Race Report: The first proper day in the mountains and the 2015 Tour de France has been blown to pieces by Chris Froome with a storming ride in the Pyrenees. The overall hasnt changed much from yesterday, but the time gaps are now minutes and not seconds. Is the Tour over with the first punch? Let’s hope not.On the final climb of the day, Movistar were in control and sent Valverde on the attack, but Sky had him in their sights and once the Spaniard had used his power, Froome was off and away. All the other top men were in trouble and losing time on the man in yellow, only Quintana managing to keep him to a minute. Richie Porte was Froomes right hand man and also managed to take second from the Colombian. Everyone else were losers, the biggest Vincenzo Nibali over 4 minutes down.Stage 10 is not where the 2015 Tour de France will be won, but it could be where its lost. The opening mountain stage of the Tour is always a day full of expectation and sometimes disappointment and always fear. This year it comes after 9 days of supposedly flat stages and a rest day, the good news is that the first 140 kilometers from Tarbes are fairly easy. The first climb of the day comes after 66 kilometers, Cat 4 Cte de Bougarber and at 257 meters shouldnt worry anybody. The second and third climbs are also Cat 4; Cte de Viellesgure after...
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