2016 Tour de France: Stage 19 News, Notes and Quotes
Despite crashing on a day that was riddled with disaster, Briton Chris Froome continued his dominance of the 2016 Tour de France on a day that was won by Frenchman Romain Bardet.
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2016 Tour de France: Stage 19 Results
Chris Froome hit the deck but retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey in the 2016 Tour de France on the 19th stage
Richie Porte shows form on summit finish
Richie Porte dug deep to attack just before the final kilometer on the summit finish of stage 17
Fabian Cancellara withdraws from Tour to prepare for Rio
After deliberation between Fabian Cancellara and team management, it was decided he won’t take the start in stage 18 of the Tour de France
Ilnur Zakarin takes alpine stage in glorious solo victory
With a stunning backdrop of the Swiss Alps, Team KATUSHA’s Ilnur Zakarin soared to his first Tour de France stage win in stage 17 on Wednesday
2016 Tour de France: Stage 17 Results
Britain’s Chris Froome took another big step towards a third 2016 Tour de France title when he dropped his main rivals in the finale of the 17th stage
Julian Alaphilippe and Tony Martin animate 2016 Tour de France Stage 16
Julian Alaphilippe and Tony Martin attacked not long after the flag for Stage 16 dropped and built a six minute lead, aware that a tough task lied ahead.
Tour de France hat-trick for Peter Sagan extends green jersey lead
Looking to take a hat-trick of stage wins, the UCI World Champion, Peter Sagan battled with his rivals on the hard finale in Berne to take the stage win by a tyre’s width
2016 Tour de France: Stage 16 Results
World champion Peter Sagan claimed his third 2016 Tour de France stage victory when he pipped Alexander Kristoff on the line at the end of the 16th stage
2016 Tour de France: Stage 15 Results
Colombian Jarlinson Pantano mastered the descent to claim maiden Tour de France win in Sunday’s 15th stage, while leader Chris Froome enjoyed a quiet day