His lead is small, but he’s a much better time trialist than the men closest to him on the Tour’s GC. Team Sky’s Chris Froome survived a dramatic day in the Jura mountains to hold onto his yellow jersey as the overall leader of the 2017 Tour de France. How Do Your Stats Compare to a Tour de France Pro? Another field sprint means another day in the yellow jersey for Chris Froome, who still leads the 2017 Tour de France. Froome should also expect a more serious challenge from Movistar’s Nairo Quintana (a three-time podium finisher at the Tour), who suffered through the worst Tour de France of his career after a second-place finish in May’s Tour of Italy. But Wednesday’s Stage 5 finishes atop the la Planche des Belles Filles, a Category 1 climb that will certainly shake things up. The stage was won by LottoNL-Jumbo’s Primoz Roglic, a former world-class ski jumper who’s starting to put together quite an impressive resume as a pro cyclist. How we test gear. Stage 11 ended with a fifth sprint victory for Quick-Step’s Marcel Kittel, which means Team Sky’s Chris Froome will wear the 51st yellow jersey of his career as the leader of the 2017 Tour de France. The Italian national champion finished second on the Stage 12 summit finish in … RELATED: How Aru Swept the Yellow Jersey Away from Froome in Stage 12. In the end, the Tour’s two individual time trials were all Froome really needed: he put enough time into the rest of the field during Stage 1 in Düsseldorf and Stage 20 in Marseille to win the Tour. Cyclingnews.com: The world centre of cycling. 104th Tour de France 2017 / Stage 21 Podium / Christopher FROOME Yellow Leader Jersey / Celebration / Montgeron - Paris Champs-Elysees / TDF / Get premium, high resolution news photos at … Team Sunweb’s Warren Barguil, the leader of the Tour’s King of the Mountains competition, won the stage atop the Col d’Izoard, the third-highest summit finish in Tour history. In fact, the Tour’s two individual time trials were all Froome really needed: his winning margin came entirely thanks to time gained during Stage 1’s time trial in Düsseldorf and Stage 20’s in Marseille. Froome heads into the Tour’s first Rest Day with a narrow margin, but he’s still in control of the Tour as several of his key rivals came up short on Stage 9. As the race heads into the Alps, the top-4 riders on the Tour’s General Classification are exactly where they were at the start of Stage 16 with Froome, Fabio Aru, Romain Bardet, and Rigoberto Uran separated by only 29 seconds. Podium Girl of the Year on Instagram: “ A History Day for us! Winning a record-tying fifth Tour de France won’t be easy. But the Tour heads back to the mountains this weekend with two tough stages in the Jura. Even if it loses Landa this off-season, Froome's team will certainly surround its leader with the best support riders money can buy. Were it not for those two stages, he might not have won the Tour. Team Sky’s Chris Froome entered the day wearing the yellow jersey, but faltered on the steep climb to the finish line. RELATED: Michael Matthews Wins a Windy Stage 16. So while he’s only winning it by 18 seconds, the Tour is still Froome’s to lose. RELATED: How Geraint Thomas Stormed to an Early Tour Lead. He had a bad day on Stage 12, but he only lost a handful of time. Porte looked to be riding himself into the top-3 at the time, but misjudged a corner on the technical downhill. As a result, he’ll keep the maillot jaune for another day. This image shows the route for the 104th Tour de France. Trek-Segafredo’s Alberto Contador was the first favorite to get dropped. Froome now leads Aru by 18 seconds and AG2R’s Romain Bardet by 23. Team Sunweb’s Michael Matthews won the green jersey as the winner of the Tour’s Points Classification, and his teammate, Warren Barguil, won the polka dot jersey as the winner of the Tour’s King of the Mountains Classification. The Tour’s second Rest Day couldn’t come at a better time, as they’ll need all the rest they can get following four hard days of racing in the Pyrenees and Massif Central. Team Sunweb’s Warren Barguil took the Bastille Day stage victory, a dream come true for the Frenchman. With about 18km to go things really blew apart, and a small group emerged filled with the Tour’s toughest men. As if on a seek and destroy mission to rid the sporting world of anything remotely offensive or unjust, radical feminists have taken their latest politically correct swing at the ‘sexist tradition’ of Tour de France podium girls. He might actually be the Tour’s most dangerous rider as he’s confident attacking on both the climbs and the descents. RELATED: In Stage 18, the KoM Was Finally About the Best Climber. The day’s big loser was Astana’s Fabio Aru, who wore the yellow jersey for two days earlier in the Tour. Golden retrievers Golden retriever freaks everyone out by playing dead in the middle of a bath Footage of a golden retriever sleeping in a bathtub and ignoring being poked has gone viral on social media after worried viewers couldn't decide if he was dead or just very relaxed With a time trial on the Tour’s penultimate day, he only needs to stay about 30 seconds away from the lead in order to have a chance at taking back the yellow jersey. It’s there that Froome, by far the strongest time trialist of the Tour’s GC contenders, should put the finishing touches on his fourth Tour de France victory. At the 2013 Tour of Flanders, the now world champion Peter Sagan apologised after grabbing a woman’s bottom on the podium. Check out the crazy gear customizations from this year's Tour: As expected, Team Sky’s Chris Froome put more time into his closest rivals during Saturday’s individual time trial in Marseille, extending his lead in the 2017 Tour de France. Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas won Stage 1 of the 2017 Tour de France, on only his fifth day of racing since crashing-out of May’s Giro d’Italia. It is overlaid on a “best pixel” mosaic of France, composed from small parts of cloud-free images acquired between January 1 and July 3, 2017, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite. A STAR Belgian cyclist has caused outrage at the Tour de France for an indecent joke around the sport’s “podium chicks”. But Froome held tough in the Alps, and added to his advantage in the Tour’s final individual time trial. No more wrangling schedules to … The 2017 Tour de France exits the high mountains on Friday, which means the best chance for Froome’s rivals to close the gap to the yellow jersey has passed. RELATED: Uran Wins Crash-Filled Stage 9, Froome Keeps Yellow. Cannondale-Drapac’s Rigoberto Uran finished fifth, two seconds behind Froome, and now sits third overall, 29 seconds off the yellow jersey. But Froome’s toughest future challenger didn’t even compete in this year’s Tour. With only one (somewhat ceremonial) stage left in the race, it’s now safe to declare Froome the winner. Team Sky’s Chris Froome survived the first of two days in the Jura mountains to hold onto the yellow jersey as the leader of the 2017 Tour de France. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. The Briton finished safely in the peloton at the end of Stage 11 to earn the same finishing time as Kittel, who easily blew away the competition to win the stage in Pau. (Show off your love of the maillot jaune and all things Tour with our ultra-soft yellow jersey tee! Froome finished fourth on Stage 18, the Tour’s final summit finish, and had no problem responding to the attacks from his rivals. Despite being completely isolated throughout much of Stage 13, the Italian national champion held onto his six-second advantage over Team Sky’s Chris Froome, winner of three of the past four Tours de France. Froome was able to withstand a series of attacks from AG2R La Mondiale’s Romain Bardet on the Col du Galibier, the highest mountain in the 2017 Tour, and picked up four bonus seconds, thanks to his third place finish. Germany’s Tony Martin, the reigning world time trial champion, finished fifth. Now 2:03 behind Froome, Martin’s chances of a podium finish in Paris may have disappeared. Richie Porte has not been the luckiest man on the Tour de France, ... Australian Richie Porte set for Tour de France podium place. Astana’s Fabio Aru now wears the yellow jersey as the leader of the 2017 Tour de France. Movistar’s Nairo Quintana also struggled. Tour de France 2017 byl 104. ročníkem nejslavnějšího cyklistického závodu světa – Tour de France.Takzvaný Grand Départ neboli velký start začal časovkou 1. července v Düsseldorfu a skončil 23. července 2017 na Champs-Élysées v Paříži.Do závodu nastoupilo celkem 198 jezdců z 22 týmů. RELATED: What it Would Take to Beat Froome. The only question that remains is which riders will join him on the podium in Paris. Astana’s Fabio Aru now wears the yellow jersey as the leader of the 2017 Tour de France. The day’s other big winner was Bardet. Team Sky’s Chris Froome finished safely in the peloton at the end of Stage 19, and therefore still wears the yellow jersey as the leader of the 2017 Tour de France. Bicycling participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. Cycling needs to lose its 'podium girls' | Suze Clemitson. With another flat stage on tap for Stage 6, don’t expect any changes until the Tour hits the mountains this weekend. Cyclingnews.com: The world centre of cycling. The Tour de France organisers will contact Jan Bakelants’ AG2R La Mondiale team to ask him to apologise after the Belgian rider was reported to have made derogatory comments about the race’s ‘podium girls’ in an interview with the Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws. Thomas finished eighth in Stage 3, only two seconds behind the winner, Peter Sagan. View full results of Stage 2 in Tour de France 2017 from Düsseldorf to Liège over 203.5 kilometre. That said, as we’ve seen in the last two days, crashes happen. Froome’s closest challengers were happy to let the Team Sky keep the race, but with such a mountainous stage on tap for Sunday, they won’t be content to just ride the Briton’s wheel. RELATED: The 23 Raddest Bikes from This Year's Tour. Barring a crash, sickness, or a mechanical, Froome has effectively won the race. A better bet to win the stage and possibly take over the lead in the Tour’s General Classification is Bora-Hansgrohe’s Peter Sagan. Quick-Step’s Dan Martin was involved in the crash as well, and while he was able to get back on his bike, he lost 1:15 and fell to 6th-place overall. With no changes to the top of the Tour's General Classification, Froome still leads the Tour by 12 seconds over his teammate, Geraint Thomas, and 14 seconds over Astana’s Fabio Aru. After three stages, Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas is still wearing the yellow jersey as the overall leader of the 2017 Tour de France. Froome still leads the Tour by 18 seconds over Italy’s Fabio Aru and 51 seconds over France’s Romain Bardet. And of course, Froome can’t be ruled-out. Most of Froome’s competition from this year’s Tour should return next year, perhaps even more confident in their chances given how close they came to defeating him this July. “We will contact his team so that he makes an apology,” the Tour director, Christian Prudhomme, said. The French began to see a glimmer of hope that a home Tour de France winner might be a realistic possibility in the near future, with Romain Bardet taking his second podium … So with two weeks left to race, the 2017 Tour de France is far from over. The day’s most unfortunate victim was BMC’s Richie Porte, who crashed dramatically on the descent of the Mont du Chat, ending his Tour de France. He’s now second overall, just 12 seconds behind Thomas, his teammate. Thomas has been one of Chris Froome’s most important teammates during Froome’s three Tour victories. Richie Porte has confirmed his grand tour potential with a podium finish in the 2020 Tour de France. As an added twist, Quintana might be joined at Movistar by Mikel Landa, who this year finished fourth despite riding in support of Froome at Team Sky. The course is similar to the start of the 2015 Tour de France in Utrecht, when Rohan Dennis powered to victory and the yellow jersey. This is the closest a Tour de France has ever been heading into the final week, with four riders within 29 seconds of one another on the Tour’s General Classification. The 2017 Tour de France was the 104th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours.The 21-stage race took place across 3,540 km (2,200 mi), commencing with an individual time trial in Düsseldorf, Germany on 1 July, and concluding with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris on 23 July.A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the race. As expected, the day’s final climb of the Mont du Chat did all of the damage. • Former yellow jersey wearer in dock for making derogatory remark• AG2R La Mondiale say it was meant to be humorous but was in bad taste, Last modified on Wed 21 Feb 2018 12.45 EST. Aru was gapped coming over the top of the Galibier, a gap which grew on the long descent to the stage finish. Because celebrating all 19 hostesses are…” 15 Likes, 2 Comments - Podium Girl of the Year (@podiumgirloftheyear) on Instagram: “ A History Day for us! Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin, who’s only 26, skipped the Tour after beating Quintana to win the Tour of Italy. Quick-Step’s Daniel Martin was the day’s big the loser. Froome is still in the Tour's driver's seat. A breakaway finally succeeded, with 24-year-old Frenchman Lilian Calmejane taking the win for Direct Energie, but Froome finished safely in the bunch 50 seconds behind him. Stage 9 is even harder with seven categorized climbs including three Hors Categorie or “Beyond Category” summits. apologised after grabbing a woman’s bottom on the podium. Froome had no problem following Bardet’s attacks, and his top lieutenant, Spain’s Mikel Landa, was able to respond as well. The Team Sky rider finished safely in the peloton at the end of Stage 7, which earned him the same finishing time as the day’s winner, Germany’s Marcel Kittel. . Conversely, Aru’s decimated Astana squad left the Italian isolated, and he could be seen struggling to hold his position as the race wound itself up for the sprint in Rodez. Froome Wins 2017 Tour by Less than a Minute, Chris Froome Delivers on Stage 20 Time Trial, Edvald Boasson Hagen Wins Stage 19 as Froome Marches One Day Closer to Yellow, In Stage 18, the KoM Was Finally About the Best Climber, How Froome Took Back the Yellow Jersey in Stage 14, How Aru Swept the Yellow Jersey Away from Froome in Stage 12, Uran Wins Crash-Filled Stage 9, Froome Keeps Yellow, How Geraint Thomas Stormed to an Early Tour Lead, Check Out Chris Froome's Pinarello Dogma F10, Odds and Race Predictions for This Year's Tour, Froome Says He's Entering 2017 Tour "Fresher" Than Ever, 14 Questions You've Always Had About the Tour de France, Race Predictions for the 2017 Tour de France. RELATED: Chris Froome Delivers on Stage 20 Time Trial. It’s Bardet’s second straight podium finish at the Tour, cementing his status as France’s best chance to take the host nation’s first victory since Bernard Hinault won the race back in 1985. The Briton leads the Tour by 18 seconds over Italy’s Fabio Aru and 51 seconds over France’s Romain Bardet. Team Sky’s Chris Froome survived a flat tire on the day’s big climb to hold onto the yellow jersey as the overall leader of the Tour de France. Were it not for those two stages, the Tour might have had a different champion. The Irishman started the stage in fifth overall, 1:12 behind Froome, but failed to make the leading group when crosswinds split the race. PODIUM SIGNATURE - ETAPE 18 / STAGE 18 Live, follow the podium signature in Trie-sur-Baïse and support your favourite riders. Froome finished safely in the peloton on Stage 6, which was won by Quick-Step’s Marcel Kittel. Aru may be wearing his first yellow jersey, but he’s an experienced grand tour contender who won the 2015 Tour of Spain and twice finished on the podium at the Giro d’Italia. With two days left, Froome leads the Tour by 23 seconds over AG2R La Mondiale’s Romain Bardet and 29 seconds over Cannondale-Drapac’s Rigoberto Uran. He’s certainly capable of defending and extending his lead on Stage 13’s short, mountainous course. Tour de France prizes, winners and total prize pools, by year From 1930 to 1961 plus 1967 … Porte looked to be capable of challenging Froome all the way to Paris this year, and he'll certainly return to next year's race eager to avenge the demons that sent him home early in 2017. The Tour de France starts on Saturday. 104th Tour de France 2017 / Stage 11 Start / Podium / Christopher FROOME Yellow Leader Jersey/ Eymet - Pau / TDF/ Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images That said, Quick-Step’s Marcel Kittel picked up 10 bonus seconds by winning Sunday’s stage in Liège, and now sits just 6 seconds behind Thomas. The three-time podium finisher conceded 1:15 to Froome by the finish, and now sits in 8th-place overall, more than two minutes behind the yellow jersey. Unless it’s later revealed that his crash had a bigger impact than it appears, there’s still little reason to doubt that Team Sky has the inside track to win its fifth Tour de France. He still leads the Tour by 12 seconds over his teammate, Geraint Thomas, and by 14 seconds over Astana’s Fabio Aru. It was the Frenchman's second stage victory of the Tour de France. He now leads Astana’s Fabio Aru by 18 seconds and AG2R La Mondiale’s Romain Bardet (last year’s runner-up) by 51. Team Sky’s Chris Froome is back in the yellow jersey as the overall leader of the 2017 Tour de France. Sunday’s Stage 15 is even harder, with a Category 1 climb 40km from the finish in Le Puy en Velay and another technical run-in to the finish line.