Stage 1: Calella → Calella, 152 km Full Results and Report
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Warren BARGUIL (FORTUNEO - SAMSIC) | 
LINING UP for Stage 1: FORTUNEO - SAMSIC during the teams presentation prior to Stage 1 in Calella | 
DIMENSION DATA | 
Thibaut PINOT looks over his supporting cast of GROUPAMA - FDJ teammates | 
Fabio Aru | 
Hugh CARTHY (EF EDUCATION FIRST - DRAPAC) | 
Alex HOWES (EF EDUCATION FIRST - DRAPAC) | 
BORA - HANSGROHE | 
BORA - HANSGROHE | 
Tejay VAN GARDEREN (BMC) | 
Bob JUNGELS, leads QUICK - STEP FLOORS | 
QUICK - STEP FLOORS | 
Egan BERNAL (SKY) | 
Last year's overall winner, Alejandro VALVERDE (MOVISTAR) | 
Alejandro VALVERDE doing last minute changes | 
The rollout for Stage 1 from Calella | 
Feed zone two hours later | 
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Textbook hand off by FORTUNEO - SAMSIC | 
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Bunch sprint back in Calella | 
QUICK - STEP FLOORS in control of the front | 
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Alvaro HODEG (COL/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) easily wins ahead of 2nd Sam BENNETT (IRL/BORA - HANSGROHE), 3rd Jay MCCARTHY (AUS/BORA - HANSGROHE), 4th Michael MORKOV (DEN/QUICK - STEP FLOORS), 5th Roberto FERRARI (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES), 6t Niccolo BONIFAZIO (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) | 
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Quick Step's team captain Bob Jungels celebrates | 
Your Stage 1 winner, Alvaro HODEG (COL/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) | 
And your 21 year-old race leader, Alvaro HODEG (COL/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) |
Stage 2: Mataró → Valls, 176 km Full Results and Report
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Warren BARGUIL (FORTUNEO - SAMSIC) | 
Stephen CUMMINGS (DIMENSION DATA) | 
Louis MEINTJES (DIMENSION DATA) | 
Pierre Roger LATOUR (AG2R LA MONDIALE) | 
Original three men break | 
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5 minutes later James KNOX (QUICK - STEP FLOORS) leads the peloton | 
A strong headwind slowed the pace of today' stage | 
Nairo QUINTANA (MOVISTAR) | 
Fabio ARU (UAE TEAM EMIRATES) | 
200m to go: BAHRAIN - MERIDA at the front but Matej MOHORIC could only manage 5th in the sprint | 
The stage winner appears on the far right | 
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Jay MCCARTHY (BORA - HANSGROHE) in the lead but here comes Alejandro VALVERDE (MOVISTAR) on the outside | 
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Alejandro VALVERDE (ESP/MOVISTAR) wins Stage 5 in 4:41:50 ahead of 2nd Daryl IMPEY (RSA/MITCHELTON - SCOTT), 3rd Jay MCCARTHY (AUS/BORA - HANSGROHE), 4th Egan Arley BERNAL GOMEZ (COL/SKY) and 5th Matej MOHORIC (SLO/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) | 
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Stage 2 winner and new race leader, Alejandro VALVERDE (ESP/MOVISTAR) |
Stage 3: Saint Cugat → Camprodon, 153 km Full Results and Report
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Thomas DE GENDT (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL) leads the five break | 
The peloton three minutes later | 
Thomas DE GENDT (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL) attacks on the last climb of the revised stage | 
Best solo breakaway artist in the sport, Thomas DE GENDT (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL) | 
Dan Martin (UAE) leading the chase | 
Simon YATES (GBR/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) would end of 2nd + 20s | 
Bob JUNGELS (QST) | 
Winning the only way he knows, Thomas DE GENDT (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL) solos to victory in amazing sunlight in Camprodon | 
Beautiful solo win in beautiful sunlight by Thomas DE GENDT (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL) | 
Field sprint for second | 
2nd Simon YATES (GBR/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) + 20s and 3rd Thibaut PINOT (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) | 
Alejandro VALVERDE (MOVISTAR) post race now 2nd overall | 
Your Stage 3 winner, Thomas DE GENDT (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL) | 
Your Stage 3 winner, Thomas DE GENDT (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL) | 
and new race leader Thomas DE GENDT (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL) by 23s |
Stage 4: Llanars → La Molina, 171 km Full Results and Report
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Esteban Chaves (COL/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) attacks | 
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Movistar chasing 1 minute back | 
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Bernal leads Valverde up final climb | 
Nairo Quintana 3rd on the road | 
Pierre Roger La Tour | 
Thibaut Pinot | 
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Alejandro VALVERDE (ESP/MOVISTAR) wins Stage 2 ahead of 2nd Egan BERNAL (COL/SKY) | 
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2nd Egan BERNAL (COL/SKY) with 3rd Nairo QUINTANA (COL/MOVISTAR) + 6s in the distance | 
3rd Nairo QUINTANA (COL/MOVISTAR) | 
4th Pierre Roger LATOUR (FRA/AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 23s | 
5th Thibaut PINOT (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) + 53s followed by Marc Soler (Movistar) | 
7 Simon YATES (GBR/MITCHELTON - SCOTT) + 53s | 
14th Tejay VAN GARDEREN (USA/BMC RACING) + 1:05 | 
15th Ben O'CONNOR (AUS/DIMENSION DATA) + 1:07 | 
19th Daniel MARTIN (IRL/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) + 1:29 | 
25th Louis MEINTJES (RSA/DIMENSION DATA) + 2:17 | 
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28th Bob JUNGELS (LUX/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) + 2:21 | 
Your Stage 4 winner Alejandro VALVERDE (ESP/MOVISTAR) | 
and back in the race leader's jersey by 19s, Alejandro VALVERDE (ESP/MOVISTAR) | 
Also KOM leader | 
Best young rider, Egan Arley BERNAL GOMEZ (COL/SKY). 2nd today and now 2nd overall + 19s |
Stage 5: Llivia → Vielha, 213 km Full Results and Report
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Scenery from Stage 5, the tiny peloton entering a village | 
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12 men break | 
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Jarlinson Pantano in the break | 
Emanol Erviti working at the front Movistar | 
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Steve Cummings off the back | 
The break | 
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Jarlinson PANTANO (COL/TREK - SEGAFREDO) jumping clear with 100m to go | 
Jarlinson PANTANO (COL/TREK - SEGAFREDO) wins Stage 5 ahead of Vegard Stake LAENGEN (NOR/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) | 
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The third place salute: 3rd Matej MOHORIC (SLO/BAHRAIN - MERIDA) + 10s, 4th Giovanni VISCONTI (ITA/BAHRAIN - MERIDA), 5th Danilo WYSS (SUI/BMC RACING) | 
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7th José ROJAS (ESP/MOVISTAR) + 14s and 8th Alejandro VALVERDE (ESP/MOVISTAR) | 
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Your Stage 5 winner, Jarlinson PANTANO (COL/TREK - SEGAFREDO) | 
Race leader, Alejandro VALVERDE (ESP/MOVISTAR) | 
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Best young rider and 16s back on GC, Egan BERNAL (SKY) | 
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Stage 6: Vielha → Torrefarrera, 117 km Full Results and Report
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Two men break in the rain on shorten Stage 6 (117 km), Maximilian SCHACHMANN (GER/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) and Diego RUBIO HERNANDEZ (ESP/BURGOS - BH) | 
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Valverde leading the peloton almost 3 minutes back | 
A wet, cld and unhappy peloton... at the least the stage was shortened to 117 km | 
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Not unhappy enough to acknowledge the photographers, Colin Flockton, working this week in difficult conditions too | 
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Looking over the wrong shoulder, the two sprint in Torrefarrera | 
Maximilian SCHACHMANN (GER/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) wins ahead of Diego RUBIO HERNANDEZ (ESP/BURGOS - BH) | 
First world tour win for Maximilian SCHACHMANN (GER/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) | 
2nd Diego RUBIO HERNANDEZ (ESP/BURGOS - BH) | 
Field sprint for 3rd | 
Sam BENNETT (IRL/BORA - HANSGROHE) easily wins the field sprint for 3rd + 18s, 4th Matej MOHORIC (SLO/BAHRAIN - MERIDA), 5th Roberto FERRARI (ITA/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) | 
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17:58:33 nairo quintana colombia movistar 175833_7R9A3115.jpg | 
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First world tour win for Maximilian SCHACHMANN (GER/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) | 
Your Stage 6 winner, Maximilian SCHACHMANN (GER/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) and his prizes | 
Alejandro VALVERDE (ESP/MOVISTAR) continues to lead the GC and Mountains classifications... | 
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Luis Mas leads the points competition | 
Best young rider, Egan BERNAL (SKY) | 
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Stage 7: Barcelona (Montjuic) → Barcelona (Montjuic), 155 km Full Results and Report
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Imanol Erviti spain movistar always with a smile | 
alejandro vaverde spain movistar | 
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escape group first time up montjuic climb | 
Mitchelton scott made their intentions clear on lap 1 chasing teh escape, with Yates already visible 3rd in teh group | 
simon yates gb mitchelton scott ahead of alejandro valverde spain movistar in leaders jersey | 
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simon yates gb mitchelton scott | 
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escape group on lap 3 | 
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James Knox Gb Quick Step | 
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escape changed shape when soler and impey joined it | 
Marc Soler Spain Movistar | 
Dan Martin Ireland UAE tried to get away, but later crashed | 
late escape group was Impey Henao Soler and Yates in it | 
simon yates gb mitchelton scott | 
rojas, quintana and vaoverde movistar ahead of bernal sky | 
Mikael Cherel AG2r centre even has time to spot me and smile! | 
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egan bernal was in 2nd place so when he tried to get away from thr main group valverde had to follow him | 
egan bernal was in 2nd place so when he tried to get away from teh main group valverde had to follow him | 
while soler in 3rd watches him | 
pierre latour ag2r | 
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simon yates gb mitchelton scott in 2nd here with a lap to go getting ready to attack, while soler in 3rd watches him | 
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simon yates gb mitchelton scott wins | 
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Marc Soler Spain Movistar 2nd | 
pierre latour 3rd | 
nairo quinrtana colombia movistar | 
race winner alejandro valverde | 
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Stage 7 winner, simon yates gb mitchelton scott | 
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race winner alejandro valverde his children get older but he doesnt seem to, at 115 wins now | 
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luis mas wins intermediate sprint | 
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marc soler best catalan riders jersey | 
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very strong movistar team won teams prize | 
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nairo quintana colombia movistar 2nd overall after Bernal crashed out | 
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overall podium latour 3rd valverde 1st quintana 2nd | 
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Jersey winners |
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