2014 Tour de France

101st edition: July 5 - July 27, 2014

List of stages, results, photos, stage profiles and maps

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Complete Final 2014 Tour de France General Classification: 3,659 km raced at an average speed of 40.662 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	89hr 59min 6sec
2	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 07' 37''
3	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 08' 15''
4	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 09' 40''
5	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 11' 24''
6	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 11' 26''
7	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 14' 32''
8	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 17' 57''
9	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 18' 11''
10	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 21' 15''
11	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 23' 07''
12	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 25' 48''
13	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 34' 01''
14	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 36' 41''
15	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 38' 15''
16	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 43' 59''
17	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 44' 31''
18	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	+ 46' 31''
19	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 47' 30''
20	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 52' 11''
21	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 58' 00''
22	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	+ 59' 14''
23	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 01h 01' 08''
24	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 06' 28''
25	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01h 08' 47''
26	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 17' 53''
27	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 19' 38''
28	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 21' 55''
29	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01h 29' 24''
30	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	+ 01h 33' 27''
31	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 36' 52''
32	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 38' 27''
33	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 48' 00''
34	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 48' 13''
35	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 52' 36''
36	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01h 54' 50''
37	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 56' 28''
38	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 56' 34''
39	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 58' 45''
40	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01h 59' 02''
41	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 00' 50''
42	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 08' 38''
43	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 02h 09' 43''
44	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02h 17' 53''
45	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 02h 19' 13''
46	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02h 21' 18''
47	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 25' 35''
48	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02h 29' 06''
49	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 02h 31' 40''
50	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02h 32' 48''
51	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02h 34' 22''
52	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 02h 34' 54''
53	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02h 41' 59''
54	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 02h 45' 17''
55	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 49' 03''
56	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02h 49' 20''
57	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	+ 02h 49' 28''
58	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 51' 46''
59	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 52' 00''
60	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 02h 52' 52''
61	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 53' 18''
62	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 53' 20''
63	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02h 53' 44''
64	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 02h 54' 18''
65	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 55' 27''
66	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 55' 47''
67	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 56' 12''
68	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02h 58' 00''
69	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 02h 58' 41''
70	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 03h 05' 51''
71	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 03h 07' 18''
72	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 03h 08' 03''
73	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 03h 08' 12''
74	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 03h 08' 40''
75	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	+ 03h 12' 10''
76	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR	+ 03h 14' 41''
77	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03h 19' 34''
78	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 20' 48''
79	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03h 21' 04''
80	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	+ 03h 21' 16''
81	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 03h 22' 48''
82	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 03h 23' 41''
83	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 03h 25' 46''
84	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03h 26' 23''
85	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 03h 27' 52''
86	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	+ 03h 30' 23''
87	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 03h 30' 36''
88	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03h 35' 01''
89	Sergio  Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 03h 36' 33''
90	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03h 38' 04''
91	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 03h 38' 27''
92	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 03h 38' 52''
93	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 03h 38' 56''
94	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 03h 39' 04''
95	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03h 39' 28''
96	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 03h 40' 46''
97	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 03h 41' 24''
98	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 03h 41' 58''
99	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03h 42' 23''
100	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 03h 43' 25''
101	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 03h 43' 37''
102	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR	+ 03h 44' 22''
103	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 44' 40''
104	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 03h 44' 45''
105	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	+ 03h 45' 13''
106	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 03h 45' 54''
107	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 03h 46' 35''
108	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 03h 46' 37''
109	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03h 46' 56''
110	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03h 47' 16''
111	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 03h 52' 39''
112	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	+ 03h 52' 52''
113	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 03h 55' 38''
114	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 03h 55' 53''
115	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 58' 08''
116	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 03h 58' 23''
117	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 04h 01' 09''
118	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	+ 04h 01' 21''
119	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 04h 01' 53''
120	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 04h 04' 00''
121	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 04h 05' 13''
122	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 04h 05' 59''
123	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 04h 06' 42''
124	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 04h 07' 34''
125	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 04h 11' 46''
126	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY	+ 04h 13' 21''
127	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 04h 18' 43''
128	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 04h 19' 11''
129	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 04h 22' 07''
130	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 04h 22' 33''
131	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 04h 22' 52''
132	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 04h 24' 15''
133	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 04h 24' 21''
134	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 04h 26' 29''
135	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	+ 04h 29' 14''
136	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 04h 29' 43''
137	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 04h 29' 57''
138	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 04h 30' 52''
139	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 04h 33' 45''
140	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 04h 34' 29''
141	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 04h 37' 42''
142	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 04h 39' 03''
143	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	+ 04h 39' 40''
144	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 04h 40' 06''
145	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 04h 41' 21''
146	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 04h 42' 28''
147	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 04h 42' 48''
148	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 04h 44' 47''
149	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 04h 44' 54''
150	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 04h 45' 04''
151	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 04h 45' 04''
152	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 04h 46' 28''
153	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 04h 47' 52''
154	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 04h 48' 40''
155	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 04h 53' 23''
156	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 04h 58' 20''
157	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 04h 58' 30''
158	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR	+ 04h 59' 57''
159	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 05h 00' 29''
160	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE	+ 05h 03' 46''
161	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 05h 06' 27''
162	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 05h 10' 40''
163	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 05h 11' 58''
164	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 06h 02' 24''

Points Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	431 points
2	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	282
3	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	271
4	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	222
5	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	211
6	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	182
7	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	169
8	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	157
9	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	153
10	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	117
11	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	105
12	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	101
13	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	96
14	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	94
15	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	94
16	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	93
17	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	85
18	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	84
19	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	83
20	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	82
21	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	79
22	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	77
23	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	74
24	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	74
25	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	74
26	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	73
27	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	69
28	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	69
29	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	68
30	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	67
31	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	66
32	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	64
33	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	63
34	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	61
35	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	61
36	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	55
37	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	54
38	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	51
39	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	51
40	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	49
41	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	46
42	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	44
43	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	44
44	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	44
45	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	43
46	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	42
47	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	40
48	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	39
49	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	39
50	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY	39
51	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	39
52	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	38
53	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	34
54	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	34
55	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	32
56	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	32
57	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	32
58	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	30
59	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	29
60	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	29
61	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	29
62	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	29
63	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	29
64	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	29
65	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	29
66	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	29
67	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	29
68	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	28
69	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	28
70	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	28
71	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	28
72	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	28
73	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	27
74	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	26
75	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	26
76	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	26
77	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	26
78	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	24
79	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	23
80	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	23
81	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	21
82	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	21
83	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	21
84	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	20
85	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	20
86	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
87	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	20
88	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
89	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	20
90	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	20
91	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	19
92	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	19
93	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	19
94	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR	17
95	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	17
96	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	16
97	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	16
98	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	16
99	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	15
100	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	15
101	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
102	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	14
103	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	14
104	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	13
105	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	12
106	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	12
107	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	11
108	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	11
109	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	10
110	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	10
111	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
112	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA	9
113	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	9
114	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	9
115	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR	9
116	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	8
117	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	8
118	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	8
119	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	8
120	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	7
121	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	7
122	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE	7
123	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA	6
124	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	6
125	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL	6
126	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	5
127	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	4
128	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM	4
129	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	4
130	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	4
131	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO	4
132	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	3
133	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	3
134	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	3
135	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA	3
136	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	2
137	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	2
138	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	1
139	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	1
140	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	1
141	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	-2
142	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	-5
143	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	-13
144	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	-20

Mountains Classification

1	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	181 points
2	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	168
3	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	112
4	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	89
5	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	85
6	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	78
7	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	61
8	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	54
9	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	48
10	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	48
11	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	44
12	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	44
13	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	43
14	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	36
15	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	36
16	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	34
17	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	33
18	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	26
19	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	24
20	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	22
21	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	22
22	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
23	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	19
24	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	17
25	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	17
26	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	17
27	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA	16
28	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	13
29	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	12
30	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	12
31	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	12
32	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	11
33	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	11
34	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	10
35	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	10
36	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	9
37	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	9
38	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	8
39	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	8
40	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	8
41	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	6
42	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	6
43	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA	6
44	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	5
45	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5
46	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	4
47	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	4
48	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	4
49	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	4
50	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
51	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	2
52	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	2
53	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	2
54	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	2
55	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	2
56	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	2
57	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	2
58	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	2
59	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	2
60	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1
61	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1
62	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	1
63	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	1
64	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1
65	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	1
66	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1
67	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	1

Young Rider Classification:

1	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	90hr 7min 21sec
2	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	@ 3min 11sec
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 13' 40''
4	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 39' 45''
5	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 52' 35''
6	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02h 09' 38''
7	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02h 26' 07''
8	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02h 33' 44''
9	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02h 41' 05''
10	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 02h 44' 37''
11	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 45' 03''
12	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 12' 33''
13	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 03h 19' 37''
14	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 03h 22' 21''
15	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 03h 30' 41''
16	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 03h 36' 30''
17	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 03h 57' 44''
18	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 03h 58' 27''
19	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 04h 22' 37''
20	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 04h 38' 13''
21	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 04h 50' 05''
22	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 04h 52' 14''
23	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 05h 02' 25''
24	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 05h 03' 43''

Team Classification:

1	Ag2R La Mondiale	270hr 27'min 2sec
2	Belkin Pro Cycling	@ 34min 46sec
3	Movistar Team	+ 01h 06' 10''
4	BMC Racing Team	+ 01h 07' 51''
5	Team Europcar	+ 01h 34' 57''
6	Astana Pro Team	+ 01h 36' 27''
7	Team Sky	+ 01h 40' 36''
8	Trek Factory Racing	+ 02h 06' 00''
9	FDJ.Fr	+ 02h 30' 37''
10	Lampre - Merida	+ 02h 32' 46''
11	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 02h 59' 36''
12	IAM Cycling	+ 03h 21' 32''
13	Team Netapp-Endura	+ 03h 24' 11''
14	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 03h 26' 34''
15	Lotto-Belisol	+ 03h 36' 07''
16	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	+ 03h 37' 12''
17	Team Katusha	+ 04h 02' 46''
18	Bretagne - Seche Environnement	+ 04h 52' 09''
19	Garmin - Sharp	+ 05h 52' 54''
20	Orica Greenedge	+ 07h 03' 46''
21	Cannondale	+ 07h 20' 37''
22	Team Giant-Shimano	+ 07h 44' 45'

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Saturday, July 5: Stage 1, Leeds - Harrogate, 190.5 km

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Marcel Kittel wins stage one. Photo ©Sirotti

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Rated ascents:

• Km 68.0: Cray, 1.6 km @ 7.1% average gradient, category 4
• Km 103.5: Buttertubs, 4.4 km @ 6.8%, category 3
• Km 129.5, Grinton Moor, 3 km @ 6.6%, category 3

The Race: A hard, hilly day in Yorkshire yielded German sprinter Marcel Kittel as the first Yellow Jersey of the year. Just as the sprinters were getting going, a bad crash took down Mark Cavendish and Simon Gerrans, slowing much of the peloton. A few were ahead and safe and Kittel was the fastest of them.

A last-minute flyer by Fabian Cancellara almost won the day, but he was caught within sight of the finish.

A savvy escape that started a almost the drop of the flag let the oldest rider in the peloton, Jens Voigt, hoover up the lion's share of the KOM points. For a report of the stage in detail, please see our stage 1 live-updates.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 40.2 km/hr

1	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	4hr 44min 7sec
2	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
3	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
4	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
5	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO
6	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY
7	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
8	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
9	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM
10	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
Stage 1 complete results, GC, Live Updates, photos, map and profile

GC after Stage 1:

1	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	4hr 44min 7sec
2	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
3	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
4	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
5	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO
6	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY
7	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
8	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
9	José Joaquin Rojas Gil	MOVISTAR TEAM
10	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
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Sunday, July 6: Stage 2, York - Sheffield, 201 km

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Vincenzo Nibali wins stage two. Photo ©Sirotti

Rated ascents:

• Km 47.0: Blubberhouses, 1.8 km @ 6.1% average gradient - category 4
• Km 85.0: Oxenhope Moor, 3.1 km @ 6.4% - category 3
• Km 112.5: Ripponden, 1.3 km @ 8.6% - category 3
• Km 119.5: Greetland, 1.6 km @ 6.7% - category 3
• Km 143.5: Holme Moss, 4.7 km @ 7% - category 2
• Km 167.0: Midhopestones, 2.5 km @ 6.1% - category 3
• Km 175.0: Bradfield, 1 km @ 7.4% - category 4
• Km 182.0: Oughtibridge, 1.5 km @ 9.1% - category 3
• Km 196.0: Jenkin Road, 0.8 km @ 10.8% - category 4

The Race: A group of seven escapees went almost from the start. They were never allowed much rope and by km 140, most were back in the pack and eventually the final holdout, Blel Kadri of Ag2r, was also caught.

Yellow Jersey Marcel Kittel was unable to handle the nine categorized ascents (plus all the unrated climbs that made the day so hard). He finished 166th, about 20 minutes down.

The final climbs reduced the peloton to the 20 best. All the contenders were there and several threw in vicious attacks. But near the end Italian road champion Vincenzo Nibali took off. It was perfect timing and for those few crucial seconds the others just looked at each other. That was enough. Nibali is enjoying the form of his life. He dug deep and crossed the line a couple of seconds in front of the charging pack. Nibali not only won the stage, he is the new yellow jersey. Chapeau!

Results:

Winner's average speed: 39.1 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	5hr 8min 36sec
2	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	@ 2 seconds
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
4	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
5	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
6	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
7	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP
8	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
9	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
10	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
Complete stage 2 results, GC, live updates, photos, map and profile

GC after Stage 2: 391.5 km raced so far at an average speed of 39.631 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	09h 52' 43''
2	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	@ 2 seconds
3	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
4	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
5	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY
6	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
7	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
8	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO
9	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
10	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
Complete stage 2 results, GC, live updates, photos, map and profile

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Monday, July 7: Stage 3, Cambridge - London, 155 km

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Marcel Kittel wins stage 3. Photo ©Sirotti

No rated ascents in this stage

More stage three notes |

The Race: As soon as the peloton passed the end of the neutral zone and the official racing started, Jean-Marie Bideau accelerated with Czech time trial champion Jan Barta on his wheel. That was the day's break. The pair were allowed three minutes lead, but they were never going to be allowed a big gap. This flat stage was the property of the sprinters and they had no plans to relinquish that title to the duo.

Near the end of the stage the pair still held on to a slim lead, but Bideau buckled and had to let his powerful breakaway partner do all the work. With a few kilometers to go to the finish Barta had dropped Bideau and though the pack was just 10 seconds back, he refused to surrender.

Barta was caught with seven kilometers to go, so things were set up for a big, fast sprint. Omega Pharma took over, but they seemed to have gone a bit early and ran out of gas. Giant-Shimano timed things perfectly and at just the right time unleashed stage one winner Marcel Kittel.

Peter Sagan was perfectly positioned, tucked right in on Kittel's wheel. But no one could come around the blazingly fast German. Kittel charged for the line to take a clean win. But, Sagan's choice of wheel let him come in second and extend his points classification lead.

Vincenzo Nibali rode the race near the front, stayed out of trouble and preserved his two-second GC lead.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 42.6 km/hr

1	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	3hr 38min 30sec
2	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
3	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
4	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
5	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
6	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
7	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
8	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM
9	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
10	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
Complete stage 3 results, GC, live updates, photos, map and profile

GC after stage 3:

546.5 km raced so far at an average speed of 40.421 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	13hr 31min 13sec
2	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	@ 2 seconds
3	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
4	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
5	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY
6	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
7	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO
8	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM
9	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
10	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
Complete stage 3 results, GC, live updates, photos, map and profile

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Tuesday, July 8: Stage 4, Le Touquet Paris Plage - Lille Métropole, 163.5 km

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Marcel Kittel (center, black and white Giant-Shimano kit) just wins stage four. Photo ©Sirotti

Rated Ascents:

• Km 34: Côte de Campagnette, 1 km @ 6.5% average gradient - Category 4
• Km 117.5: Mont Noir, 1.3 km@ 5.7% - Category 4

More stage 4 notes |

The Race: Thomas Voeckler and Luis Maté broke away early, but the sprinters wanted this flat stage for themselves, so the lead never got very large. Maté had bad luck, first having his chain get snarled and needing a new bike (Voeckler waited) and then getting a front flat. At that point Voeckler pressed on. Refusing to give up, Voeckler grimly held on until about 15 km to go, when he was finally caught.

There was more bad luck. Lotto-Belisol had three riders go down, forcing Greg Henderson to abandon. Chris Froome crashed and had to wear a splint for much of the race. At this point I don't know his condition, though he did finish the stage in the front group.

The pack was together for a big sprint and all the good speedsters duked it out. Alexander Kristoff got a jump and Marcel Kittel clawed his way past him. Peter Sagan had a late crash and resolutely made his way to the front and at the last moment landed on Kittel's wheel. Kittel towed the talented Sagan to fifth place.

Kittel has so far won three of the four stages. Vincenzo Nibali remains the GC leader going into tomorrow's stage. Peter Sagan is still the leader in the points and young rider classifications.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 45.3 km/hr

1	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	3hr 36min 39sec
2	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
3	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
4	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
5	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
6	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
7	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
8	Danny Van Poppel	TREK FACTORY RACING
9	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA
10	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
Complete stage 4 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

GC after Stage 4: 710 km raced so far at an average speed of 41.225 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	17hr 7min 52sec
2	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	@ 2 seconds
3	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
4	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
5	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO
6	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM
7	Christopher Froome	TEAM SKY
8	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
9	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
10	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
Complete stage 4 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

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Wednesday, July 9: Stage 5, Ypres (Belgium) - Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, 155.5 km 152.5 km(15.4 13 km of cobbles)

Complete stage 5 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Lars Boom wins stage 5. Photos ©Sirotti

The Race: The roads were slick from rain and oil, causing innumerable crashes. Already badly hurt, Chris Froome fell twice before stage five reached the first cobbles. The second crash was the last straw and the 2013 Tour champion climbed into the team car and quit the 2014 Tour de France.

Over the slippery cobbles Vincenzo Nibali asserted his superiority, finally riding in a lead group of three with Lars Boom (Belkin) and teammate Jakob Fuglsang. Near the end Boom blasted away and rode strongly to the finish to win a staggeringly difficult stage. Nibali finished third and in doing so, might have destroyed the hopes of the rest of the contenders. Alberto Contador, especially, who suffered today, finished nearly three minutes down.

Sky seems to have appointed Richie Porte as their new GC man. Porte was falling further behind in the Contador group when teammate Geraint Thomas pulled him up to the next chasing group with Andrew Talansky.

What a day of racing!

Results:

Winner's average speed: 47.0 km/hr

1	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	3hr 18min 35sec
2	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 19 seconds
3	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM
4	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 01' 01''
5	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING
6	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
7	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01' 07''
8	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01' 09''
9	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01' 21''
10	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01' 45''
Complete stage 5 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

GC after Stage 5: 862.5 km raced so far at an average speed of 42.184 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	20hr 26min 46sec
2	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 2 seconds
3	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 00' 44''
4	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 50''
5	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01' 17''
6	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01' 45''
7	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
8	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 01' 54''
9	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02' 05''
10	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 11''
Complete stage 5 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

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Thursday, July 10: Stage 6, Arras - Reims, 194 km

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André Greipel wins stage 6. Photo ©Sirotti

Rated ascents:

• Km 107.5: Côte de Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, 0.9 km @ 6.2% average gradient - category 4
• Km 157: Côte de Roucy, 1.5 km @ 6.2% - category 4

The Race: A nervous peloton suffered numerous crashes on the wet, slippery roads of today's stage. Alberto Contador will have to do without one of his climbing wingmen, Jesus Hernandez, when the Tour hits the high mountains. Hernandez fell hard enough to temporarily lose consciousness.

As the peloton closed in on the finishing city of Reims, crosswinds tormented some of the riders. Belgian squad Omega Pharma, experienced in racing under these conditions, used the wind to shell some competitors. One after another, Omega Pharma team members took hard, ferocious pulls, upping the speed sometimes to 55 km/hr. The pack was shattered into several echelons. The result was that several sprinters including Arnaud Démare and Marcel Kittel never saw the front again. Earlier reports (repeated in this site's live updates) were that Kittel had flatted, were wrong, he just couldn't get up to the front group when the hammer was dropped.

Under the Red Kite, Omega Pharma's Michal Kwiatkowski took off and for a while it looked like he might make it to the finish alone. But Europcar's Kévin Reza closed the gap. Then André Greipel unleashed an irresistible sprint that gave him the stage win. All bunch sprints in the Tour have so far been won by Germans (Greipel and Kittel).

Vincenzo Nibali stayed at the front and out of trouble, giving him another day in yellow.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 46.3 km/hr

1	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	4hr 11min 39sec
2	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
3	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
4	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
5	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
6	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
7	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
8	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
9	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
10	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING
Complete Stage 6 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

GC after Stage 6: 1,056.5 km raced so far at an average speed of 42.88 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	24hr 38min 25sec
2	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 2 seconds
3	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 00' 44''
4	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 50''
5	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01' 17''
6	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01' 45''
7	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
8	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 01' 54''
9	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02' 05''
10	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 11''
Complete Stage 6 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

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Friday, July 11: Stage 7, Epernay - Nancy, 234.5 km

Complete Stage 7 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Matteo Trentin wins a photo finish victory from Peter Sagan (green jersey) in stage seven. Photo Sirotti

Major ascents:

• Km 217.5: Côte de Maron, 3.2 km @ 5% average gradient - category 4
• Km 229: Côte de Boufflers, 1.3 km @ 7.9% - category 4

The Race: The second-longest stage of this year's Tour was again marred by many crashes. Cannondale spent most of the day at the front, keeping a six-man break within reach. As the peloton got closer to the end, other teams, notably Orica-GreenEdge, brought the pace up to a point that a lot riders were getting shelled out the back.

Before the final climb there was a big crash that brought down several BMC riders, notably Tejay van Garderen. He had lots of help from teammates, but the pack was moving so fast he was unable to reduce his one-minute deficit to the speeding peloton. The unfortunate BMC rider is now 3min 14sec behind race leader Vincenzo Nibali.

Over the crest of the final climb, the Côte de Boufflers, BMC rider Greg van Avermaet attacked (while van Garderen was struggling to catch the pack) and over the crest he had a small gap and Peter Sagan for company.

The pair were caught near the finish and just as the pack was in full flight, Andrew Talansky went down hard.

Sagan and Matteo Trentin fought for the stage win and everyone initially thought Sagan had taken the stage. Trentin even congratulated Sagan. But a look at the photos revealed that Trentin was first over the line.

Race leader Vincenzo Nibali finished 16th, in the front group, to remain the overall leader.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 44.2 km/hr

1	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	5hr 18min 39sec
2	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
3	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
4	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
5	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
6	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
7	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
8	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING
9	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
10	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
Complete Stage 7 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

GC after Stage 7: 1,291 km raced so far at an average speed of 43.104 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	29hr 57min 4sec
2	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 2 seconds
3	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 00' 44''
4	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 50''
5	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01' 45''
6	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
7	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 01' 54''
8	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02' 05''
9	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 11''
10	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
Complete Stage 7 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

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Saturday, July 12: Stage 8, Tomblaine - Gérardmer La Mauselaine, 161 km

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Blel Kadri wins stage eight. Photo ©Sirotti

Major Ascents:

• Km 142: Col de la Croix des Monats, 7.6 km @ 6% average gradient - category 2
• Km 150: Col de Grosse Pierre, 3 km @ 7.5% - category 2
• Km 161: Gérardmer La Mauselaine, 1.8 km @ 10.3% - category 3

The Race: Blel Kadri was the last survivor of a five-man break that went early in the stage. He went clear on the first categorized climb of the day, the Col de la Croix des Monats and stayed away for the stage's remaining twenty kilometers. He not only won the stage, he now owns the polka-dot jersey of the King of the mountains.

Several minutes back Alberto Contador's Tinkoff-Saxo squad went to the front and seriously ramped up the speed. They did succeed in largely isolating race leader Vincenzo Nibali. But when the final climb got steep and Contador threw attack after attack at Nibali, Nibali hung on. That is, until the final meters. Contador was able to finally get clear, but only by four seconds.

The hard day in the rain seriously reordered the general classification. Peter Sagan was shelled early in the climbing, so Michal Kwiatkowski owns the young rider's white jersey outright. Sagan does have a vise-like grip on the points classification, leading Europcar's Bryan Coquard by 111 points.

Richie Porte rode well and is now sitting in third place. Sadly, Andrew Talansky crashed again. The talented rider lost a couple of minutes and is now 16th, more than four minutes behind Nibali.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 42.1 km/hr

1	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	3hr 49min 28sec
2	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 2min 17sec
3	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 02' 20''
4	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 02' 24''
5	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 02' 28''
6	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
7	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 36''
8	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 02' 40''
9	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02' 48''
10	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 02' 54''
Complete stage 8 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

GC after Stage 8: 1,452 km raced so far at an average speed of 42.942 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	33hr 48min 52sec
2	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 1min 44sec
3	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 01' 58''
4	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02' 26''
5	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 27''
6	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02' 34''
7	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02' 39''
8	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02' 52''
9	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 03' 02''
10	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 03' 02''
Complete stage 8 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

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Sunday, July 13: Stage 9, Gérardmer - Mulhouse, 170 km

Complete stage 9 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Brilliant! Tony Martin wins stage nine. Photo ©Sirotti

Rated ascents:

• Km 11.5: Col de la Schlucht, 8.6 km @ 4.5% average gradient - category 2
• Km 41.0: Col du Wettstein, 7.7 km @ 4.1% - category 3
• Km 70.0: Côte des Cinq Châteaux, 4.5 km @ 6.1% - category 3
• Km 86.0: Côte de Gueberschwihr, 4.1 km @ 7.9% - category 2
• Km 120.0: Le Markstein, 10.8 km @ 5.4% - category 1
• Km 127.0: Grand Ballon, 1.4 @ 8.6% - category 3

The Race: The overall standings are a bit different after today's stage.

Early on, Tony Martin and Alessandro de Marchi escaped. At about the 40th kilometer, a good-sized chase group formed containing Tony Gallopin and Pierre Rolland.

As Martin and De Marchi were riding part way up the penultimate ascent, the first category Markstein, Martin simply rode away. Martin was never seen again until he arrived in Mulhouse. He rode the remaining 59 kilometers powerfully, never betraying weakness, his shoulders and body remains steady on the bike. He rides to the finish nearly three minutes ahead of his chasers. It was a fabulous ride.

As the chase group pulled away form the peloton, the possibility grew that the break's best placed rider, Tony Gallopin, might grab the lead. With tomorrow's brutal stage facing the contenders, the peloton's chase lacked drive and force.

Rolland, who had suffered earlier time losses, was also motivated to drive the break hard. His Europcar teammate Cyril Guatier buried himself helping pull the group. As hard as they rode, they never really cut Martin's lead by much. But, they came into Mulhouse with enough time to make Tony Gallopin the new yellow jersey, and Rolland the new eighth place.

Gallopin will have the pleasure of being a Frenchman in yellow on Bastille Day.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed:40.9 km/hr

1	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	4hr 9min 34sec
2	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	@ 2min 45sec
3	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
4	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
5	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE
6	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM
7	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
8	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
9	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
10	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
Complete stage 9 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

GC after Stage 9: 1,622 km raced so far at an average speed of 42.598 km/hr

1	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	38h4 4min 38sec
2	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 1min 34sec
3	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02' 40''
4	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03' 18''
5	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 03' 32''
6	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 04' 00''
7	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 04' 01''
8	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 04' 07''
9	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 04' 08''
10	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 04' 13''
Complete stage 9 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

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Monday, July 14: Stage 10: Mulhouse - La Planche des Belles Filles, 161.5 km (hilltop finish)

Stage 10 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Vincenzo Nibali wins stage 10. Photos ©Sirotti

Major ascents:

• Km 30.5: Col du Firstplan, 8.3 km @ 5.4% average gradient - category 2
• Km 54.5: Petit Ballon, 9.3% @ 8.1% - category 1
• Km 71.5: Col du Platzerwasel, 7.1 km @ 8.4% - category 1
• Km 103.5: Col d'Oderen, 6.7 km @ 6.1% - category 2
• Km 125.5: Col des Croix, 3.2 km @ 6.2% - category 3
• Km 143.5: Col des Chevrèes, 3.5 km @ 9.5% - category 1
• Km 161.5: Le Planche des Belles Filles, 5.9 km @ 8.5% - category 1

The Race: The big news, Alberto Contador has crashed out of the 2014 Tour de France.

The day's break went early and had lots of firepower from strong, non GC threats. But things changed when Tony Martin took Michal Kwiatkowski with him while descending the Col du Firstplan and dragged his highly placed teammate up to the break. That could not be ignored. Over the hilly course the break dropped riders and slowly lost its lead.

On the final ascent, the Planche des Belles Filles, It was just Joaquin Rodriguez and Kwiatkowski. Further back race leader Tony Gallopin was struggling.

Kwiatkowski cracked and Rodriguez pressed on. But Vincenzo Nibali and his Astana squad had been closing in all the time and near the summit Nibali passed Rodriguez to take the stage and the yellow jersey. Rodriguez did get the polka-dot jersey for his trouble.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 36.2 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	4hr 27min 26sec
2	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	@ 15 seconds
3	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 00' 20''
4	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
5	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 00' 22''
6	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
7	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 00' 25''
8	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 00' 50''
9	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 00' 52''
10	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	+ 00' 54''
Stage 10 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

GC after Stage 10: 1,783.5 km raced so far at an average speed of 41.91km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	42hr 33min 38sec
2	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	@ 2min 23sec
3	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 47''
4	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03' 01''
5	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 03' 12''
6	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 03' 47''
7	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 03' 56''
8	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03' 57''
9	Alberto Costa Rui	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 03' 58''
10	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 04' 08''
Stage 10 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

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Tuesday, July 15: Rest day, Besançon

Vincenzo Nibali leads the Tour after completing the brutal stage 10. "This was the hardest stage I've ever done in a Grand Tour, with seven climbs and so many crashes," he said. Of the 198 starters, there were 180 classified finishers. Here is a list of withdrawals:

Stage 10
Mathew Hayman	withdrawal
Edward King	withdrawal
Alberto Contador	withdrawal
Stage 9
Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	withdrawal
Stage 8
Mathias Frank	DNS
Bart De Clercq	withdrawal
Stage 7
Danny Van Poppel	withdrawal
Darwin Atapuma John	withdrawal
Stef Clement	withdrawal
Stage 6
Maximiliano Richeze Ariel	DNS
Jesus Hernandez	withdrawal
Egor Silin	withdrawal
Xabier Zandio Echaide	withdrawal
Stage 5
Christopher Froome	withdrawal
Stage 4
Andy Schleck	DNS
Gregory Henderson	withdrawal
Stage 2
Sacha Modolo	withdrawal
Mark Cavendish	DNS

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Wednesday, July 16: Stage 11, Besançon - Oyonnax, 187.5 km

Stage 11 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Tony Gallopin wins stage 11. Photo ©Sirotti

Rated ascents:

• Km 141: Côte de Rogna, 7.6 km @ 4.9% average gradient - Category 3
• Km 148.5: Côte de Choux, 1.7 km @ 6.5% - category 3
• Km 152.5: Côte de Désertin, 3.1 km @ 5.2% - category 4
• Km 168.0: Côte d'Échallon, 3 km @ 6.6% - category 3

The Race: It took a while for the day's break to go clear. Martin Elmiger (IAM), Cyril Lemoine (Cofidis) and Anthony Delaplace (Bretagne-Séché Environnement) escaped after about 33 kilometers of racing. Their gap eventually grew to over six minutes. After about a hundred kilometers into the stage, Cannondale and Orica-GreenEdge started bringing the escapees back.

As the lumpy second-half of the stage was reached, Andrew Talansky got into trouble. At one point, clearly suffering from agonizing pain in his back after two crashes in earlier stages, he dismounted and had a long talk with staff in the team car. He got back on his bike and eventually finished more than a half hour down, but within the time limit. He can start tomorrow.

Nicolas Roche made a bid to join the break, but Omega Pharma's Tony Martin chased everyone down. Martin's high-speed descending caused a split in the pack.

Late in the stage on an unrated climb Tony Gallopin took off with Michael Rogers, Michal Kwiatkowski and Peter Sagan for company. The quartet formed a working break. Gallopin tired to get away and was brought back. Undaunted, he went again.

The other three looked at each other for just those few, crucial seconds. Too late. Gallopin had bolted and was hustling for the finish. The other three were quickly reeled in.

Gallopin had just enough of a gap to take his hands off the bars to salute the crowd. Nice ride.

The top of the GC ranks remained unchanged except that Rui Costa was on the wrong side of the peloton split and dropped out of the top 10.

Complete Results: more photos coming...

Winner's average speed: 42.3 km/hr

1	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	4hr 25min 45sec
2	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
3	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
4	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO
5	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
6	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM
7	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
8	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
9	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
10	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
Stage 11 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

GC after Stage 11: 1,971 km raced so far at an average speed of 41.945 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	46hr 59min 23sec
2	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	@ 2min 23sec
3	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 47''
4	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03' 01''
5	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 03' 12''
6	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 03' 47''
7	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 03' 56''
8	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03' 57''
9	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 04' 08''
10	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 04' 18''
Stage 11 complete results, GC, photos,live updates, map and profile

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Thursday, July 17: Stage 12, Bourg en Bresse - St Etienne, 185.5 km

Stage 12 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Alexander Kristoff wins stage 12. Photo ©Sirotti

Rated ascents:

• Km 58.5: Col de Brouilly, 1.7 km @ 5.1% average gradient - category 4
• Km 83.0: Côte du Saule-d'Oingt, 3.8 km @ 4.5% - category 3
• Km 138: Col de Brosses, 15.3 km @ 3.3%, category 3
• Km 164: Côte de Grammond, 9.8km @ 2.9%, category 4

The Race: Andrew Talansky was unable to start stage 12.

Five riders were allowed to escape early in the stage: Sebastian Langeveld (Garmin-Sharp), Gregory Rast (Trek), Simon Clarke (Orica), David De La Cruz (NetApp) and Florian Vachon (Bretagne-Séché).

De la Cruz suffered a nasty fall while rounding a corner and abandoned with a broken collarbone.

The other four pressed on, but the kilometers took their toll. By the final climb Simon Clarke was alone, but with two Europcar riders chasing him, Perrig Quémeneur and Cyril Gautier. The pair caught Clarke just as they crested the final climb, the Côte de Grammond.

While the peloton ramped up its high-speed chase, Quémeneur was dropped from the break. Near the finish Gautier and Clarke were caught, setting things up for a big sprint finale.

But, the speedy chase over the technical final kilometers split the peloton. Among the missing from the front group were Marcel Kittel and yesterday's winner, Tony Gallopin. With about three kilometers remaining André Greipel and Sylvain Chavanel fell. After they remounted, Griepel was seen griping at the Frenchman, seeming to blame Chavanel for the crash.

Cannondale, which had been missing from the front all day, tried to impose its will on the pack, but it was chaos. Katusha's Alexander Kristoff chose Omega Pharma's Matteo Trentin's wheel in the sprint. It must have been a good choice because Kristoff, after patiently waiting for the right moment, pounced and won the stage with Peter Sagan second. Sagan has still to win a stage in this year's Tour, though he has a commanding lead in the points classification.

Vincenzo Nibali finished in the front group, 25th, and remains the overall leader.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 40.892 km/hr

1	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	4hr 32min 11sec
2	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
3	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
4	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
5	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
6	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
7	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO
8	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
9	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
10	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
Stage 12 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

GC after Stage 12: 2,156.5 km raced so far at an average speed of 41.85 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	51hr 31min 34sec
2	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	@ 2min 23sec
3	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 47''
4	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03' 01''
5	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 03' 47''
6	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 03' 56''
7	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03' 57''
8	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 04' 08''
9	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 04' 18''
10	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 04' 31''
Stage 12 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

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Friday, July 18: Stage 13, St Etienne - Chamrousse, 197.5 km (hilltop finish)

Stage 13 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Vincenzo Nibali wins stage 13. Photo ©Sirotti

Major ascents:

• Km 24.0: Col de la Croix de Monvieux, 8 km @ 4.1% average gradient - category 3
• Km 152.0: Col de Palaquit, 14.1 km @ 6.1% average gradient - category 1
• Km 197.5: Montée de Chamrousse, 18.2 km @ 7.3% - Hors Category

The Race: Today's first day in the high mountains didn't lack for drama or surprises.

On the day's second climb, the first-category Col de Palaquit, Cannondale's Alessandro de Marchi went solo. He pressed on and when he started the 2014 Tour's first hors category climb, the ascent to Chamrousse, he was still alone and being chased by Jan Bakelants.

The day had been raced at a very high speed and in real heat. When the peloton started ascending the Chamrousse climb, it was quickly shredded and soon there were just 15 riders. Movistar, looking to set things up for an Alejandro Valverde move, had been particularly active at the front of the peloton, keeping the speed high.

Very quickly Sky's GC man, Richie Porte was dropped. Then one after another riders of the caliber of Pierre Rolland and Rui Costa were also shelled. De Marchi was caught and passed by the reduced peloton.

The first big move came NetApp-Endura's Leopold König. He attacked the fast-moving yellow-jersey peloton, taking Rafal Majka with him. Soon thereafter Alejandro Valverde made his expected attack. It was a violent and effective acceleration, but race leader Vincenzo Nibali was immediately on his wheel. They were later joined by Thibaut Pinot and Laurens Ten Dam.

Six kilometers from the finish, without making any particular attack, Nibali just rode the others off his wheel. He was soon up to and past Konig and Majka, soloing off the front. It was an extraordinary performance.

Nibali crossed the line ten seconds ahead of Majka, and more significantly, nearly a minute in front of Valverde. Still, Valverde's efforts paid off, he is now in second place with French wonder Romain Bardet third.

Several riders had a catastrophic day, including Porte, who lost about nine minutes, and Michal Kwiatkowski. Nibali's Astana teammate, Jakob Fuglsang had been sitting in tenth place, but after crashing on a descent, he was never able to regain the front group.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 37.9 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	5hr 12min 29sec
2	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 10 seconds
3	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 00' 11''
4	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 00' 50''
5	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 00' 53''
6	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01' 23''
7	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
8	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01' 36''
9	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02' 09''
10	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02' 09''
Stage 13 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

GC after Stage 13: 2,354 km raced so far at an average speed of 41.492 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	56hr 44min 3sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	@ 3min 37sec
3	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 04' 24''
4	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 04' 40''
5	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 05' 19''
6	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 06' 06''
7	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 06' 17''
8	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 06' 27''
9	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 08' 35''
10	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 08' 36''
Stage 13 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

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Saturday, July 19: Stage 14, Grenoble - Risoul, 177 km (hilltop finish)

Stage 14 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Rafal Majka wins stage 14. Photo ©Sirotti

Major ascents:

• Km 82: Col du Lautaret, 34 km @ 3.9% average gradient - category 1
• Km 132.5: Col d'Izoard (Souvenir Henri Desgrange), 19 km @ 6% - hors category
• Km 177: Montée de Risoul, 12.6 km @ 6.9% - category 1

The Race: Vincenzo Nibali had predicted that this would be a fearsomely difficult stage. He was sure right about that.

The speed was high from the gun and very soon seventeen riders were clear, none of whom presented a GC threat.

Wanting to take back his leadership in the mountains classification, break member Joaquin Rodriguez was first over the Col du Lautaret. After the Lautaret's descent the break's lead, which had been as much as five minutes, was down to two minutes 33 seconds.

Rodriguez was also first over the mighty Izoard, getting both the KOM points and the 5,000 Euro Souvenir Henri Desgrange prize for being the first over the Tour's highest point.

On the Izoard's descent Romain Bardet and his Ag2r teammates attempted to split the yellow jersey group. There was a furious scramble and before the final ascent to Risoul had begun, there was a general regoupment. The front break was down to eleven riders, 1 minute 47 seconds ahead of the peloton.

Sky's Geraint Thomas slaved away at the front of the break, trying to set things up for teammate Mikel Nieve. But Rafal Majka had other plans. He went solo up the final climb while in the yellow jersey group the attacks started firing off.

With four kilometers to go Nibali attacked with Jean-Christophe Péraud stuck to him like a limpet. A half-minute back Thibaut Pinot, Romain Bardet, Tejay Van Garderen with Alejandro Valderde for company were chasing. Then, astonishingly, Valverde cracked. He was dropped.

Rafal Majka is enjoying terrific form. The Tinkoff-Saxo rider crossed the line alone. A half-minute later Nibali, refusing to give any presents, beat Péraud to the line for second.

Nibali has tightened his grip on the yellow jersey. And despite faltering on the final climb, Valverde remain in second place, followed by the two feisty Frenchmen, Bardet and Pinot. What a terrific day of racing!

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 34.4 km/hr

1	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	5hr 8min 27sec
2	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 24 seconds
3	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 00' 26''
4	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 00' 50''
5	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
6	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 00' 54''
7	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01' 01''
8	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01' 07''
9	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01' 20''
10	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01' 24''
Stage 14 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

GC after Stage 14: 2,531 km raced so far at an average speed of 40.910 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	61hr 52min 54sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	@ 4'min 37sec
3	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 04' 50''
4	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 05' 06''
5	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 05' 49''
6	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 06' 08''
7	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 08' 33''
8	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 09' 32''
9	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 10' 01''
10	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 10' 48''
Stage 14 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

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Sunday, July 20: Stage 15, Tallard - Nîmes, 222 km

Stage 15 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Alexander Kristoff wins stage 15. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 15 has no categorized ascents

The Race: This stage was a heartbreaker if you want hard-working breakaway riders to win races. Three minutes into today's stage Martin Elmiger (IAM Cycling) and Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp) left the peloton and soon had a sizeable gap. At one point the duo were almost nine minutes up the road.

Halfway through the stage light drizzle started to fall. That became a torrential rainstorm. Still, Elmiger and Bauer pressed on. The sprinters' teams nailed the gap back, but with 30 kilometers to go the pair still had two minutes.

It was a nail-biter. With three kilometers to go, Elmiger and Bauer were still a half-minute ahead. Near the finish Bauer had a gap on Elmiger as the peloton was flying up to them. Bauer was passed by a flying Alexander Kristoff with about 30 meters to go to win the stage. That makes two stage victories for Kristoff this Tour.

Vincenzo Nibali stayed close to the front most of the stage and finished safely to remain the overall leader.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 44.9 km/hr

1	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	4hr 56min 43sec
2	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
3	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
4	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
5	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
6	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
7	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
8	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
9	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
10	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP
Stage 15 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

GC after stage 15: 2,753 km raced so far at an average speed of 41.196 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	66hr 49min 37sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	@ 4min 37sec
3	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 04' 50''
4	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 05' 06''
5	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 05' 49''
6	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 06' 08''
7	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 08' 33''
8	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 09' 32''
9	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 10' 01''
10	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 10' 48''
Stage 15 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

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Monday, July 21: Rest day, Carcassonne

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Tuesday, July 22: Stage 16, Carcassonne - Bagnères de Luchon, 237.5 km

Stage 16 complete results, GC, photos, map and profile |

Michael Rogers wins stage 16. Photo ©Sirotti

Major ascents:

• Km 25.0: Côte de Fanjeaux, 2.4 km @ 4.9% average gradient - category 4
• Km 71.5: Côte de Pamiers, 2.5 km @ 5.4% - category 4
• Km 155: Cole de Portet d'Aspet, 5.4 km @ 6.9% - category 2
• Km 176.5: Col des Ares, 6 km @ 5.2% - category 3
• Km 216: Port de Balès, 11.7 km @ 7.7% - hors category

The Race: More than twenty riders escaped the field after the stage was about a third complete. When the escapees reached the day's final categorized, the hors category Port de Balès the break started to thin. Thomas Voeckler's attack reduced the group to four but in the lead-in to the finish, Voeckler wasn't doing enough work to make former world time trial champion happy. The group grew two six. Rogers went alone and won.

Since none of the break rider were GC threats, Vincenzo Nibali and Alejandro Valverde followed them in more than eight minutes later.

For BMC's Tejay Van Gardeen, the day was a catastrophe. He finished 37th, 12min 8sec after Rogers.

Vincenzo Nibali remains the GC leader with Alejandro Valverde second, at 4min 37sec

Complete Results:

1	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	6hr 7min 10''sec
2	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	@ 9 seconds
3	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY
4	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
5	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
6	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 00' 13''
7	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 36''
8	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 00' 50''
9	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02' 11''
10	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
Stage 16 complete results, GC, photos, map and profile

GC after Stage 16:

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	73hr 5min 19sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	@ 4min 37sec
3	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 05' 06''
4	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 06' 08''
5	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 06' 40''
6	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 09' 25''
7	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 09' 32''
8	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 11' 12''
9	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 11' 28''
10	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 11' 33''
Stage 16 complete results, GC, photos, map and profile

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Wednesday, July 23: Stage 17, St Gaudens - St Lary Soulan/ Pla d'Adet, 124.5 km (hilltop finish)

Stage 17 results, GC live updates, photos, map and profile |

Rafal Majka riding to his second stage win. Photo ©Sirotti

Major ascents:

• Km 57.5: Col du Portillon, 8.3 km @ 7.1% average gradient - category 1
• Km 82: Col de Peyresourde, 13.2 km @ 7% - category 1
• Km 102.5: Col de Val Louron-Azet, 7.4 km @ 8.3% - category 1
• Km 125: Montée de Saint-Lary-Soulan/Pla d'Adet, 10.2 km @ 8.3% - hors category

The Race: Today's 124.5 km stage was the year's shortest, but it was loaded with challenges; three first-category climbs before the hors category ascent to Saint-Lary-Soulan/Pla d'Adet.

There were two races going on today, the fight for the polka-dot jersey and the top GC places. Vincenzo Nibali is looking rock-solid but Alejandro Valverde's second place is takable, as well as several places further down.

Rafal Majka might well have a secured an iron grip on the mountains classification when he won today's stage, his second stage win of this Tour. He leads the competition for the polka-dot jersey 149 points to Nibali's 118 and Joaquin Rodriguez' 112.

In the brutal fight for the GC places below Nibali, Valverde emerged with his second place intact. He's 5min 26sec behind Nibali but Pinot is at six minutes and Bardet is just another eight seconds back.

Tomorrow is a hard day in the Pyrenees with the Tourmalet and a hilltop finish at Hautacam. Nibali and Astana may be fortress-strong, but the places below Nibali are going to be in play tomorrow.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 34.7 km/hr

1	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	3hr 35min 23sec
2	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 29 seconds
3	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 00' 46''
4	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
5	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 00' 49''
6	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 00' 52''
7	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01' 12''
8	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
9	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01' 25''
10	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01' 35''
Stage 17 results, GC live updates, photos, map and profile

GC after Stage 17: 3,115 km raced so far at an average speed of 40.617 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	76hr 41min 28sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	@ 5min 26sec
3	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 06' 00''
4	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 06' 08''
5	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 07' 34''
6	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 10' 19''
7	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 11' 59''
8	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 12' 16''
9	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 12' 40''
10	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 13' 15''
Stage 17 results, GC live updates, photos, map and profile

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Thursday, July 24: Stage 18, Pau - Hautacam, 145.5 km (hilltop finish)

Stage 18 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Vincenzo Nibali about wraps up the 2014 Tour de France. Photo ©Sirotti

Major Ascents

• Km 28: Côte de Bénéjacq, 2.6 km @ 6.7% average gradient - category 3
• Km 56: Côte de Loucrup, 2 km @ 7% - category 3
• Km 95.5: Col du Tourmalet, 17.1 km @ 7.3% average gradient, Souvenier Jacques Goddet - hors category
• Km 145: Montée du Hautacam, 13.6 km @ 7.8% - hors category

The Race: Vincenzo Nibali proved his is a deserving yellow jersey when he left the peloton at will and finished alone in the 2014 Tour's final mountain stage, extending his lead to 7min 10sec.

For Alejandro Vlaverde, the day was a catastrophe. He tried an attack on the descent of the Tourmalet, but cracked badly on the climb to Hautacam. The Spaniard lost enough time to fall from second to fourth place. Young rider classification leader Thibaut Pinot now sits in second place, albeit more than seven minutes behind Nibali.

With fifteen seconds separating second from fourth place, the Saturday 54 km individual time trial will be crucial. Pinot has no illusions, considering himself the least capable time trialist of the three (Pinot, Jean-Christophe Péraud and Valverde) in the hunt for second place. Valverde is the reigning Spanish time-trial champion.

Results:

Winner's average speed: 35.7 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	4hr 4min 17sec
2	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	@ 1min 10sec
3	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01' 12''
4	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 15''
5	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
6	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 53''
7	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01' 57''
8	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01' 57''
9	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01' 59''
10	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM
Stage 18 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

GC after Stage 18: 3,260.5 km raced so far at an average speed of 40.37 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	80hr 45min 45sec
2	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	@ 7min 10sec
3	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 07' 23''
4	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 07' 25''
5	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 09' 27''
6	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 11' 34''
7	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 13' 56''
8	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 14' 15''
9	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 14' 37''
10	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 16' 25''
Stage 18 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

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Friday, July 25: Stage 19, Maubourguet Pays du Val d'Adour - Bergerac, 208.5 km

Stage 19 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Ramunas Navardauskas wins stage 19. Photo ©Sirotti

Rated ascent:

• Km 195.5: Côte de Monbazillac, 1.3 km @ 7.6% average gradient - category 4

The Race: What a wet, miserable day!

Before the rainy day was even twenty kilometers old, five riders had established themselves as the working break: Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis), Cyril Gautier (Europcar), Martin Elmiger (IAM), Arnaud Gérard (Bretagne) and Tom-Jelte Slagter (Garmin). None were GC threats, but the break was never allowed to gain even a four-minute lead.

As the race closed in on the day's only categorized climb, the Côte de Monbazillac, the steam was coming out of the break. Tom-Jelte Slagter, in what turned out to be a planned set-piece, left the break. Then, on the ascent Ramunas Navardauskas blasted away from the field, bridged up to teammate Slagter and then kept right on going. It looked for a while as if he were going to be caught, but misfortune did not strike Navardauskas the way it did teammate Jack Bauer a few days ago. Navardauskas drove across the line with seven seconds in hand for a lovely stage win.

His chances were improved because of a big fall at the front of the peloton, ruining Peter Sagan's chances. Because the crash occurred with less than three kilometers to go, there was no change to the GC.

Vincenzo Nibali finished safely and need only ride a decent time trial and stay upright Sunday to win the 2014 Tour de Frace.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 44.1 km/hr

1	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	4hr 43min 41sec
2	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	@ 7 seconds
3	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
4	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
5	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO
6	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
7	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
8	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
9	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
10	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL
Stage 19 results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

GC after Stage 19: 3,469 km raced so far at an average speed of 40.577 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	85hr 29min 33sec
2	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	@ 7min 10sec
3	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 07' 23''
4	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 07' 25''
5	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 09' 27''
6	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 11' 34''
7	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 13' 56''
8	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 14' 15''
9	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 14' 37''
10	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 16' 25''

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Saturday, July 26: Stage 20, Bergerac - Périgueux 54 km individual time trial

Stage 20 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile |

Tony Martin riding to his stage 20 victory. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 20 has no categorized ascents

The Race: The 2014 Tour de France is almost in our rear view mirror. The time trial made for a few serious changes to the GC. While there was no surprise in Tony Martin's commanding stage win today, Alejandro Valverde folded today, giving up third place to Jean-Christophe Péraud, despite Péraud's puncture.

Young rider classification leader Thibaut Pinot challenged Péraud for third place, but ultimately came up a half-minute short. He'll be back.

Tejay Van Garderen had a good day and good fortune, being able to ride into fifth place ahead of Romain Bardet. Bardet wasn't so lucky, getting a flat close to the end of his ride.

Biggest heartbreak might have been Bauke Mollema's ride. The Dutchman was 140th, 9min 26sec slower than Martin. Mollema is better than that. Mollema slid to 10th place, 21min 24sec behind Nibali.

Nibali rode strongly and smothly to extend his lead still further.

Stage 20 results:

1	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	1hr 6min 21sec
2	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	@ 1min 39sec
3	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01' 47''
4	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01' 58''
5	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02' 02''
6	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 02' 08''
7	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02' 27''
8	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 02' 36''
9	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02' 39''
10	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 02' 58''
Stage 20 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

GC after Stage 20: 3523 km raced so far at an average speed of 40.667 km.hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	86hr 37min 52sec
2	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	@ 7min 52sec
3	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 08' 24''
4	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 09' 55''
5	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 11' 44''
6	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 11' 46''
7	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 14' 41''
8	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 18' 12''
9	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 18' 20''
10	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 21' 24''
Stage 20 complete results, GC, photos, live updates, map and profile

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Sunday, July 27: 21st and Final Stage, Evry - Paris, Champs Elysées, 137.5 km

Complete Stage 21 results, final GC, live updates, photos, map and profile |

Marcel Kittel wins stage 21. Photo ©Sirotti

Categorized ascent:

Km 31: Côte de Briis-sous-Forges - category 4

The Race: The stage started with a leisurely ride to Paris with the usual champagne toasts. But once the peloton hit the Champs Elysées, it was, "Katy, bar the door!" Sylvain Chavanel blasted off at the first possible moment and from there on the speed was high and the aggression unrelenting.

There was a scare when Jean-Christophe Péraud flatted and had to chase the fast-moving peloton, endangering his second place. But Péraud is a capable time trialist and was quickly back in the peloton. Nibali had signalled to the field that they should ease-up for a moment to let the Frenchman catch on.

The sprinters' teams tried to get the their lead-outs organized, but the speed was high and the attacks seemed to prevent most teams getting a good set-up. It came down to Alexander Kristoff getting the best jump, but Marcel Kittel came up next to him. Then, Kittel just started to go faster than Kristoff could, probably because Kristoff had flatted earlier and been forced to mount a chase.

Kristoff won the stage, giving Germany seven stage wins this year, and Kittel wins in both the first and last stages, a feat he had accomplished last year as well.

Vincenzo Nibali finished safely in the field to win the 2014 Tour de France, an accomplishment for which there should be no apology. If his competitors could not finish the race, the failing is theirs, not his. They all started in good order. That's why winning the Tour de France is a big deal. It's really hard to do.

Stage 21 Results:

Winner's average speed: 41.1 km/hr

1	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	3hr 20min 50sec
2	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
3	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
4	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
5	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
6	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY
7	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
8	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
9	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE
10	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
Complete Stage 21 results, final GC, live updates, photos, map and profile |

Final 2014 Tour de France GC after Stage 21: 3,660.5 km raced at an average speed of 40.68 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	89hr 59min 6sec
2	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 07' 37''
3	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 08' 15''
4	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 09' 40''
5	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 11' 24''
6	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 11' 26''
7	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 14' 32''
8	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 17' 57''
9	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 18' 11''
10	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 21' 15''
Complete Stage 21 results, final GC, live updates, photos, map and profile |

 

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2014 Tour quick numbers:

The 2014 Tour de France will have 21 stages covering 3,656 kilometers, beginning in Harrogate, Yorkshire in Great Britain. This will be a hilly Tour with visits to the Vosges, Alps and Pyrenees mountains.

• 9 flat stages
• 1 stage with cobbles (the fifth, with 15.4 km of pave)
• 5 hill stages
• 6 mountain stages, with 5 hilltop finishes
• 1 individual time trial of 54 km, the penultimate stage
• 2 rest days

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Teams invited to ride the 2014 Tour de France:

Official start list with rider numbers

In accordance with Union Cycliste Internationale rules, the following eighteen ProTeams are automatically invited:

AG2R La Mondiale (France)
Astana Pro Team (Kazakhstan)
Belkin Pro Cycling Team (Netherlands)
BMC Racing Team (USA)
Cannondale (Italy)
FDJ.fr (France)
Garmin-Sharp (USA)
Lampre-Merida (Italy)
Lotto-Belisol (Belgium)
Movistar Team (Spain)
Omega Pharma – Quick Step Cycling Team (Belgium)
Orica–GreenEDGE (Australia)
Team Europcar (France)
Team Giant–Shimano (Netherlands)
Team Katusha (Russia)
Team Sky (Great Britain)
Tinkoff Saxo (Russia)
Trek Factory Racing (USA)

In addition to these eighteen teams, the organizers have awarded the following wildcards:

Bretagne–Séché Environnement (France)
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits (France)
IAM Cycling (Switzerand)
Team NetApp–Endura (Germany)

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