiple Giro d’Italia stage winner, after a dispute within the team. The decision will not look too clever if Démare disappoints. The joker in the pack is Bryan Coquard, like Cavendish a top track cyclist turned road sprinter, and like the Briton a small nippy racer who relies on leg speed and positioning in the pack rather than sheer power.

Stage 5: Wednesday 9 July

Ypres-Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, 155.5km

Like Sheffield, the Tour can easily be lost here, with nine of the celebrated cobbled sections that figure in Paris-Roubaix, the most coveted one-day race in cycling. The Tour hasn’t included this much of the cobbles since the 1980s; last time they featured in 2010, Lance Armstrong and Fränk Schleck were among the victims. The dangers are multiple: the pave sections are narrow and the poor surface makes falling or puncturing highly likely, and the continual crashes and punctures mean that team cars may not be in attendance because they tend to get held up. That means it’s vital to have not just the leader, but several riders alongside him at the front. That in turn makes for a hectic battle to get the best position at the head of the peloton before the sections begin; it’s like the run-in to a bunch sprint, so on some occasions – as with Iban Mayo in 2004 – a favourite’s Tour can end due to a crash before the cobbles have even begun. The first section, 68.5km from the finish, is Carrefour de l’Arbre, the key zone in the finale of Paris-Roubaix, so the jostling will start at least 15km before they get there. The only Tour winner of recent years to take on Roubaix is Bradley Wiggins, but in practice anything can happen and probably will.

Stage 6: Thursday 10 July

Arras-Reims, 194km

Back to the routine stuff, and after Ypres, the start is in another town that evokes the Great War. The script is well known: a breakaway group that is given a bit of a lead but is reeled in before for the finish, followed by a hectic last 10km. The finishing straight in Reims is slightly uphill, but the fast men will gobble it up. The only possible catch could be the wind. If it blows from the side and if there are tired legs and battered bodies after the stage over the cobbles, an enterprising team could try to spring a surprise as Cavendish’s Omega-Pharma did en route to St Amand-Montrond in 2013.

Stage 7: Friday 11 July

Épernay-Nancy, 234.5km

Up to the late 1980s almost every stage on the Tour was this length; nowadays six hours in the saddle seems like an aberration. The distance may tell, as will the fact that this marathon comes a week into the race and there are a couple of stiff little hills in the finale. That is propitious for a late attack – or for one sprinters’ team to try to burn off a rival who can’t climb quite as well – but it’s still hard to see beyond a bunch sprint led by Cavendish, Kittel, Démare and company, because after today the sprinters will be out of the picture until Stage 19.

Stage 8: Saturday 12 July

Tomblaine-Gérardmer La Mauselaine, 161km

It’s all about the final 20km, with three climbs including a stiff little pull up to the finish which should see the emergence of a select group of favourites, although the time gaps won’t be huge. It’s an intriguing stage, as the yellow jersey might well be up for grabs as well and that could affect the tactics late on in the stage. The first climb, Croix des Moinats, is a steady drag, but the second, Grosse-Pierre, is the toughest of the Tour so far – steep and narrow, not long, but long enough to whittle the pack down. As in Sheffield it’s a finish for Valverde, or Froome – or Alberto Contador.

Stage 9: Sunday 13 July

Gérardmer La Mauselaine- Mulhouse, 170km

A more typical stage through the Vosges this, with the Col de la Schlucht climbed from the start to split things up as an early breakaway forms, and then constant climbing and descending. The finish is some way from the top of the last big climb, the Markstein, so that could well mean the favourites are content merely to keep tabs on each other while some lesser lights who can climb get the green light to go for the stage and the mountains jersey – given the small volume of climbing in the Alps, a big points haul here will help anyone looking to win the polka-dots in Paris.

Stage 10: Monday 14 July

Mulhouse-La Planche des Belles Filles, 161.5km

The toughest of the three Vosges stages, with the same finish where Bradley Wiggins took the yellow jersey in 2012. The finish order on the desperately steep climb to this one-café ski station will create the hierarchy at least as far as the Pyrenees and possibly all the way to Paris. However, the run-in is very different from 2012 as the “Plank” is immediately preceded by the Cote de la Chevraire, a narrow climb 3.2km long with the final passage approaching 20% on very tight hairpins. Froome will be among the favourites for the stage win along with Contador and Valverde.

Stage 11: Wednesday 16 July

Besançon-Oyonnax, 187.5km

A hilly finale with a rash of third-category climbs in the final 50km means this is hard to predict. It could end up as a classic sprint stage, but is more likely to see either a breakaway last all the way to the finish – depending on who is interested in the various classifications after the three days in the Vosges – or possibly a bunch sprint where some of the less proficient climbers have been burned off by some concerted work from teams such as Cannondale, who might well be eying this one up for Peter Sagan, and could therefore look to dislodge the likes of Kittel and Cavendish.

Stage 12: Thursday 17 July

Bourg-en-Bresse- Saint Étienne, 185.5km

This stage into the former capital of the French bike industry isn’t quite as hilly as the day before, so is more likely to see the sprinters such as Cavendish, Kittel, Greipel and Démare fighting it out. There are two pure sprint stages in the Tour’s second week, so they won’t want to miss out on this one. Kittel’s four stages last year to Cavendish’s one suggested that the German has taken over from the Manxman as the fastest finisher on the circuit, and it should be clear by this point in the race whether Cavendish has regained the edge or is still playing catch-up.

Stage 13: Friday 18 July

Saint Étienne-Chamrousse, 197.5km

An intriguing stage where the likely scenario is for an escape to go clear early on while the favourites wait for the race to take shape on the penultimate climb, the little-known Col de Palaquit. This is steep, with five of its 10 kilometres at over 10%, and will whittle down the field before the finish. It’s a long ascent, where Lance Armstrong won a time trial on the Tour’s last visit. It’s the first really full-blooded mountain top finish of the Tour, so one for Froome or Contador – unless an escape with the likes of Pierre Rolland goes all the way – and it will show precisely who is going for the podium.

Stage 14: Saturday 19 July

Grenoble-Risoul, 177km

The only genuine Alpine stage of the Tour features one of the classic ascents, the Col de l’Izoard, a col which has more history than most thanks to the likes of Fausto Coppi and Bernard Thévenet. It comes before an uphill finish which is new to the Tour, at Risoul. The Izoard and the earlier Col du Lautaret offer a wealth of points for the polka-dot jersey, meaning the climbers will come out to play early on, while Froome and company will hold fire until the climb to the finish. A classic stage for a mountain breakaway specialist: Thomas Voeckler, or perhaps Rolland.

Stage 15: Sunday 20 July

Tallard-Nîmes, 222km

Cruelly, the organisers follow one of the hardest mountain stages with one of the longest flat stages, and one where the riders will bake in the heat of the Midi. The lack of climbing suggests this is yet another for Cavendish, Kittel and any of the other sprinters that have managed to make it through the previous 14 gruelling stages. But this area has a history of slightly freak results. If the mistral gets blowing, a Tour peloton can be split to bits, and if a break goes coming out of the Alps, the sprinters’ teams don’t always have the legs to control it at this stage of the Tour.

Stage 16: Tuesday 22 July

Carcassonne-Bagnères, de Luchon 237.5km

The Tour’s longest stage and not one typical of the Pyrenees with a protracted run-in to the mountains before three climbs culminating in the Port de Balès. For Froome or Contador or whoever is leading, it’s a day for controlling events, and trying to avoid a repetition of the derailed-chain episode on the Balès which lost Andy Schleck the 2010 Tour (until it was given back to him after Contador’s positive test for clenbuterol). An early break should dominate this stage which is made for a climber who can get in the move, get clear on the last climb, then stay away on the final descent, as Dan Martin did last year.

Stage 17: Wednesday 23 July

St Gaudens-St Lary Pla d’Adet, 124.5km

A short mountain stage of the kind Christian Prudhomme likes to throw in to ensure action from the gun. Three first-category mountains – typical short, sharp Pyrenean climbs – plus the hors-categorie ascent to one of the toughest finishes in the Pyrenees, should see the top men in the standings fighting out the stage win. St Lary is unremittingly steep so Froome and Contador will be in the mix for sure, also perhaps French starlet Thibaut Pinot, for whom the Tour will be a massive test after his flop last year. The stamina of old stagers such as Valverde could well come into play.

Stage 18: Thursday 24 July

Pau-Hautacam, 145.5km

This only gets truly serious in the final 70km with the Col du Tourmalet followed by the finish at Hautacam, 20 years after Miguel Indurain ripped the Tour to shreds on the 13km climb to the bleak ski station. Hautacam is longer but not quite as steep as Pla d’Adet, and favours a more powerful rider over a pure climber. Lance Armstrong clinched the 2000 Tour here, although the organisers won’t want to be reminded of that now. Expect the same riders as on the previous day to be in the mix, with every climber well aware that this is the last chance to gain any time before the long time trial on the penultimate day.

Stage 19: Friday 25 July

Maubourguet-Bergerac, 208.5km

Classic “transition” stage designed to get the race to the time trial start. It’s not super-demanding, and will be a final battle between teams which haven’t won a stage and don’t have a sprinter – and thus need to get in the day’s escape and make it stick – and any sprinters’ teams which have some strength left in their legs. In recent years this kind of stage has tended to go the way of the sprinters, so the smart money should be on whoever is left standing of Kittel, Cavendish, Greipel, Cocquard, and perhaps Démare. The overall contenders will hide to save their energy for the last big test.

Stage 20: Saturday 26 July

Bergerac-Périgueux, 54km time trial

Time was, the Tour would have three individual stages against the watch; this year, in the interests of open racing, this is the only one. Should be a stage of two halves, a race for the stage win between whichever specialists have hauled themselves all the way from Leeds just for this – Fabian Cancellara and Tony Martin are the names that spring to mind – and a battle for the podium. The only rider who can feature in both is Froome, and if he’s in the box seat he will be looking for the stage win. If he’s behind Contador or any other climber, this will be a dramatic showdown.

Stage 21: Sunday 27 July

Évry-Paris Champs Élysées, 137.5km

Last year’s final stage was historic, as it ended at sunset; this year’s makes history for a different reason. For the first time since 1988, the final day of the Tour will also feature a women’s event, La Course by Le Tour. It’s a major development for women’s cycling, and for the Paris crowd it’s a chance to watch the likes of Marianne Vos, arguably the best all-round cyclist on the planet at the moment, and the clear favourite for La Course. The men’s stage finishes later than in the past, around 7pm, and will be over the full circuit of the Champs Élysées, turning around the Arc de Triomphe.

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Tour de France 2014: Route

The 2014 Grand Depart is from Yorkshire, England, the first time the race has visited the UK since the tainted 2007 edition.

3 stages in England and then the caravan moves to France – the 4th stage is from the coastal town Le Touquet to Lille. Stage 5 then leaves the country again, starting in Belgium, in the town of Ypres. This is the highly anticipated stage to Porte du Hainat featuring a healthy serving of Paris-Roubaix’s famous cobbled sectors. Could Froome run into difficulty here?

The next day starts in Arras. Win the stage today and expect a good bottle of bubbly as the finish is in Reims, champagne capital of France. The next day’ s stage leaves champagne country and finishes in Nancy.

Heading in a southeastern direction, stage 8 goes from Tomblaine to Gérardmer and will see the first summit finish. The second is just two days  later at La Planche des Belles Filles, where Chris Froome won the stage and Bradley Wiggins took yellow in the 2012 race.

A couple of flat stage follow the rest day until the road kicks up again in stage 13, a 200 kilometre ride with a summit finish in Chamrousse.

Stage 14 follows up with another summit finish, this time on the never before used climb to Risoul. Stage 15 takes sees some respite with a more moderate stage from Tailard to Nimes.

July 21st marks the second rest day of the Tour. It’s followed by a flat stage 16 from Carcassone to Bagnères-de-Luchon. The next day it’s back to the mountains with a summit finish on Pla d’Adet. Stage 18 goes up again, this time with the well known climb to Hautacam.

That’s it for the mountains with stage 19 a flat stage from Maubourguet to Bergerac. The penultimate day will see the first and last time trial: a 54 kilometre lung buster from Bergerac to Périgueux. The GC should be decided today if it wasn’t already. Will it be another party for Sky or can someone put a stop to the three in a row? Tinkoff, Astana and Movistar will be the most likely teams to upset Mr Froome.

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