SPORTS Thursday, July 20, 2017 23 Roglic clinches Tour 17th stage Serre-Chevalier, On the descent, Roglic easily managed Wednesday July 19 ormer champion ski-jumper Primoz his lead while a five-man chase group FRoglic took a sensational solo victory developed, including Froome. on the mountainous 17th stage of the But Italian Aru, who started the day 17th stage 183 km yesterday. second at 18sec, had been dropped by came home third to an acceleration from Bardet just before 1 P. Roglic 5h07:41 stretch his overall lead to 27 seconds the Galibier summit and he was chasing (SLO/Lotto NL Jumbo) as Rigoberto Uran moved up to second desperately to limit his losses. 2 R. Uran at 1:13 and Fabio Aru dropped to fourth, with Uran took second, 1min 13sec behind (COL/Cannondale) Romain Bardet remaining third. Roglic, to snatch six bonus seconds that 3 C. Froome at 1:13 Slovenia’s Roglic, 27, was junior world moved him up to second, on the same (GBR/Sky) ski-jumping champion in 2007 but time as Bardet. Froome also took four became a professional cyclist in 2014. bonus seconds for finishing third to help 4 R. Bardet at 1:13 He was part of an initial 33-man increase his lead. (FRA/AG2R) breakaway that was whittled down to Aru came 31sec later to drop to fourth 5 W. Barguil at 1:13 just six riders when Roglic attacked solo at 53sec ahead of (FRA/Sunweb) 6.4km from the summit of the hors Thursday’s second Overall category Col du Galibier, which at more straight Alpine than 2,600 metres above sea level was the stage with its 1 C. Froome 73h27:26 highest point of this year’s Tour. brutal finish at (GBR/Sky) He crested the climb, 28km from the the summit of the 2 R. Uran at 0:27 finish in Serre-Chevalier, with a lead of imposing Col (COL/Cannondale) just over a minute and half on a group d’Izoard. Stage winner Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic celebrates on the podium of chasers including the top contenders. (AFP) 3 R. Bardet at 0:27 (FRA/AG2R) 4 F. Aru at 0:53 (ITA/Astana) Cink finishes 17th place overall 5 M. Landa at 1:24 Bahrain Merida positions: Aidan Payne/DTNN seven seconds behind stage Grega Bole (Slovenia, (ESP/Sky) [email protected] Results from stage 17, a 183km ride. winner, Dutchman Primoz 145th), Borut Bozic Roglic (5:07:41) of the Team (Slovenia, 148th), Sonny Points 47. J Brajkovic (SLO, one hour 49 min- Manama Lotto NL- Jumbo. Colbrelli (Italy, 152th). 1 M. Matthews 364 pts utes 12 seconds) ahrain’s Merida Pro Cycling During the latest stage of the The tour resumes (GBR/Sunweb) 61. Cink (CZE, 2:06:24) BTeam rider, Ondrej Cink tour, Bahrain’s other seven riders today with the 18th Ondrej Cink (file pic) 78. T Grmay (ETH, + 2:28:15 (Czech Republic, five hours 12 were all classified with the same stage taking the Mountains 108. Y Arashiro (JPN, +2:51:47 minutes 48 seconds) finished time of 33 minutes 41 seconds remaining (169) 17th overall on the 17th stage behind the stage leader - Tsgabu riders further into 1 W. Barguil 129 pts 119. J Moreno (ESP, +3:02:08 (FRA/Sunweb) 123. S Colbrelli (ITA, 3:08:00 yesterday of the 104th Tour de Grmay, (Ethiopia, 91st), Janez the Alps mountain France from to Serre- Brajkovic (Slovenia, 132nd), range from Briancon Source: ASO 146. G Bole (SLO, +3:24:28 Chevalier over 188km. Yukiya Arashiro (Japan. 141st), to Izoard over 179.5km. 163. B Bozic (SLO, +3:46:56 Cink was five minutes and Javier Moreno (Spain, 142nd), Aru defiant Green jersey Marcel despite losing podium spot Kittel quits tour Serre-Chevalier, France Serre-Chevalier, France German was leading the talian Fabio Aru remained print star Marcel Kittel sprinters’ green jersey defiant yesterday despite quit the Tour de France competition at the time he droppingI from second to Syesterday after a crash on abandoned having won five fourth at the Tour de France the 183km, 17th stages so far. after struggling on the monster stage in the Alps “Another sad news: Green Galibier climb. from La Mure jersey @marcelkittel, and Aru held the race leader’s to Serre- winner of five #TDF2017 yellow jersey for two Chevalier. stages, has stopped at the days last week but was The top of Col de la Croix de caught out by poor 29-year- Fer,” said the German’s positioning on Friday old Quick-Step team on Twitter. and gave up the race What had been a hugely lead back to Chris successful Tour for Kittel Froome. quickly turned sour as He remained he crashed 20km into second at 18sec Wednesday’s stage. but yesterday he He was cut and bloodied couldn’t match the and even needed to change The pack rides during the 183 km seventeenth stage of the 104th edition of the Tour bursts of acceleration a shoe while hanging onto de France cycling race yesterday between Le La Mure and Serre-Chevalier, French Alps by Frenchman Romain his team car as the race Bardet. (AFP) continued. (AFP) (AFP) Germany’s Marcel Kittel