We leave the Alps a little underwhelmed but with everything to ride for between 2nd and 4th.
The Route:
The Profile:
The Finish:
Enbrun:
It's thanks to its climate, among the driest and sunniest of the area that the city earned the nickname of “Nice of the Alps”. From the top of its rock, it dominates the artificial lake of Serre-Ponçon, one of the largest in Europe where each summer, the best triathletes battle it out during the Embrunman. But in 2013, a “yellowman” was to be distinguished. By claiming the fastest time on the time-trial course between Embrun and Chorges, Christopher Froome pushed his rivals further back to move closer to the title on the 100th edition.
Sisteron
Sisteron has been inhabited for 4000 years. The Romans used the route through Sisteron as can be shown by a Latin inscription in the rocks near the road to Authon. It escaped the barbarian invasions after the fall of Rome, but was ravaged by the Saracens. In 1483 during the reign of Louis XI, Sisteron re-joined the kingdom of France. Around this time there were seven plagues that killed two thirds of the population. Between 1562 and 1594 the town and its citadelle was fought over by Protestants and Catholics including two sieges. During this time the walls of the town were built. The plague returned in 1630, and typhus in 1744, killing many of the town's population.
During the French Revolution the town remained Royalist. Consequently, when Napoleon arrived on his march north after his escape from Elba in 1815, the town ignored him and let him through.
Sisteron was the starting city of the 11th stage of the Tour de France 2010.
Salon-de-Provence
The Tour has never been to Salon-de-Provence, but the city already honoured the event thanks to the presence of its most spectacular ambassadors. It is indeed on the air camp 701 Salon-de-Provence that the Alpha Jets of the Patrouille de France are based. On firm ground, the peloton of Paris-Nice came for a visit to the city last March and Kazakhstan's Alexey Lutsenko managed to fly away on his own and capture the stage win.
Current GC:
1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 78:08:19
2 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:23
3 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:29
4 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky 0:01:36
5 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:55
6 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors 0:02:56
7 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 0:04:46
8 Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 0:06:52
9 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb 0:08:22
10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:08:34
The Route:
The Profile:
The Finish:
Enbrun:
It's thanks to its climate, among the driest and sunniest of the area that the city earned the nickname of “Nice of the Alps”. From the top of its rock, it dominates the artificial lake of Serre-Ponçon, one of the largest in Europe where each summer, the best triathletes battle it out during the Embrunman. But in 2013, a “yellowman” was to be distinguished. By claiming the fastest time on the time-trial course between Embrun and Chorges, Christopher Froome pushed his rivals further back to move closer to the title on the 100th edition.
Sisteron
Sisteron has been inhabited for 4000 years. The Romans used the route through Sisteron as can be shown by a Latin inscription in the rocks near the road to Authon. It escaped the barbarian invasions after the fall of Rome, but was ravaged by the Saracens. In 1483 during the reign of Louis XI, Sisteron re-joined the kingdom of France. Around this time there were seven plagues that killed two thirds of the population. Between 1562 and 1594 the town and its citadelle was fought over by Protestants and Catholics including two sieges. During this time the walls of the town were built. The plague returned in 1630, and typhus in 1744, killing many of the town's population.
During the French Revolution the town remained Royalist. Consequently, when Napoleon arrived on his march north after his escape from Elba in 1815, the town ignored him and let him through.
Sisteron was the starting city of the 11th stage of the Tour de France 2010.
Salon-de-Provence
The Tour has never been to Salon-de-Provence, but the city already honoured the event thanks to the presence of its most spectacular ambassadors. It is indeed on the air camp 701 Salon-de-Provence that the Alpha Jets of the Patrouille de France are based. On firm ground, the peloton of Paris-Nice came for a visit to the city last March and Kazakhstan's Alexey Lutsenko managed to fly away on his own and capture the stage win.
Current GC:
1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 78:08:19
2 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:23
3 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:29
4 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky 0:01:36
5 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:55
6 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors 0:02:56
7 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 0:04:46
8 Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 0:06:52
9 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb 0:08:22
10 Alberto Contador (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:08:34
. Michael Matthews and Sunweb to make it three wins 
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