With a time of 28 minutes, 21 seconds, Chris Froome finished third during Saturday’s Stage 20 time trial, and confirmed that he will win the 2017 Tour de France in Paris on Sunday.
Tour de France standings 2017: Maciej Bodnar wins final time trial, Chris Froome confirms he’ll win the yellow jersey
Meanwhile, Frenchman Romain Bardet BARELY saved a podium spot in Paris, finishing one measly second ahead of Mikel Landa.
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Maciej Bodnar won the time trial to save face for a rocky Tour for Bora-Hansgrohe, coming in at 28 minutes and 15 seconds.
The most closely watched competition was for the final podium, however. Romain Bardet entered the stage in second place overall, 23 seconds behind Froome, but with shaky time trial skills and just six seconds on third-place Rigoberto Uran. Hoping to climb onto the podium stage were Mikel Landa (67 seconds out of third) and Fabio Aru (86 seconds).
Bardet’s ride was one of the most valiant of the day, often skirting dangerously close to crowd barriers on tight turns — unfortunately, the Frenchman’s elite climbing skills don’t translate to solo rides. He finished 52nd on the stage, 2:03 back of the winner, but managed to just stay on the final podium, one (!) second ahead of Landa.
With that, the major results of the 2017 Tour are set. Chris Froome in yellow (followed by Uran and Bardet), Aussie rider Michael Matthews in green as the points winner, and Frenchman Warren Barguil in polka dots as the King of the Mountains.
All that’s left now is champagne and Sunday’s processional up and down the Champs-Élysées.
Stage 20 results
1. Maciej Bodnar, Bora-Hansgrohe - 28:15
2. Michael Kwiatkowski, Team Sky - +0:01
3. Tony Martin, Katusha - +0:14
4. Daryl Impey, Orica-Scott - +0:20
5. Alberto Contador, Trek-Segafredo - +0:21
6. Nikias Arndt, Team Sunweb - +0:28
7. Rigoberto Uran, Cannondale-Drapac - +
8. Stefan Küng, BMC Racing - +0:34
9. Sylvain Chavanel, Direct Énergie - +0:37
10. Jack Bauer, Quick-Step - +0:41
General classification after Stage 20
1. Chris Froome, Team Sky - 83h55’16’’
2. Rigoberto Uran, Cannondale - +00’54’’
3. Romain Bardet, AG2R La Mondiale - +02’20’’
4. Mikel Landa, Team Sky - +02’21’’
5. Fabio Aru, Astana - +03’05’’
6. Daniel Martin, Quick-Step - +04’42’’
7. Simon Yates - Orica-Scott - +06’14’’
8. Louis Meintjes, Team Emirates - +08’20’’
9. Alberto Contador, Trek-Segafredo - +08’49”
10. Warren Barguil, Team Sunweb - +09’25”
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