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I believe he’s 38
 I had a feeling he may make this his last tour, may explain why he hasn’t bailed out and hoping to continue to the end. That said, he may carry on as he did well at the Giro d’Italia so might fancy another year or so!

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5 minutes less than the last record !!!

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Sir Mark Cavendish beats time cut :+1:

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A look ahead to the third and final week of the le Tour: 2024

Stage 16 <> Tue 16th July / Gruissan|NĂźmes (187km) Flat
Stage 17 <> Wed 17th / July Saint-Paul-Trois-Chùteaux - Superdévoluy (178km) Mountains
Stage 18 <> Thu 18th July / Gap - Barcelonnette (179km) Hilly
Stage 19 <> Fri 19th July / Embrun - Isola 2000 (145km) Mountains
Stage 20 <> Sat 20th July / Nice -Col de la Couillole (133km) Mountains
Stage 21 <> Sun 21st July / Monaco - Nice (34km) ITT

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Tuesday 16th July 2014

Stage 16 : Gruissan - NĂźmes (188.6km)

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The last day for a bunch-sprint finish, after languishing a rest day in the beautiful coastal town of Gruissan, they will be recharged and invigorated for a finial sprint win.
A breakaway will go but not be allowed to get far up the road, the GC guys and stage-hunter climbers will want to ride steady for the days ahead, and the GC teams will be on alert for cross winds strong enough to break the peloton into echelons.

Will be interesting to see how many lower placed sprinters abandon after today.

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A friend commented the other day that Pog’s climb on Sunday (I think it was Sunday’s stage he was referring to!) took over 1 minute from Lance Armstrong’s record that had stood for 23 years and, as he so eloquently observed, ‘was done high as a kite’!

I found that quite astonishing - Pog’s performances on individual stages are quite mesmorising; but even more so is his ability to turn up the next day and repeat, seemingly fully recovered from the previous day’s turmoils. Is it just me or can marginal gains and a healthy diet only get you so far on the performance ladder?

Peter

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It is amazing what diet can achieve. I think most sports people have diets that include lots of supplements too nowadays. Then there is a much greater understanding of how managing nutrition for not only the stage they are on but following days is important. Look back to Froome’s massively surprising win in the Giro a few years ago, this was meticulously planned from days ahead with him eating in preparation for it.

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It’s amazing what DNA can bring, for those lucky to have the natural ability to succeed, especially when this is aided with ambition, good training, and diet.

However when it comes down to cheating we ordinary mortals can only take them at face value with the wonderment of their innocence unless proven guilty, not really for us to judge without any evidence
 imho :slightly_smiling_face:

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Remco takes the selfie on the start-line of Stage 16

Jersey wearers:

:yellow_square: Tadej Pogačar :slovenia: UAE Team Emirates
:green_square: Biniam Girmay :eritrea: Intermarché-Wanty
:red_circle: Jonas Vingegaard :denmark: Visma-Lease a Bike
:white_large_square: Remco Evenepoel :belgium: Soudal Quick-Step

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Abandonments:
DNS Maxim van Gils :belgium: Lotto Dstny (Covid 19)
DNS Chris Harper :australia: Team Jayco AlUla (Covid 19)

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150 riders on the Start line

Stage 16 is underway!

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Stage 16 Results : GRUISSAN > NÎMES

  1. Jasper Philipsen :belgium: Alpecin-Deceuninck, in 4:11:27
  2. Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious
  3. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
  4. Sam Bennett (Irl) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
  5. Wout van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike
  6. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Israel-Premier Tech
  7. Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis
  8. SĂžren WĂŠrenskjold (Nor) Uno-X Mobility
  9. Ryan Gibbons (Zaf) Lidl-Trek
  10. Danny van Poppel (Ned) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, all at same time

(150 riders finished Stage 16)

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:yellow_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 16

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, in 67:35:56
  2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike, +3:09
  3. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step, +5:19
  4. JoĂŁo Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, +10:54
  5. Mikel Landa (Esp) Soudal-Quick Step, +11:21
  6. Carlos RodrĂ­guez (Esp) Ineos Grenadiers, +11:27
  7. Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates, +13:38
  8. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Lidl-Trek, +15:48
  9. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-Premier Tech, +16:12
  10. Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain Victorious, +16:32

:green_square: POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 16

  1. Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty, 376 points
  2. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, 344 points
  3. Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis, 179 points
  4. Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Energies, 156 points
  5. Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto dstny, 153 points

:red_circle: MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 16

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, 77 points
  2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a bike, 58 points
  3. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step, 42 points
  4. Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, 36 points
  5. Oier Lazkano (Esp) Movistar, 35 points

:white_large_square: YOUTH CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 16

  1. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step, in 66:13:10
  2. Carlos RodrĂ­guez (Esp) INEOS Grenadiers, +6:08
  3. Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain Victorious, +11:13
  4. Matteo Jorgensen (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike, +14:56
  5. Ben Healy (Ire) EF Education-EasyPost, +24:07

:small_orange_diamond: TEAMS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 16

  1. UAE Team Emirates, in 198:46:21
  2. Visma-Lease a Bike, +55:03
  3. Soudal Quick-Step,+58:59
  4. Ineos Grenadiers, 1:19:19
  5. Lidl-Trek, +2:04:45

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Wednesday 17th July 2024

Stage 17 : Saint-Paul-Trois-Chùteaux - Superdévoluy (177.8km)

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The unfortunate crash of Biniam Girmay leading into yesterday’s sprint finish left him no chance to win his 4th stage, and no points, while his rival Jasper Philipsen gained his third stage win and with a prize of 50 points. This situation has brought the Green Jersey Classification fight back alive with just 32 points separating the duo.

Today’s stage 17 has a gradual gradient to the first Prime Sprint at Veynes, which will tempt an Alpecin-Deceuninck drive to gain another 20 points for their leader, however Girmay may contest this either by winning it himself, or gain some points but this depends upon how he recovers from the crash, especially the bump on his knee which at this moment is uncertain.

The rest of the stage is more breakaway or bust from the stage-hunters who may succeed if the main GC battle keep their power dry for the more horrendous mountain stages to come later in the week.

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Thomas Gachignard :fr: TotalEnergies; most combative rider of yesterday’s stage, and Jasper Philipsen :belgium: Alpecin-Deceuninck; yesterday’s stage winner, join the front of the Stage 17 start line:

Jersey wearers:

:yellow_square: Tadej Pogačar :slovenia: UAE Team Emirates
:green_square: Biniam Girmay :eritrea: Intermarché-Wanty
:red_circle: Jonas Vingegaard :denmark: Visma-Lease a Bike ( 2nd place -Jersey loan from Tadej)
:white_large_square: Remco Evenepoel :belgium: Soudal Quick-Step

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Abandonments before Stage 17:
DNS Phil Bauhaus :de: Bahrain - Victorious
DNS Elmar Reindeers :netherlands: Team Jayco AlUla

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:sun_behind_small_cloud: 29Âșc / Strong cross winds reported on first half of course

148 riders on the start line

Stage 17 is Underway!

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:green_square: Points to be gained in the Points Classification today.

Veynes at 114.8 km = 20,17,15,13,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Points at the finish = 30,25,22,19,17,15,13,11,9,7,6,5,4,3,2

POINTS CLASSIFICATION BEFORE STAGE 17

Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty, 376 points
Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, 344 points
Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis, 179 points
Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Energies, 156 points
Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto dstny, 153 points

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Stage 17 Results : SAINT-PAUL-TROIS-CHÂTEAUX TO SUPERDÉVOLUY

  1. Richard Carapaz :ecuador: EF Education-EasyPost, in 4:06:13
  2. Simon Yates (Gbr) Jayco-AIUla, +37s
  3. Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar, +57s
  4. Laurens De Plus (Bel) Ineos Grenadiers, +1:44
  5. Oscar Onley (Gbr) dsm–firmenich PostNL, at same time
  6. Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis, +2:36
  7. Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility, +2:38
  8. Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious, +2:39
  9. Jordan Jegat (Fra) Total Energies,
  10. Alex Aranburu (Esp) Movistar, both at same time

Abandonments during Stage 17:
DNF : Sam Bennett :ireland: Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
DNF : Fernando Gavirio :colombia: Movistar Team
DNF : Alexey Lutsenko :kazakhstan: Astana Qazaqstan Team

145 riders finished Stage 17

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:yellow_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 17

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, in 70:21:27
  2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike, +3:11
  3. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step, +5:09
  4. JoĂŁo Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, +12:57
  5. Mikel Landa (Esp) Soudal-Quick Step, +13:24
  6. Carlos RodrĂ­guez (Esp) Ineos Grenadiers, +13:30
  7. Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates, +15:41
  8. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Lidl-Trek, +17:51
  9. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-Premier Tech, +18:15
  10. Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain Victorious, +18:35

:green_square: POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 17

  1. Biniam Girmay (Eri) Intermarché-Wanty, 387 points
  2. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck, 354 points
  3. Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis, 188 points
  4. Anthony Turgis (Fra) Total Energies, 163 points
  5. Arnaud De Lie (Bel) Lotto dstny, 161 points

:red_circle: MOUNTAINS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 17

  1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates, 77 points
  2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a bike, 58 points
  3. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step, 42 points
  4. Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, 36 points
  5. Oier Lazkano (Esp) Movistar, 35 points

:white_large_square: YOUTH CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 17

  1. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step, in 70:26:36
  2. Carlos RodrĂ­guez (Esp) INEOS Grenadiers, +8:21
  3. Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain Victorious, +13:26
  4. Matteo Jorgensen (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike, +17:09
  5. Ben Healy (Ire) EF Education-EasyPost, +34:24

:small_orange_diamond: TEAMS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 16

  1. UAE Team Emirates, in 198:46:21
  2. Visma-Lease a Bike, +55:03
  3. Soudal Quick-Step,+58:59
  4. Ineos Grenadiers, 1:19:19
  5. Lidl-Trek, +2:04:45

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The first four riders to pass the mid race sprint prime were the breakaway quartet, the peloton that followed did indeed have a shootout between the top two Points Classification competitors, and this resulted with Girmay winning 11 points for 5th place and Philipsen 10 points for 6th place. so Biniam Girmay extends his lead by one point, and hopefully proof he is okay after his Stage 15 crash.
Just 33 points separate the pair so more sprint duel action to come from these two.

Into the mountainous second half of Stage 16 and good to see a breakaway succeed to the finish.
Richard Carapaz’s wins Stage 16, his first TdF win, and his forth Grand Tour stage win; to include one in the Giro 2018, and two in the Giro 2019 in which he won the pink jersey outright.

Meanwhile a flurry of four sprinters abandoned, two non-starters and two non-finishers.

Also, Kazakh rider Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) abandoned today due to non feeling well.

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Thursday 18th July 2024

Stage 18 : Gap - Barcelonnette (179.5km)

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Another typical stage-hunters course, and another chance for a breakaway to go all the way the finish if the GC peloton ride steady in preparation for the coming back-to-back mountain stages of tomorrow and Saturday.
Today’s hilly ride could be won by a lucky opportunist ‘puncheur’ from one of the also-ran teams.

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Yesterday’s stage winner, Richard Carapaz, and combatively award winner, Romain Gregoire join the jersey wearers on the start line.

:yellow_square: Tadej Pogačar :slovenia: UAE Team Emirates
:green_square: Biniam Girmay :eritrea: Intermarché-Wanty
:red_circle: Jonas Vingegaard :denmark: Visma-Lease a Bike ( 2nd place -Jersey loan from Tadej)
:white_large_square: Remco Evenepoel :belgium: Soudal Quick-Step

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Very hot day, almost 32ÂșC :sunny:

(no non-starters today)

145 riders on today’s start line:

Stage 18 is Underway!

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STAGE 18 RESULTS : GAP TO BARCELONNETTE

  1. Victor Campenaerts :belgium: Lotto Dstny, in 4:10:20
  2. Mattéo Vercher (Fra) TotalEnergies
  3. MichaƂ Kwiatkowski (Pol) Ineos Grenadiers, both at same time
  4. Toms SkujiƆơ (Lat) Lidl-Trek, +22s
  5. Oier Lazkano (Esp) Movistar
  6. Bart Lemmen (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike
  7. Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel-Premier Tech
  8. Jai Hindley (Aus) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, all at same time
  9. Wout van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike, +37s
  10. Michael Matthews (Aus) Jayco AlUla, at same time

All 145 riders finished Stage 18

(Stage 18 results cased no change to any top classifications)

:yellow_square: GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 18

  1. Tadej Pogačar :slovenia: UAE Team Emirates, in 74:45:27
  2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma-Lease a Bike, +3:11
  3. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step, +5:09
  4. JoĂŁo Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates, +12:57
  5. Mikel Landa (Esp) Soudal-Quick Step, +13:24
  6. Carlos RodrĂ­guez (Esp) Ineos Grenadiers, +13:30
  7. Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates, +15:41
  8. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Lidl-Trek, +17:51
  9. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-Premier Tech, +18:15
  10. Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain Victorious, +18:35

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Well done to today’s breakaway! Great finish and looking forward to a gargantuan stage in the mountains tomorrow topping out at 2,800 metres altitude mid stage - killer challenge!!

Peter

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Victor Campenaerts became very emotional in the post race interview, winning his first TdF stage obviously means a great deal to him. He won a Giro stage in 2021, after experiencing four 2nd places in previous Giros, but this Tour Stage 18 victory is the best achievement of his cycling career.
Being an excellent time trialist he’s probably looking forward to the final stage on Sunday.

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