Everyone who knows me knows that knows that July I spend watching the cycling on telly. It's Tour de France time of course, the 2nd of the grand tours and arguably the most famous. We're 2/3 through and almost at the Champs-Elysees.
The week moved into the mountains and on stage nine we saw a horrific crash which ended Riche Port's race (and almost Dan Martin's). Porte was rushed to hospital with a broken collarbone and pelvis. The same stage saw Geraint Thomas on his way home after a crash which saw him with a broken collarbone too.
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Richie Port is treated at the roadside. |
Kittle remained dominant in the points classification (green jersey) winning 5 stages so far. Warren Barguil finished the week in the King of the Mountains (polka-dot) jersey with a stage win for the Frenchman on Bastille Day.
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Warren Barguil wins on Bastille Day. |
Chris Froome lost the yellow jersey to Fabio Aru on stage 12 in what was a gruelling finish which proved to be too much for Froome as Aru, Uran and Bardet exploded towards the line on the 16% accent to the finish. Romain Bardet took the stage but it left Froome 6 seconds behind Aru in the overall standing.
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Fabio Aru puts on the Yellow Jersey. |
So the race is definitely on, challenges from Alberto Contador and Nairo Quintana have yet to materialise but this is the Tour de France and there's still a long road to Paris.
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