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15 th stage Sunday July 16 189.5 km Landa ‘card’ delights Sprint x Category of climb or pass PARIS All times local, based on an average speed of 39 kph

t Col de Peyra Taillade 1 4 Cote de S -Vidal Froome at Tour 17:42/176,5 km Barguil 17:12/158 km

Le Puy-en-Velay 18:02 Malbouzon 14:53/67 km Saint-Alban- wins sur-Limagnole 15:37/96 km

Cote de Vieurals 3 14:16/43.5 km 1 Montee de Naves d'Aubrac 13:53/28.5 km Stage winner France’s celebrates on the podium Bastille Day 20 km Foix, France short 101km Pyrenean stage in and I knew that I would be “That’s another day down jersey to Aru on Thursday initially by Contador, who Laissac-Severac l'Eglise ▶ renchman Warren Barguil from Saint Girons to Foix. the fastest. so I can’t be anything but after cracking on the brutally attacked on the first of 13:10 took an emotional stage 13 This win was sweet revenge “Contador was my idol delighted,” said a beaming steep uphill finish. three mountain climbs, and Source: ASO, maps4news.com/©HERE Fvictory on Bastille Day at the for Barguil, who missed out to when I was younger. I never Aru. “Today I felt a lot better, Quintana who attacked early yesterday as Colombia’s Rigoberto Uran in would have believed that I The biggest winner, we played a bit with our team on the second. and Alberto a photo finish on Sunday. could do this a few years though, was Froome’s Sky because we had , Contador’s move with But the Briton said Landa’s from Contador and worked with his Contador resurrected their “It completely makes up ago.” team-mate Mikel Landa, who who’s not far back in the 70km to ride was marked advances in the overall standings fellow Spaniard to stretch out their yellow jersey hopes. for it. This just felt so good Reigning champion Chris finished fourth at just 2sec standings. by Landa while Quintana, will work in his own favour. lead to more than two and a half Colombia’s Quintana today,” said Barguil, the 16th Froome finished alongside and moved up two places to “It was perfect for us, less than 10km later, brought “It was a great outcome for minutes over Froome and Aru at was second and Spaniard Frenchman to win a Tour Aru, 1min 48sec behind fifth overall, now just 1:09 Mikel was very strong -- along Barguil. us, Mikel Landa really put in an one stage. Contador third to take back stage on Bastille Day. the winner, to keep hold of back. maybe in the next few days The latter two caught the amazing ride today and we wanted They were joined just before almost two minutes on Italian “Alberto Contador went second place at 6sec with “Yesterday was a tough we can play even more with former just before cresting the him to come back into the GC cresting the final climb by the , who maintained on the attack. I went on the Frenchman Romain Bardet day for me in the final,” said this.” final summit of the day, 27km game,” said the reigning champion. counter-attackers, eventual stage “He’s only a minute down now, winner Warren Barguil and Nairo the race lead at the end of the outside of him and then back remaining third at 25sec. Froome, who lost the yellow But the race was made from the finish. (AFP) Spain’s Alberto Contador (R) and Spain’s Mikel Landa ride just over a minute in fifth place -- Quintana, and stayed ahead on the Foix, France Landa caused a bit of a stir on chasing off after Alberto Contador that’s fantastic for us. 27km descent to the finish. Friday July 14 hris Froome brushed off Thursday when he kicked away in the day’s break and gaining “It gives us cards to play, especially Landa gained 1:46 on Aru and Bahrain’s Merida riders Csuggestions Mikel Landa is from his team leader on the brutally almost two minutes on Froome and when Astana don’t necessarily have Froome to move up the standings. Enjoyment on challenging him for the leader’s role steep finish to the 12th stage, taking race leader Fabio Aru. numbers on the climbs. But some have suggested that th Landa is now a serious threat to 13 stage 101 km at Team Sky, insisting the Spaniard fourth place, 14 seconds ahead of Landa is now up to fifth overall, “It could be a winning move for recorded same time is “a great card to play” at the Tour Froome. just 1min 9sec behind Astana’s Aru, us in the days to come.” three-time Tour winner Froome’s de France. And on Friday he was at it again, who leads Froome by 6sec. Landa had tracked an early attack status as Sky’s team leader. (AFP) 1 W. Barguil 2h36:29 (FRA/Sunweb) Contador’s mind 2 N. Quintana at 0:00 Aru team-mate (COL/Movistar) Fuglsang quits 3 A. Contador at 0:00 Foix, France (ESP/Trek-Segafredo) our de France leader Fabio 4 M. Landa at 0:02 TAru’s task in holding onto (ESP/Sky) the yellow jersey suffered a blow yesterday as key team- 5 S. Yates at 1:39 mate quit the (GBR/ORICA-Scott) race. Denmark’s Fuglsang was Javier Moreno (file pic) Overall expected to challenge for Aidan Payne/DTNN terrains such as flat courses, hills overall victory after winning 1 F. Aru 55h30:06 [email protected] and the mountains, with the final the chief pre-Tour warm- (ITA/Astana) stage on 23 July covering 103km up event, the Criterium du Manama over a flat course from Montgeron 2 C. Froome at 0:06 Dauphine in June. ahrain’s Merida Pro Cycling to the Champs-Elysees in Paris. (GBR/Sky) Spain’s Alberto Contador celebrates his combativity prize on the podium And he was sitting fifth Team riders, Javier Moreno The tour resumes today with the Foix, France from the finish. overall before a crash on B(39th, Spain), Ondrej Cink (55th, 14th stage taking the remaining 3 R. Bardet at 0:25 wo-time former winner Alberto Although he gained almost two Wednesday in which he Czech Republic) and Janez (177) riders towards The Alps from (FRA/AG2R) TContador said he was just trying minutes on race leader Fabio Aru, the suffered two fractures to Brajkovic (62nd, Slovenia) all Blagnac to Rodez with a flat start 4 R. Uran at 0:35 to enjoy the Tour de France now after Spanish veteran admitted his overall his arm. He struggled badly recorded the same time of two and a hilly finish over 181.5km. (COL/Cannondale) sparking the hostilities in yesterday’s chances are gone, but said he can still on Thursday’s Pyrenean hours 50 minutes 49 seconds as thrilling 13th stage. have his say in this year’s race. stage, falling out of overall they completed the 13th stage of Bahrain Merida Overall 5 M. Landa at 1:09 Contador attacked 70km from the “To tell you the truth, it has been a contention and when he was the 104th Tour de France from (ESP/Sky) finish of the short mountainous 101km very difficult Tour for me until now. dropped early on Friday by Saint-Girons to Foix over 101km Positions: Pyrenean stage. I am in good shape but if things go the peloton, he decided to call Points it quits. on a tough second Pyrenees 38. J Brajkovic (SLO, one minute 2 Already more than seven minutes wrong, they go wrong,” said the Trek mountainous stage. back in the overall standings after team leader, now 10th at 5min 22sec. “It’s a big loss for me and the The Bahrain trio were 14 minutes 13 seconds) 1 M. Kittel 363 pts crashing four times this Tour, he was “Nothing much to do about that. I whole team,” admitted Aru, (GER/Quick Step Floors) minutes and 20 seconds behind the 56. O Cink (CZE, +1:15:46) given some leeway by the favourites wanted to try something yesterday but who had already seen another stage winner, Frenchman Warren 101. J Moreno (ESP, +1:47:10) including reigning champion Chris with the crash of the day before I just team-mate in Dario Cataldo Barguil (5:49:38) of Team Sunweb 109. T Grmay (ETH, +1:50:47) Mountains Froome. had to survive. “With the short stage of crash out on Wednesday. which saw 177 of the original 198 113. Y Arashiro (JPN, +1:54:11) Contador’s attack was tracked by his today I felt I wanted to try something. I “We’ll try to keep going 1 W. Barguil 94 pts riders in action. 131. G Bole (SLO, +2:02:20) compatriot Mikel Landa before they am out of GC and I want to enjoy what’s and recover well,” added the (From R) Poland’s Michal Kwiatkowski, Italy’s Fabio Aru wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, Great Britain’s Christopher Froome, France’s (FRA/Sunweb) Romain Bardet and Colombia’s Rigoberto Uran ride during the 101 km thirteenth stage of the 104th edition of the Tour de France cycling race The tour began with 22 teams 148. S Colbrelli (ITA, +2:12:55) were joined by eventual stage winner left of this Tour, and I will do whatever I Italian, who leads reigning champion by yesterday between Saint-Girons and Foix (AFP) comprising 198 riders racing 21 163. B Bozic (SLO, +2:24:48) Source: ASO Warren Barguil and Nairo Quintana can to have the people enjoy it as well.” stages over 3,540km in varying just before cresting the final climb 27km (AFP) just six seconds. (AFP)