The last mountain stage of this year’s Tour de France and while attacks on the maillot jaune over the five climbs would have been welcome, I can’t imagine they were expected by anyone watching today. So it was the race for a top 10 place and a stage win and this fight didn’t disappoint. First on the descent to Morzine, Movistar’s Ion Izaguirre outraced outstanding descenders IAM’s Jarlinson Pantano and Astana’s Vincenzo Nibali to take a fast and furious stage win. There were some changes in the top 10 but not the top 5 positions in the GC.
