Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) won the opening stage and became the Tour's first rider that year to wear the general classification leader's yellow jersey. Froome, who performed the best in the opening stage out of the pre-race favourites, took the lead after the fifth stage's summit finish. He held the lead until it was taken by Fabio Aru (Astana) at the end of stage twelve, where Froome lost time on the steep summit finish to Peyragudes. Froome retook the yellow jersey after the fourteenth stage and held it until the end of the race.
The Burgplatz [de] square in Düsseldorf, Germany, hosted the team presentation ceremony on 29 June.
The 2017 edition of the Tour de France consisted of 22 teams.[1] The race was the 25th of the 38 events in the UCI World Tour,[2] and all of its eighteen UCI WorldTeams were entitled, and obliged, to enter the race.[3] On 26 January 2017, the organiser of the Tour, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), announced the four second-tier UCI Professional Continental teams that were given wildcard invitations, of which three were French-based (Cofidis, Direct Énergie and Fortuneo–Oscaro) and one was Belgian (Wanty–Groupe Gobert, which participated in the race for the first time).[4] Fortuneo–Oscaro were initially invited to the race as Fortuneo–Vital Concept,[5] before a change of sponsorship prior to the opening day of racing.[6] The presentation of the teams – where the members of each team's roster are introduced in front of the media and local dignitaries – took place in front of a crowd of 15,000 at the Burgplatz [de] square in Düsseldorf, Germany, on 29 June, two days before the opening stage held in the city.[7]
Each squad was allowed a maximum of nine riders, resulting in a start list total of 198.[8] Of these, 49 were competing in their first Tour de France.[9] The riders came from 32 countries. Six countries had more than 10 riders in the race: France (39), Italy (18), Belgium (16), Germany (16), the Netherlands (15), and Spain (13).[8] The average age of riders in the race was 29.4 years,[10] ranging from the 22-year-old Élie Gesbert (Fortuneo–Oscaro) to the 40-year-old Haimar Zubeldia (Trek–Segafredo).[11][12]Cannondale–Drapac had the youngest average age while Team Dimension Data had the oldest.[13]
Froome, who won the 2013, 2015 and 2016 editions of the Tour, had not won a race in the 2017 season prior to the Tour's start. His best result was fourth overall at the Critérium du Dauphiné, a race considered to be the warm-up for the Tour and one he has won before his three previous Tour victories. Despite this, he was thought to have one of the strongest teams in the race that would ride in total support of him.[16][18] The 32-year-old Porte, who placed fifth in the 2016 Tour, won the general classification in two stage races so far in 2017, the Tour Down Under and the Tour de Romandie, and came second in the Dauphiné.[18] Quintana, third in the 2016 Tour, placed second at the Giro d'Italia, with overalls wins at the Tirreno–Adriatico and the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana earlier in the season.[21] The two-time winner (2007 and 2009) 34-year-old Contador came second overall in four stage races in 2017 before the Tour, Paris–Nice, the Vuelta a Andalucía, the Volta a Catalunya and the Tour of the Basque Country.[21] Bardet, the 2016 Tour runner-up, placed sixth overall in the Dauphiné, with his best other result sixth in the one-day Classic race Liège–Bastogne–Liège.[18] Aru started the Tour sharing leadership of the team with the Dauphiné winner Fuglsang. Aru won the Italian National Road Race Championships a week before the Tour and placed fifth at the Dauphiné.[21]
The opening stages of the 2017 Tour (known as the Grand Départ) were originally scheduled to be in London, United Kingdom; this would have been the third time the Tour had visited London, following the 2007 and 2014 editions. In September 2015, a week before this was due to be announced, Transport for London pulled out of the bid.[33] It was later revealed that this was the decision of the then Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, on the grounds of cost: hosting the Grand Depart would have cost £35 million.[34] In December 2015, the ASO announced that the Grand Départ would take place with stages based in Düsseldorf, the fourth time the Tour had begun in Germany and the first since 1987. The bid to host the Tour was only narrowly approved by the city council. The return to Germany followed a resurgence in German professional cycling.[35] On 14 January 2016, details of the opening two stages were announced. The first stage would be a 13-kilometre (8.1 mi) individual time trial in Düsseldorf itself. The second stage would also begin in Düsseldorf.[36] The full route was announced by race director Christian Prudhomme on 18 October 2016 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris.[37]
After the first time trial, the race left Germany during stage two, which finished in the Belgian city of Liège.[38] Stage three headed south, and after a brief passage through Luxembourg, ended with a climb in Longwy.[39] After a transitional stage, stage five saw the first major climb, the finish at the La Planche des Belles Filles.[38] The next two stages headed south-west,[38] before stage eight in the Jura Mountains, featured three categorised climbs.[40] The ninth stage included the steep climbs of the Col de la Biche [fr], the Col du Grand Colombier, and, after a 42-year absence, the Signal du Mont du Chat, its summit 25 km (15.5 mi) from the finish in Chambéry.[41][42] After a transfer during the rest day, stage ten took place in the Dordogne region, between Périgueux and Bergerac. Stage eleven was a transitional stage, followed by two stages in the Pyrenees. Stage twelve started from Pau and ended at the Peyragudes ski resort.[38] The next stage was short, at 110 km (68 mi), but included three climbs before a descent finish into Foix.[43] After leaving the Pyrenees, the riders headed north-east; stage fourteen finished with a climb towards the end of the stage.[44] Stage fifteen featured the first appearance of the Col de Peyra Taillade, with its conclusion in Le Puy-en-Velay.[45] Stage sixteen, the first after the final rest day, was a transitional stage, heading east, towards the Alps.[38] Stage seventeen included the Col d'Ornon, the Col de la Croix de Fer, the Col du Télégraphe and the highest point of elevation in the race, the Col du Galibier, before a descent finish into Serre Chevalier.[46] Stage eighteen was the final day of mountains; it had two climbs, the Col de Vars and the finishing climb, the Col d'Izoard.[47] It was the first time the Tour finished on the 2,360 m (7,743 ft)-high mountain pass.[48] After another transitional stage, heading south, came stage twenty, a 23 km (14.3 mi) individual time trial in Marseille.[38] Starting at the Stade Vélodrome, the course headed around the city, designated the 2017 European Capital of Sport, before ending also at the Stade Vélodrome.[49] The final stage began in Montgeron, which hosted the start of the first Tour, before concluding with the traditional laps of the Champs-Élysées.[37][38]
There were 21 stages in the race, covering a total distance of 3,540 km (2,200 mi), 13 km (8.1 mi) shorter than the 2016 Tour.[38][50] There were two time trial events, both of which were individual, a total of 36 km (22.4 mi).[38] Of the remaining nineteen stages, eight were officially classified as flat, six as medium mountain and five as high mountain.[51][38] The longest mass-start stage was stage nineteen, at 222.5 km (138 mi), and the shortest was stage thirteen, at 101 km (63 mi).[38] For the first time since the 1992 edition, the route included all five of mainland France's mountainous regions; the Vosges, the Jura, the Pyrenees, the Massif Central and the Alps.[52][53] There were summit finishes on stage twelve to Peyragudes and stage eighteen to the Col d'Izoard. Additionally, the hilly stage three had a hilltop finish in Longwy, and stage five ended at La Planche des Belles Filles.[54] The highest point of the race was the 2,642 m (8,668 ft)-high Col du Galibier mountain pass on stage seventeen.[55] It was among seven hors catégorie (English: "out of category") rated climbs in the race.[54] There were ten new start or finish locations. The rest days were after stage nine, in the Dordogne, and fifteen, in Le Puy-en-Velay.[38]
Team Sky(pictured before stage two) took the initial lead of the team classification after having the three highest place riders from a team in stage one's individual time trial, including stage winner Geraint Thomas, who took the race leader's yellow jersey.[a]
The opening stage's individual time trial was won by Geraint Thomas with a time of 16 min 4 s over the 14 km (8.7 mi) course. Thomas took the yellow and green jerseys as the leader of the general and points classifications respectively. Chris Froome was the highest placed of the general classification favourites, in sixth place, sixteen seconds down.[59] Overall contender Alejandro Valverde crashed on the wet roads and his injuries forced him to withdraw from the Tour.[60] Marcel Kittel won stage two's bunch sprint, and with it the green jersey. Breakaway rider Taylor Phinney (Cannondale–Drapac) took the first polka dot jersey as the leader of the mountains classification.[61] The uphill sprint finish of stage three was won by Peter Sagan; Nathan Brown (Cannondale–Drapac) took over the polka dot jersey.[62] The fourth stage ended with a bunch sprint and was won by Démare, with him also taking the green jersey.[63] There were two crashes leading up to the finish, the first was in the peloton around 1 km (0.6 mi) left and the second involved the sprinters at the end. In the sprint finish, Mark Cavendish crashed into the barriers at the side of the road, withdrawing later that day from the race from his injuries. Sagan, second in the stage, was disqualified after race officials judged that he caused Cavendish to crash, with the jury president Philippe Marien saying that he "endangered some of his colleagues seriously".[64][65] The near universal opinion among commentators and former riders was that a disqualification is not justified and even senseless. André Greipel, who had criticised Sagan right after the stage, also exonerated him after watching the replays.[66] In December 2017, Sagan was officially exonerated by cycling's governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).[67]
In the fifth stage, a group containing the overall contenders caught the last of the breakaway riders 5 km (3.1 mi) from the summit finish at the La Planche des Belles Filles. With 2.4 km (1.5 mi) remaining, Fabio Aru attacked and won with a margin of sixteen seconds over the group. Thomas lost twenty seconds on the group and lost the yellow jersey to teammate Froome. Aru took over the lead of the mountains classification.[68] Kittel won the following two stages which ended in bunch sprints.[69][70] The latter stage was decided by a photo finish, with Kittel 6 mm (0.2 in) ahead of Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Dimension Data); Kittel regained the green jersey.[70] In stage eight, the first high mountain stage, Lilian Calmejane of Direct Énergie attacked over the category 1 climb of Montée de la Combe de Laisia Les Molunes from a six-strong lead breakaway and soloed for 11.5 km (7.1 mi) to take the win 37 seconds ahead of second-placed and lone chaser Robert Gesink (LottoNL–Jumbo). Calmejane put himself into the polka dot jersey.[71] The ninth stage saw a select group of general classification favourites join Warren Barguil (Team Sunweb) after the final climb of the Mont du Chat and contest a sprint finish, won by Rigoberto Urán (Cannondale–Drapac). Barguil took lead of the mountains classification.[72] Upon crossing the finish line Barguil thought he won the stage while Uran showed no visible reaction. After a few moments to review the photo finish it was revealed that Uran's 'bike throw' got him over the line first to claim the stage win as Froome sprinted hard to earn a stage podium, but more importantly four bonus seconds to extend his overall lead.[73] Richie Porte crashed heavily taking down Dan Martin while descending the Mont du Chat within the group of overall contenders. Porte withdrew from the race and was rushed to the hospital; fortunately he was in a stable condition.[74] Dan Martin recovered and finished strongly. The following day was the Tour's first rest day.[38]
Stages ten and eleven were won from bunch sprints by Kittel, taking his total of wins at the race to five.[75] The twelfth stage saw the overall contenders all reach the foot of the short steep climb to Peyragudes; Romain Bardet won by a margin of two seconds. Froome came seventh, 22 seconds down, and lost the overall lead to third-placed Aru.[76] The 101 km (62.8 mi)-long stage thirteen was won by Barguil, who won the sprint after a descent from an elite group with Nairo Quintana, Alberto Contador and Mikel Landa (Team Sky). The chasing group of overall contenders came in 1 min 39 s down.[77] In the fourteenth stage, a reduced peloton contested the uphill sprint finish at Rodez, which was won by Matthews. Aru's advantage of six seconds over Froome was changed to a deficit of eighteen, after Aru came in thirty seconds down in thirtieth place and Froome was seventh, one second behind Matthews.[78]
Stage fifteen saw Trek–Segafredo's Bauke Mollema attack a breakaway group over the top of the Col de Peyra Taillade with 31 km (19.3 mi) to go and solo to victory. In the large group containing the overall contenders, Bardet's team AG2R La Mondiale forced a high pace on the Peyra Taillade. A further 6 km (3.7 mi) later on the climb, Froome suffered a broken spoke, and, after receiving a new wheel from a teammate and some assistance from three other teammates, he was able to chase back up to the group.[79][80] The next day was the second rest day of the race.[38] In the sixteenth stage, the high pace set by Matthews's Team Sunweb dropped the green jersey wearer Kittel; Matthews, who was second to Kittel in points classification, won the stage.[81]Primož Roglič (LottoNL–Jumbo), second behind Barguil in the mountains classification, won the following mountainous stage after a solo attack on the Col du Galibier, finishing in Serre Chevalier after a descent over a minute ahead of a four-man group containing the new top three in the general classification: Froome, Urán, and Bardet, respectively; and also Barguil. Aru dropped from second overall to fourth. Kittel crashed and withdrew from the Tour, putting Matthews in the green jersey.[82]
The final high mountain stage of the Tour, the eighteenth, saw Barguil claim his second stage victory of the race on the summit finish at Col d'Izoard; he was initially caught by the group of overall favourites on the final climb after being the one of last survivors from the breakaway, with only Darwin Atapuma (UAE Team Emirates) ahead. Barguil's winning move came with 3 km (1.9 mi) remaining, passing Atapuma to win by twenty seconds. A three-way sprint for fourth place saw Bardet finish just ahead of Froome with Urán placing fifth; Bardet moved up to second overall, six seconds ahead of Urán, with Froome holding a 23-second advantage.[83] Boasson Hagen won stage nineteen with an attack from a reduced breakaway with 2.5 km (1.6 mi) to go.[84]Maciej Bodnar of Bora–Hansgrohe won the 22.5 km (14.0 mi) individual time trial of the penultimate stage, setting a time of 28 min 15 s. Froome was third, six seconds down, increasing his lead in the general classification to 54 seconds. Bardet dropped to third overall after he lost over two minutes in the stage, and Urán was 31 seconds in arrears.[85]
The final stage in Paris was won by Dylan Groenewegen in a bunch sprint on the Champs-Élysées. Froome finished the race to win his fourth Tour de France.[86] Urán placed second overall, 54 seconds down, with Bardet 2 min 20 s behind, just one second ahead of Landa (fourth overall). Matthews won the points classification with a total of 370, 136 ahead of Greipel in second. Barguil won the mountains classification with 169 points, 89 ahead of second-placed Roglič. The best young rider was seventh-placed overall Simon Yates, who was followed by Louis Meintjes (eighth overall) in second, 2 min 6 s down. An Orica–Scott rider won the classification for the second consecutive year, after Yates' twin brother Adam won in 2016. Team Sky finished as the winners of the team classification, 7 min 14 s ahead of second-placed AG2R La Mondiale. Of the 198 starters, 167 reached the finish of the last stage in Paris.[87]
Classification leadership and minor prizes
There were four main individual classifications being contested in the 2017 Tour de France, as well as a team competition. The most important was the general classification, which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage.[88] Time bonuses (time subtracted) were awarded at the end of every stage apart from the two individual time trials. The first three riders get 10, 6, and 4 seconds, respectively.[89] For crashes within the final 3 km (1.9 mi) of a stage, not including time trials and summit finishes, any rider involved received the same time as the group they were in when the crash occurred.[90] The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered to be the overall winner of the Tour.[88] The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey.[91]
Points classification points for the top 15 positions by type[88]
The second classification was the points classification. Riders received points for finishing among the highest placed in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints during the stage. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type.[88] The leader was identified by a green jersey.[91]
The third classification was the mountains classification. Points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit of the most difficult climbs first. The climbs were categorised, in order of increasing difficulty, as fourth-, third-, second-, and first-category and hors catégorie.[88] Double points were awarded on the summit finish of the Col d'Izoard on stage 18.[88] The leader wore a white jersey with red polka dots.[91]
The final individual classification was the young rider classification. This was calculated the same way as the general classification, but the classification was restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1992.[89] The leader wore a white jersey.[91]
The final classification was a team classification. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best three riders per team on each stage; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time. The number of stage victories and placings per team determined the outcome of a tie.[89] The riders in the team that led this classification were identified with yellow number bibs on the back of their jerseys and yellow helmets.[91]
In addition, there was a combativity award given after each stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have "made the greatest effort and who demonstrated the best qualities of sportsmanship".[89] No combativity awards were given for the time trials and the final stage.[92] The winner wore a red number bib the following stage.[89] At the conclusion of the Tour, Warren Barguil won the overall super-combativity award,[87] again, decided by a jury.[89]
A total of €2,280,950 was awarded in cash prizes in the race.[92] The overall winner of the general classification received €500,000, with the second and third placed riders getting €200,000 and €100,000 respectively.[93] All finishers in the top 160 were awarded with money.[93] The holders of the classifications benefited on each stage they led; the final winners of the points and mountains were given €25,000, while the best young rider and most combative rider collected €20,000.[94] The team classification winners were given €50,000.[95] €11,000 was given to the winners of each stage of the race, with smaller amounts given to places 2–20.[93] There was also a special award with a prize of €5,000, the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, given in honour of Tour founder Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Galibier. This prize was won by Primož Roglič on stage seventeen.[92][81]
Riders from the WorldTeams competing for individually and for their teams for points that contributed towards the World Tour rankings.[98] Riders from both the WorldTeams and Professional Continental teams also competed individually and for their nations for points that contributed towards the UCI World Ranking, which included all UCI road races.[99][100] Both rankings used the same points scale, awarding points to the top sixty in the general classification, each yellow jersey given at the end of a stage, the top five finishers in each stage and for the top three in the final points and mountains classifications.[99][101] The points accrued by Chris Froome moved him from twentieth to sixth in the World Tour and kept his fifth place in the World Ranking. Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) held the lead of both individual rankings. Quick-Step Floors and Belgium also holding the lead of the World Tour team ranking and World Ranking nation ranking, respectively.[100][102][103]
UCI World Tour individual ranking on 23 July 2017 (1–10)[103]
^ abcIn stage two, Vasil Kiryienka, who was third in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because Geraint Thomas wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. Stefan Küng, who was second in the points classification, wore the white jersey as leader of the young rider classification.[58]
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The 2017 Tour de France was the 104th edition of the Tour de France one of cycling s Grand Tours The 21 stage race took place across 3 540 km 2 200 mi commencing with an individual time trial in Dusseldorf Germany on 1 July and concluding with the Champs Elysees stage in Paris on 23 July A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the race The overall general classification won by Chris Froome of Team Sky his third consecutive victory and fourth overall Rigoberto Uran Cannondale Drapac and Romain Bardet AG2R La Mondiale finished second and third respectively 2017 Tour de France2017 UCI World Tour race 25 of 37Route of the 2017 Tour de FranceRace detailsDates1 23 July 2017Stages21Distance3 540 km 2 200 mi Winning time86h 20 55 ResultsWinner Chris Froome GBR Team Sky Second Rigoberto Uran COL Cannondale Drapac Third Romain Bardet FRA AG2R La Mondiale Points Michael Matthews AUS Team Sunweb Mountains Warren Barguil FRA Team Sunweb Youth Simon Yates GBR Orica Scott Combativity Warren Barguil FRA Team Sunweb TeamTeam Sky 20162018 Geraint Thomas Team Sky won the opening stage and became the Tour s first rider that year to wear the general classification leader s yellow jersey Froome who performed the best in the opening stage out of the pre race favourites took the lead after the fifth stage s summit finish He held the lead until it was taken by Fabio Aru Astana at the end of stage twelve where Froome lost time on the steep summit finish to Peyragudes Froome retook the yellow jersey after the fourteenth stage and held it until the end of the race The points classification was won by Michael Matthews of Team Sunweb with teammate Warren Barguil winner of two high mountain stages taking the mountains classification as well as the award for most combative rider Orica Scott s Simon Yates in seventh place overall won the young rider classification The team classification was won by Team Sky Contents 1 Teams 2 Pre race favourites 3 Route and stages 4 Race overview 4 1 Opening stages Vosges and Jura 4 2 Pyrenees and Massif Central 4 3 Alps and finale 5 Classification leadership and minor prizes 6 Final standings 6 1 General classification 6 2 Points classification 6 3 Mountains classification 6 4 Young rider classification 6 5 Team classification 7 UCI rankings 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 Bibliography 12 External linksTeams EditMain article List of teams and cyclists in the 2017 Tour de France The Burgplatz de square in Dusseldorf Germany hosted the team presentation ceremony on 29 June The 2017 edition of the Tour de France consisted of 22 teams 1 The race was the 25th of the 38 events in the UCI World Tour 2 and all of its eighteen UCI WorldTeams were entitled and obliged to enter the race 3 On 26 January 2017 the organiser of the Tour Amaury Sport Organisation ASO announced the four second tier UCI Professional Continental teams that were given wildcard invitations of which three were French based Cofidis Direct Energie and Fortuneo Oscaro and one was Belgian Wanty Groupe Gobert which participated in the race for the first time 4 Fortuneo Oscaro were initially invited to the race as Fortuneo Vital Concept 5 before a change of sponsorship prior to the opening day of racing 6 The presentation of the teams where the members of each team s roster are introduced in front of the media and local dignitaries took place in front of a crowd of 15 000 at the Burgplatz de square in Dusseldorf Germany on 29 June two days before the opening stage held in the city 7 Each squad was allowed a maximum of nine riders resulting in a start list total of 198 8 Of these 49 were competing in their first Tour de France 9 The riders came from 32 countries Six countries had more than 10 riders in the race France 39 Italy 18 Belgium 16 Germany 16 the Netherlands 15 and Spain 13 8 The average age of riders in the race was 29 4 years 10 ranging from the 22 year old Elie Gesbert Fortuneo Oscaro to the 40 year old Haimar Zubeldia Trek Segafredo 11 12 Cannondale Drapac had the youngest average age while Team Dimension Data had the oldest 13 The teams entering the race were 1 UCI WorldTeams AG2R La Mondiale Astana Bahrain Merida BMC Racing Team Bora Hansgrohe Cannondale Drapac Team Dimension Data FDJ Team Katusha Alpecin LottoNL Jumbo Lotto Soudal Movistar Team Orica Scott Quick Step Floors Team Sky Team Sunweb Trek Segafredo UAE Team Emirates UCI Professional Continental teams Cofidis Direct Energie Fortuneo Oscaro Wanty Groupe GobertPre race favourites Edit Three time winner Chris Froome of Team Sky pictured at the 2016 Tour was the leading pre race favourite for the general classification In the lead up to the 2017 Tour de France Chris Froome Team Sky was seen by many pundits as the top pre race favourite for the general classification 14 15 16 17 18 His closest rivals were thought to be Richie Porte BMC Racing Team Nairo Quintana Movistar Team Alberto Contador Trek Segafredo Romain Bardet AG2R La Mondiale and Fabio Aru Astana 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 The other riders considered contenders for the general classification were Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team Jakob Fuglsang Astana Thibaut Pinot FDJ Esteban Chaves Orica Scott Geraint Thomas Team Sky Dan Martin Quick Step Floors Simon Yates Orica Scott and Louis Meintjes UAE Team Emirates 17 20 21 22 Froome who won the 2013 2015 and 2016 editions of the Tour had not won a race in the 2017 season prior to the Tour s start His best result was fourth overall at the Criterium du Dauphine a race considered to be the warm up for the Tour and one he has won before his three previous Tour victories Despite this he was thought to have one of the strongest teams in the race that would ride in total support of him 16 18 The 32 year old Porte who placed fifth in the 2016 Tour won the general classification in two stage races so far in 2017 the Tour Down Under and the Tour de Romandie and came second in the Dauphine 18 Quintana third in the 2016 Tour placed second at the Giro d Italia with overalls wins at the Tirreno Adriatico and the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana earlier in the season 21 The two time winner 2007 and 2009 34 year old Contador came second overall in four stage races in 2017 before the Tour Paris Nice the Vuelta a Andalucia the Volta a Catalunya and the Tour of the Basque Country 21 Bardet the 2016 Tour runner up placed sixth overall in the Dauphine with his best other result sixth in the one day Classic race Liege Bastogne Liege 18 Aru started the Tour sharing leadership of the team with the Dauphine winner Fuglsang Aru won the Italian National Road Race Championships a week before the Tour and placed fifth at the Dauphine 21 The sprinters considered favourites for the points classification and wins on the flat or hilly bunch sprint finishes were Peter Sagan Bora Hansgrohe Marcel Kittel Quick Step Floors Mark Cavendish Team Dimension Data Andre Greipel Lotto Soudal and Alexander Kristoff Team Katusha Alpecin Others expected to contend for sprint finishes included Michael Matthews Team Sunweb Arnaud Demare FDJ Dylan Groenewegen LottoNL Jumbo John Degenkolb Trek Segafredo Sonny Colbrelli UAE Team Emirates and Nacer Bouhanni Cofidis 19 23 24 25 26 27 Double reigning world road race champion Sagan had won the five previous points classifications of the Tour one away from matching Erik Zabel s record of six from 1996 to 2001 19 28 His form in the 2017 season before the Tour included winning the one day Kuurne Brussels Kuurne race and the points classifications in Tirreno Adriatico the Tour de Suisse and the Tour of California 29 Kittel had gained eight wins so far in 2017 as well as the general and points classifications in the Dubai Tour at the start of the season 30 Cavendish s season before the Tour was affected by glandular fever missing around three months 19 his only success had been a stage win and the points classification at the Abu Dhabi Tour 31 Greipel had amassed four wins in 2017 before the Tour including one at the Giro 26 Kristoff had taken six wins so far in 2017 and the points classifications at the Tour of Oman the Etoile de Besseges and the Three Days of De Panne 32 Route and stages Edit Dusseldorf hosted the Grand Depart of the race the fourth time the Tour de France had started in Germany The opening stages of the 2017 Tour known as the Grand Depart were originally scheduled to be in London United Kingdom this would have been the third time the Tour had visited London following the 2007 and 2014 editions In September 2015 a week before this was due to be announced Transport for London pulled out of the bid 33 It was later revealed that this was the decision of the then Mayor of London Boris Johnson on the grounds of cost hosting the Grand Depart would have cost 35 million 34 In December 2015 the ASO announced that the Grand Depart would take place with stages based in Dusseldorf the fourth time the Tour had begun in Germany and the first since 1987 The bid to host the Tour was only narrowly approved by the city council The return to Germany followed a resurgence in German professional cycling 35 On 14 January 2016 details of the opening two stages were announced The first stage would be a 13 kilometre 8 1 mi individual time trial in Dusseldorf itself The second stage would also begin in Dusseldorf 36 The full route was announced by race director Christian Prudhomme on 18 October 2016 at the Palais des Congres in Paris 37 The highest point of elevation in the race was the Col du Galibier Alpine pass at 2 642 m 8 668 ft the Souvenir Henri Desgrange prize was awarded to the first rider that reached it After the first time trial the race left Germany during stage two which finished in the Belgian city of Liege 38 Stage three headed south and after a brief passage through Luxembourg ended with a climb in Longwy 39 After a transitional stage stage five saw the first major climb the finish at the La Planche des Belles Filles 38 The next two stages headed south west 38 before stage eight in the Jura Mountains featured three categorised climbs 40 The ninth stage included the steep climbs of the Col de la Biche fr the Col du Grand Colombier and after a 42 year absence the Signal du Mont du Chat its summit 25 km 15 5 mi from the finish in Chambery 41 42 After a transfer during the rest day stage ten took place in the Dordogne region between Perigueux and Bergerac Stage eleven was a transitional stage followed by two stages in the Pyrenees Stage twelve started from Pau and ended at the Peyragudes ski resort 38 The next stage was short at 110 km 68 mi but included three climbs before a descent finish into Foix 43 After leaving the Pyrenees the riders headed north east stage fourteen finished with a climb towards the end of the stage 44 Stage fifteen featured the first appearance of the Col de Peyra Taillade with its conclusion in Le Puy en Velay 45 Stage sixteen the first after the final rest day was a transitional stage heading east towards the Alps 38 Stage seventeen included the Col d Ornon the Col de la Croix de Fer the Col du Telegraphe and the highest point of elevation in the race the Col du Galibier before a descent finish into Serre Chevalier 46 Stage eighteen was the final day of mountains it had two climbs the Col de Vars and the finishing climb the Col d Izoard 47 It was the first time the Tour finished on the 2 360 m 7 743 ft high mountain pass 48 After another transitional stage heading south came stage twenty a 23 km 14 3 mi individual time trial in Marseille 38 Starting at the Stade Velodrome the course headed around the city designated the 2017 European Capital of Sport before ending also at the Stade Velodrome 49 The final stage began in Montgeron which hosted the start of the first Tour before concluding with the traditional laps of the Champs Elysees 37 38 There were 21 stages in the race covering a total distance of 3 540 km 2 200 mi 13 km 8 1 mi shorter than the 2016 Tour 38 50 There were two time trial events both of which were individual a total of 36 km 22 4 mi 38 Of the remaining nineteen stages eight were officially classified as flat six as medium mountain and five as high mountain 51 38 The longest mass start stage was stage nineteen at 222 5 km 138 mi and the shortest was stage thirteen at 101 km 63 mi 38 For the first time since the 1992 edition the route included all five of mainland France s mountainous regions the Vosges the Jura the Pyrenees the Massif Central and the Alps 52 53 There were summit finishes on stage twelve to Peyragudes and stage eighteen to the Col d Izoard Additionally the hilly stage three had a hilltop finish in Longwy and stage five ended at La Planche des Belles Filles 54 The highest point of the race was the 2 642 m 8 668 ft high Col du Galibier mountain pass on stage seventeen 55 It was among seven hors categorie English out of category rated climbs in the race 54 There were ten new start or finish locations The rest days were after stage nine in the Dordogne and fifteen in Le Puy en Velay 38 Stage characteristics and winners 56 38 57 Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner1 1 July Dusseldorf Germany 14 km 9 mi Individual time trial Geraint Thomas GBR 2 2 July Dusseldorf Germany to Liege Belgium 203 5 km 126 mi Flat stage Marcel Kittel GER 3 3 July Verviers Belgium to Longwy 212 5 km 132 mi Medium mountain stage Peter Sagan SVK 4 4 July Mondorf les Bains Luxembourg to Vittel 207 5 km 129 mi Flat stage Arnaud Demare FRA 5 5 July Vittel to La Planche des Belles Filles 160 5 km 100 mi Medium mountain stage Fabio Aru ITA 6 6 July Vesoul to Troyes 216 km 134 mi Flat stage Marcel Kittel GER 7 7 July Troyes to Nuits Saint Georges 213 5 km 133 mi Flat stage Marcel Kittel GER 8 8 July Dole to Station des Rousses 187 5 km 117 mi Medium mountain stage Lilian Calmejane FRA 9 9 July Nantua to Chambery 181 5 km 113 mi High mountain stage Rigoberto Uran COL 10 July Dordogne Rest day10 11 July Perigueux to Bergerac 178 km 111 mi Flat stage Marcel Kittel GER 11 12 July Eymet to Pau 203 5 km 126 mi Flat stage Marcel Kittel GER 12 13 July Pau to Peyragudes 214 5 km 133 mi High mountain stage Romain Bardet FRA 13 14 July Saint Girons to Foix 101 km 63 mi High mountain stage Warren Barguil FRA 14 15 July Blagnac to Rodez 181 5 km 113 mi Medium mountain stage Michael Matthews AUS 15 16 July Laissac Severac l Eglise to Le Puy en Velay 189 5 km 118 mi Medium mountain stage Bauke Mollema NED 17 July Le Puy en Velay Rest day16 18 July Le Puy en Velay to Romans sur Isere 165 km 103 mi Medium mountain stage Michael Matthews AUS 17 19 July La Mure to Serre Chevalier 183 km 114 mi High mountain stage Primoz Roglic SLO 18 20 July Briancon to Col d Izoard 179 5 km 112 mi High mountain stage Warren Barguil FRA 19 21 July Embrun to Salon de Provence 222 5 km 138 mi Flat stage Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR 20 22 July Marseille 22 5 km 14 mi Individual time trial Maciej Bodnar POL 21 23 July Montgeron to Paris Champs Elysees 103 km 64 mi Flat stage Dylan Groenewegen NED Total 3 540 km 2 200 mi Race overview EditMain articles 2017 Tour de France Stage 1 to Stage 11 and 2017 Tour de France Stage 12 to Stage 21 Opening stages Vosges and Jura Edit Team Sky pictured before stage two took the initial lead of the team classification after having the three highest place riders from a team in stage one s individual time trial including stage winner Geraint Thomas who took the race leader s yellow jersey a The opening stage s individual time trial was won by Geraint Thomas with a time of 16 min 4 s over the 14 km 8 7 mi course Thomas took the yellow and green jerseys as the leader of the general and points classifications respectively Chris Froome was the highest placed of the general classification favourites in sixth place sixteen seconds down 59 Overall contender Alejandro Valverde crashed on the wet roads and his injuries forced him to withdraw from the Tour 60 Marcel Kittel won stage two s bunch sprint and with it the green jersey Breakaway rider Taylor Phinney Cannondale Drapac took the first polka dot jersey as the leader of the mountains classification 61 The uphill sprint finish of stage three was won by Peter Sagan Nathan Brown Cannondale Drapac took over the polka dot jersey 62 The fourth stage ended with a bunch sprint and was won by Demare with him also taking the green jersey 63 There were two crashes leading up to the finish the first was in the peloton around 1 km 0 6 mi left and the second involved the sprinters at the end In the sprint finish Mark Cavendish crashed into the barriers at the side of the road withdrawing later that day from the race from his injuries Sagan second in the stage was disqualified after race officials judged that he caused Cavendish to crash with the jury president Philippe Marien saying that he endangered some of his colleagues seriously 64 65 The near universal opinion among commentators and former riders was that a disqualification is not justified and even senseless Andre Greipel who had criticised Sagan right after the stage also exonerated him after watching the replays 66 In December 2017 Sagan was officially exonerated by cycling s governing body the Union Cycliste Internationale UCI 67 In the fifth stage a group containing the overall contenders caught the last of the breakaway riders 5 km 3 1 mi from the summit finish at the La Planche des Belles Filles With 2 4 km 1 5 mi remaining Fabio Aru attacked and won with a margin of sixteen seconds over the group Thomas lost twenty seconds on the group and lost the yellow jersey to teammate Froome Aru took over the lead of the mountains classification 68 Kittel won the following two stages which ended in bunch sprints 69 70 The latter stage was decided by a photo finish with Kittel 6 mm 0 2 in ahead of Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Dimension Data Kittel regained the green jersey 70 In stage eight the first high mountain stage Lilian Calmejane of Direct Energie attacked over the category 1 climb of Montee de la Combe de Laisia Les Molunes from a six strong lead breakaway and soloed for 11 5 km 7 1 mi to take the win 37 seconds ahead of second placed and lone chaser Robert Gesink LottoNL Jumbo Calmejane put himself into the polka dot jersey 71 The ninth stage saw a select group of general classification favourites join Warren Barguil Team Sunweb after the final climb of the Mont du Chat and contest a sprint finish won by Rigoberto Uran Cannondale Drapac Barguil took lead of the mountains classification 72 Upon crossing the finish line Barguil thought he won the stage while Uran showed no visible reaction After a few moments to review the photo finish it was revealed that Uran s bike throw got him over the line first to claim the stage win as Froome sprinted hard to earn a stage podium but more importantly four bonus seconds to extend his overall lead 73 Richie Porte crashed heavily taking down Dan Martin while descending the Mont du Chat within the group of overall contenders Porte withdrew from the race and was rushed to the hospital fortunately he was in a stable condition 74 Dan Martin recovered and finished strongly The following day was the Tour s first rest day 38 Pyrenees and Massif Central Edit Team Sunweb rider Warren Barguil on stage thirteen one of the two high mountain stages he won on the way to winning the mountains classification s polka dot jersey Stages ten and eleven were won from bunch sprints by Kittel taking his total of wins at the race to five 75 The twelfth stage saw the overall contenders all reach the foot of the short steep climb to Peyragudes Romain Bardet won by a margin of two seconds Froome came seventh 22 seconds down and lost the overall lead to third placed Aru 76 The 101 km 62 8 mi long stage thirteen was won by Barguil who won the sprint after a descent from an elite group with Nairo Quintana Alberto Contador and Mikel Landa Team Sky The chasing group of overall contenders came in 1 min 39 s down 77 In the fourteenth stage a reduced peloton contested the uphill sprint finish at Rodez which was won by Matthews Aru s advantage of six seconds over Froome was changed to a deficit of eighteen after Aru came in thirty seconds down in thirtieth place and Froome was seventh one second behind Matthews 78 Stage fifteen saw Trek Segafredo s Bauke Mollema attack a breakaway group over the top of the Col de Peyra Taillade with 31 km 19 3 mi to go and solo to victory In the large group containing the overall contenders Bardet s team AG2R La Mondiale forced a high pace on the Peyra Taillade A further 6 km 3 7 mi later on the climb Froome suffered a broken spoke and after receiving a new wheel from a teammate and some assistance from three other teammates he was able to chase back up to the group 79 80 The next day was the second rest day of the race 38 In the sixteenth stage the high pace set by Matthews s Team Sunweb dropped the green jersey wearer Kittel Matthews who was second to Kittel in points classification won the stage 81 Primoz Roglic LottoNL Jumbo second behind Barguil in the mountains classification won the following mountainous stage after a solo attack on the Col du Galibier finishing in Serre Chevalier after a descent over a minute ahead of a four man group containing the new top three in the general classification Froome Uran and Bardet respectively and also Barguil Aru dropped from second overall to fourth Kittel crashed and withdrew from the Tour putting Matthews in the green jersey 82 Alps and finale Edit Chris Froome right and Rigoberto Uran left pictured on stage seventeen finished the Tour in first and second respectively in the general classification The final high mountain stage of the Tour the eighteenth saw Barguil claim his second stage victory of the race on the summit finish at Col d Izoard he was initially caught by the group of overall favourites on the final climb after being the one of last survivors from the breakaway with only Darwin Atapuma UAE Team Emirates ahead Barguil s winning move came with 3 km 1 9 mi remaining passing Atapuma to win by twenty seconds A three way sprint for fourth place saw Bardet finish just ahead of Froome with Uran placing fifth Bardet moved up to second overall six seconds ahead of Uran with Froome holding a 23 second advantage 83 Boasson Hagen won stage nineteen with an attack from a reduced breakaway with 2 5 km 1 6 mi to go 84 Maciej Bodnar of Bora Hansgrohe won the 22 5 km 14 0 mi individual time trial of the penultimate stage setting a time of 28 min 15 s Froome was third six seconds down increasing his lead in the general classification to 54 seconds Bardet dropped to third overall after he lost over two minutes in the stage and Uran was 31 seconds in arrears 85 The final stage in Paris was won by Dylan Groenewegen in a bunch sprint on the Champs Elysees Froome finished the race to win his fourth Tour de France 86 Uran placed second overall 54 seconds down with Bardet 2 min 20 s behind just one second ahead of Landa fourth overall Matthews won the points classification with a total of 370 136 ahead of Greipel in second Barguil won the mountains classification with 169 points 89 ahead of second placed Roglic The best young rider was seventh placed overall Simon Yates who was followed by Louis Meintjes eighth overall in second 2 min 6 s down An Orica Scott rider won the classification for the second consecutive year after Yates twin brother Adam won in 2016 Team Sky finished as the winners of the team classification 7 min 14 s ahead of second placed AG2R La Mondiale Of the 198 starters 167 reached the finish of the last stage in Paris 87 Classification leadership and minor prizes EditThere were four main individual classifications being contested in the 2017 Tour de France as well as a team competition The most important was the general classification which was calculated by adding each rider s finishing times on each stage 88 Time bonuses time subtracted were awarded at the end of every stage apart from the two individual time trials The first three riders get 10 6 and 4 seconds respectively 89 For crashes within the final 3 km 1 9 mi of a stage not including time trials and summit finishes any rider involved received the same time as the group they were in when the crash occurred 90 The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered to be the overall winner of the Tour 88 The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey 91 Points classification points for the top 15 positions by type 88 Type 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Flat stage 50 30 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Medium mountain stage 30 25 22 19 17 15 13 11 9 High mountain stage 20 17 15 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Individual time trial Intermediate sprintThe second classification was the points classification Riders received points for finishing among the highest placed in a stage finish or in intermediate sprints during the stage The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage s type 88 The leader was identified by a green jersey 91 The third classification was the mountains classification Points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit of the most difficult climbs first The climbs were categorised in order of increasing difficulty as fourth third second and first category and hors categorie 88 Double points were awarded on the summit finish of the Col d Izoard on stage 18 88 The leader wore a white jersey with red polka dots 91 The final individual classification was the young rider classification This was calculated the same way as the general classification but the classification was restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1992 89 The leader wore a white jersey 91 The final classification was a team classification This was calculated using the finishing times of the best three riders per team on each stage the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time The number of stage victories and placings per team determined the outcome of a tie 89 The riders in the team that led this classification were identified with yellow number bibs on the back of their jerseys and yellow helmets 91 In addition there was a combativity award given after each stage to the rider considered by a jury to have made the greatest effort and who demonstrated the best qualities of sportsmanship 89 No combativity awards were given for the time trials and the final stage 92 The winner wore a red number bib the following stage 89 At the conclusion of the Tour Warren Barguil won the overall super combativity award 87 again decided by a jury 89 A total of 2 280 950 was awarded in cash prizes in the race 92 The overall winner of the general classification received 500 000 with the second and third placed riders getting 200 000 and 100 000 respectively 93 All finishers in the top 160 were awarded with money 93 The holders of the classifications benefited on each stage they led the final winners of the points and mountains were given 25 000 while the best young rider and most combative rider collected 20 000 94 The team classification winners were given 50 000 95 11 000 was given to the winners of each stage of the race with smaller amounts given to places 2 20 93 There was also a special award with a prize of 5 000 the Souvenir Henri Desgrange given in honour of Tour founder Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Galibier This prize was won by Primoz Roglic on stage seventeen 92 81 Classification leadership by stage 96 97 Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Team classification Combativity award 1 Geraint Thomas Geraint Thomas Geraint Thomas a no award Stefan Kung a Team Sky no award2 Marcel Kittel Marcel Kittel Taylor Phinney Yoann Offredo3 Peter Sagan Nathan Brown Pierre Latour Lilian Calmejane4 Arnaud Demare Arnaud Demare Guillaume Van Keirsbulck5 Fabio Aru Chris Froome Fabio Aru Simon Yates Philippe Gilbert6 Marcel Kittel Vegard Stake Laengen7 Marcel Kittel Marcel Kittel Dylan van Baarle8 Lilian Calmejane Lilian Calmejane Lilian Calmejane9 Rigoberto Uran Warren Barguil Warren Barguil10 Marcel Kittel Elie Gesbert11 Marcel Kittel Maciej Bodnar12 Romain Bardet Fabio Aru Steve Cummings13 Warren Barguil Alberto Contador14 Michael Matthews Chris Froome Thomas De Gendt15 Bauke Mollema Bauke Mollema16 Michael Matthews Sylvain Chavanel17 Primoz Roglic Michael Matthews Alberto Contador18 Warren Barguil Darwin Atapuma19 Edvald Boasson Hagen Jens Keukeleire20 Maciej Bodnar no award21 Dylan GroenewegenFinal Chris Froome Michael Matthews Warren Barguil Simon Yates Team Sky Warren BarguilFinal standings EditLegend Denotes the winner of the general classification 91 Denotes the winner of the mountains classification 91 Denotes the winner of the points classification 91 Denotes the winner of the young rider classification 91 Denotes the winner of the team classification 91 Denotes the winner of the combativity award 91 General classification Edit Final general classification 1 10 87 Rank Rider Team Time1 Chris Froome GBR Team Sky 86h 20 55 2 Rigoberto Uran COL Cannondale Drapac 54 3 Romain Bardet FRA AG2R La Mondiale 2 20 4 Mikel Landa ESP Team Sky 2 21 5 Fabio Aru ITA Astana 3 05 6 Dan Martin IRL Quick Step Floors 4 42 7 Simon Yates GBR Orica Scott 6 14 8 Louis Meintjes RSA UAE Team Emirates 8 20 9 Alberto Contador ESP Trek Segafredo 8 49 10 Warren Barguil FRA Team Sunweb 9 25 Final general classification 11 167 87 Rank Rider Team Time11 Damiano Caruso ITA BMC Racing Team 14 48 12 Nairo Quintana COL Movistar Team 15 28 13 Alexis Vuillermoz FRA AG2R La Mondiale 24 38 14 Mikel Nieve ESP Team Sky 25 28 15 Emanuel Buchmann GER Bora Hansgrohe 33 21 16 Brice Feillu FRA Fortuneo Oscaro 36 46 17 Bauke Mollema NED Trek Segafredo 37 43 18 Carlos Betancur COL Movistar Team 37 47 19 Serge Pauwels BEL Team Dimension Data 39 36 20 Tiesj Benoot BEL Lotto Soudal 42 04 21 Tony Gallopin FRA Lotto Soudal 42 39 22 Jan Bakelants BEL AG2R La Mondiale 50 04 23 Guillaume Martin FRA Wanty Groupe Gobert 53 52 24 Roman Kreuziger CZE Orica Scott 59 58 25 Sylvain Chavanel FRA Direct Energie 1h 04 22 26 Romain Hardy FRA Fortuneo Oscaro 1h 12 51 27 Daniel Navarro ESP Cofidis 1h 15 26 28 Sergio Henao COL Team Sky 1h 16 32 29 Pierre Latour FRA AG2R La Mondiale 1h 18 45 30 Mathias Frank SUI AG2R La Mondiale 1h 21 16 31 Robert Kiserlovski CRO Team Katusha Alpecin 1h 25 25 32 Amael Moinard FRA BMC Racing Team 1h 32 02 33 Nicolas Roche IRL BMC Racing Team 1h 32 35 34 Thomas Degand BEL Wanty Groupe Gobert 1h 34 02 35 Lilian Calmejane FRA Direct Energie 1h 35 16 36 Rudy Molard FRA FDJ 1h 35 55 37 Ben Gastauer LUX AG2R La Mondiale 1h 38 33 38 Primoz Roglic SLO LottoNL Jumbo 1h 44 41 39 Diego Ulissi ITA UAE Team Emirates 1h 45 23 40 Marco Minnaard NED Wanty Groupe Gobert 1h 48 11 41 Darwin Atapuma COL UAE Team Emirates 1h 50 31 42 Pierre Luc Perichon FRA Fortuneo Oscaro 1h 57 29 43 Nathan Brown USA Cannondale Drapac 1h 57 52 44 Andrey Zeits KAZ Astana 1h 59 09 45 Janez Brajkovic SLO Bahrain Merida 2h 00 38 46 Jarlinson Pantano COL Trek Segafredo 2h 01 30 47 Daryl Impey RSA Orica Scott 2h 01 59 48 Cyril Gautier FRA AG2R La Mondiale 2h 03 24 49 Andrew Talansky USA Cannondale Drapac 2h 03 27 50 Kristijan Đurasek CRO UAE Team Emirates 2h 04 53 51 Thomas De Gendt BEL Lotto Soudal 2h 05 36 52 Haimar Zubeldia ESP Trek Segafredo 2h 06 30 53 Gianluca Brambilla ITA Quick Step Floors 2h 06 57 54 Pierre Rolland FRA Cannondale Drapac 2h 11 54 55 Maxime Bouet FRA Fortuneo Oscaro 2h 13 23 56 Luis Angel Mate ESP Cofidis 2h 15 28 57 Michal Kwiatkowski POL Team Sky 2h 17 48 58 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC Racing Team 2h 19 14 59 Jens Keukeleire BEL Orica Scott 2h 22 26 60 Jonathan Castroviejo ESP Movistar Team 2h 22 44 61 Michael Valgren DEN Astana 2h 25 36 62 Esteban Chaves COL Orica Scott 2h 27 34 63 Oliver Naesen BEL AG2R La Mondiale 2h 28 02 64 Simon Geschke GER Team Sunweb 2h 28 57 65 Eduardo Sepulveda ARG Fortuneo Oscaro 2h 31 05 66 Romain Sicard FRA Direct Energie 2h 33 24 67 Laurens ten Dam NED Team Sunweb 2h 34 56 68 Axel Domont FRA AG2R La Mondiale 2h 35 33 69 Michael Matthews AUS Team Sunweb 2h 36 36 70 Koen de Kort NED Trek Segafredo 2h 38 33 71 Alexey Lutsenko KAZ Astana 2h 39 10 72 Michael Schar SUI BMC Racing Team 2h 41 54 73 Tsgabu Grmay ETH Bahrain Merida 2h 42 15 74 Tiago Machado POR Team Katusha Alpecin 2h 43 36 75 Maurits Lammertink NED Team Katusha Alpecin 2h 44 01 76 Nicolas Edet FRA Cofidis 2h 45 11 77 Dylan van Baarle NED Cannondale Drapac 2h 47 11 78 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR Team Dimension Data 2h 48 12 79 Stefan Kung SUI BMC Racing Team 2h 49 17 80 Pawel Poljanski POL Bora Hansgrohe 2h 53 42 81 Danilo Wyss SUI BMC Racing Team 2h 53 51 82 Paul Martens GER LottoNL Jumbo 2h 54 14 83 Ben Swift GBR UAE Team Emirates 2h 54 48 84 Nikias Arndt GER Team Sunweb 2h 54 54 85 Elie Gesbert FRA Fortuneo Oscaro 2h 55 13 86 Simon Clarke AUS Cannondale Drapac 2h 55 27 87 Andrey Amador CRC Movistar Team 2h 56 43 88 Damien Howson AUS Orica Scott 2h 56 57 89 Angelo Tulik FRA Direct Energie 2h 57 05 90 Alberto Bettiol ITA Cannondale Drapac 2h 57 56 91 Thomas Voeckler FRA Direct Energie 2h 58 51 92 Imanol Erviti ESP Movistar Team 3h 00 21 93 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev KAZ Astana 3h 04 11 94 Jay McCarthy AUS Bora Hansgrohe 3h 05 13 95 Nils Politt GER Team Katusha Alpecin 3h 05 52 96 Marco Marcato ITA UAE Team Emirates 3h 05 53 97 Jesus Herrada ESP Movistar Team 3h 06 05 98 Michael Albasini SUI Orica Scott 3h 06 55 99 Alessandro De Marchi ITA BMC Racing Team 3h 07 25 100 Pieter Vanspeybrouck BEL Wanty Groupe Gobert 3h 09 38 101 Tony Martin GER Team Katusha Alpecin 3h 10 18 102 Zdenek Stybar CZE Quick Step Floors 3h 12 12 103 Florian Vachon FRA Fortuneo Oscaro 3h 13 10 104 Daniele Bennati ITA Movistar Team 3h 13 44 105 Jack Bauer NZL Quick Step Floors 3h 15 13 106 Perrig Quemeneur FRA Direct Energie 3h 15 40 107 Scott Thwaites GBR Team Dimension Data 3h 16 28 108 Jasha Sutterlin GER Movistar Team 3h 17 53 109 Yukiya Arashiro JPN Bahrain Merida 3h 18 16 110 Yoann Offredo FRA Wanty Groupe Gobert 3h 20 50 111 Matteo Bono ITA UAE Team Emirates 3h 20 59 112 Vasil Kiryienka BLR Team Sky 3h 21 15 113 Adam Hansen AUS Lotto Soudal 3h 22 31 114 Patrick Bevin NZL Cannondale Drapac 3h 23 00 115 Dmitriy Gruzdev KAZ Astana 3h 24 42 116 Maciej Bodnar POL Bora Hansgrohe 3h 26 58 117 Julien Simon FRA Cofidis 3h 29 21 118 Reinardt Janse van Rensburg RSA Team Dimension Data 3h 30 54 119 Javier Moreno ESP Bahrain Merida 3h 32 06 120 Andriy Hrivko UKR Astana 3h 32 14 121 John Degenkolb GER Trek Segafredo 3h 35 14 122 Sonny Colbrelli ITA Bahrain Merida 3h 36 22 123 Lars Bak DEN Lotto Soudal 3h 37 04 124 Dion Smith NZL Wanty Groupe Gobert 3h 39 24 125 Laurent Pichon FRA Fortuneo Oscaro 3h 39 45 126 Adrien Petit FRA Direct Energie 3h 41 34 127 Vegard Stake Laengen NOR UAE Team Emirates 3h 41 52 128 Cyril Lemoine FRA Cofidis 3h 43 45 129 Mike Teunissen NED Team Sunweb 3h 43 52 130 Alexander Kristoff NOR Team Katusha Alpecin 3h 45 40 131 Marcus Burghardt GER Bora Hansgrohe 3h 45 57 132 Frederik Backaert BEL Wanty Groupe Gobert 3h 46 36 133 Christophe Laporte FRA Cofidis 3h 46 47 134 Yohann Gene FRA Direct Energie 3h 47 08 135 Markel Irizar ESP Trek Segafredo 3h 47 10 136 Jurgen Roelandts BEL Lotto Soudal 3h 47 20 137 Andrea Pasqualon ITA Wanty Groupe Gobert 3h 51 18 138 Nacer Bouhanni FRA Cofidis 3h 51 29 139 Julien Vermote BEL Quick Step Floors 3h 52 54 140 Thomas Boudat FRA Direct Energie 3h 53 08 141 Steve Cummings GBR Team Dimension Data 3h 53 10 142 Roy Curvers NED Team Sunweb 3h 53 38 143 Grega Bole SLO Bahrain Merida 3h 55 29 144 Christian Knees GER Team Sky 3h 55 31 145 Rick Zabel GER Team Katusha Alpecin 3h 55 48 146 Michael Gogl AUT Trek Segafredo 3h 59 06 147 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck BEL Wanty Groupe Gobert 3h 59 48 148 Ramon Sinkeldam NED Team Sunweb 4h 01 54 149 Andre Greipel GER Lotto Soudal 4h 02 54 150 Reto Hollenstein SUI Team Katusha Alpecin 4h 03 45 151 Mathew Hayman AUS Orica Scott 4h 05 17 152 Davide Cimolai ITA FDJ 4h 06 15 153 Bernhard Eisel AUT Team Dimension Data 4h 10 18 154 Fabio Sabatini ITA Quick Step Floors 4h 10 25 155 Marco Haller AUT Team Katusha Alpecin 4h 13 50 156 Dylan Groenewegen NED LottoNL Jumbo 4h 16 02 157 Albert Timmer NED Team Sunweb 4h 16 21 158 Olivier Le Gac FRA FDJ 4h 17 21 159 Taylor Phinney USA Cannondale Drapac 4h 18 15 160 Borut Bozic SLO Bahrain Merida 4h 18 41 161 Florian Senechal FRA Cofidis 4h 19 17 162 Jaco Venter RSA Team Dimension Data 4h 20 16 163 Dimitri Claeys BEL Cofidis 4h 25 01 164 Robert Wagner GER LottoNL Jumbo 4h 25 12 165 Rudiger Selig GER Bora Hansgrohe 4h 26 43 166 Tom Leezer NED LottoNL Jumbo 4h 32 21 167 Luke Rowe GBR Team Sky 4h 35 52 Points classification Edit Final points classification 1 10 87 Rank Rider Team Points1 Michael Matthews AUS Team Sunweb 3702 Andre Greipel GER Lotto Soudal 2343 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR Team Dimension Data 2204 Alexander Kristoff NOR Team Katusha Alpecin 1745 Sonny Colbrelli ITA Bahrain Merida 1686 Thomas De Gendt BEL Lotto Soudal 1497 Dylan Groenewegen NED LottoNL Jumbo 1448 Chris Froome GBR Team Sky 1339 Rigoberto Uran COL Cannondale Drapac 10610 Dan Martin IRL Quick Step Floors 106Mountains classification Edit Final mountains classification 1 10 87 Rank Rider Team Points1 Warren Barguil FRA Team Sunweb 1692 Primoz Roglic SLO LottoNL Jumbo 803 Thomas De Gendt BEL Lotto Soudal 644 Darwin Atapuma COL UAE Team Emirates 555 Chris Froome GBR Team Sky 516 Romain Bardet FRA AG2R La Mondiale 477 Mikel Landa ESP Team Sky 458 Bauke Mollema NED Trek Segafredo 379 Alberto Contador ESP Trek Segafredo 3610 Serge Pauwels BEL Team Dimension Data 32 Young rider classification Edit Final young rider classification 1 10 87 Rank Rider Team Time1 Simon Yates GBR Orica Scott 86h 27 09 2 Louis Meintjes RSA UAE Team Emirates 2 06 3 Emanuel Buchmann GER Bora Hansgrohe 27 07 4 Tiesj Benoot BEL Lotto Soudal 35 50 5 Guillaume Martin FRA Wanty Groupe Gobert 47 38 6 Pierre Latour FRA AG2R La Mondiale 1h 12 31 7 Lilian Calmejane FRA Direct Energie 1h 29 02 8 Michael Valgren DEN Astana 2h 19 22 9 Alexey Lutsenko KAZ Astana 2h 32 56 10 Dylan van Baarle NED Cannondale Drapac 2h 40 57 Team classification Edit Final team classification 1 10 87 Rank Team Time1 Team Sky 259h 21 06 2 AG2R La Mondiale 7 14 3 Trek Segafredo 1h 44 46 4 BMC Racing Team 1h 49 49 5 Orica Scott 1h 52 21 6 Movistar Team 1h 55 52 7 Cannondale Drapac 2h 15 25 8 Fortuneo Oscaro 2h 18 18 9 Lotto Soudal 2h 28 18 10 Astana 2h 28 39 UCI rankings EditRiders from the WorldTeams competing for individually and for their teams for points that contributed towards the World Tour rankings 98 Riders from both the WorldTeams and Professional Continental teams also competed individually and for their nations for points that contributed towards the UCI World Ranking which included all UCI road races 99 100 Both rankings used the same points scale awarding points to the top sixty in the general classification each yellow jersey given at the end of a stage the top five finishers in each stage and for the top three in the final points and mountains classifications 99 101 The points accrued by Chris Froome moved him from twentieth to sixth in the World Tour and kept his fifth place in the World Ranking Greg Van Avermaet BMC Racing Team held the lead of both individual rankings Quick Step Floors and Belgium also holding the lead of the World Tour team ranking and World Ranking nation ranking respectively 100 102 103 UCI World Tour individual ranking on 23 July 2017 1 10 103 Rank Prev Name Team Points1 1 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC Racing Team 26282 4 Alejandro Valverde ESP Movistar Team 21053 21 Dan Martin IRL Quick Step Floors 20404 3 Richie Porte AUS BMC Racing Team 18825 2 Tom Dumoulin NED Team Sunweb 18516 20 Chris Froome GBR Team Sky 18247 9 Michal Kwiatkowski POL Team Sky 17718 11 Philippe Gilbert BEL Quick Step Floors 17659 5 Nairo Quintana COL Movistar Team 171110 6 Peter Sagan SVK Bora Hansgrohe 1570UCI World Ranking individual ranking on 24 July 2017 1 10 100 Rank Prev Name Team Points1 1 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC Racing Team 5057 252 9 Peter Sagan SVK Bora Hansgrohe 38963 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP Movistar Team 32954 8 Nairo Quintana COL Movistar Team 32755 5 Chris Froome GBR Team Sky 30666 5 Philippe Gilbert BEL Quick Step Floors 2419 47 25 Michael Matthews AUS Team Sunweb 24098 4 Tom Dumoulin NED Team Sunweb 24029 11 Alberto Contador ESP Trek Segafredo 240010 7 Dan Martin IRL Quick Step Floors 2349See also Edit Sports portal France portal2017 in men s road cycling 2017 in sports 2017 La Course by Le Tour de FranceNotes Edit a b c In stage two Vasil Kiryienka who was third in the points classification wore the green jersey because Geraint Thomas wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification Stefan Kung who was second in the 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