Le Tour 2016 – Stage 6

Arpajon-sur-Cère to Montauban

Distance: 190.5 kilometers.

A transition stage that will help the sprinters regain some of the time they lost today. There are climbs, 3, 4, & 3, but the heat will probably be a bigger problem.

Supermanx, Mark Cavendish, took sole position of second place for career stage wins with 29 with today’s win and got the Green Jersey back, but the climbers are about to get their chance at fame.

Greg Van Avermaet ( BEL – BMC – 098 ) [Yellow] 30h 18′ 38″
Mark Cavendish ( GBR – DDD – 101 ) [Green] 204 points
Thomas De Gendt ( BEL – LTS – 163 ) [Polka Dot] 13 points
Julian Alaphilippe ( FRA – EQS – 182 ) 2 [White]

Team: BMC Racing Team ( BMC – 091-099 ) [Yellow numbers]
Stage winner: Mark Cavendish ( GBR – DDD – 101 )
Combative: Yukiya Arashiro ( JPN – LAM – 152 ) [Red numbers]

Top Ten:

1 Greg Van Avermaet ( BEL – BMC – 098 )
2 Julian Alaphilippe ( FRA – EQS – 182 ) + 05′ 11″
3 Alejandro Valverde ( ESP – MOV – 012 ) + 05′ 13″
4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver ( ESP – KAT – 141 ) + 05′ 14″
5 Christopher Froome ( GBR – SKY – 001 ) + 05′ 17″
6 Warren Barguil ( FRA – TGA – 111 ) + 05′ 17″
7 Nairo Quintana ( COL – MOV – 011 ) + 05′ 17″
8 Pierre Rolland ( FRA – CDT – 081 ) + 05′ 17″
9 Fabio Aru ( ITA – AST – 021 ) + 05′ 17″
10 Daniel Martin ( IRL – EQS – 184 ) + 05′ 17″

The Rest of the Top 30:

11 Tejay Van Garderen ( USA – BMC – 099 ) + 05′ 17″
12 Wilco Kelderman ( NED – TLJ – 051 ) + 05′ 17″
13 Adam Yates ( GBR – OBE – 209 ) + 05′ 17″
14 Romain Bardet ( FRA – ALM – 041 ) + 05′ 17″
15 Sergio Luis Henao ( COL – SKY – 002 ) + 05′ 17″
16 Bauke Mollema ( NED – TFS – 061 ) + 05′ 17″
17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck ( BEL – KAT – 147 ) + 05′ 26″
18 Roman Kreuziger ( CZE – TNK – 036 ) + 05′ 28″
19 Louis Meintjes ( RSA – LAM – 157 ) + 05′ 28″
20 Thibaut Pinot ( FRA – FDL – 121 ) + 05′ 28″
21 Sébastien Reichenbach ( SUI – FDL – 126 ) + 05′ 28″
22 Geraint Thomas ( GBR – SKY – 009 ) + 05′ 57″
23 Mathias Frank ( SUI – IAM – 071 ) + 06′ 08″
24 Serge Pauwels ( BEL – DDD – 107 ) + 06′ 30″
25 Alberto Contador ( ESP – TNK – 031 ) + 06′ 38″
26 Cyril Gautier ( FRA – ALM – 046 ) + 06′ 55″
27 Richie Porte ( AUS – BMC – 091 ) + 07′ 02″
28 Daniel Moreno Fernandez ( ESP – MOV – 018 ) + 07′ 20″
29 Mikel Nieve ( ESP – SKY – 005 ) + 08′ 01″
30 Eduardo Sepulveda ( ARG – FVC – 211 ) + 08′ 44″

Note: Wikipedia has a simple article on the Mountain classification used on the Tour. The basic fact is that climbs fall into five types, with the four numbered types decreasing in difficulty as the numbers get larger, and then there is the Hors Catégorie, literally “without category”, which generally makes you look for an elevator or Sherpas.

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