Froome Wins Tour de France; Groenewegen Wins on Champs-Elysees
Dylan Groenewegen has won the final stage of the 2017 Tour de France. Groenewegen, who rides for the Dutch Lotto NL-Jumbo team, took his first stage win by outsprinting the field on the Champs Élysées to win stage 21, a flat, 103 km ride from Montgeron to Paris in 02:25:39. Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Dimension Data) finished second and third, respectively. Team Sky Pro Cycling's Christopher Froome arrived at the back of the peloton and claimed his fourth Tour de France victory.
"This is an amazing place for the sprinters. To win on the Champs-Élysées makes it a perfect day," Groenewegen told Roadcycling.com after being celebrated on the podium. "We're only five riders in the team but it was enough today. They did a great job. They put me in a good position on the wheel of Alexander Kristoff and then I rushed to the finish line. This is my first stage win at the Tour de France. When I was a child I was looking at the Champs-Elysees stage on television and now I'm the winner here, it's wonderful."
Froome won the 3540 kilometer Tour de France 2017 in 86:20:55. Runner-up was Rigoberto Uran of Team Cannondale-Drapac, 54 seconds behind Froome. AG2R-La Mondiale's Romain Bardet finished third, 02:20 down, after delivering a weak performance in the stage 20 individual time trial.
On the winner's podium, Froome brimmed with joy and gratefulness. "It's an amazing feeling. The Champs-Elysees never disappoints. There's something magical about it when you spend three weeks thinking of this moment. It's very rewarding. It's amazing to see my wife and my son again after several months on the road. It has been so unique each time I've won the Tour."
"All my victories are so special in their own ways. This one will be remembered as the closest and more hard fought of them. It's a huge honor to be mentioned in the same sentence as Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain. It's a privilege to be going for the record next year," Froome added.
General classification runner-up Uran of Team Cannondale-Drapac was grateful for his second place finish and believed his result in this year's Tour could have been even better if luck had been more on his side in one specific stage - a statement which confirms Roadcycling.com's previous critique of the Cannondale team unfortunately having lost its time trial DNA in recent seasons.
"Finishing second to Froome at less than a minute seems pretty good to me. It's a quality final podium in Paris, so this is the greatest success of my career," Uran told Roadcycling.com. "This result is dedicated to my family, friends, my team and everyone who has supported me during the last three weeks. The most important thing this year was that I lost time in the time trial on the opening day. After that there wasn’t a lot of difference. This gives me hope for next year."
Third place finisher Bardet said he was satisfied with his performance in this year's Tour de France given the circumstances. "I have kept a place on the podium, so I am satisfied," Bardet explained. "I am grateful to most of my team and my friends who have been with me these three weeks. I am very proud of them. I gave it my all, but it just wasn't enough."
In other competitions, Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb) won the points classification, Team Sky took the victory in the team competition, Warren Barguil (Team Sunweb) won the best climber classification and was crowned King of the Mountains, and Sean Yates (Team Orica-Scott) will take the white jersey for the best young rider home to England. Barguil was also elected most combative rider of this year's Tour by the race jury - a decision strongly opposed by Lotto-Soudal's Thomas de Gendt, who spent more than 1000 km of this year's Tour in breakaways.
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2017 Tour de France - Stage 21 results:
1 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Lotto NL - Jumbo 02:25:39
2 André Greipel (Ger) Team Lotto-Soudal
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Dimension Data
4 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Credits
5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
6 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
7 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Team FDJ
8 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro
9 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Team Bora-Hansgrohe
10 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
11 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
12 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
13 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
14 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie
15 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Team Lotto-Soudal
2017 Tour de France - Final general classification:
1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky Pro Cycling 86:20:55
2 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Team Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:54
3 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:20
4 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky Pro Cycling 0:02:21
5 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:03:05
6 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors Pro Cycling Team 0:04:42
7 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 0:06:14
8 Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 0:08:20
9 Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:08:49
10 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb 0:09:25
11 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:14:48
12 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:15:28
13 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:24:38
14 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky Pro Cycling 0:25:28
15 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Team Bora-Hansgrohe 0:33:21
16 Brice Feillu (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro 0:36:46
17 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:37:43
18 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 0:37:47
19 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Team Dimension Data 0:39:36
20 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Team Lotto-Soudal 0:42:04
21 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Team Lotto-Soudal 0:42:39
22 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:50:04
23 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 0:53:52
24 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Orica-Scott 0:59:58
25 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Direct Energie 1:04:22
26 Romain Hardy (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro 1:12:51
27 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis - Solutions Credits 1:15:26
28 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky Pro Cycling 1:16:32
29 Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:18:45
30 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 1:21:16
31 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Katusha-Alpecin 1:25:25
32 Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 1:32:02
33 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 1:32:35
34 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 1:34:02
35 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 1:35:16
36 Rudy Molard (Fra) Team FDJ 1:35:55
37 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 1:38:33
38 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Lotto NL - Jumbo 1:44:41
39 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 1:45:23
40 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 1:48:11
41 Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates 1:50:31
42 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro 1:57:29
43 Nathan Brown (USA) Team Cannondale-Drapac 1:57:52
44 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1:59:09
45 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 2:00:38
46 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 2:01:30
47 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-Scott 2:01:59
48 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:03:24
49 Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Cannondale-Drapac 2:03:27
50 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates 2:04:53
51 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Team Lotto-Soudal 2:05:36
52 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 2:06:30
53 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors Pro Cycling Team 2:06:57
54 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Cannondale-Drapac 2:11:54
55 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro 2:13:23
56 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis - Solutions Credits 2:15:28
57 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky Pro Cycling 2:17:48
58 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 2:19:14
59 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-Scott 2:22:26
60 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Movistar Team 2:22:44
61 Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Astana Pro Team 2:25:36
62 Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-Scott 2:27:34
63 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 2:28:02
64 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb 2:28:57
65 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro 2:31:05
66 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 2:33:24
67 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Team Sunweb 2:34:56
68 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:35:33
69 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 2:36:36
70 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 2:38:33
71 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 2:39:10
72 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2:41:54
73 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida 2:42:15
74 Tiago Machado (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 2:43:36
75 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 2:44:01
76 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Credits 2:45:11
77 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Team Cannondale-Drapac 2:47:11
78 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Dimension Data 2:48:12
79 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2:49:17
80 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Team Bora-Hansgrohe 2:53:42
81 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2:53:51
82 Paul Martens (Ger) Team Lotto NL - Jumbo 2:54:14
83 Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates 2:54:48
84 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 2:54:54
85 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro 2:55:13
86 Simon Clarke (Aus) Team Cannondale-Drapac 2:55:27
87 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 2:56:43
88 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-Scott 2:56:57
89 Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 2:57:05
90 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Team Cannondale-Drapac 2:57:56
91 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Direct Energie 2:58:51
92 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 3:00:21
93 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3:04:11
94 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Team Bora-Hansgrohe 3:05:13
95 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 3:05:52
96 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 3:05:53
97 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team 3:06:05
98 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-Scott 3:06:55
99 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 3:07:25
100 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 3:09:38
101 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 3:10:18
102 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors Pro Cycling Team 3:12:12
103 Florian Vachon (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro 3:13:10
104 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team 3:13:44
105 Jack Bauer (NZl) Quick-Step Floors Pro Cycling Team 3:15:13
106 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie 3:15:40
107 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team Dimension Data 3:16:28
108 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 3:17:53
109 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida 3:18:16
110 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 3:20:50
111 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 3:20:59
112 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky Pro Cycling 3:21:15
113 Adam James Hansen (Aus) Team Lotto-Soudal 3:22:31
114 Patrick Bevin (NZl) Team Cannondale-Drapac 3:23:00
115 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3:24:42
116 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Team Bora-Hansgrohe 3:26:58
117 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Credits 3:29:21
118 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data 3:30:54
119 Javier Moreno (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 3:32:06
120 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 3:32:14
121 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 3:35:14
122 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 3:36:22
123 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Lotto-Soudal 3:37:04
124 Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 3:39:24
125 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro 3:39:45
126 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 3:41:34
127 Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 3:41:52
128 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Credits 3:43:45
129 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 3:43:52
130 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 3:45:40
131 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Bora-Hansgrohe 3:45:57
132 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 3:46:36
133 Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Credits 3:46:47
134 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie 3:47:08
135 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 3:47:10
136 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Team Lotto-Soudal 3:47:20
137 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 3:51:18
138 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Credits 3:51:29
139 Julien Vermote (Bel) Quick-Step Floors Pro Cycling Team 3:52:54
140 Thomas Boudat (Fra) Direct Energie 3:53:08
141 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Team Dimension Data 3:53:10
142 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 3:53:38
143 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 3:55:29
144 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky Pro Cycling 3:55:31
145 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 3:55:48
146 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 3:59:06
147 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 3:59:48
148 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb 4:01:54
149 André Greipel (Ger) Team Lotto-Soudal 4:02:54
150 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin 4:03:45
151 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica-Scott 4:05:17
152 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Team FDJ 4:06:15
153 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Dimension Data 4:10:18
154 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors Pro Cycling Team 4:10:25
155 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 4:13:50
156 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Lotto NL - Jumbo 4:16:02
157 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Sunweb 4:16:21
158 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Team FDJ 4:17:21
159 Taylor Phinney (USA) Team Cannondale-Drapac 4:18:15
160 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 4:18:41
161 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis - Solutions Credits 4:19:17
162 Jaco Venter (RSA) Team Dimension Data 4:20:16
163 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis - Solutions Credits 4:25:01
164 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Lotto NL - Jumbo 4:25:12
165 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Team Bora-Hansgrohe 4:26:43
166 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team Lotto NL - Jumbo 4:32:21
167 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky Pro Cycling 4:35:52