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<blockquote data-quote="mhku" data-source="post: 621032" data-attributes="member: 190842">TdF Stage 16: MARTIGNY to BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE, 159 kmAfter an exciting race in the Alps Euskaltel-Euskadi rider Mikel Astarloza claimed the stage win, followed by Sandy Casar. The Basque rider was part of a 4 man breakaway for most of the race and attacked with 2km remaining and crossed the line six seconds ahead of Cassar. Nicolas Roche, son of former champion rider Stephen Roche, finished 4th.The following group contained many of the Tour big names and when the Schleck brothers upped the pace after several km of a punishing pace set by Team Astana, Lance Armstrong dropped out the back of the group although Contador remained in this 2nd group as did Bradley Wiggins.About 10 minutes later Lance broke away from the 3rd group and managed to get back to the Contador group. Impressive riding for a rider who had retired for 3 years. Pellizotti also put in an impressive performance today to keep the polka dot jersey. Jens Voigt had a nasty crash on the last descent when his rear wheel caught a white line on the roadThe top 3 remain unchanged and the time trial on Thursday could see Bradley Wiggins move up to second. Cadel Evans had a bad day and finished nearly 4 minutes behind Astarloza and is in 17th place well over 7 minutes behind Contador.Tomorrow's stage 17 is a hard ride from BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE to LE GRAND-BORNAND and is 169.5 km of mountain riding with no flats and a downhill finish.Stage 16 results:Mikel ASTARLOZA&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ESP&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; EUS&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 04:14:20Sandy CASAR&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; FRA&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; FDJ&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:00:06Pierrick FEDRIGO&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; FRA&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; BBO&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:00:06Nicolas ROCHE&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; IRL&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ALM&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:00:06Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; BEL&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; SIL&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:00:06Amaël MOINARD&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; FRA&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; COF&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:00:06Franco PELLIZOTTI&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ITA&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; LIQ&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:00:11Stephane GOUBERT&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; FRA&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ALM&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:00:11Christophe MOREAU&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; FRA&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; AGR&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:00:59Alberto CONTADOR&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ESP&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; AST&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:00:59Overall Standings:Alberto CONTADOR&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ESP&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AST&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 67:33:15Lance ARMSTRONG&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; USA&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; AST&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:01:37Bradley WIGGINS&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; GBR&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; GRM&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:01:46Andréas KLÖDEN&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; GER&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; AST&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:02:17Andy SCHLECK&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; LUX&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; SAX&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:02:26Vincenzo NIBALI&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ITA&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; LIQ&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:02:51Christophe LE MEVEL&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; FRA&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; FDJ&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:03:09Frank SCHLECK&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; LUX&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; SAX&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:03:25Carlos SASTRE&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ESP&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; CTT&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:03:52Christian VANDE VELDE&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; USA&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; GRM&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; +00:03:59Jersey Holders:Yellow- ContadorPolka Dot - PellizottiGreen - HushovdWhite - A. Schleck</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mhku, post: 621032, member: 190842"] [B]TdF Stage 16: MARTIGNY to BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE, 159 km[/B] After an exciting race in the Alps Euskaltel-Euskadi rider Mikel Astarloza claimed the stage win, followed by Sandy Casar. The Basque rider was part of a 4 man breakaway for most of the race and attacked with 2km remaining and crossed the line six seconds ahead of Cassar. Nicolas Roche, son of former champion rider Stephen Roche, finished 4th. The following group contained many of the Tour big names and when the Schleck brothers upped the pace after several km of a punishing pace set by Team Astana, Lance Armstrong dropped out the back of the group although Contador remained in this 2nd group as did Bradley Wiggins. About 10 minutes later Lance broke away from the 3rd group and managed to get back to the Contador group. Impressive riding for a rider who had retired for 3 years. Pellizotti also put in an impressive performance today to keep the polka dot jersey. Jens Voigt had a nasty crash on the last descent when his rear wheel caught a white line on the road The top 3 remain unchanged and the time trial on Thursday could see Bradley Wiggins move up to second. Cadel Evans had a bad day and finished nearly 4 minutes behind Astarloza and is in 17th place well over 7 minutes behind Contador. Tomorrow's stage 17 is a hard ride from BOURG-SAINT-MAURICE to LE GRAND-BORNAND and is 169.5 km of mountain riding with no flats and a downhill finish. [B]Stage 16 results:[/B] Mikel ASTARLOZA ESP EUS 04:14:20 Sandy CASAR FRA FDJ +00:00:06 Pierrick FEDRIGO FRA BBO +00:00:06 Nicolas ROCHE IRL ALM +00:00:06 Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK BEL SIL +00:00:06 Amaël MOINARD FRA COF +00:00:06 Franco PELLIZOTTI ITA LIQ +00:00:11 Stephane GOUBERT FRA ALM +00:00:11 Christophe MOREAU FRA AGR +00:00:59 Alberto CONTADOR ESP AST +00:00:59 [B]Overall Standings:[/B] Alberto CONTADOR ESP AST 67:33:15 Lance ARMSTRONG USA AST +00:01:37 Bradley WIGGINS GBR GRM +00:01:46 Andréas KLÖDEN GER AST +00:02:17 Andy SCHLECK LUX SAX +00:02:26 Vincenzo NIBALI ITA LIQ +00:02:51 Christophe LE MEVEL FRA FDJ +00:03:09 Frank SCHLECK LUX SAX +00:03:25 Carlos SASTRE ESP CTT +00:03:52 Christian VANDE VELDE USA GRM +00:03:59 [B]Jersey Holders:[/B] Yellow- Contador Polka Dot - Pellizotti Green - Hushovd White - A. Schleck [/QUOTE]

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