On Mon, 30 Jul 2018 14:19:10 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
On Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 12:48:55 PM UTC-7, Bob Martin wrote:
Stage 21 : July 29, 2018 Houilles - Paris 116 km

1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 2.46.36
2 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
3 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
5 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
6 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Quick-Step Floors
7 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
8 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
9 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
10 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Geraint Thomas 83:17:13 (unchanged)
2 Tom Dumoulin 1:51 (unchanged)
3 Christopher Froome 2:24 (unchanged)
4 Primoz Roglic 3:22 (unchanged)
5 Steven Kruijswijk 6:08 (unchanged)
6 Romain Bardet 6:57 (unchanged)
7 Mikel Landa Meana 7:37 (unchanged)
8 Daniel Martin 9:05 (unchanged)
9 Ilnur Zakarin 12:37 (unchanged)
10 Nairo Quintana 14:18 (unchanged)
.....
12 Jakob Fuglsang 19:46 (was 12th at 19:16)
.....
18 Domenico Pozzovivo 39:08 (unchanged)
.....
20 Damiano Caruso 42:31 (unchanged)
.....
22 Jon Izagirre Insausti 46:36 (was 22nd at 44:51)
.....
36 Daniel Martinez 1:38:38 (was 36th at 1:38:14)

Thanks again to Bob for the terrific updates!


This was a much tougher Tour than usual and yet the speeds of
the peloton were pretty damned high. The Roubaix stage had two
more pave' sections than the actual Paris-Roubaix if I
understood them correctly. The number of crashes indicated the
very high average speeds and they were carrying huge gears for
the most part. Some of those TT bikes looked like they had 60
tooth rings mounted!

Maybe it's just me, but I found Paul Sherwen to be somewhat
annoying this year. He seemed to contradict Phil a lot, and often
be wrong in his remarks.

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Ted Heise West Lafayette, IN, USA