Le Tour 2016 – Stage 7

l’Isle Jourdain to Lac de Payolle

Distance: 162.5 kilometers.

The start of 3 days in the Pyrennes with a cat 4 warm-up for the cat 1 Col d’Aspin near the end and a mad dash to the finish.

It turned out Stephen Cummings broke clear and finished alone taking the fourth stage win for Dimension Data. Adam Yates had a tougher finish when one of the inflated arches near the finish, deflated and caused him to crash. It took a ruling by race officials to give him the finishing time he deserved and the White Jersey.

Greg Van Avermaet ( BEL – BMC – 098 ) [Yellow] 34h 13′ 40″
Mark Cavendish ( GBR – DDD – 101 ) [Green] 204 points
Thomas De Gendt ( BEL – LTS – 163 ) [Polka Dot] 13 points
Adam Yates ( GBR – OBE – 209 ) 2 [White]

Team: BMC Racing Team ( BMC – 091-099 ) [Yellow numbers]
Stage winner: Stephen Cummings ( GBR – DDD – 104 )
Combative: Vincenzo Nibali ( ITA – AST – 022 ) [Red numbers]

Top Ten:

1 Greg Van Avermaet ( BEL – BMC – 098 )
2 Adam Yates ( GBR – OBE – 209 ) + 05′ 50″
3 Julian Alaphilippe ( FRA – EQS – 182 ) + 05′ 51″
4 Alejandro Valverde ( ESP – MOV – 012 ) + 05′ 53″
5 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver ( ESP – KAT – 141 ) + 05′ 54″
6 Christopher Froome ( GBR – SKY – 001 ) + 05′ 57″
7 Nairo Quintana ( COL – MOV – 011 ) + 05′ 57″
8 Warren Barguil ( FRA – TGA – 111 ) + 05′ 57″
9 Pierre Rolland ( FRA – CDT – 081 ) + 05′ 57″
10 Daniel Martin ( IRL – EQS – 184 ) + 05′ 57″

The Rest of the Top 30:

11 Fabio Aru ( ITA – AST – 021 ) + 05′ 57″
12 Tejay Van Garderen ( USA – BMC – 099 ) + 05′ 57″
13 Wilco Kelderman ( NED – TLJ – 051 ) + 05′ 57″
14 Romain Bardet ( FRA – ALM – 041 ) + 05′ 57″
15 Bauke Mollema ( NED – TFS – 061 ) + 05′ 57″
16 Sergio Luis Henao ( COL – SKY – 002 ) + 05′ 57″
17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck ( BEL – KAT – 147 ) + 06′ 06″
18 Roman Kreuziger ( CZE – TNK – 036 ) + 06′ 08″
19 Louis Meintjes ( RSA – LAM – 157 ) + 06′ 08″
20 Sébastien Reichenbach ( SUI – FDL – 126 ) + 06′ 08″
21 Geraint Thomas ( GBR – SKY – 009 ) + 06′ 37″
22 Mathias Frank ( SUI – IAM – 071 ) + 07′ 13″
23 Alberto Contador ( ESP – TNK – 031 ) + 07′ 18″
24 Richie Porte ( AUS – BMC – 091 ) + 07′ 42″
25 Mikel Nieve ( ESP – SKY – 005 ) + 08′ 41″
26 Daniel Moreno Fernandez ( ESP – MOV – 018 ) + 08′ 52″
27 Thibaut Pinot ( FRA – FDL – 121 ) + 09′ 12″
28 Emanuel Buchmann ( GER – BOA – 131 ) + 09′ 42″
29 Eduardo Sepulveda ( ARG – FVC – 211 ) + 09′ 49″
30 Serge Pauwels ( BEL – DDD – 107 ) + 09′ 56″

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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