Chris Froome Rides Away To Stage Ten Win

Last updated : 14 July 2015 By Covsupport News Service

Chris Froome of Team Sky has taken victory on stage ten of the 102nd Tour De France.

Back after a nine hour trek to Pau, stage ten took those left in the race into the mountains with a 167km stage from Tarbes to La Pierre-Saint-Martin.

With Ivan Basso forced to withdraw due to testicular cancer and Lars Boom not starting after suffering a fever, Pierrick Fédrigo (Bretagne-Séché), was allowed to slip away after seven kilometres.

Cofidis’ Kenneth Van Bilsen chased him but Fedrigo was clear of Van Bilsen by forty seconds and 2.25 ahead of the peloton which included race leader Chris Froome, whose Team Sky team have legal people investigating if some of his training data has been hacked, with seventeen kilometres gone.

Fedrigo extended that lead to five minutes and after 38.2kms, Fedrigo had a lead of 55 seconds over Vanbilsen and 9.20 over the peloton.

Vanbilsen was able to join Fedrigo as their lead went out further still to twelve minutes with fifty kilometres gone.

Kenneth Van Bilsen took the point on the côte de Bougarber climb and on the côte de Vieilleségure, Kenneth van Bilsen took a second point in the KOM competition before taking a third point on top of the côte de Montory.

There was 43 kilometres left when Fedrigo took the sprint points with Greipel leading the peloton over the sprint line.

With the gap dropping all the time, Fédrigo shed Van Bilsen off with 14km to go but he was soon caught and the attacks started.

With 8.2kms on the Hors Category La Pierre-Saint-Martin climb, Valverde attacked with two kilometres later, Froome did the same, putting sixteen seconds into Quintana, 41 seconds into Van Garderen and 1.12 into Contador.

Froome went under the flam rouge and as Pierre Rolland put the hammer down on the chasing group.

Froome was in superb form and rode away to take the win in 4.22.07 some 59 seconds ahead of team mate Richie Porte and Nairo Quintana who finished 1.02 down.

Robert Gesink was fourth with Geraint Thomas sixth and Adam Yates seventh with Alberto Contador finishing 2.51 down.

Chris Froome now leads the race bY 2.52 from BMC's Tejay Van Garderen.