Tour de France: Chris Froome's failure on final slope sets stage for thrilling finale
Briton Froome, who hammered the opposition in the first big mountain stages in 2013, 2015 and 2016 -- the years he won the title -- could not match the pace of the top guns in the finale in Peyragudes, surrendering the yellow jersey to Italian Fabio Aru.
Jul 14, 2017, 00:34 AM ISTTour de France 2016: Chris Froome on brink of 3rd title as Ion Izaguirre wins penultimate stage
But with only Sunday`s virtual procession into Paris to come, the Tour is all but over.
Jul 23, 2016, 23:11 PM ISTTour de France: Chris Froome extends lead despite crash as Romain Bardet wins stage
Bardet finished 23sec ahead of Joaquim Rodriguez after attacking on a slippery and dangerous descent where several of his rivals crashed.
Jul 22, 2016, 22:47 PM IST