Tour de France 2016: Results
The 2016 Tour de France was won by Chris Froome with Romain Bardet finishing in second and Nairo Quintana in third. Mark Cavendish was the most successful sprinter, winning four stages, while Peter Sagan took three stages plus the green jersey. Rafal Majka did win the polka dot jersey and Adam Yates finished is fourth overall, which brought him the win in the best young rider competition.
Click on the links in underneath table for race results, overall classification, and race reports. You'll fin the final standing are under stage 21.
Tour de France 2016: Race results
| Date | Start and finish | Type | Results | Winner | Leader | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sa 2-7 | Mont Saint-Michel - Utah Beach | flat | Read more | Cavendish | Cavendish | ||
| 2 | Su 3-7 | Saint Lô - Cherbourg-Octeville | flat, finish uphill | Read more | P. Sagan | P. Sagan | ||
| 3 | Mo 4-7 | Granville - Angers | flat | Read more | Cavendish | P. Sagan | ||
| 4 | Tu 5-7 | Saumur - Limoges | flat | Read more | Kittel | P. Sagan | ||
| 5 | We 6-7 | Limoges - Le Lioran | mountains | Read more | Van Avermaet | Van Avermaet | ||
| 6 | Th 7-7 | Arpajon-sur-Cère - Montauban | hills, flat finish | Read more | Cavendish | Van Avermaet | ||
| 7 | Fr 8-7 | L'Isle-Jourdain - Lac De Payolle | mountains, flat start | Read more | Cummings | Van Avermaet | ||
| 8 | Sa 9-7 | Pau - Bagnères-de-Luchon | mountains | Read more | Froome | Froome | ||
| 9 | Su 10-7 | Vielha (spa) - Arcalis (And) | mountains | Read more | T. Dumoulin | Froome | ||
| Mo 11-7 | Rest day in Andorra | |||||||
| 10 | Tu 12-7 | Andorra (And) - Revel | mountains, flat finish | Read more | Matthews | Froome | ||
| 11 | We 13-7 | Carcassonne - Montpellier | flat | Read more | P. Sagan | Froome | ||
| 12 | Th 14-7 | Montpellier - Mont Ventoux | mountains, flat start | Read more | De Gendt | Froome | ||
| 13 | Fr 15-7 | Bourg-Saint-Andéol - Vallon Pont d'Arc | ITT | Read more | T. Dumoulin | Froome | ||
| 14 | Sa 16-7 | Montélimar - Villars-les-Dombes | flat | Read more | Cavendish | Froome | ||
| 15 | Su 17-7 | Bourg-en-Bresse - Culoz | mountains | Read more | Pantano | Froome | ||
| 16 | Mo 18-7 | Moirans-en-Montagne - Bern (Swi) | flat | Read more | P. Sagan | Froome | ||
| Tu 19-7 | Rest day in Bern | |||||||
| 17 | We 20-7 | Bern (Swi) - Finhaut-Emosson (Swi) | mountains | Read more | Zakarin | Froome | ||
| 18 | Th 21-7 | Sallanches - Mégève | ITT, mountains | Read more | Froome | Froome | ||
| 19 | Fr 22-7 | Albertville - Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc | mountains | Read more | Bardet | Froome | ||
| 20 | Sa 23-7 | Mégève - Morzine | mountains | Read more | I. Izagirre | Froome | ||
| 21 | Su 24-7 | Chantilly - Paris Champs-Élysées | flat | Read more | Greipel | Froome | ||
Tour de France 2016: Route maps, height profiles, and more
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Greipel hits jackpot on Champs-Elysees, Froome wins overall
At 113 kilometres, the closing stage of the Tour de France lead from Chantilly to Parijs. With Froome in yellow, Sagan in green, Majka in the polka dot, and Yates in white, there is only one victory left: stage victory. André Greipel outsprints Peter Sagan and Alexander Kristoff to take his first win in the 2016 Tour de France. Overall win is for Chris Froome.Read more »
Ion Izagirre wins rain soaked race, Froome takes GC
At 146.5 kilometres and in rainy conditions, stage 20 in the 2016 Tour de France leads over four peaks to finish downhill. At the top of the last pass, the Joux-Plane, Ion Izagirre, Vincenzo Nibali and Jarlinson Pantano are on the attack. In the 12 kilometres drop to Morzine Izagirre soloes to the first Spanish victory in La Grande Boucle, while Chris Froome takes the overall win.Read more »
Bardet solos to victory, Froome retains yellow
At 146 kilometres, stage 19 is an explosive race. The closing climb up to Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc is a 9.8 kilometres toil at 8%. Romain Bardet attacks just before hitting the climb and he soloes to victory. Chris Froome retains in yellow, while runner-up Bauke Mollema crashes and drops to 10th place overall. Bardet now sits in second and Nairo Quintana in third.Read more »
Froome takes win in mountain ITT and cements lead
At 17 kilometres, stage 18 in the Tour de France is an ITT on climbers territory. En route Côte de Domancy is toughest, a 2.5 kilometres toil at 9.4%. Chris Froome bests specialist Tom Dumoulin to take his second stage win, thus cementing his overall lead.Read more »
Zakarin solos to impressive victory, Froome cements lead
In stage 17 of the Tour de France the riders face four climbs, while the toughest are at the end of the race with one 1st category and one horse category climb in the last 35 kilometres. Ilnur Zakarin goes solo on the last climb to power to victory. Jarlinson Pantano finishes in second, KOM-leader Majka in third. Chris Froome puts time into his rivals, thus cementing his overall lead.Read more »
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Sagan outsprints Kristoff by millimetres, Froome in yellowPantano bests Majka in sprint-a-deux, Froome still in yellow
Cav powers to fourth win, Froome retains in lead
Tom Dumoulin powers to ITT victory, Froome cements GC lead
De Gendt wins at Ventoux - chaotic finale for GC men, Froome retains in lead
Sagan wins after surprise attack with Froome, who cements lead
Michael Matthews outsprints Peter Sagan, Froome still in yellow
Dumoulin takes grueling Pyrenees stage, Froome holds on to yellow
Froome attacks in descent of Peyresourde to solo to yellow jersey
Cummings solos to climb victory, Van Avermaet cements overall lead
Cavendish outsprints Kittel for third win, Van Avermaet retains in lead
Van Avermaet solos to victory and yellow jersey
Kittel outsprints Coquard by millimetres, Sagan retains in lead
And that's two for Cav, while Sagan holds on to yellow
Stage win and yellow jersey Sagan; Pinot, Contador and Porte lose time
Cav powers to yellow jersey!