Tour de France 2017/7. stage

◄ 6.00000 Result of the 7th stage 8. ►00000
		Marcel Kittel (QST)	5:03:18 h
2.		Edvald Boasson Hagen (DDD)	+ 0:00 min
3.		Michael Matthews (SUN)	+ 0:00 min
4th		Alexander Kristoff (KAT)	+ 0:00 min
5.		John Degenkolb (TFS)	+ 0:00 min
6th		Dylan Groenewegen (TLJ)	+ 0:00 min
7th		Rüdiger Selig (BOH)	+ 0:00 min
8th.		Nacer Bouhanni (COF)	+ 0:00 min
9.		André Greipel (LTS)	+ 0:00 min
10.		Daniel McLay (TFO)	+ 0:00 min
		Dylan van Baarle (CDT)
Intermediate results after the 7th stage
		Chris Froome (SKY)	28:47:51 h
2.		Geraint Thomas (SKY)	+ 0:12 min
3.		Fabio Aru (AST)	+ 0:14 min
		Marcel Kittel (QST)	197 pts.
2.		Arnaud Démare (FDJ)	182 pts.
3.		Michael Matthews (SUN)	123 pts.
		Fabio Aru (AST)	10 pts.
2.		Daniel Martin (QST)	8 pts.
3.		Chris Froome (SKY)	6 pts.
		Simon Yates (ORS)	28:48:34 h
2.		Pierre Latour (ALM)	+ 0:24 min
3.		Louis Meintjes (UAD)	+ 0:41 min
		Team Sky	86:24:35 h
2.		BMC Racing Team	+ 1:59 min
3.		Ag2r La Mondiale	+ 3:21 min

The 7th stage of the Tour de France 2017 took place on July 7th 2017. It led over 213.5 kilometers from Troyes to Nuits-Saint-Georges . There was an intermediate sprint in Chanceaux after 108 kilometers and a mountain classification in the 4th category.

Marcel Kittel won his third stage in the mass sprint ahead of Edvald Boasson Hagen . The German was still 150 meters from the finish line on the Norwegian’s rear wheel when a gap opened up and he crossed the finish line with a lead of just six millimeters. Before that, the breakaway group of the day formed shortly after the start with Dylan van Baarle , Manuele Mori , Maxime Bouet and Yohann Gène was overtaken just six kilometers from the finish. Chris Froome defended his yellow jersey .

Scoring

Intermediate sprint in Chanceaux after 108 km at 458  m
1.		Manuele Mori (UAD)	20 pts.
2.		Maxime Bouet (TFO)	17 pts.
3.		Yohann Gène (DEN)	15 pts.
4th		Dylan van Baarle (CDT)	13 pts.
5.		Sonny Colbrelli (TBM)	11 pts.
6th		Alexander Kristoff (KAT)	10 pts.
7th		André Greipel (LTS)	9 pts.
8th.		Zdenek Stybar (QST)	8 pts.
9.		Michael Matthews (SUN)	7 pts.
10.		Arnaud Démare (FDJ)	6 pts.
11.		Borut Božič (TBM)	5 pts.
12.		Marcel Kittel (QST)	4 pts.
13.		Grega Bole (TBM)	3 pts.
14th		Jack Bauer (QST)	2 pts.
15th		Andrij Hrywko (AST)	1 point

Stage finish in Nuits-Saint-Georges after 213.5 km at 236  m
1.		Marcel Kittel (QST)	50 pts.
2.		Edvald Boasson Hagen (DDD)	30 pts.
3.		Michael Matthews (SUN)	20 pts.
4th		Alexander Kristoff (KAT)	18 pts.
5.		John Degenkolb (TFS)	16 pts.
6th		Dylan Groenewegen (TLJ)	14 pts.
7th		Rüdiger Selig (BOH)	12 pts.
8th.		Nacer Bouhanni (COF)	10 pts.
9.		André Greipel (LTS)	8 pts.
10.		Daniel McLay (TFO)	7 pts.
11.		Arnaud Démare (FDJ)	6 pts.
12.		Rick Zabel (KAT)	5 pts.
13.		Lilian Calmejane (DEN)	4 pts.
14th		Oliver Naesen (ALM)	3 pts.
15th		Andrea Pasqualon (WGG)	2 pts.

Mountain ratings

Côte d'Urcy Category 4 after 147.5 km over 416  m 2.5 km at 4.2%
1.		Maxime Bouet (TFO)	1 point

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 12 victories! Kittel breaks his record on Zabel's birthday. radsport-news.com, July 7, 2017, accessed July 12, 2017 . 

Web links

• 7th stage of the Tour de France 2017
• Race course of the 7th stage (see dispatches)