Tour de France: The final fight for the podium

Not even ill fortune, it seems, can deny Chris Froome (Sky) final overall victory at the Tour de France, and though his crash on the rain-soaked descent of the Cote de Domancy on Friday was a timely reminder that the race isn’t quite over until he carries yellow safely to Paris, he appears inured to bad luck.

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General Classification after stage 19
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky82:10:37
2Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale0:04:11
3Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team0:04:27
4Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange0:04:36
5Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team0:05:17
6Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team0:06:00
7Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team0:06:20
8Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre - Merida0:07:02
9Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx - Quick-Step0:07:10
10Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo0:07:42

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Barry Ryan
Head of Features

Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.