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Tuesday, July 18: Stage 16, Le Puy en Velay - Romans sur Isère, 165 km

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Michael Matthews (2nd from left) wins stage 16. Photo © ASO/Alex Broadway

Weather in the finish town of Romans sur Isère at 1:40 PM, local time: 31C (87F), sunny with the wind from the SSW at 31 km/hr (19 mph). No rain is forecast.

Rated ascents:

• Km 20.5: Côte de Boussoulet, 4.5 km @ 6.3% - cat. 3
• Km 65.0: Col du Rouvey, 2.8 km @ 5.6% - cat. 4

The race: The big news is that Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step) did not start stage 16 because of gastroenteritis. 174 riders began the stage at 1:41 PM.

Km 11: After a flurry of early attacks in the crosswinds, three riders gained a small gap: Maurits Lammertink (Katusha), Angelo Tulik (Direct Energie) & Marcus Burghardt (Bora). But that trio was soon hoovered up and the pack is back together.

Km 14: More attacks. This is a very fast start.

Km 25: Green Jersey Marcel Kittel has been dropped on the Côte de Boussoulet. Five riders are 40sec ahead of the field: Chavanel, Degand, De Gendt, Impey & Edet.

Km 42: Marcel Kittel is still off the back with more than 40 other riders, 1min 16sec behind the field. Sylvain Chavanel has gone solo, a slender 12sec ahead of the field. Sunweb is leading the field.

Chavanel has been caught.

Km 55: Sunweb (surely hoping to put Kittel out the back door) leads the pack with help from Lotto-Soudal. 12th-place George Bennett is riding behind the Kittel group. The Kittel group is 1min 30sec behind the Yellow Jersey group of 119 riders which leads the race.

Km 67: George Bennett abandoned. The two rated climbs are finished with Warren Barguil being first over the Col du Rouvey. The Yellow-Jersey group of 118 riders with Sunweb at the front, still leads. Kittel's 43-man group is 2min 17sec back.

Km 85: The GC leaders are together at the front in the Yellow Jersey group. Nacer Bouhanni and Nils Politt have left the Kittel group and are 1min 50sec behind the peloton. The 43-man Kittel group is 2min 30sec behind the Yellow Jersey.

35 km to go: Michael Matthews won the intermediate sprint. There are strong crosswinds. Nacer Bouhanni did make it back to the peloton. The Marcel Kittel group of 43 riders is 6min 43sec behind the 120 riders in the Yellow Jersey group.

20 km to go: The gap to the Marcel Kittel chasers keeps growing. The peloton is now 9min ahead of the 43 riders in the Kittel group.

The finish: In the wind Sky hit the front hard and split the pack. In the second group were Dan Martin, Mike Landa, Alberto Contador and Louis Meintjes.

Michael Matthews won the stage with Edvald Boasson Hagen second.

Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing:

Australia's Michael Matthews claimed his second stage win and the third one for Sunweb after his team pulled the bunch almost all day to keep Marcel Kittel behind. Crosswinds made it a spectacular finale in the Rhône valley with a small group including Chris Froome and most of the GC contenders but not Dan Martin and Alberto Contador in contention for the stage victory. Edvald Boasson Hagen was second again, by very little.

174 riders started stage 16 in Le Puy-en-Velay. Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floors) was a non-starter due to illness. Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie), Thomas Degand (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) and Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) were the most active riders in the first hour of racing. At the côte de Boussoulet (km 20.5), they were in the lead with Daryl Impey (Orica-Scott) and Nicolas Edet (Cofidis). All skirmishes made the race too hard for Marcel Kittel (Quick-Step Floors) and many other riders, so Sunweb put the hammer down. Chavanel was the last breakaway rider reeled in at km 44.5. George Bennett (LottoNL-Jumbo), 12th on GC, abandoned the Tour de France.

As a long downhill was following the col de Rouvey with 100km to go, Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) didn't give up. He decided to attack from the green jersey group to bridge a gap of two minutes to the yellow jersey group led by Sunweb. He firstly did it in the wheel of his team-mate Julien Simon. He was later drafted successively by Nicolas Edet and Cyril Lemoine who waited for him. He was always accompanied by Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin) who had no interest to help him come across to the peloton and become one more rival to Alexander Kristoff. It took Bouhanni 50 minutes of chasing to make it back to the pack with 56km to go.

Crosswinds caused some tension in the peloton in the run-in to Romans-sur-Isère in the Rhône valley. GC riders started jostling for positions with 20km to go. Team Sky sped up with 15km remaining. It reduced the front group to 28 riders. Among the top ranked riders overall, Dan Martin (Quick-Step Floors), Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) and Louis Meintjes (UAE Team Emirates) were missing. With 2km to go, Daniele Bennati (Movistar) tried to anticipate the sprint but he had to surrender 600 metres before the line. In a tight finish, Michael Matthews (Sunweb) outsprinted Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) who missed out for the second time by very little after the photo-finish declared Kittel the winner on stage 7 in Nuits-Saint-Georges. Chris Froome (Sky) retained the lead while Martin dropped from fifth to seventh overall.

Video summary of stage 16

Complete Results:

Stage 16 photos

165 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.361 km/hr

1	MATTHEWS MICHAEL	TEAM SUNWEB	3hr 38min 15sec
2	BOASSON HAGEN EDVALD	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
3	DEGENKOLB JOHN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
4	VAN AVERMAET GREG	BMC	s.t.
5	LAPORTE CHRISTOPHE	COFIDIS	s.t.
6	KEUKELEIRE JENS	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
7	GALLOPIN TONY	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
8	BENOOT TIESJ	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
9	BODNAR MACIEJ	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
10	HARDY ROMAIN	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
11	JANSE VAN RENSBURG REINARDT	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
12	URAN RIGOBERTO	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
13	FROOME CHRISTOPHER	SKY	s.t.
14	YATES SIMON	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
15	LANDA MIKEL	SKY	s.t.
16	BARDET ROMAIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
17	CARUSO DAMIANO	BMC	s.t.
18	ARU FABIO	ASTANA	s.t.
19	QUINTANA NAIRO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
20	ERVITI IMANOL	MOVISTAR	s.t.
21	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
22	KÜNG STEFAN	BMC	s.t.
23	NAESEN OLIVER	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 00' 15''
24	ROCHE NICOLAS	BMC	+ 00' 17''
25	SCHÄR MICHAEL	BMC	s.t.
26	ARNDT NIKIAS	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 00' 22''
27	THWAITES SCOTT	DIMENSION DATA	+ 00' 23''
28	BENNATI DANIELE	MOVISTAR	+ 00' 28''
29	MEINTJES LOUIS	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 00' 51''
30	LATOUR PIERRE-ROGER	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
31	MARTIN DANIEL	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
32	IMPEY DARYL	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
33	BUCHMANN EMANUEL	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
34	VUILLERMOZ ALEXIS	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
35	HENAO SERGIO LUIS	SKY	s.t.
36	MARTIN GUILLAUME	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
37	CHAVANEL SYLVAIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
38	VAN BAARLE DYLAN	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
39	MC CARTHY JAY	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
40	MOINARD AMAËL	BMC	s.t.
41	PERICHON PIERRE-LUC	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
42	KRISTOFF ALEXANDER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 00' 53''
43	GREIPEL ANDRÉ	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01' 25''
44	FEILLU BRICE	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 01' 33''
45	ARASHIRO YUKIYA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
46	CONTADOR ALBERTO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
47	SÜTTERLIN JASHA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
48	PAUWELS SERGE	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
49	PETIT ADRIEN	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
50	ULISSI DIEGO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
51	BRAMBILLA GIANLUCA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
52	KISERLOVSKI ROBERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
53	NIEVE MIKEL	SKY	s.t.
54	BETANCUR CARLOS ALBERTO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
55	AMADOR ANDREY	MOVISTAR	s.t.
56	SWIFT BEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
57	DURASEK KRISTIJAN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
58	KREUZIGER ROMAN	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
59	BONO MATTEO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
60	MOLARD RUDY	FDJ	s.t.
61	CHAVES JOHAN ESTEBAN	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
62	EISEL BERNHARD	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
63	GESBERT ELIE	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
64	BAKELANTS JAN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
65	FRANK MATHIAS	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 40''
66	POLJANSKI PAWEL	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 01' 43''
67	BOUHANNI NACER	COFIDIS	s.t.
68	MOLLEMA BAUKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
69	GRIVKO ANDRIY	ASTANA	+ 01' 58''
70	MARCATO MARCO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 02' 06''
71	CALMEJANE LILIAN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02' 09''
72	KNEES CHRISTIAN	SKY	+ 02' 14''
73	COLBRELLI SONNY	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02' 32''
74	KIRYIENKA VASILI	SKY	+ 02' 39''
75	BAUER JACK	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 02' 44''
76	DE KORT KOEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02' 51''
77	SINKELDAM RAMON	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
78	BROWN NATHAN	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
79	BOUET MAXIME	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
80	MARTENS PAUL	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
81	BRAJKOVIC JANEZ	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
82	ZUBELDIA HAIMAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
83	GASTAUER BEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
84	MINNAARD MARCO	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
85	ATAPUMA JOHN DARWIN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
86	ROLLAND PIERRE	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
87	GRMAY TSGABU GEBREMARYAM	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
88	GRUZDEV DMITRIY	ASTANA	+ 03' 35''
89	GENE YOHANN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 04' 24''
90	MACHADO TIAGO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 04' 54''
91	VALGREN ANDERSEN MICHAEL	ASTANA	s.t.
92	DE GENDT THOMAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
93	QUEMENEUR PERRIG	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
94	DEGAND THOMAS	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
95	VOECKLER THOMAS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
96	GESCHKE SIMON	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
97	BOUDAT THOMAS	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
98	SICARD ROMAIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 05' 05''
99	CASTROVIEJO JONATHAN	MOVISTAR	s.t.
100	CIMOLAI DAVIDE	FDJ	s.t.
101	POLITT NILS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
102	HERRADA JESÚS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
103	KWIATKOWSKI MICHAL	SKY	s.t.
104	LEMOINE CYRIL	COFIDIS	+ 05' 19''
105	DE MARCHI ALESSANDRO	BMC	+ 05' 45''
106	TEUNISSEN MIKE	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 06' 19''
107	CURVERS ROY	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
108	ZEITS ANDREY	ASTANA	s.t.
109	ALBASINI MICHAEL	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
110	PINOT THIBAUT	FDJ	s.t.
111	DOMONT AXEL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
112	BEVIN PATRICK	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
113	SEPULVEDA EDUARDO	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
114	NAVARRO DANIEL	COFIDIS	s.t.
115	LUTSENKO ALEXEY	ASTANA	+ 06' 45''
116	TALANSKY ANDREW	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 07' 02''
117	KOZHATAYEV BAKHTIYAR	ASTANA	+ 07' 38''
118	MORENO BAZAN JAVIER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 09' 09''
119	HOWSON DAMIEN	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
120	TIMMER ALBERT	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 09' 59''
121	TEN DAM LAURENS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
122	PANTANO JARLINSON	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
123	CUMMINGS STEPHEN	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
124	BAK LARS YTTING	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 16' 19''
125	SABATINI FABIO	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
126	VAN KEIRSBULCK GUILLAUME	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
127	SIEBERG MARCEL	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
128	HANSEN ADAM	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
129	ROWE LUKE	SKY	s.t.
130	BURGHARDT MARCUS	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
131	LAMMERTINK MAURITS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
132	IRIZAR MARKEL	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
133	HAYMAN MATHEW	ORICA-SCOTT	s.t.
134	VERMOTE JULIEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
135	HALLER MARCO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
136	KITTEL MARCEL	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
137	VACHON FLORIAN	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
138	CLARKE SIMON	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
139	WYSS DANILO	BMC	s.t.
140	HOLLENSTEIN RETO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
141	BOZIC BORUT	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
142	GAUTIER CYRIL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
143	SELIG RÜDIGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
144	ROOSEN TIMO	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
145	PASQUALON ANDREA	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
146	GOGL MICHAEL	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
147	LAENGEN VEGARD STAKE	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
148	VANSPEYBROUCK PIETER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
149	BACKAERT FREDERIK	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
150	SIMON JULIEN	COFIDIS	s.t.
151	EDET NICOLAS	COFIDIS	s.t.
152	LE GAC OLIVIER	FDJ	s.t.
153	MARTIN TONY	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
154	CLAEYS DIMITRI	COFIDIS	s.t.
155	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
156	ROELANDTS JURGEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
157	SENECHAL FLORIAN	COFIDIS	s.t.
158	BOLE GREGA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
159	SMITH DION	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
160	STYBAR ZDENEK	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
161	CINK ONDREJ	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
162	ZABEL RICK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
163	BETTIOL ALBERTO	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
164	GROENEWEGEN DYLAN	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
165	ROGLIC PRIMOZ	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
166	LEEZER TOM	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
167	VENTER JACOBUS	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
168	WAGNER ROBERT	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
169	PHINNEY TAYLOR	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
170	OFFREDO YOANN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
171	MATE MARDONES LUIS ANGEL	COFIDIS	+ 26' 17''
172	PICHON LAURENT	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.
173	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	s.t.

GC after Stage 16:

• GC leader: Chris Froome (Team Sky)
• Points classification leader: Marcel Kittel (Quick-Step Floors)
• Mountains classification leader: Warren Barguil (Sunweb)
• Best young rider: Simon Yates (Orica-Scott)
• Team classification leader: Team Sky

2,829.5 km raced so far at an average speed of 42.89 km/hr

1	FROOME CHRISTOPHER	SKY	68hr 18min 36sec
2	ARU FABIO	ASTANA	@ 18sec
3	BARDET ROMAIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 00' 23''
4	URAN RIGOBERTO	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 00' 29''
5	LANDA MIKEL	SKY	+ 01' 17''
6	YATES SIMON	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 02' 02''
7	MARTIN DANIEL	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 02' 03''
8	MEINTJES LOUIS	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 06' 00''
9	CARUSO DAMIANO	BMC	+ 06' 05''
10	QUINTANA NAIRO	MOVISTAR	+ 06' 16''
11	CONTADOR ALBERTO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 07' 10''
12	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 08' 48''
13	LATOUR PIERRE-ROGER	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 14' 32''
14	VUILLERMOZ ALEXIS	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 15' 45''
15	NIEVE MIKEL	SKY	+ 16' 25''
16	BUCHMANN EMANUEL	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 20' 28''
17	BETANCUR CARLOS ALBERTO	MOVISTAR	+ 23' 50''
18	MARTIN GUILLAUME	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 28' 19''
19	FEILLU BRICE	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 28' 41''
20	BENOOT TIESJ	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 30' 10''
21	PAUWELS SERGE	DIMENSION DATA	+ 32' 46''
22	HENAO SERGIO LUIS	SKY	+ 32' 47''
23	MOLLEMA BAUKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 36' 33''
24	BAKELANTS JAN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 40' 52''
25	KREUZIGER ROMAN	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 42' 18''
26	GALLOPIN TONY	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 43' 46''
27	CHAVANEL SYLVAIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 50' 13''
28	HARDY ROMAIN	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 54' 12''
29	CALMEJANE LILIAN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 57' 33''
30	ROCHE NICOLAS	BMC	+ 01H 02' 53''
31	NAVARRO DANIEL	COFIDIS	+ 01H 04' 04''
32	DEGAND THOMAS	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 01H 08' 50''
33	GASTAUER BEN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01H 09' 56''
34	KISERLOVSKI ROBERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01H 10' 55''
35	FRANK MATHIAS	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01H 11' 18''
36	PANTANO JARLINSON	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01H 12' 13''
37	ROGLIC PRIMOZ	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01H 14' 19''
38	BROWN NATHAN	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01H 16' 36''
39	BRAJKOVIC JANEZ	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 01H 16' 40''
40	ULISSI DIEGO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 01H 19' 35''
41	ZUBELDIA HAIMAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01H 20' 27''
42	PERICHON PIERRE-LUC	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 01H 20' 28''
43	CASTROVIEJO JONATHAN	MOVISTAR	+ 01H 21' 09''
44	MOINARD AMAËL	BMC	+ 01H 21' 14''
45	MOLARD RUDY	FDJ	+ 01H 24' 13''
46	VAN AVERMAET GREG	BMC	+ 01H 25' 48''
47	BOUET MAXIME	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 01H 25' 54''
48	MINNAARD MARCO	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 01H 26' 16''
49	ROLLAND PIERRE	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01H 27' 47''
50	CHAVES JOHAN ESTEBAN	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 01H 28' 58''
51	GAUTIER CYRIL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01H 31' 40''
52	PINOT THIBAUT	FDJ	+ 01H 31' 57''
53	NAESEN OLIVER	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01H 34' 33''
54	ZEITS ANDREY	ASTANA	+ 01H 34' 34''
55	DURASEK KRISTIJAN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 01H 35' 32''
56	TALANSKY ANDREW	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01H 35' 53''
57	BRAMBILLA GIANLUCA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 01H 36' 45''
58	MATTHEWS MICHAEL	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 01H 38' 22''
59	IMPEY DARYL	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 01H 39' 50''
60	DE GENDT THOMAS	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01H 40' 57''
61	KEUKELEIRE JENS	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 01H 42' 24''
62	MATE MARDONES LUIS ANGEL	COFIDIS	+ 01H 42' 25''
63	KWIATKOWSKI MICHAL	SKY	+ 01H 42' 37''
64	DOMONT AXEL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01H 43' 20''
65	VALGREN ANDERSEN MICHAEL	ASTANA	+ 01H 44' 14''
66	GESCHKE SIMON	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 01H 44' 40''
67	ATAPUMA JOHN DARWIN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 01H 44' 56''
68	DE KORT KOEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01H 46' 00''
69	SEPULVEDA EDUARDO	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 01H 49' 08''
70	KÜNG STEFAN	BMC	+ 01H 50' 11''
71	MACHADO TIAGO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01H 51' 23''
72	TEN DAM LAURENS	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 01H 52' 13''
73	SCHÄR MICHAEL	BMC	+ 01H 53' 03''
74	VAN BAARLE DYLAN	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01H 54' 48''
75	POLJANSKI PAWEL	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 01H 55' 14''
76	GRMAY TSGABU GEBREMARYAM	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 01H 55' 43''
77	MARTENS PAUL	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 01H 56' 14''
78	BOASSON HAGEN EDVALD	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01H 57' 07''
79	AMADOR ANDREY	MOVISTAR	+ 01H 58' 09''
80	LAMMERTINK MAURITS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01H 59' 49''
81	EDET NICOLAS	COFIDIS	+ 02H 00' 35''
82	BETTIOL ALBERTO	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02H 00' 41''
83	LUTSENKO ALEXEY	ASTANA	+ 02H 01' 03''
84	CINK ONDREJ	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02H 02' 26''
85	SICARD ROMAIN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02H 02' 26''
86	ERVITI IMANOL	MOVISTAR	+ 02H 02' 59''
87	MC CARTHY JAY	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 02H 03' 06''
88	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02H 03' 44''
89	CLARKE SIMON	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02H 03' 49''
90	DE MARCHI ALESSANDRO	BMC	+ 02H 04' 24''
91	MARCATO MARCO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 02H 05' 50''
92	WYSS DANILO	BMC	+ 02H 06' 04''
93	ARNDT NIKIAS	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 02H 06' 15''
94	POLITT NILS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02H 06' 20''
95	HOWSON DAMIEN	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 02H 06' 45''
96	SWIFT BEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 02H 10' 38''
97	THWAITES SCOTT	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02H 11' 47''
98	HERRADA JESÚS	MOVISTAR	+ 02H 14' 32''
99	GESBERT ELIE	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 02H 14' 35''
100	QUEMENEUR PERRIG	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02H 15' 03''
101	ALBASINI MICHAEL	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 02H 15' 58''
102	OFFREDO YOANN	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 02H 16' 50''
103	HANSEN ADAM	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02H 17' 54''
104	BEVIN PATRICK	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02H 19' 01''
105	MARTIN TONY	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02H 19' 14''
106	ARASHIRO YUKIYA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02H 19' 15''
107	VACHON FLORIAN	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 02H 19' 15''
108	BONO MATTEO	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 02H 20' 11''
109	STYBAR ZDENEK	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 02H 22' 14''
110	BENNATI DANIELE	MOVISTAR	+ 02H 22' 25''
111	BAUER JACK	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 02H 23' 31''
112	KIRYIENKA VASILI	SKY	+ 02H 24' 12''
113	BODNAR MACIEJ	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 02H 24' 19''
114	VOECKLER THOMAS	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02H 25' 51''
115	JANSE VAN RENSBURG REINARDT	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02H 26' 24''
116	DEGENKOLB JOHN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02H 27' 13''
117	VANSPEYBROUCK PIETER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 02H 28' 09''
118	MORENO BAZAN JAVIER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02H 29' 36''
119	KOZHATAYEV BAKHTIYAR	ASTANA	+ 02H 29' 46''
120	GRUZDEV DMITRIY	ASTANA	+ 02H 30' 20''
121	SÜTTERLIN JASHA	MOVISTAR	+ 02H 32' 18''
122	SIMON JULIEN	COFIDIS	+ 02H 33' 45''
123	GRIVKO ANDRIY	ASTANA	+ 02H 34' 08''
124	COLBRELLI SONNY	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02H 35' 28''
125	PETIT ADRIEN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02H 35' 43''
126	LEMOINE CYRIL	COFIDIS	+ 02H 36' 59''
127	ROOSEN TIMO	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02H 37' 09''
128	LAENGEN VEGARD STAKE	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	+ 02H 37' 46''
129	BURGHARDT MARCUS	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 02H 38' 18''
130	KRISTOFF ALEXANDER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02H 39' 06''
131	LAPORTE CHRISTOPHE	COFIDIS	+ 02H 39' 50''
132	SMITH DION	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 02H 40' 01''
133	TEUNISSEN MIKE	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 02H 40' 39''
134	GENE YOHANN	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02H 41' 55''
135	IRIZAR MARKEL	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02H 42' 40''
136	BOUHANNI NACER	COFIDIS	+ 02H 43' 07''
137	BACKAERT FREDERIK	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 02H 43' 27''
138	BAK LARS YTTING	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02H 44' 58''
139	PICHON LAURENT	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 02H 46' 50''
140	PASQUALON ANDREA	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 02H 47' 13''
141	CURVERS ROY	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 02H 47' 44''
142	BOUDAT THOMAS	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02H 47' 51''
143	CUMMINGS STEPHEN	DIMENSION DATA	+ 02H 48' 52''
144	VERMOTE JULIEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 02H 48' 56''
145	ZABEL RICK	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 02H 51' 13''
146	KNEES CHRISTIAN	SKY	+ 02H 51' 45''
147	BOLE GREGA	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02H 51' 56''
148	GOGL MICHAEL	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02H 53' 40''
149	ROELANDTS JURGEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02H 55' 11''
150	SINKELDAM RAMON	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 02H 58' 31''
151	CIMOLAI DAVIDE	FDJ	+ 02H 58' 57''
152	GREIPEL ANDRÉ	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02H 58' 59''
153	HAYMAN MATHEW	ORICA-SCOTT	+ 02H 59' 25''
154	HOLLENSTEIN RETO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 03H 00' 34''
155	VAN KEIRSBULCK GUILLAUME	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 03H 00' 48''
156	EISEL BERNHARD	DIMENSION DATA	+ 03H 03' 03''
157	SABATINI FABIO	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 03H 06' 56''
158	HALLER MARCO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 03H 07' 50''
159	KITTEL MARCEL	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 03H 09' 12''
160	VENTER JACOBUS	DIMENSION DATA	+ 03H 11' 05''
161	GROENEWEGEN DYLAN	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03H 11' 46''
162	TIMMER ALBERT	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 03H 12' 08''
163	LE GAC OLIVIER	FDJ	+ 03H 13' 17''
164	SENECHAL FLORIAN	COFIDIS	+ 03H 13' 33''
165	BOZIC BORUT	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 03H 14' 24''
166	SIEBERG MARCEL	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 03H 15' 18''
167	PHINNEY TAYLOR	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 03H 16' 30''
168	CLAEYS DIMITRI	COFIDIS	+ 03H 18' 21''
169	WAGNER ROBERT	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03H 21' 15''
170	SELIG RÜDIGER	BORA-HANSGROHE	+ 03H 22' 57''
171	LEEZER TOM	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03H 25' 13''
172	ROWE LUKE	SKY	+ 03H 32' 19''
173	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO-OSCARO	+ 03H 50' 36''

Stage 16 map & profile:

Stage 16 map

Stage 16 profile

Stage 16 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

This was another close one. Michael Matthews just beat Edvald Boasson Hagen.

Chris Froome and Simon Yates finish in the front group.

Fabio Aru finished right with Froome.

André Greipel finished 43rd @ 1min 25sec

Alberto Contador was 46th

Initially caught out with the Kittel group, Nacer Bouhanni did a huge chase to get up to the main peloton.

Sylvain Chavanel was awarded the red number for being the day's most aggressive rider.

Marcel Kittel finished 136th, 16min 19sec after Michael Matthews, but that was good enough to beat the time cutoff and to retain the green jersey.

Stage winner Michael Matthews

Froome goes into the Alps with a slender lead. The next few stages will be interesting, to say the least.

Organizer's stage 16 preview:

Stage 16 is the first one fully in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region after Chris Froome already noted on the way to Le Puy-en-Velay that the race was on Romain Bardet's territory. Approximately one banner out of two on the road sides says “ça va Bardet”. Phonetically, it means “sparks will fly”, literally it means “Bardet goes well”. After a well-deserved rest day in the Auvergne, Bardet's homeland, the Tour will head to Rhône-Alpes [there were two different regions until last year] where the leader of AG2R-La Mondiale studied cycling – and many other topics from law to business and communication… Approaching the Alps, the expectations are high in the hosting country for a Frenchman to win the Tour thirty-two year after Bernard Hinault.

Before two big mountain stages with the Galibier and the Izoard, stage 16 offers a transition that can suit attackers or sprinters. It's hard enough at the beginning to make a break but the downhill part throughout the beautiful Ardèche province and the flat finale in the Rhône valley favors the teams who are still keen for a bunch gallop. André Greipel is yet to win a stage and Marcel Kittel eyes the all-time record of eight victories in a single Tour de France. To achieve that goal, the green jersey holder can't miss any of the three potential sprints in Romans-sur-Isère, Salon-de-Provence and Paris.

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