Tour de France: Stage 10

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Michael Matthews out sprints the world champion Peter Sagan for the stage 10 victory after a break stays away

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Tour de France: Stage 10

Jerseys
Yellow: Chris Froome
Green: Mark Cavendish
KoM: Thibaut Pinot
Young Rider: Adam Yates

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stage 10 Matthews

Australian Michael Matthews sprinted to victory on stage ten of the Tour de France today capping off some outstanding work by ORICA-BikeExchange teammates Luke Durbridge and Daryl Impey.

The ORICA-BikeExchange trio rode a perfect race, infiltrating the breakaway early in the stage before excellent work by Durbridge and Impey in the closing 30 kilometres set Matthews up in an ideal position for the win. The 2016 Paris-Nice stage winner executed a fast and precise sprint carrying the desire for his first Tour de France stage victory all the way to the line and first place.

Matthews was full of praise for his teammates after their selfless work helped the Australian rider banish some painful memories of the Tour. “It’s unbelievable,” said Matthews. “The emotion at the moment is just sinking in. I’ve just won a stage of the Tour de France after two really bad years in this race.”

“I was really close to giving up on this race, I just thought this race is not for me and I’d focus on other races, but today my dreams came true. It was never the plan to get into the breakaway, we thought it was going to come down to a bunch sprint. We have such a strong group of guys here and the way we work as a team is that everyone gives everything for their teammates.

“As you could see Daryl (Impey) and Luke (Durbridge) gave their all for me today and were both amazing all the way to the end. Durbridge himself proudly added, “When you close out like that you could call it a technical masterpiece. We are pretty happy with that. It took full commitment from everyone from kilometre zero to the finish. It doesn’t always come together like that but when it does it’s pretty special.”

To complete the perfect day 2015 Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian winner Adam Yates finished the stage in the bunch, safely amongst the race favourites, to retain his best young rider white jersey and second on the general classification ahead of stage 11.

How it happened:

Stage ten began with a 24km climb ascending straight out of the neutral zone. Two large breakaway groups attempted to go clear after repeated attacks in the first few kilometres, but the Team Sky led peloton were not allowing any room and the field was still together after half an hour of racing.

Once over the climb the breakaway emerged and it was large group of 15 riders that included Impey, Durbridge and Matthews for ORICA-BikeExchange. Six minutes separated the leaders from the peloton after 80km of racing.

It was an elite group at the front of the race with world champion Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), former Tour de France champion Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) also up there alongside the three representatives of ORICA-BikeExchange.

The rain started to fall heavily with 75km to go and the 15 leaders continuing to work well together maintaining a six-minute advantage over the peloton. Durbridge and Impey were rotating off the front of the breakaway group with Matthews sensibly and comfortably tucked in a few wheels behind. Going into the final 30km their lead had slipped to four minutes.

Sagan upped the pace on short rise with 20km to go and split the group of leaders in half, the trio of ORICA-BikeExchange all made it on the right side with Durbridge immediately taking over at the front. Into the last ten kilometres and Durbridge was controlling the lead group of seven riders with the peloton some seven minutes behind.

Before the finale came two short yet sharp climbs and with his work well done for the day Durbridge pulled off on the first incline as Impey took up the charge and upped the pace. Matthews and Impey were positioned well as the mind games began with Sagan and Edvald Boassen Hagen (Dimension-Data) both attacking then pulling off in quick succession. The final couple of kilometres were tense as Impey jumped onto the front with Sagan second wheel and Matthews third. Van Avermaet initiated the sprint with both Impey and Matthews taking off in pursuit, Sagan was also there but it was Matthews who came around and brilliantly took the stage victory.

OTHER REACTIONS

Greg Van Avermaet: “I wanted to surprise them and go from far as most of the time it’s my strongest point, but a few guys came over me. It’s been pretty good. It was a dream for me to ride with the Yellow Jersey and have a stage win. Now I’ve recovered well after the rest day and I’m pretty happy with my legs today so I was happy that I could fight again for the victory.”

“It was a hard day on the climb and I knew if a big break goes then it would go to the finish, and that’s why I tried to stay as long as possible. I climbed with the peloton, did a good descent and then bridged with Sylvain Chavanel to the breakaway. But I think Sagan was really strong so it was hard to beat him.”

Richie Porte: “To be honest I’m just happy to get back into the swing of things and be racing again after the rest day. There’s a flat stage tomorrow and then we’ll be back on the climbs.”

Tejay van Garderen: “It was a rude start back into the race with a 23 kilometer climb right off the bat and then you add the rain to it. But it was good. It was nice to have the day of rest and I feel good, ready to tackle the second week.”

 

Chris Froome: “It was a pretty strange start. Obviously for us, there was a lot of work to do. We were happy with the breakaways that were going but at some stage, Valverde attacked so we had to neutralize that. We were not able to see much in the downhill of Envalira due to the fog. It was a bit like at the Giro a few years ago when Quintana slipped up the front so I was keeping an eye on him to make sure he wouldn’t do the same again.

Then it was a good day to keep off. I could ride with not much to worry about. It was never a consideration to let the jersey go, even though Adam Yates is very close on GC. Especially the way the team is riding, we’re happy to have the jersey on our shoulders and the responsibility of the race. It’s always difficult to plan these kinds of stages between the mountains and tomorrow will be something similar. I’m glad I managed to take a good rest and catch some sleep yesterday. I’m already focused on the Ventoux on Thursday and the time trial on Friday.

Peter Sagan: . “I used a lot of energy during the stage as a lot of guys in the breakaway wouldn’t always work. I was trying to keep turning with everybody then I attacked in the crosswinds in the last 20-25km. I then did a lot of attacking in the climb but couldn’t get away. The guy from Orica was attacking in the last 3km – I always chased him and all the work was on me in the final. I took second and I’m happy for Michael as he took his first stage at the Tour de France, and I took more points for the green jersey.”
Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2R, 5th in the stage): “It’s not a disappointment when you look at the quality of the field and the riders with whom I was –– the worlds runner-up Matthews, the world champion Sagan, Boasson-Hagen, Van Avermaet and I was there with them. It was a very fast end to the stage, very hard with riders like Nibali and Rui Costa. I was there in the finale, I sensed Sagan split attempt. And then the guys were real strong. I gave it all I had but I couldn’t do any better. I was happy to be there. In the end I told myself to enjoy it because these are rare moments. I had great legs but I’m not going to cry. It was a great breakaway and I was part of it. It’s already great.”

Adam Yates: “The first climb was pretty full gas as always. It’s always difficult to start a stage uphill. But we have a great team. Four of guys were at the front of the race at Port d’Envalira. We couldn’t get the success we wanted in the first week but now we have it with Michael Matthews. He’s pretty quick. When he has an opportunity to win, he usually makes the best of it. He’s won everywhere. He was won a lot of bike races. He just hadn’t won at the Tour de France yet. Today we knew if we’d get over the first climb, we could try and win the stage. None of the other teams had so many riders at the front. It went all down to the team’s plan.”

Thibaut Pinot: “I got a bit of a cold. We have to make a medical check tonight. In the climb to Port d’Envalira, I tried a few times. We marked each other quite a lot. The only time I didn’t go with the move, it was the decisive one to get the points at the top but it was more important for me to mark Majka. Our next appointment is at the Mont Ventoux.”

Tomorrow’s stage 11 starts in medieval Carcassone and covers 162.5km to the finish in Montpellier. A mainly flat stage with some undulations in the first half before a flat finale that will probably lead to a bunch sprint.

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Stage 10
1 MATTHEWS Michael ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE 04h 22′ 38”
2 SAGAN Peter TINKOFF + 00′ 00”
3 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald TEAM DIMENSION DATA
4 VAN AVERMAET Greg BMC RACING TEAM
5 DUMOULIN Samuel AG2R LA MONDIALE
6 IMPEY Daryl ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE
7 DURBRIDGE Luke ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE + 01′ 10”
8 CARUSO Damiano BMC RACING TEAM + 03′ 01”
9 IZAGUIRRE Gorka MOVISTAR TEAM + 03′ 10”
10 GALLOPIN Tony LOTTO SOUDAL + 03′ 10”
11 FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto LAMPRE – MERIDA + 03′ 10”
12 CHAVANEL Sylvain DIRECT ENERGIE + 03′ 10”
13 LANDA Mikel TEAM SKY + 03′ 14”
14 NIBALI Vincenzo ASTANA PRO TEAM + 03′ 14”
15 CUMMINGS Stephen TEAM DIMENSION DATA + 05′ 35”
16 THEUNS Edward TREK – SEGAFREDO + 09′ 39”
17 STUYVEN Jasper TREK – SEGAFREDO
18 VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael TINKOFF
19 MARTIN Tony ETIXX-QUICK STEP
20 ROWE Luke TEAM SKY
21 KOREN Kristijan CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM
22 STANNARD Ian TEAM SKY
23 ERVITI Imanol MOVISTAR TEAM
24 MOLLEMA Bauke TREK – SEGAFREDO
25 FROOME Christopher TEAM SKY
26 PORTE Richie BMC RACING TEAM
27 BURGHARDT Marcus BMC RACING TEAM
28 ROLLAND Pierre CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM
29 MARTIN Daniel ETIXX-QUICK STEP
30 OLIVEIRA Nelson MOVISTAR TEAM
31 CHEREL Mikael AG2R LA MONDIALE
32 QUINTANA Nairo MOVISTAR TEAM
33 VAN BAARLE Dylan CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM
34 ARU Fabio ASTANA PRO TEAM
35 SABATINI Fabio ETIXX-QUICK STEP
36 THOMAS Geraint TEAM SKY
37 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin TEAM KATUSHA
38 CURVERS Roy TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
39 VALVERDE Alejandro MOVISTAR TEAM
40 BONO Matteo LAMPRE – MERIDA
41 GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam LAMPRE – MERIDA
42 BUCHMANN Emanuel BORA-ARGON 18
43 YATES Adam ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE
44 DENNIS Rohan BMC RACING TEAM
45 HAYMAN Mathew ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE
46 HENAO Sergio Luis TEAM SKY
47 VICHOT Arthur FDJ
48 SCHÄR Michael BMC RACING TEAM
49 GAUTIER Cyril AG2R LA MONDIALE
50 GERRANS Simon ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE
51 HERRADA Jesús MOVISTAR TEAM
52 TIRALONGO Paolo ASTANA PRO TEAM
53 BENEDETTI Cesare BORA-ARGON 18
54 SINKELDAM Ramon TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
55 KIRYIENKA Vasili TEAM SKY
56 ARASHIRO Yukiya LAMPRE – MERIDA
57 NIEVE Mikel TEAM SKY
58 VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen TEAM KATUSHA
59 IZAGUIRRE Ion MOVISTAR TEAM
60 KREUZIGER Roman TINKOFF
61 BARDET Romain AG2R LA MONDIALE
62 MEINTJES Louis LAMPRE – MERIDA
63 PERICHON Pierre-Luc FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT
64 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC RACING TEAM
65 REICHENBACH Sébastien FDJ
66 LOSADA Alberto TEAM KATUSHA
67 SLAGTER Tom Jelte CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM
68 PIBERNIK Luka LAMPRE – MERIDA
69 LINDEMAN Bert Jan TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO
70 SORENSEN Chris Anker FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT
71 GASTAUER Ben AG2R LA MONDIALE
72 DELAPLACE Anthony FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT
73 VUILLERMOZ Alexis AG2R LA MONDIALE
74 RAST Gregory TREK – SEGAFREDO
75 BARGUIL WARREN TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
76 ROUX Anthony FDJ
77 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt TEAM DIMENSION DATA
78 SEPULVEDA Eduardo FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT
79 CANCELLARA Fabian TREK – SEGAFREDO
80 POZZOVIVO Domenico AG2R LA MONDIALE
81 POLANC Jan LAMPRE – MERIDA
82 VICIOSO Angel TEAM KATUSHA
83 ZUBELDIA Haimar TREK – SEGAFREDO
84 FEILLU Brice FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT
85 SCHLECK Frank TREK – SEGAFREDO
86 ROSA Diego ASTANA PRO TEAM
87 SANCHEZ GIL Luis-Leon ASTANA PRO TEAM
88 BARTA Jan BORA-ARGON 18
89 VAKOC Petr ETIXX-QUICK STEP
90 TOSATTO Matteo TINKOFF
91 MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel MOVISTAR TEAM
92 GRIVKO Andriy ASTANA PRO TEAM
93 EDET Nicolas COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
94 BODNAR Maciej TINKOFF
95 CRADDOCK Lawson CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM
96 BAKELANTS Jan AG2R LA MONDIALE
97 PREIDLER Georg TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
98 CLEMENT Stef IAM CYCLING
99 BOOKWALTER Brent BMC RACING TEAM
100 HOWES Alex CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM
101 FRANK Mathias IAM CYCLING
102 PAUWELS Serge TEAM DIMENSION DATA
103 ELMIGER Martin IAM CYCLING
104 KANGERT Tanel ASTANA PRO TEAM
105 IRIZAR Markel TREK – SEGAFREDO
106 CAVENDISH Mark TEAM DIMENSION DATA
107 SIEBERG Marcel LOTTO SOUDAL
108 GREIPEL André LOTTO SOUDAL
109 ALBASINI Michael ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE
110 BAK Lars Ytting LOTTO SOUDAL
111 TEN DAM Laurens TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
112 KONRAD Patrick BORA-ARGON 18
113 TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel TEAM DIMENSION DATA
114 GOUGEARD Alexis AG2R LA MONDIALE
115 ALAPHILIPPE Julian ETIXX-QUICK STEP
116 KITTEL Marcel ETIXX-QUICK STEP
117 ZAKARIN Ilnur TEAM KATUSHA
118 ROOSEN Timo TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO
119 EISEL Bernhard TEAM DIMENSION DATA
120 FONSECA Armindo FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT
121 PINOT Thibaut FDJ
122 MOINARD Amaël BMC RACING TEAM
123 PLAZA MOLINA Ruben ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE
124 KELDERMAN Wilco TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO
125 FUGLSANG Jakob ASTANA PRO TEAM
126 JUUL-JENSEN Christopher ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE
127 NAVARRO Daniel COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
128 STETINA Peter TREK – SEGAFREDO
129 ANACONA GOMEZ Winner Andrew MOVISTAR TEAM
130 PANTANO Jarlinson IAM CYCLING
131 VACHON Florian FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT
132 DE GENDT Thomas LOTTO SOUDAL
133 HOLLENSTEIN Reto IAM CYCLING
134 NAESEN Oliver IAM CYCLING
135 ENGER Sondre Holst IAM CYCLING
136 WYNANTS Maarten TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO
137 GESCHKE Simon TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
138 BOZIC Borut COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
139 DURASEK Kristijan LAMPRE – MERIDA
140 POELS Wouter TEAM SKY
141 ROELANDTS Jurgen LOTTO SOUDAL
142 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM
143 BRESCHEL Matti CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM
144 ROY Jérémy FDJ
145 BONNET William FDJ
146 COPPEL Jérôme IAM CYCLING
147 MORABITO Steve FDJ
148 DUMOULIN Tom TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
149 TIMMER Albert TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
150 MAJKA Rafal TINKOFF
151 HUZARSKI Bartosz BORA-ARGON 18
152 TULIK ANGÉLO DIRECT ENERGIE
153 BERHANE Natnael TEAM DIMENSION DATA
154 MATE MARDONES Luis Angel COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
155 KISERLOVSKI Robert TINKOFF
156 GATTO Oscar TINKOFF
157 DUCHESNE Antoine DIRECT ENERGIE
158 JEANDESBOZ Fabrice DIRECT ENERGIE
159 VERMOTE Julien ETIXX-QUICK STEP
160 VOSS Paul BORA-ARGON 18
161 DEGENKOLB John TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
162 HANSEN Adam LOTTO SOUDAL
163 COQUARD Bryan DIRECT ENERGIE
164 KRISTOFF Alexander TEAM KATUSHA
165 BREEN Vegard FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT
166 GROENEWEGEN Dylan TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO
167 WAGNER Robert TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO
168 MARTENS Paul TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO
169 PETIT Adrien DIRECT ENERGIE
170 DEBUSSCHERE Jens LOTTO SOUDAL
171 VOECKLER Thomas DIRECT ENERGIE
172 KEISSE Iljo ETIXX-QUICK STEP
173 HENDERSON Gregory LOTTO SOUDAL
174 GENE Yohann DIRECT ENERGIE
175 SOUPE GEOFFREY COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
176 CIMOLAI Davide LAMPRE – MERIDA
177 COUSIN Jérome COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
178 RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano ETIXX-QUICK STEP
179 SICARD Romain DIRECT ENERGIE
180 BENNETT George TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 10′ 13”
181 VANMARCKE Sep TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO
182 LAPORTE Christophe COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 10′ 38”
183 JEANNESSON Arnold COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
184 LUTSENKO Alexey ASTANA PRO TEAM
185 SCHILLINGER Andreas BORA-ARGON 18
186 BENNETT Sam BORA-ARGON 18
187 LEMOINE Cyril COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS + 10′ 42”
188 GUARNIERI Jacopo TEAM KATUSHA + 11′ 38”
189 HALLER Marco TEAM KATUSHA
190 MC LAY DANIEL FORTUNEO – VITAL CONCEPT
191 ARCHBOLD Shane BORA-ARGON 18
192 HOWARD Leigh IAM CYCLING + 12′ 17”

Overall
1 FROOME Christopher TEAM SKY 49h 08′ 20”
2 YATES Adam ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE + 00′ 16”
3 MARTIN Daniel ETIXX-QUICK STEP + 00′ 19”
4 QUINTANA Nairo MOVISTAR TEAM + 00′ 23”
5 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin TEAM KATUSHA + 00′ 37”
6 MOLLEMA Bauke TREK – SEGAFREDO + 00′ 44”
7 BARDET Romain AG2R LA MONDIALE + 00′ 44”
8 HENAO Sergio Luis TEAM SKY + 00′ 44”
9 MEINTJES Louis LAMPRE – MERIDA + 00′ 55”
10 VALVERDE Alejandro MOVISTAR TEAM + 01′ 01”
11 VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC RACING TEAM + 01′ 01”
12 KREUZIGER Roman TINKOFF + 01′ 16”
13 ARU Fabio ASTANA PRO TEAM + 01′ 23”
14 PORTE Richie BMC RACING TEAM + 02′ 10”
15 BARGUIL WARREN TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN + 02′ 51”
16 THOMAS Geraint TEAM SKY + 03′ 20”
17 ROLLAND Pierre CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM + 04′ 01”
18 REICHENBACH Sébastien FDJ + 05′ 22”
19 KELDERMAN Wilco TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO + 05′ 28”
20 VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen TEAM KATUSHA + 05′ 33”

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