Tour de France, stage 21 summary
 

Stage 21 : July 23, 2017 Montgeron - Paris 103 km

1 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 2.25.39
2 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
4 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
6 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
7 Davide Cimolai (Ita) FDJ
8 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Oscaro
9 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
10 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team


Changes in GC, stage 21 compared to stage 20 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+2 Thomas Boudat
+2 Taylor Phinney
+2 Olivier Le Gac
+2 Marco Marcato
+2 Jay McCarthy
+2 Jack Bauer
+2 Eduardo Sepulveda
+2 Dylan Groenewegen
+2 Damien Howson
+2 Borut Bozic

Biggest losers by position :
-6 Thomas Voeckler
-5 Jacobus Venter
-4 Stephen Cummings
-3 Marcus Burghardt
-3 Pierre Latour
-3 Simon Geschke
-2 Alessandro De Marchi
-2 Florian Senechal
-2 Jesus Herrada Lopez
-2 Nils Politt
-2 Paul Martens

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Dylan Groenewegen
+0:06 Andre Greipel
+0:04 Edvald Boasson Hagen

Biggest losers by time :
-6:02 Pierre Latour
-5:51 Dimitri Claeys
-4:52 Jacobus Venter
-4:52 Laurens ten Dam
-4:52 Paul Martens
-4:52 Primoz Roglic
-4:52 Simon Geschke
-4:52 Stephen Cummings
-3:38 Romain Sicard
-3:38 Thomas Voeckler
-2:24 Marcus Burghardt

Favourites by position :
+1 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio

Favourites by time :

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 86:20:55 (unchanged)
2 Rigoberto Uran 0:54 (unchanged)
3 Romain Bardet 2:20 (unchanged)
4 Mikel Landa Meana 2:21 (unchanged)
5 Fabio Aru 3:05 (unchanged)
6 Daniel Martin 4:42 (unchanged)
7 Simon Yates 6:14 (unchanged)
8 Louis Meintjes 8:20 (unchanged)
9 Alberto Contador Velasco 8:49 (unchanged)
10 Warren Barguil 9:25 (unchanged)
.....
12 Nairo Quintana 15:28 (unchanged)
.....
17 Bauke Mollema 37:43 (unchanged)
.....
49 Andrew Talansky 2:03:27 (unchanged)
.....
62 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 2:27:34 (was 63rd at 2:27:34)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Michael Matthews 370 (was 1st with 364 points)
2 Andre Greipel 234 (was 2nd with 204 points)
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen 220 (was 3rd with 200 points)
4 Alexander Kristoff 174 (was 5th with 158 points)
5 Sonny Colbrelli 168 (was 4th with 163 points)
6 Thomas De Gendt 149 (was 6th with 146 points)
7 Dylan Groenewegen 144 (was 13th with 94 points)
8 Christopher Froome 133 (was 7th with 133 points)
9 Rigoberto Uran 106 (was 8th with 106 points)
10 Daniel Martin 106 (was 9th with 106 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Warren Barguil 169 (unchanged)
2 Primoz Roglic 80 (unchanged)
3 Thomas De Gendt 64 (unchanged)
4 Darwin Atapuma 55 (unchanged)
5 Christopher Froome 51 (unchanged)
6 Romain Bardet 47 (unchanged)
7 Mikel Landa Meana 45 (unchanged)
8 Bauke Mollema 37 (unchanged)
9 Alberto Contador Velasco 36 (unchanged)
10 Serge Pauwels 32 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Ondrej Cink (Cze) Bahrain-Merida 19
Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 19
Daniel McLay (GBr) Fortuneo - Oscaro 17
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 17
Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 17
Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 17
George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 16
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 16
Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal 15
Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 14
Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 13
Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 13
Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 11
Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 10
Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 9
Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 9
Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) FDJ 9
Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) FDJ 9
Jos van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 9
Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 9
Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 9
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 9
Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 9
Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ 9
Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 9
Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 9
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 5
Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 5
Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica-Scott 2
Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 1
Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 1
Total retirements : 31


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Tour de France, stage 21 summary
 

On Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 1:51:55 PM UTC-5, Bob Martin wrote:
Stage 21 : July 23, 2017 Montgeron - Paris 103 km

1 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 2.25.39
2 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data

Looked like Greipel started his sprint just a touch too late.

Tour de France, stage 21 summary
 

Michael a écrit profondement:

| On Sunday, July 23, 2017 at 1:51:55 PM UTC-5, Bob Martin wrote:
| Stage 21 : July 23, 2017 Montgeron - Paris 103 km
|
| 1 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 2.25.39
| 2 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
| 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data

| Looked like Greipel started his sprint just a touch too late.

Looks like it

But I kept watching for Abdujaparov, Kelly, Vanderaerden and
Cippollin, etc.

I must have missed them,

****, another boring Tour.

Too many Lion Tamers and not enough Clowns.

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