Froome attacks just before cresting and solos to victory in a downhill. A relatively flat route between tourist haven aixenprovence, through. Contador sheds light on intrateam tension with armstrong at 2009 tour. Froome attacks in descent of peyresourde to solo to yellow jersey.
Won by michael rasmussen before iban mayo 2nd and alejandro valverde 3rd. The tour consisted of twentyone stages and covered a total distance of. Another bunch sprint, although this time its a bit more of a technical finish. Stage details date july 06 20, saturday stage type mountain with summit finish startfinish castres 175 m ax 3 domaines 75 m length of the course 195. It started on the island of corsica on 30 june and finished on the champselysees in paris on 21 july. Won by chris froome before richie porte 2nd and alejandro valverde 3rd. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. Dreux is a town in the eureetloir departement of france. Cycling weekly writers hugh gladstone nick bull and kenny pryde take you through the stage and what the teams were saying aft. If you believe you may not be seeing the latest content on this page, try clearing your browsers cache or try a different browser. Peter sagan went from a long one, but the lotto nljumbo rider was smart to.
The sprinters teams, aware that theyre running out of. The riders are in belgium and the finish at the wall of huy is notorious in the fleche wallonne with a steepest section of 19%. A total of 6 regions and 32 departments will be travelled through. Almost every year, the peloton visits the pyrenean city of pau which will send the riders off for stage 8. The tour enters the pyrenees this weekend and stage 8 is the first of two big mountain stages. Corsica was the only metropolitan region, and corsedusud and hautecorse were the only metropolitan departments, through which the tour had never previously passed and the organisers wanted to combine. South african impey beat tiesj benoot in a twoman sprint for the line after the pair had. It ran from 29 june 20 to 21 july 20, starting in the city of portovecchio in corsica, with the island hosting the first three stages. The last week has been very hectic and we have already seen a couple of the gc riders caught up in. The city is located in a flat part of the country on the outskirts of the mountains and the first part of the stage will see the riders travel along flat roads. After a race over four passes, including the tourmalet and the peyresourde, the finish of stage 8 in the descent.
It ran from 29 june 20 to 21 july 20, starting in the city of portovecchio in corsica, with the island. Indeed, since 20, the finish is no longer on top of the cauberg in. Its a true transitional stage, mostly aimed at getting the peloton from point a to point b. A relatively flat route between tourist haven aixenprovence, through some of the most picturesque landscapes. Live coverage on versus is scheduled to get underway at 8. A sensational ride in the pyrenees won team skys chris froome the stage and the yellow jersey. The name dreux stems from the celtic durocasses tribe that lived here in preroman times.
In stage eight, the tours first mountain stage, which ended at the ax 3. In the background is the lake serreponcon and maountains from. All the videos of the biggest cycling race in the world. Mark cavendish riding for dimension data, by iggy, licence cc bysa 4. Julian alaphilippe retains yellow jersey as daryl impey claims stage nine win. Its a quick guide from stage to stage of which teams are excelling. There are usually between 20 and 22 teams, with eight riders in each. Unlike me however, the tour is not satiated by just the tourmalet, and carries on, plunging down to saintmarie decampan before immediately hitting the cat. Trust me, the fact it is classified as an hc climb is well deserved. Lets now have a detailed look on the 8 stages of this parisnice. Won by alexander kristoff before john degenkolb 2nd and arnaud demare 3rd.