After its unbelievable climbing Show on the 1610 meter high Col de la Pierre Saint-Michel grinned Christopher Froome mischievously from the podium and raised after winning the 10th stage time and again the thumb.
La Pierre-Saint-Michel – “I’m so happy . It was a historic day for our team. Some competitors are probably come out of the rhythm after the rest day, “said the man in yellow, after all his competition just barely humiliated at the 102nd Tour de France.
” Formidable! Fantastique! “Resounded from the speakers when Froome at express speed and with his arms raised swept across the finish line. He had previously Andean climbers Nairo Quintana with an uphill sprint are downright cool. At times, he mastered the up to eleven percent steep ramps with a pace of 35 kilometers per hour. Quite different Alberto Contador, who with opened jersey agonized far behind and close to his Spanish home after 166 kilometers to the finish. And defending champion Vincenzo Nibali looked paralyzed after the end of his tour-dreams in the mountains of the Pyrenees.
Froome won 59 seconds ahead of his Sky team-mate Richie Porte . (Australia) Only after the rivals came: Quintana lost in third 1:04, Contador in eleventh place 2:51 and Nibali (21) even 4:25 minutes while Contador still rallying calls (“I keep fighting”) formulated. explained Nibali almost his surrender: “I’m not even as strong as the little brother of Vincenzo Nibali of 2014. Now it is very, very difficult.” Only Quintana has not yet been completely devastated: “I am quite calm, my form is good. I’m going to increase it. “
This must be the man from Colombia and he wants to come close to have a chance. Because in the overall standings he is already back in third place 3:09 minutes behind Froome, second place is the American Tejay Van Garderen ( . 2:52) The Briton is aware of its cause but not quite sure: “Attention, attention, there is still a long way to Paris. Quintana is now my fiercest rival “
Froome secured at his devastating blow even the mountain jersey. Weaknesses seems the “robot on the bike” does not currently have. “He is physically at least in the version of 2013, but a complete and sovereign. He is a very intelligent captain, “enthused team principal Dave Brailsford.
The competition, however, the mood was spoiled, and the hosts had passed the Celebration at the French National Day. The Frenchman had Pierrick Fedrigo, together with the Belgian Kenneth van Bilsen located en route to the final climb with the part 15-minute lead in front and dreaming of a very special stage victory. But Froome and its Skyteam had on Tuesday no mercy.
On 15-kilometer final climb a fight started head to head between the first still big five -.. Froome, Contador, Quintana, Nibali and Van Garderen But against turbo Froome had that day tens of thousands mostly Hispanic audience no one recipe Nibali stumbled for ten kilometers to six kilometers. before the end finally launched his solo Froome
The German professional cyclists did not have much to order from the merciless climb -. except for the beefy sprinter André Greipel. The two-time stage winner agonizing over the best of the first two climbs of the day and was then behind the two escapees at intermediate sprint in Trois Ville fastest from the rest. This means that the native of Rostock took the green jersey of the Slovak Peter Sagan time being back. Greipel has now again three points clear. The best German of the only 22-year-old national champion Emanuel Buchmann reached 6:28 minutes back the target.
On Wednesday, the second climb follows across the Pyrenees from Pau to Cauterets 188 kilometers also the 2215 meters high-Tour classics Tourmalet has the program
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