Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas climbed to victory on the 108.5km 11th stage of the Tour de France atop La Rosière today and with it he took hold of the yellow jersey.
The Briton completed the stage in 3:29:36, beating Team Sunweb’s Tom Dumoulin and teammate Chris Froome to the line.
Thomas took the race lead with a general classification time of 44:06:16, almost one-and-a-half minutes ahead of Froome in second.
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Stage 11
1. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 3:29:36
2. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:20
3. Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:20
4. Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:22
5. Mikel Nieve (Spa) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:22
6. Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:27
7. Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:57
8. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:59
9. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:59
10. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:00:59
*Selected
92. Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 0:26:07
135. Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 0:27:25
General classification
1. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 46:06:16
2. Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:25
3. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:01:44
4. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:14
5. Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:02:23
6. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:02:40
7. Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team 0:02:56
8. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:58
9. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:03:16
10. Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:16
*Selected
53. Daryl Impey (RSA) Mitchelton-Scott 0:47:57
89. Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 1:07:35
148. Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 1:53:48