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Chris Froome (SKY) stormed to victory at La Pierre-Saint-Martin on Tuesday’s Stage 10, the first summit of the Tour de France. Not only did he claim his fifth stage victory at the Tour de France but his lieutenant Richie Porte made the double for Team Sky, allowing the duo to start the second Pyrenean stage with the yellow and the polka dot jersey respectively. Froome outclassed Nairo Quintana, Tejay van Garderen, Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali, putting time into all of his rivals.
How the race unfolded
183 riders took the start of stage 10 at Tarbes, with two non-starters: Ivan Basso (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Lars Boom (Astana).
Pierrick Fédrigo (Bretagne-Séché Environnement) attacked at km 7.5, soon chased down by Kenneth van Bilsen (Cofidis) who bridged the gap at km 45. The two-man break had a lead of 13.55 at 75km when Warren Barguil (Giant-Alpecin) heavily crashed in the feed zone because of a musette. His right knee seemed to be badly hurt but the Breton rider managed to make his way back to the peloton.
Fédrigo in action, Van Bilsen the most aggressive rider
55km before the finish, taking over from Movistar, FDJ sped up at the head of the peloton, showing Thibaut Pinot’s ambitions. At the bottom of the ascent to La Pierre-Saint-Martin, 15.3km before the summit finish, the advantage of Fédrigo and Van Bilsen was less than five minutes.
Froome solos to victory with 6.5km to go
In the first third of the ascent, a few dark horse riders got dropped: Rui Costa, Dani Navarro, Wilco Kelderman, Michal Kwiatkowski, Andrew Talansky, Dan Martin, Romain Bardet, Thibaut Pinot, Jean-Christophe Péraud and Vincenzo Nibali. With 10km to go, Robert Gesink (LottoNL-Jumbo) rode away solo, chased down by Rafael Valls (Lampre-Merida) who rejoined him with 9.5km to go. Gesink was alone in the lead when he brought Fédrigo back with 8km to go but he was caught one kilometre further on by Richie Porte, Chris Froome (Sky) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) after an acceleration by Alejandro Valverde (Movistar). The Australian from Team Sky put the hammer down when he realized that Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) was in difficulty. With 6km remaining, Froome soloed to victory, with none of his rivals able to keep up.
Huge differences
Porte deprived Quintana of the second place, which gives him the honour to wear the polka dot jersey in the second Pyrenean stage. The overall classification now shows huge differences. After only one climb in the 102nd Tour de France, Van Garderen is 2.52 adrift. Quintana is at 3.09, Contador at 4.04 and Nibali at 6.57.
Source: letour.fr
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