Le Tour 2017 – Stage 17

La Mure – Serre-Chevalier

Distance: 183 kilometers.

A mountain stage with category 2 Col d’Ornon, Hors Catégorie Col de la Croix de Fer, category 1 Col du Télégraphe, and Hors Catégorie Col du Galibie.

After people bunched up at the 20 kilometer mark, the Green Jersey Marcel Kittel was involved in a crash that ended his Tour. It wasn’t speed, it was crowding that caused the accident – there wasn’t enough road.

Primoz Roglic managed to pull away at the end for his first stage win at a Tour. The General Classification saw some jostling for place, but Chris Froome is still in Yellow, and hoping to avoid problems on tomorrow’s mountain stage.

Christopher Froome ( GBr – SKY – 001 ) [Yellow] 73h 27′ 26″
Michael Matthews ( Aus – SUN – 141 ) [Green] 364 points
Warren Barguil ( Fra – SUN – 143 ) [Polka Dot] 129 points
Simon Yates ( GBr – ORS – 089 ) 7 [White]

Team: Team Sky ( SKY – 001-009 ) [Yellow numbers]
Stage winner: Primoz Roglic ( Slo – TLJ – 166 )
Combative: Alberto Contador ( Spa – TFS – 031 ) [Red numbers]

Top Ten:

1 Christopher Froome ( GBr – SKY – 001 )
2 Rigoberto Uran ( Col – CDT – 188 ) + 00′ 27″
3 Romain Bardet ( Fra – ALM – 011 ) + 00′ 27″
4 Fabio Aru ( Ita – AST – 051 ) + 00′ 53″
5 Mikel Landa ( Spa – SKY – 006 ) + 01′ 24″
6 Daniel Martin ( Irl – QST – 105 ) + 02′ 37″
7 Simon Yates ( GBr – ORS – 089 ) + 04′ 07″
8 Louis Meintjes ( RSA – UAD – 061 ) + 06′ 35″
9 Alberto Contador ( Spa – TFS – 031 ) + 07′ 45″
10 Warren Barguil ( Fra – SUN – 143 ) + 08′ 52″

The Rest of the Top 30:

11 Damiano Caruso ( Ita – BMC – 042 ) + 10′ 03″
12 Nairo Quintana ( Col – MOV – 021 ) + 12′ 54″
13 Alexis Vuillermoz ( Fra – ALM – 019 ) + 20′ 36″
14 Mikel Nieve ( Spa – SKY – 007 ) + 21′ 16″
15 Emanuel Buchmann ( Ger – BOH – 113 ) + 27′ 06″
16 Brice Feillu ( Fra – TFO – 213 ) + 33′ 32″
17 Serge Pauwels ( Bel – DDD – 096 ) + 34′ 47″
18 Carlos Alberto Betancur ( Col – MOV – 024 ) + 35′ 23″
19 Tiesj Benoot ( Bel – LTS – 133 ) + 37′ 46″
20 Guillaume Martin ( Fra – WGG – 201 ) + 43′ 53″
21 Bauke Mollema ( Ned – TFS – 037 ) + 44′ 22″
22 Pierre-Roger Latour ( Fra – ALM – 017 ) + 47′ 04″
23 Tony Gallopin ( Fra – LTS – 135 ) + 51′ 22″
24 Roman Kreuziger ( Cze – ORS – 088 ) + 53′ 57″
25 Jan Bakelants ( Bel – ALM – 012 ) + 56′ 26″
26 Sergio Luis Henao ( Col – SKY – 002 ) + 01h 05′ 19″
27 Sylvain Chavanel ( Fra – DEN – 174 ) + 01h 05′ 47″
28 Daniel Navarro ( Spa – COF – 157 ) + 01h 08′ 02″
29 Mathias Frank ( Swi – ALM – 014 ) + 01h 11′ 53″
30 Primoz Roglic ( Slo – TLJ – 166 ) + 01h 13′ 00″

Withdrew:
Thibaut Pinot ( Fra – FDJ – 078 )
Marcel Kittel ( Ger – QST – 101 )
Daniel Mc Lay ( GBr – TFO – 211 )

Did not start:
Marcel Sieberg ( Ger – LTS – 138 )

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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