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Points at finish, youth day classification, kom sprint (1) col de la forclaz de montmin (42.5 km), kom sprint (2) col de la forclaz de queige (73.5 km), kom sprint (hc) montée de bisanne (96.5 km), kom sprint (1) le bettex (146 km), team day classification, race information.

• Date: 22 July 2016
• Start time: 14:10
• Avg. speed winner: 34.47 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 146 km
• Points scale: GT.A.Stage
• UCI scale: UCI.WR.GT.A.Stage - TM2022
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• ProfileScore: 337
• Vert. meters: 4436
• Departure: Albertville
• Arrival: Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc
• Race ranking: 0
• Startlist quality score: 1758
• Won how: 3.3 km solo
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2016 Tour de France

103rd edition: july 2 - july 24, 2016, stage 19, friday, july 22:   albertville - saint gervais mont blanc (le bettex).

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

Stage 19 map and profile | Stage 19 photos | Organizer's preview

Romain Bardet climbs to the finish to win the stage

Rated ascents:

• Km 42.5: Col de la Forclaz de Montmin (1,157 m), 9.8 km @ 6.9% - cat 1
• Km 73.5: Col de la Forclaz de Queige (870 m), 5.6 km @ 7.8% - cat 2
• Km 96.5: Montée de Bisanne (1,723 m), 12.4 km @ 8.2% - cat H
• Km 146.0: Le Bettex (1,372 m), 9.8 km @ 8% - cat 1

Weather: At Domancy, near the finish, at 1:45 PM it was 25C (77F), cloudy with the wind from the NNW at 6 km/hr (4 mph). There was a 60% chance of thunderstorms late in the afternoon.

The Race: After Joaquin Rodriguez had some mechanical problems in the neutral zone, 177 riders officially started the 18th stage at 1:10 PM. It was an uphill start with the uncategorised Collet de Tamié coming only 8.5 kilometers into the stage.

Almost immediately 20 riders went clear and after twenty kilometers the break was a bit more than four minutes ahead of the pack. Astana and Movistar took on the duty of leading the peloton.

The break was filled with high-quality riders, including Pierre Rolland, Rafal Majka, Thomas de Gendt, Tony Gallopin and Robert Kiserlovski.

The intermediate sprint came well before the first-category Forclaz de Montmin ascent and was won by Michael Matthews. With both the break and the peloton moving fast, the gap was down to three minutes at the base of the Forclaz de Montmin.

Thomas de Gendt as first over the Forclaz de Montmin. After all had crested the big mountain and after fifty kilometers of racing, the front group was still twenty riders strong and the peloton was three minutes back.

For the first time in Tour history the race went up the second-category Forclaz de Queige. And again, de Gendt was first to the summit with the pack a little further behind now, four minutes.

And sadly, Tom Dumoulin crashed badly, probably breaking his wrist. He remounted, but soon gave up and abandoned the Tour.

There was carnage on the Hors Category Montée de Bisanne with riders getting dropped left and right, including Tejay van Garderen. A kilometer from the summit the front group was down to eleven riders with storm clouds on the horizon.

Rafal Majka was first over the Bisanne. That made his ownership of the polka-dot climber's jersey a sure thing, assuming he makes it to Paris.

Pierre Rolland took off with Rui Faria da Costa in pursuit.

With the road very wet, the descent was perilous. And then Rolland crashed hard, allowing Rui Faria to continue alone, off the front. The peloton was only two minutes back.

With thirty kilometers left to race Rui Faria was nearly a minute ahead of the break with the yellow jersey group about two minutes behind the lone rider. Richie Porte suffered a mechanical problem and with the help of several teammates, began hammering his way back to the fast-moving peloton.

Five kilometers later nearly all the break riders had been caught. Daniel Navarro, however, wasn't done. He took off in hunt of Faria. Further back, Porte finally made it back to the Yellow Jersey group.

Navarro quit his pursuit and went back to the peloton, leaving Faria alone, a minute up the road.

Next up, the hilltop finish at Le Bettex/Mont Blanc.

With 15 km to go Faria da Costa had a minute's lead. Back in the peloton Bauke Mollema crashed. The Froome fell with Nibali, who was on his wheel, also going down. Froome quickly made it back to his group after taking Geraint Thomas' bike. But Daniel Navarro, who had also crashed, had to abandon.

Romain Bardet crossed the gap up to Faria and with four kilometers to the top, they had a half-minute lead. Bardet had lots of energy and decided to go solo, but further back Fabio Aru had left the peloton. He caught Faria, but Bardet wasn't going to be caught today.

Bardet crossed the line alone to win the prestigious stage, making it the first French victory in this Tour.

Chris Froome finished in good order and increased his overall lead. Mollema's crash cost him dearly, moving him from second place to tenth in the overall standings.

Complete Results:

Stage 19 photos

146 kilometers raced at an average speed of 34.470 km/hr

GC after Stage 19:

• 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)

3,269.5 kilometers ridden so far at an average speed of 39.79 km/hr

Stage 19 map and profile:

Stage 19 map

Stage 19 profile

Stage 19 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

It was another day in the Alps

Fabio Aru on the final ascent to Le Bettex

Off the front, and alone, Romain Bardet headed to the finish.

Thomas de Gendt

Simon Geschke

Rafal Majka

Valverde and Quintana lead a group

Pierre Rolland crashed

As did Chris Froome

Romain Bardet wins the stage

Fabio Aru finished sixth. That should be Daniel Martin behind him.

Wouter Poels and Chris Froome finish

Another shot of Poels and Froome at the end of the stage.

But Froome saved his Tour and extended his lead

Organizer's preview:

The big star of the last week of the Tour de France is Western Europe's highest peak: the Mont Blanc culminates at an altitude of 4808.73m. It's been seen from the Grand Colombier on Sunday, from Finhaut-Emosson on Tuesday, from Megève on Wednesday but the closest place to the giant is Le Bettex, just above the town of Saint-Gervais. That's where, back in 1990, Ronan Pensec took the yellow jersey the day he turned 27.

More recently, that's where Chris Froome won the second last stage of the 2015 Critérium du Dauphiné and prepared for his overall success. The ascent to Le Bettex is preceded by a little known but grueling climb: the côte des Amérands. A few hills on the course are unprecedented at the Tour de France, starting with the collet du Tamié, which is not a categorized climb even though it's 50 metres higher than the often featured col du Tamié, two Forclaz – the Forclaz de Montmin and the Forclaz de Queige after the col de la Forclaz in Switzerland on Wednesday – and the Montée de Bisanne, classified hors category by the organizers.

After taking his second stage victory in the uphill time trial from Sallanches to Megève, which came after his unexpected downhill victory at Bagnères-de-Luchon in the Pyrenees, Froome is yet to win uphill as he did in his previous campaigns for the yellow jersey. But he made it clear that he's just happy to stay where he is in the overall ranking so he won't chase breakaways down and the biggest fights to come are between the protagonists for second and third places on the podium, namely Bauke Mollema, Adam Yates, Nairo Quintana, Romain Bardet, Richie Porte and Fabio Aru.

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Tour de France 2016: stage 19 –as it happened

Romain Bardet won the stage on a filthy day in the Alps, while Chris Froome survived a crash to maintain his lead

• Romain Bardet wins wet and wild stage in the Alps
• 22 Jul 2016 That's all from me for today ...
• 22 Jul 2016 Stage 19 wrap ...
• 22 Jul 2016 General Classification after Stage 19
• 22 Jul 2016 Stage 19 top 10
• 22 Jul 2016 Romain Bardet wins the stage!
• 22 Jul 2016 The stage so far ...
• 22 Jul 2016 An interesting development ...
• 22 Jul 2016 A total of 177 riders set off on today's stage
• 22 Jul 2016 An early mechanical for Purito
• 22 Jul 2016 What do professional cyclists eat?
• 22 Jul 2016 Today's stage begins at 12.10pm (BST)
• 22 Jul 2016 Jersey wearers after Stage 18
• 22 Jul 2016 Backstage Pass with Orica BikeExchange
• 22 Jul 2016 Will Fotheringham's Stage 18 report
• 22 Jul 2016 The top 10 on General Classification
• 22 Jul 2016 Stage 19: Albertville to Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc (146km)

That's all from me for today ...

And for this year’s Tour de France , in fact. My esteemed colleague Niall McVeigh will be helming the live blog over the weekend. Enjoy the last knockings of this year’s Tour and thanks for your time and always welcome and often helpful correspondence.

Stage 19 wrap ...

Chris Froome crashed, but wasn’t hurt and retains a good overall lead of over four minutes. Behind him, Romain Bardet moves into second place on General Classification, replacing Bauke Mollema who had aterrible day at the office: crashing, losing touch with the leaders and finishing over four minutes behind the stage winner. He drops from second to 10th. Adam Yates won’t be too pleased either, as he’s slipped from third to fourth, nine seconds behind Nairo Quintana. Unless one of the trio ahead of him is forced to abandon, he’ll need to do exceptionally well tomorrow to get back on the podium.

Tom Dumoulin and Dan Navarro had even worse days, however. The former abandoned with a suspected broken wrist that could end his Olympic time trial dream for Rio, while the latter was forced to abandon with a broken collar bone.

General Classification after Stage 19

• 1. Chris Froome (Sky) 82:10:37”
• 2. Romain Bardet (AG2R) +4:11”
• 3. Nairo Quintana (Movistar) +4:27”
• 4. Adam Yates (Orica) +4:36”
• 5. Richie Porte (BMC Racing) +5:17”
• 6. Fabio Aru (Astana) +6:00”
• 7. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) +6:20”
• 8. Louis Meintjes (Lampre) +7:02”
• 9. Daniel Martin (Etixx-Quick-Step) +7:10”
• 10. Bauke Mollema (Trek) +7:42”

Stage 19 top 10

• 1. Romain Bardet (AG2R) 4:14:09”
• 2. Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) +22”
• 3. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
• 4. Louis Meintjes (Lampre)
• 5. Nairo Quintana (Movistar) +25”
• 6. Fabio Aru (Astana) +27”
• 7. Daniel Martin (Etixx-Quick-Step)
• 8. Wout Poels (Team Sky) +35”
• 9. Chris Froome (Team Sky)
• 10. Richie Porte (BMC Racing) +52”

To clarify: Mollema’s gap was 4min 25sec.

Mollema finishes the stage. Second on GC this morning, he crosses the line looking thoroughly depressed. I didn’t catch his time, but I think he was almost four minutes behind Bardet. It might even have been more than four minutes.

Bauke Mollema’s day was a whole lot worse: Mollema crashed once and narrowly avoided crashing twice and is slowly making his way up the mountain on his own. He’s going to lose an awful lot of time and plummet down the GC.

Chris Froome crosses the finish line 34 seconds behind Bardet: I think he might have lost a few seconds to one or two of his GC rivals, such as they are, but he won’t mind. Having crashed earlier, his day could have been a hell of a lot worse.

Romain Bardet wins the stage!

The AG2R rider is first past the finish line and gets a rapturous reception from the French public as he notches up his country’s first win of this year’s Tour. He raises his arms and salutes the crowd as he rolls over the line.

Chris Froome is dropped: He’s going to lose a few, insignificant seconds to his main rivals.

Romain Bardet passes under the flamme rouge: He has one kilometre to go and Dan Martin’s challenge appears to have ended as there’s been no sight or mention of him.

Fabio Aru attacks: The Astana rider looked knackered a couple of minutes ago, but now attacks off the front of the yellow jersey group.

Two kilometres to go: Richie Porte and Nairo Quintana attack again and Sky’s Wout Poels reels them in.

2.5 kilometres to go: Bauke Mollema is struggling badly as he tries to make his way up the mountain on his own behind the yellow jersey group. Adam Yates and Fabio Aru are struggling on the back of the yellow jersey group.

Three kilometres to go: Dan Martin sets off in hot pursuit of Romain Bardet, who has completely dropped Rui Costa. Behind Martin, Nairo Quintana and Richie Porte launch an attack, but Froome’s henchmen are sent to neutralise their effort.

Three-and-a-bit kilometres to go: Adam Yates continues to hang on the back of the yellow jersey group, where he has spent most of the afternoon. Nearer the front of it, Dan Martin attacks!

Romain Bardet has a question: The stage leader looks to his left and asks a nearby motorcycle rider and the TV camera man riding pillion what the gap to his nearest rival is. The answer to his question? Just 29 seconds.

Five kilometres to go: BMC take over at the front of the yellow jersey group, with Damiano Caruso leading the charge.

Seven kilometres to go: Bauke Mollema is on his own on the mountain, having lost touch with the yellow jersey after going off the road. Ahead of him, Froome is looking comfortable. He’s in a group with Fabio Aru, Nairo Quintana, Adam Yates, Richie Porte and assorted other Sky, BMC, Astana and Movistar riders.

Bardet catches Rui Costa: In a narrow, dark corridor lined on either side by trees, Romain Bardet pulls upsides costa, looks to one side to see what kind of state he’s in and pedals past him.

Eight kilometres to go: The road is narrow, windy and punishingly steep as the riders struggle up the early stages of the final climb to the finish line. Riders from Astana and BMC are at the front of the yellow jersey group, as ahead of them romain Bardet attempts to chase down Rui Costa. The Frenchman has his Portuguese rival in sight.

The climb begins: Chris Froome is on Geraint Thomas’s bike as he begins the nine-kilometre climb to the summit of Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc. Rui Costa leads and has a lead of 1min 28sec over the now re-formed yellow jersey group, but Romain Bardet is hot on his heels. We haven’t a stage winner from France, Spain or Italy in this year’s Tour yet - can Bardet rectify the situation? No Tour in history has failed to throw up a winner from at least one of those countries.

Rui Costa passes the 10km To Go kite: What was the original yellow jersey group has been smithereened and the riders are all over the road. Romain Bardet and a fellow AG2R rider have stolen a march, while Trek rider Bauke Mollema after going off the road and into a ditch.

Froome crashes!!! On a descent before they tackle the final climb of the day, Chris Froome’s front wheel goes on the greasy, newly laid surface and he goes down and skids along the road. As his main rivals speed into the distance, he takes a bike from a team-mate and continues on his way.

12 kilometres to go: Dan Navarro goes down in a crash involving three other riders and sits up with the manner of a man who has broken his collar bone.

Today’s final climb: Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc is 1,372m above sea level, just shy of ten kilometres in in length with a gradient of eight per cent. The early stages of the climb are horrific: almost three kilometres at a gradient of 12%, while further up there are ramps that kick up at 15%.

Rui Costa continues to lead : He has a one-minute lead over the yellow jersey group. The rest of the original breakaway has completely disintegrated.

Porte is back in touch. The riders of BMC have done a great job to get Richie Porte back in contact with the yellow jersey group. It was an energy-sapping effort, however, which all concerned may pay for on the climb to the summit. Confusion reigns over what exactly happened to make Porte lose so much ground, with some saying he crashed and others saying he had a mechanical. Some reports suggest he suffered both misfortunes.

An email from Zack Gomperts-Mitchelson: Well, an edited version of a very, very long one. “In total agreement with Andrew Mullinder as to the murky moral quandary and mess that is as yet unbanned substances coupled with the slightly insidious world of ‘supplements’,” he writes. “However, in answer to his question, climbing speeds are way way down. The modern peloton is often minutes off the chemically assisted records set by the likes of Pantani and Armstrong at the peak of that whole mess. Flat speeds however, are going up.”

30 kilometres to go: Rui Costa leads the stage and has a 50-second lead over the breakaway group he was once part of. The gap between Costa and the yellow jersey group is 1min 24sec.

More on Richie Porte: With the worst of the descent behind him, Richie Porte is putting in some hard yards to get back in touch with the yellow jersey group. It seems he suffered the double-whammy of a mechanical and the aforementioned stop to avoid a rider who had hit the deck. His team-mates Damiano Caruso, Marcus Burghardt and Michael Schar wait to help pace him back to the yellow jersey group.

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Stage 19, 2016 Tour de France

Friday’s stage is the final summit finish of the 2016 Tour. Stage 19 travels 146km (90.7mi) from Albertville to Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc. Attacks are sure to come on the Category 1 Côte des Amerands/Le Bettex (9.8km at 8%) finishing climb; it was here, at the 2015 Criterium du Dauphiné, that Chris Froome dispatched American Tejay van Garderen to take the overall victory.

Date:  Friday, July 22 Start: Albertville (Two-time host city, population 19,300) Finish:  Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc (Two-time host city, population 5,800) Distance: 146km (90.7mi) Elevation Gain:  4,030m (13,221ft) Weather forecast: The morning sky will be cloudy with rain showers. Strong rain expected with storms on the afternoon. 23°C (73°F) at the start, 15°C (59°F) at the top of the climb of Bisanne. The wind will be weak. Stage notes: This is the first time the Tour de France will climb the Montée de Bisanne, an Hors-Catégorie summit (8,2% on 12,4km).

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Comment from race director, Christian Prudhomme: “An amazing scenery: The Mont Blanc will be ever present all along the day. It’ll also be the opportunity to discover two mountain passes of La Forclaz which will make it a total of three with the Swiss Forclaz. What follows: The brand new climb up the Mont Bisanne which will hurt the legs of many before the final climb to Le Bettex through the tough paths up the Côte des Amerands.”

Chris Froome (Team Sky): “Tomorrow is a very tricky stage with a lot of tricky descents. There’s talk about thunderstorms during the race. It’s definitely going to have to be a stage where we stay right on our game. Of course it’s fantastic that I opened out my lead today, but we can’t relax and switch off now. We’ve got to see this through right to the end.”

Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo): “I guess Froome is out of sight now. But with five guys within one minute and eight seconds, it will be fierce between us. It all became more exciting, unfortunately for me, though. But it’s definitely better to be in my spot than fifth. I’m healthy and feel good.”

Dan Martin (Etixx-QuickStep): “This morning I felt good, but things changed during the race. Hopefully, tomorrow morning I will wake up with the same sensations. I have never felt so good this late into a Tour de France, I also managed to avoid being sick, and I’m happy for that. Two crucial mountain stages are now coming and I hope things will go in the way I want.”

Rafal Majka (Tinkoff):  “There are two hard stages to come but luckily I have quite a lot of [KOM] points of an advantage. I’ll try to win a stage but the priority is the polka-dot jersey. I’m tired. I’ve done the Giro and Tour with breakaways and fights for the KOM. The legs feel it. Nothing is easy. If my rivals go away tomorrow, I’ll try it, too.”

Sean Yates (Tinkoff Director Sportif): “Tomorrow is another mountain stage and the polka-dot jersey is not yet sewn up. Roman [Kreuziger] has got to keep plugging away in the GC fight, and Rafal [Majka] has to keep an eye on De Gendt too. He had a hard day in the break yesterday, but I’m sure he’ll be ready to fight again tomorrow.”

That first climb is 8km @7 %. Not even categorised. Looking forward to it like a hole in the head. https://t.co/acbyu7Il7W — Greg Henderson OLY, BSc. (@Greghenderson1) July 21, 2016

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Why It Matters With Chris Froome ’s third Tour de France victory all but assured, attention now shifts to the riders fighting for the two places next to him on the podium in Paris. Trek-Segafredo’s Bauke Mollema and Orica-BikeExchange’s Adam Yates are currently sitting in second- and third-place overall, but both appear to be fading as the race nears its conclusion.

On the other hand, Romain Bardet, Richie Porte, and Fabio Aru have clearly timed their training so as to be at their best for the Tour’s third week. And it’s objectively paid off, as the trio seems to be getting stronger each day. If Mollema and Yates continue to fade—and these three continue to surge—we could see another GC reshuffling before the race hits Paris. 

When to Tune In This is a short, intense stage that comes on the heels of two hard days in the Alps, so expect a breakaway  to be given a long leash by the already-tired peloton. The action will come on the day’s last climb, which the competition is expected to begin at about 10:45 a.m. EST. Tune in then to see the riders tackle the final summit finish of the Tour.

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Tour de France 2016 route

The 2016 Tour de France will be the 103rd edition of the oldest Grand Tour on the calendar. After a start in Utrecht in 2015, the race will return to home shores for the opening stages, setting off from the foot of Mont-Saint-Michel in the Manche department. The race last visited the picturesque area for the individual time trial in 2013, which was won by Tony Martin.

The full race route was announced on October 20 in Paris , with organiser ASO revealing an innovative but mountainous route that visits the Pyrenees, Mont Ventoux and the Alps. The race will not remain entirely in France, with three days to be spent in the Principality of Andorra  and a visit to Berne in Switzerland - the home town of Fabian Cancellara. Chris Froome (Team Sky) is the defending Tour de France champion. Froome won the race in 2013 but crashed out in 2014.

In 2016 Tour de France there will be just 54km of time trials, divided between a twisting 37km between Bourg-Saint-Andéol and La Caverne du Pont-d’Arc on stage 13 and then a hilly, almost mountain time trial on stage 18 between Sallanches and Megève in the Alps. The race will, of course, finish with the traditional stage through the streets of Paris.

The 2016 Tour de France starts on Saturday July 2 an ends on Sunday July 24. There will be two rest days in Andorra and Berne. 

Tour de France 2016 contenders

A number of big names have already signalled their intention to ride the race in 2016. Defending champion Chris Froome ( Team Sky ) will return to try and take his third Tour de France title. Alberto Contador ( Tinkoff ) is hoping to end his illustrious career on a high with victory , while Nairo Quintana ( Movistar ) and Fabio Aru ( Astana ) are targeting their first wins in the race.

The French Tour de France challenge will come from Romain Bardet (AG2R) and Thibault Pinot (FDJ). Both riders won stages in 2015, while Pinot won the white jersey and finished third overall in the 2014 Tour de France.

Other riders hoping to contend in the overall battle at the 2016 Tour de France include Richie Porte (BMC Racing), Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing), Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) and Robert Gesink (Team LottoNL-Jumbo).

Tour de France 2016 stages

• Stage 1: Mont Saint-Michel - Utah Beach - 188km

• Stage 2: Saint-Lo - Cherbourg-Octeville - 182km 


• Stage 3: Granville - Angers - 222km

• Stage 4: Saumur - Limoges - 232km

• Stage 5: Limoges - Le Lioran - 216km 


• Stage 6: July Arpajon-sur-Cère - Montauban - 187km

• Stage 7: L'Isle-Jourdain - Lac de Payolle - 162km

• Stage 8: Pau - Bagnères-de-Luchon - 183km


• Stage 9: Vielha Val d'Aran - Andorra-Arcalis -184km

• Rest Day: Andorra


• Stage 10: Escaldes-Engordany - Revel 198km

• Stage 11: Carcassonne - Montpellier -164km 


• Stage 12: Montpellier - Mont Ventoux - 185km 


• Stage 13: Bourg-Saint-Andéol - La Caverne du Pont-d'Arc - 37km - Individual time trial 


• Stage 14: Montélimar - Villars-les-Dombes - Parc des Oiseaux - 208km

• Stage 15: July Bourg-en-Bresse - Culoz -159km 


• Stage 16: 18 July Moirans-en-Montagne - Bern - 206km 
 

• Rest Day 2: Bern

• Stage 17: Bern - Finhaut Émosson -184km 


• Stage 18: Sallanches - Megève - 17 km - Individual time trial

• Stage 19: Albertville - Saint-Gervais-les-Bains -146km 


• Stage 20: Megève - Morzine - 146km

• Stage 21: Chantilly - Paris - 113km

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Chris Froome [video below] talks about what it would mean to win the Tour de France in 2016 and how he plans on defending his title from 2015. Froome has won the Tour de France twice and in 2016 is also targeting the Olympic Games, where he could compete in both the road race and the time trial for Great Britain. He won a silver medal in the 2012 London Olympic Games behind his then teammate Bradley Wiggins.

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Tour de France 2015 overview

In 2015 Chris Froome won his second Tour de France after triumphing in 2013. In 2015 he was dominant almost throughout the race while Nairo Quintana (Movistar) was his closest challenger, finishing second overall at 1:12. The Colombian’s teammate Alejandro Valverde finished third overall while the 2014 Tour de France champion, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) could only manage fourth overall. Alberto Contador (Tinkoff Saxo) finished fifth after winning the Giro d’Italia in May.

Froome moved into the yellow jersey on stage 10 when he won at La Pierre-Saint-Martin and never looked back. Despite a late rally from Quintana and illness in the third week, Froome hung on for victory.

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Tour de France 2016: The Route

After the start at Mont Saint-Michel the first 760 metres of the 2016 Tour de France are on a pedestrian bridge to the mainland. The 1st stage leads to Utah Beach and the most likely outcome is a bunch sprint. Stage 2 looks good for the puncheurs with a short closing climb with steepest sectors at 14%.

From stage 3 onwards the three longest stages in the 2016 Tour de France welcome the riders. Being all over 200 kilometres, the routes to Angers ( stage 3 ) and Limoges ( stage 4 ) are interesting to the fast men, albeit stage 3 ends on a false flat while stage 4 brings a hilly finale with the line on top of a short climb that will delight the likes of Sagan and Matthews. Stage 5 leads over three mountain tops to ski-resort Le Lioran in the Massif Central, while  Stage 6 offers chances to both fast men and escapees, depending on how the race to Montauban unfolds.

Climbers will see opportunities when the Pyrenees loom. Stage 7 leads over the Col d’Aspin before the race is set to conclude with a plunge down to Lac du Payolle, while in stage 8 Col du Tourmalet and Col de Peyresourde are to be crested before a summit finish at Pla de Beret. The next day stage 9 goes via three passes to Arcalis, a ski-resort at an elevation of 1,940 metres in Andorra. The sixth smallest nation of Europe (468 km2) is the backdrop for the first rest-day in the Tour de France.

Second week of racing In stage 10 the pack leaves Andorra to set sail for Revel, a place where Alexandre Vinokourov was victorious in 2010. Stage 11  goes to Montpellier and should be for the sprinters and then it’s party time in the Provence. At Bastille Day the Bald Mountain welcomes the riders in stage 12 for a top-finish at Mont Ventoux after a 21 kilometres drag that is usually complicated by hard winds an/or severe heat (update July 13: stage has been shortened due to dangerously strong winds at the top of Mont Ventoux, finish is at Chalet Reynard, 6 kilometres under the ‘bald summit’) . Next is stage 13 , a hilly invidual time trial in 37.5 kilometres with a 3.5 kilometres closing climb at 5%. Nasty.

Stage 14 leads to Villars-les-Dombes and could either be for sprinters or for escapees, while only three days after the Ventoux the 15th stage leads through the Jura Mountains and is teeming with climbs, among them two times up the Grand Colombier. Stage 16 is in the Jura as well but tells a different story as the course leads over rolling roads to a short climb leading to the last kilometre. Tough sprinters or escapees?

Tough closing week The closing week is marked by the Alps. The towering Mont Blanc forms the backdrop for the last three mountain stages to Megève, Saint-Gervais-Mont Blanc and Morzine, while it all starts in Bern, Switzerland. In stage 17 riders are to crest three peaks in the Alps before a top-finish lays waiting at Lac d’Emosson after a 10.7 kilometres closing climb at 8.5%.

At July 21st  stage 18 is a 17 kilometres mountain time trial to Megève and then the 19th stage take the attrition that is the last week of the 2016 Tour de France one step further. After cresting four peaks the climb to Saint-Gervais-Mont Blanc lays waiting. In the 2015 Critérium du Dauphiné Chris Froome raced to victory.

Stage 20 heads to Morzine with a series of tough climbs in between, such as Col de la Colombière and Joux-Plane, after which the finale is downhill. At July 24th the 21st stage is set to close the Tour de France with a bunch sprint at Champs-Élysées.

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The route starts with a slight downhill section for about 6.5km, followed by a small climb of about 600 metres to get the legs warmed up and then a small descent into the village of Flumet, which stands at 936 metres, after 9.5km. Flumet only has a population of 900 people and is a tiny village but is well known as a crossroads to three big climbs often used by the Tour de France or the Dauphiné (the other two passes for trivia fans are the Col des Saisies and the Cormet de Roselend). The one Etape riders will be attempting is the climb up the Col des Aravis, a 551 metre climb out of Flumet. The Aravis pass has been used frequently by the Tour - this is the 40th time - and is famous for its steep sections.

COL DES ARAVIS

From the top of the Col des Aravis there is a 12km descent down to Le Grand-Bornand with a 587 metre vertical drop. The road is surprisingly wide and with a decent surface so I would expect this to be a fun descent at speed, especially as it is not highly technical. I would expect the first feed station of the day to be located in Le Grand-Bornand, a pretty skiing village that dates back to at least the 16th century. Trivia fans will be pleased to know the locals are called Bornandins.

COL DE LA COLOMBIERE

From here there is a 11.7km climb up the Col de la Colombière. This is a nice climb until the final kilometre. The first 10.7km go at an average gradient of 5.9%, slowly ramping up to 7.5% from 8.7km to 10.7km but the final kilometre is at 9% and is a bit of a slog. It is a very pretty route through Alpine pastures, followed by some lovely rockfaces towards the top. At the summit there will definitely be a feed station as there is a big car park and a restaurant (useful to know about for toilet facilities if you want something a bit better than the disgusting portable loos that are normally on offer). At this stage you will have done 45.5km of the ride and should still be enjoying it!

Off the top of the Colombière you descend for 15.5km, with a vertical drop of 1,081 metres, to Scionzier. The first 7.5km of the descent is steep and quite technical, followed by a lovely, gentle flowing run of 10km into the village. You will need to be careful on the top section, although thanks to the Tour coming through it will have been resurfaced and the tarmac will be clean; it's a tricky descent when it is not!

From Scionzier there is a 17km run along the valley to Mieussy with 68 metres of ascending which should give riders a good chance to get into a bunch and share some work while also having something of a rest before the third climb of the day. I'd expect there to be some sort of stop at Mieussy, possibly just a place to fill bottles and maybe some very basic food such as bananas. The ride should be very pretty as the whole area is a protected nature reserve. Mieussy is just beyond the half way point of the Etape and is also the place where paragliding was invented in 1978.

COL DE LA RAMAZ

The third climb of the day is the Col de la Ramaz which sees Etape riders climb 1,014 metres over 15.5km to the 1,619 metres summit. It has an average of 6.1% slope but that doesn't really tell the full story. The initial 6km goes at roughly 5%, followed by one kilometre of flat, before another kilometre at 8% and then two kilometres at a leg sapping 10.4%. After that you have a kilometre at 8.6%, then two kilometres at around 6.5%. The good news is that the final 500 metres of the climb is almost totally flat. For most Etape riders this will be a tough climb in the heat of the day - you will need to take this steadily and ensure that you are drinking plenty of water because if it is a hot day (and it very often is at this time of year) then the Ramaz will take a lot of energy out of you. For an average Etape rider the total climb is probably around 75 minutes and you should not think of this simply as the warm up to the Col de Joux Plane. The scenery is beautiful - plenty of hairpin bends at the start of the climb, followed by Alpine pastures and then the snow tunnels on the upper reaches. The surface will have been replaced for the Tour, removing one of the main complaints about the ride currently.

Off the top of the Ramaz (we think there will be a feed station at the top but it is possible ASO will decide there is not enough space for anything other than a water station) there is a nice long descent of 16km with a vertical drop of 960 metres. At the top it is a quite narrow road and you will need to be careful if you are surrounded by other riders; fortunately by this stage of an Etape the groups have usually sorted themselves out and you should be riding with people roughly the same speed as you. Towards the bottom of the descent as you get nearer Taninges the road gets wider and it should be a rapid and enjoyable ride. The town itself is not unpretty - it has Roman origins - and we expect there to be a feed station somewhere on the outskirts of the 3,000 population location.

From Taninges there is then a 13km drag along to Samoëns. We imagine you will be routed along the D907, which is mildly uphill (just 78 metres ascent over 13km) but will probably feel like somewhat hard work in the midday sun. You will ideally want to get yourself into a group on this section.

Samoëns is a pretty town, famed for its stonemasonry which were supplied by the numerous limestone quarries in the area. The town is dominated by a pretty (traffic free) square with a huge lime tree and nearby is an Alpine botanical garden. If you want to get your family to come and support you then Samoëns would be an excellent base, especially as it has a reputation for excellent Savoyard food.

COL DE JOUX PLANE

To be totally honest, we were quite surprised to see this stage chosen because of the toughness of the Col de Joux Plan. At 11.6km long with an average slope of 8.5% it is unrelenting. And at the end of a long ride it will be challenging for even the most race fit rider. If you haven't trained enough this will be a climb that finds you out. It starts with about 750 metres at 8.5%, followed by a 12% ramp for 300 metres, followed by a short section at 5% and then two kilometres at 8.5%. A short 'break' of 500 metres at 5% allows a little recovery but then you have 2km at 7%, 600 metres at 10.8% and then follows the last 5km at an average of just over 9% along exposed slopes with absolutely no shelter. Most people who have ridden this will admit that while it is not one of the 'iconic' climbs, the Joux Plane is one of the toughest in the northern Alps. Pantani ascended this climb in 33 minutes - if you manage to do this in double that time then 'chapeau' to you! Personally I rate this as a harder climb than Alpe d'Huez.

From the Ranfolly down to Morzine it should be pure joy and relief but you do need to be wary. The 11km descent is at an average of 6.5% with a maximum slope of 11.1% and while it is steep and technical at the top it is also fun. However when you are tired after a long day riding it is something that will test your reflexes and you should not relax and think this is just the final run in to the finish line. There are plenty of tight hairpin bends with steep slopes to keep you occupied. There is a small ascent on the ride into the centre of Morzine to tackle in the final kilometre but if you have got this far the adrenaline will keep you going and the thought of a refreshing beer (or about 16 hours in bed) should take your mind off the pain.

Gerry Patterson of 44|5 Cycling Tours - one of our recommended tour operators for the Etape - told us after the route was announced: "I'm really looking forward to having the tour in this region. It's outstandingly lovely. The route looks fantastic."

Our feeling is that this is a really proper Etape and one that will test most riders, some to the limit. After a few years in which the ASO seem to have gone a bit easy on Etape riders, this is definitely not the case in 2016. Good luck to all those who are riding and let us know how it goes...

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Championnats d'Europe de gymnastique artistique 2024 : Présentation des épreuves féminines, programme et comment regarder en direct

Les Championnats d'Europe de gymnastique artistique femmes 2024 se déroulent à Rimini, en Italie, à partir de ce jeudi 2 mai, quelques jours après la fin de l' édition masculine .

La championne du concours général seniors sera sacrée à l'issue de la première journée de compétition qui mettra fin, par la même occasion, au suspense relatif au dernier quota olympique disponible pour Paris 2024 . À moins de trois mois des prochains JO, ce sésame reviendra à la gymnaste la mieux classée du concours général issue d’un pays non qualifié, qui n’a pas été déjà qualifiée individuellement lors des Mondiaux 2023 et de la Coupe du monde 2024 et qui ne provient pas d’un pays ayant déjà obtenu trois quotas individuels.

Les qualifications pour la finale par équipes et les finales par agrès seront également au programme ce jour-là, où seront opposées respectivement les huit meilleures équipes et les huit meilleures gymnastes de chaque agrès.

Le lendemain, les gymnastes féminines juniors monteront à leur tour sur le podium à l'issue de la finale du concours général et de la finale par équipe. Cette deuxième journée permettra également de déterminer les jeunes finalistes pour chaque agrès.

La troisième journée sera l'occasion de départager les meilleures gymnastes européennes par agrès dans la catégorie seniors sur le saut de cheval, les barres asymétriques, la poutre et au sol.

Et, pour une fois, la finale par équipes clôturera la 35 e édition de ces Championnats d'Europe féminin ce dimanche 5 mai.

Outre l'enjeu du dernier quota tant convoité pour Paris 2024 , les gymnastes issues des nations déjà qualifiées pour l'épreuve par équipes – à savoir, la Grande-Bretagne , l' Italie , les Pays-Bas , la France , et la Roumanie – et celles qui ont déjà obtenu un quota pour l'épreuve individuelle, tenteront de faire parler tous leurs talents devant les juges de Rimini. Car ce ne sont pas les seuls qu'elles devront séduire lors de cette dernière compétition avant les JO dans l'espoir d'être sélectionnées* pour représenter leur pays respectif dans la capitale française cet été.

Alors que les supporters pourront enfin faire leur retour dans les sites olympiques après l'édition de Tokyo 2020 , fortement impactée par la pandémie de COVID-19, tout comme les amis et la famille des athlètes, ces JO en France seront d'autant plus spéciaux et c'est la raison pour laquelle toutes les gymnastes veulent être de la partie.

Découvrez les athlètes à suivre, le programme et comment suivre en direct les Championnats d'Europe de gymnastique artistiques femmes 2024 sur la côte adriatique italienne.

* Les Comités Olympiques Nationaux (CNO) étant les seules autorités habilitées à déterminer qui représentera leur pays aux Jeux Olympiques, la participation de chaque athlète aux Jeux de Paris 2024 sera de fait du ressort desdits CNO, qui sélectionneront leur délégation nationale respective à Paris.

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Athlètes féminines à suivre aux Championnats d'Europe de gymnastique artistique 2024

La France, qui accueillera les prochains Jeux Olympiques dans moins de trois mois, tentera de conserver son élan dans la compétition par équipes après avoir décroché la médaille de bronze aux Mondiaux 2023 à Anvers, son premier podium depuis 1950 dans cette épreuve collective à ce niveau international. Mais le clan tricolore devra se passer de la précieuse Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos , qui se concentre sur sa préparation pour les JO à domicile en s'entraînant aux États-Unis.

L'équipe de France féminine sera donc représentée par ses compatriotes Morgane Osyssek-Reimer , Coline Devillard , Lorette Charpy , Marine Boyer et Ming Van Eijken . Devillard essaiera de conserver son titre en saut de cheval , agrès sur lequel la vice-championne d'Europe juniors 2022 Van Eijken fera ses débuts sur la scène internationale dans la catégorie seniors.

Quant à Marine Boyer , elle pourrait de nouveau prétendre à la finale par agrès à la poutre après avoir décroché l'argent et le bronze aux Championnats d'Europe en 2016 et 2018 respectivement. Si son meilleur résultat à ce jour remonte à Rio 2016 , où elle avait terminé au pied du podium, elle était également présente aux JO de Tokyo en 2021.

La Grande-Bretagne , qui avait marqué l'histoire britannique en remportant le titre continental par équipes femmes l'an dernier , n'alignera pas Jessica Gadirova , championne d'Europe en titre du concours général, ni sa partenaire de club Ondine Achampong , qui s'est imposée brillamment sur cette épreuve aux Championnats britanniques en mars, car ces deux gymnastes sont actuellement blessées.

Alice Kinsella , Becky Downie et Georgia-Mae Fenton seront de retour pour défendre leur titre, accompagnées cette fois-ci par leurs compatriotes Ruby Evans et Abi Martin .

L'Italie sera également à surveiller avec le retour de trois vice-championnes d'Europe 2023, déjà sacrées l'année d'avant. Il s'agit d' Alice D'Amato , de sa sœur jumelle Asia et d' Angela Andreoli (remplaçante de Giorgia Villa , qui s'est retirée pour des raisons de santé). L'équipe sera complétée par leurs partenaires Manila Esposito , déjà présente l'an dernier, et Elisa Iorio , qui a aidé la sélection italienne à décrocher la médaille de bronze aux Mondiaux 2019 à Stuttgart, en Allemagne.

Les jumelles viseront toutes les deux les podiums du concours général, après le sacre continental d'Asia en 2022 et la médaille de bronze d'Alice l'an dernier. Cette dernière tentera également de défendre son titre aux barres asymétriques, tandis qu'Asia tentera de décrocher un métal plus précieux que l'argent obtenu en saut de cheval en 2023.

La Roumanie démontrera la forme actuelle de son équipe féminine qui fait son retour sur la scène internationale grâce à sa qualification pour Paris 2024 après avoir manqué les deux dernières éditions olympiques. Menées par Sabrina Maneca-Voinea , 16 ans, qui a terminé quatrième de la finale du sol aux Mondiaux 2023 , et Ana Barbosu , médaillées à six reprises aux Championnats d’Europe juniors, les Roumaines espèrent briller à nouveau à l’échelle continentale.

La championne olympique de Tokyo 2020 aux barres asymétriques Nina Derwael sera favorite sur son agrès de prédilection sur l’épreuve individuelle. La gymnaste belge s’est déjà qualifiée pour Paris 2024 lors de la Coupe du monde par agrès 2024 en quatre étapes, qui s’est terminée en avril.

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Programme des épreuves féminines aux Championnats d'Europe de gymnastique artistique 2024

Les horaires sont indiqués en heure locale (CET), qui est la même qu'en France.

Journée 1, jeudi 2 mai

• 10h00-20h00 : Seniors | Femmes | Qualifications dont finale du concours général + qualifications pour les finales individuelles par agrès et la finale par équipes

Journée 2, vendredi 3 mai

• 10h45-20h00 : Juniors | Femmes | Qualifications dont finale du concours général et et finale par équipes + qualifications pour les finales individuelles par agrès

Journée 3, samedi 4 mai

• 16h25-19h45 : Seniors | Femmes | Finales individuelles par agrès + cérémonies de remise des médailles

Journée 4, dimanche 5 mai

• 10h00-13h19 : Juniors | Femmes | Finales individuelles par agrès + cérémonies de remise des médailles
• 15h00-17h12 : Seniors | Femmes | Finale par équipes + cérémonie de remise des médailles

Comment regarder en direct les Championnats d'Europe de gymnastique artistique 2024 femmes

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