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Stage 2 of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France from Utrecht to Zelande could not have panned out much better for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chris Froome (Team Sky), with the former winner putting time into every💛 single one of his main pre-race rivals during a gripping and tense battle through Dutch crosswinds.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alberto Contador (Tinkoff Saxo) conceded four seconds after a late split but 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) 🐼and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) – both victims in the crosswinds – lost 1:28 to the British rider on a day in which their overall aspirations took a damaging blow.

Podium contender 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) also lost a handful of seconds to Froome, and what's more, Team Sky succeeded thanks to the work of others, with Etixx-QuickStep, BMC Racing and Tinkoff-Saxo the main protagonists in splitting the bunch.

"This is a huge advantage for us now, sitting in this position after one flat day out on the road, that's fantastic. But this is a three-week race and as we've seen, things do change on a daily basis. We're ahead today, but who knows what's in store for us for the rest of the week?" Froome told the media after his warm-down.

That was just a warning and after the peloton regrouped and the heavens opened, Etixx-QuickStep split the bunch with an acceleration that had Quintana and his Movistar team in disarray.