Whoa! That was a great stage, both for the win and the GC!
Where the heck did Steve Cummings come from? He looked dead and buried at the start of that climb, but literally rocketed past Pinot and Bardet with about 300 meters to go. What a great victory for him and Team Quebeka! Good to see Pinot have some luck - and legs!
Nice duel in the GC between Quintana and Froome. It looked as though Quintana was going to put some time into Froome, but Froomes steady, ugly duckling, high rpm style won the day, and I think he put another second or two into Quintana at the line. Quintana though did enough to move into second place overall, as TJ struggle to keep pace with everyone. Thought Nibali looked good there for a bit on the climb, but then fell back. Contador is not in top form.
Great stage.
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