Tour de France
Tour Winner Froome, Stage Winner Greipel
Chris Froome wins for the third Time the Tour de France and the more than deserved. Andre Greipel triumphs on Final stage, but overall, France is not around ride for the German Pro riders as hoped.
Honour in Paris: Tour winner Chris Froome (2.v.l.), the Second and Romain Bardet (l.), and the third Nairo Quintana
Chris Froome enjoyed on his Tour d’honneur for a third Triumph beer instead of champagne with his team-mate, Andre Greipel in his wheel crack in the destination exulting in the height. The 34-Year-old ensured the continuation of the German series on the Champs-Elysees and is the perfect introduction to the Tour Start in 2017 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Greipel won on Sunday the 21. and last stage of the 103. Tour de France – in the past year, he had won the final. “I can’t describe it,” said Greipel, he was super proud of: “that’s what I drove for three weeks. It’s wonderful.” Since 2013, won on the Boulevard in the French capital, thus becoming a German: in 2013 and 2014, it was Marcel Kittel. The weakest German victory-the balance sheet since 2011, with only two stages could be done, however, Greipels renewed success to change anything.
Fight through the “roller coaster”
A note of thanks: Chris Froome and his Team Sky on the Champs-Elysees in Paris
From the fight for the prestigious victory, Froome gave out. He had done impressive work before the last 113 kilometers, and its third overall victory of 2013 and 2015. Froome overcame critical situations, such as the
Accident on the Mont Ventoux with his desperate run mountain high, and his
Fall in the rain in the case of a departure. “It feels a bit like a roller-coaster ride,” said Froome, who was still drawn and at the right elbow as well as knee patches wore. “To win a third Tour de France, is just amazing.”
174 of started 198 riders reached the finish in Paris. The best German in the standings, the former German champion Emanuel Buchmann at rank 21, in the Junprofi-rating, he was third. For the German stage victory was up to Greipels effort
Kittel on the fourth stage. The hopes of three-time time trial world champion and Yellow of the past year, Tony Martin, had a crush on a success in the fight against the clock. To top it all, he will bring the Tour to an end. Because of pain in the left knee, he rose to the last stage.
Easier cheers: Andre Greipel at the finish
19 stage wins had done Martin, Kittel, Greipel and co. in the years 2013 (6), 2014 (7) 2015 (6). This time there were only two – a few, the last of them five years ago. In a year when home-start, the German group is likely to want to do some good. Froome will take his fourth Tour Triumph in attack. With the third he closed to a select group of three riders, that have managed to do. Five cyclists made it even five times. The seven victories of Lance Armstrong have been known to the Americans due to doping but.
Doping-Free Tour
Headlines about the taking of illicit substances delivered in this Tour. Cases of motor doping could not be detected. Certainly not in the case of Froome. He had taken over the legendary Maillot Jaune after its daring descent in the Pyrenees, and his victory at the eighth stage. He didn’t let it. Froome distanced with his relentlessly superior Sky-team the complete field. Also for the symbolic thanks to Froome took over on Sunday the service of water carriers. However, he stuffed his shirt with beer bottles still in the neutralised Zone for the Toast.
Nairo Quintana from Colombia, was third with 3:08 minutes for more than Froome in front of the wearer of the White Jersey for the best Junprofi, Froome-country man Adam Yates The best Sprinter Peter Sagan was awarded the Jersey with the Red dots for the best climber was allowed to keep the Pole Rafal Majka.
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