Le Tour 2017 – Stage 6

Vesoul – Troyes

Distance: 216 kilometers.

With two Category 4 climbs, Côte de Langres amd Côte de la colline Sainte-Germaine, this stage falls under the ‘hilly’ column. A sprint finish in Troyes is expected.

Marcel Kittel took his second stage win of this Tour after a superb set up by his team at 150 meters. Arnaud Demare and André Greipel lost momentum contesting with each other and Kittel zipped by to take the stage.

The Jerseys and General classification are relatively unchanged.

Christopher Froome ( GBr – SKY – 001 ) [Yellow] 23h 44′ 33″
Arnaud Demare ( Fra – FDJ – 071 ) [Green] 170 points
Fabio Aru ( Ita – AST – 051 ) [Polka Dot] 10 points
Simon Yates ( GBr – ORS – 089 ) 6 [White]

Team: Team Sky ( SKY – 001-009 ) [Yellow numbers]
Stage winner: Marcel Kittel ( Ger – QST – 101 )
Combative: Vegard Stake Laengen ( Nor – UAD – 065 ) [Red numbers]

Top Ten:

1 Christopher Froome ( GBr – SKY – 001 )
2 Geraint Thomas ( GBr – SKY – 009 ) + 00′ 12″
3 Fabio Aru ( Ita – AST – 051 ) + 00′ 14″
4 Daniel Martin ( Irl – QST – 105 ) + 00′ 25″
5 Richie Porte ( Aus – BMC – 041 ) + 00′ 39″
6 Simon Yates ( GBr – ORS – 089 ) + 00′ 43″
7 Romain Bardet ( Fra – ALM – 011 ) + 00′ 47″
8 Alberto Contador ( Spa – TFS – 031 ) + 00′ 52″
9 Nairo Quintana ( Col – MOV – 021 ) + 00′ 54″
10 Rafal Majka ( Pol – BOH – 115 ) + 01′ 01″

The Rest of the Top 30:

11 Rigoberto Uran ( Col – CDT – 188 ) + 01′ 01″
12 Pierre-Roger Latour ( Fra – ALM – 017 ) + 01′ 07″
13 Louis Meintjes ( RSA – UAD – 061 ) + 01′ 24″
14 Emanuel Buchmann ( Ger – BOH – 113 ) + 01′ 29″
15 Jakob Fuglsang ( Den – AST – 053 ) + 01′ 33″
16 Mikel Landa ( Spa – SKY – 006 ) + 01′ 47″
17 Tim Wellens ( Bel – LTS – 139 ) + 01′ 51″
18 Michal Kwiatkowski ( Pol – SKY – 005 ) + 01′ 56″
19 Andrew Talansky ( USA – CDT – 187 ) + 01′ 57″
20 Serge Pauwels ( Bel – DDD – 096 ) + 02′ 00″
21 Nicolas Roche ( Irl – BMC – 046 ) + 02′ 14″
22 Guillaume Martin ( Fra – WGG – 201 ) + 02′ 27″
23 Tiesj Benoot ( Bel – LTS – 133 ) + 02′ 30″
24 Sergio Luis Henao ( Col – SKY – 002 ) + 02′ 32″
25 George Bennett ( NZl – TLJ – 162 ) + 02′ 34″
26 Damiano Caruso ( Ita – BMC – 042 ) + 02′ 35″
27 Mathias Frank ( Swi – ALM – 014 ) + 02′ 36″
28 Roman Kreuziger ( Cze – ORS – 088 ) + 02′ 41″
29 Mikel Nieve ( Spa – SKY – 007 ) + 02′ 42″
30 Johan Esteban Chaves ( Col – ORS – 081 ) + 02′ 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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