Bonus Posted March 22, 2017 Author Posted March 22, 2017 Froome was altitude training in SA up until a week or so ago. Let's see how that works out for him . . .
Bonus Posted March 22, 2017 Author Posted March 22, 2017 Diego Rubio (No 187) the Caja Rural rider in the three man break is 1.93m (6ft 3") tall.
Bonus Posted March 22, 2017 Author Posted March 22, 2017 Peloton strung out in a long line now with Sky setting the pace. 29km to go - 2min 06Sec gap
Bonus Posted March 22, 2017 Author Posted March 22, 2017 No 153, Natnael BERHANE for Dimension Data looking strong in the lead group of three. But with 13km to go the gap is down to 1:06 and the Sky train is coming . . . .
Bonus Posted March 22, 2017 Author Posted March 22, 2017 8km to go. Nice to see Natnael Berhane for DDD strike out on his own but the gap is coming down now. SkyTrain . . .
Bonus Posted March 22, 2017 Author Posted March 22, 2017 Natnael Berhane caught. Bertie at the front of the peloton now ready to attack?
Bonus Posted March 22, 2017 Author Posted March 22, 2017 Bertie in second position has a team mate setting pace. GT is sat behind Bertie. Froome is a few places back 7km to go
Bonus Posted March 22, 2017 Author Posted March 22, 2017 5km to go and Carlos Verona has taken a flyer . . . but he's being chased down.
Bonus Posted March 22, 2017 Author Posted March 22, 2017 Bertie dancing on the pedals behind Froome, who in turn is behind GT and Peter Kennaugh pulling the pack. Carlos Verona holds onto a lead for now.
Bonus Posted March 22, 2017 Author Posted March 22, 2017 Seems Froome couldn't stay with GT when GT followed Bertie.
Bonus Posted March 22, 2017 Author Posted March 22, 2017 16:53:17 CETThat was a high-speed finish and Valverde had the edge in the finish and was able to get ahead of Martin, who won last year.
Bonus Posted March 22, 2017 Author Posted March 22, 2017 Stage Results: 1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 5:07:122 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors3 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 0:00:034 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale5 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin6 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky7 Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo8 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team9 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:0810 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
Bonus Posted March 22, 2017 Author Posted March 22, 2017 General classification: 1 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 10:24:332 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:00:413 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:444 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:455 Chrsitopher Froome (Gbr) Team Sky 0:00:496 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:107 Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:138 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 0:01:189 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:2510 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo.
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