Name: Tour de France 2016
Start: 2016-07-02T00:00:00Z
End: 2016-07-24T00:00:00Z
Location: France

Tour de France 2016

The Tour de France hub page is packed with news, 21 stage previews, analysis, photos, and rider interviews ahead of the 2016 edition of the race.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal	2:43:08
2	Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Cannondale-Drapac	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data	Row 9 - Cell 2

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Final General classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky	89:04:48
2	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:04:05
3	Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team	0:04:21
4	Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange	0:04:42
5	Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team	0:05:17
6	Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team	0:06:16
7	Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha	0:06:58
8	Louis Meintjes (RSA) Lampre - Merida	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx - Quick-Step	0:07:04
10	Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff Team	0:07:11

The full race route was announced on October 20 in Paris, with organiser ASO revealing an innovative but mountainous route that visits the Pyrenees, Mont Ventoux and the Alps. The race will not remain entirely in France, with three days to be spent in the Principality of Andorra and a visit to Berne in Switzerland - the home town of Fabian Cancellara. Chris Froome (Team Sky) is the defending Tour de France champion. Froome won the race in 2013 but crashed out in 2014.

Chris Froome [video below] talks about what it would mean to win the Tour de France in 2016 and how he plans on defending his title from 2015. Froome has won the Tour de France twice and in 2016 is also targeting the Olympic Games, where he could compete in both the road race and the time trial for Great Britain. He won a silver medal in the 2012 London Olympic Games behind his then teammate Bradley Wiggins.

In 2015 Chris Froome won his second Tour de France after triumphing in 2013. In 2015 he was dominant almost throughout the race while Nairo Quintana (Movistar) was his closest challenger, finishing second overall at 1:12. The Colombian’s teammate Alejandro Valverde finished third overall while the 2014 Tour de France champion, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) could only manage fourth overall. Alberto Contador (Tinkoff Saxo) finished fifth after winning the Giro d’Italia in May.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky	84:46:14
2	Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team	0:01:12
3	Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team	0:05:25
4	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:08:36
5	Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo	0:09:48
6	Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:10:47
7	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing	0:15:14
8	Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling	0:15:39
9	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:16:00
10	Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar	0:17:30