Summary

  • Sagan wins stage on photo finish

  • Froome remains in yellow

  • Stage 16: Moirans-en-Montagne - Berne, 209km (129.9 miles)

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  1. Get your cleats set up properlypublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

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  2. Postpublished at 15:32 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

    41km to go

    Julian Alaphilippe beats Tony Martin to the finish for the intermediate sprint as Peter Sagan gets a lead-out to the front of the peloton for third place. 

    No real contest for that as Mark Cavendish grabs fourth, but it was very sedate. A jog rather than a sprint. 

  3. Your cycling nicknamespublished at 15:30 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

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  4. Peloton on the marchpublished at 15:28 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

    Rob Hayles
    Former GB cyclist on BBC 5 live sports extra

    The peloton is strung out, which shows you how fast it is going. A couple of riders are getting left out the back. 

  5. The gap continues to fallpublished at 15:26 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

    46km to go

    Tony Martin is crouched over his wheel, mouth wide open, as he drives his enormous thighs up and down to try and keep the gap to the peloton at a reasonable measure.

    But the advantage has now dropped to less than two minutes.  

    Tony MartinImage source, Getty Images
  6. Your cycling nicknamespublished at 15:20 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

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  7. Postpublished at 15:19 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

    50km to go

    In addition to the category four climb later in the stage, the two leaders are now approaching the only intermediate sprint of the day. That's about 10km away. 

    The gap is two minutes, thirty-three seconds to the peloton. 

  8. Your cycling nicknamespublished at 15:17 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

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  9. Martin putting in the hard graftpublished at 15:16 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

    Rob Hayles
    Former GB cyclist on BBC 5 live sports extra

    Julian Alaphilippe hasn’t done much work today, he’ll be the one going for the stage win. Tony Martin is tucked down in a time-trial position and getting no help from his team-mate but that’s not surprising. The peloton did reduce the gap to the two leaders, but Martin has since turned the screw.

    Alaphilippe and MartinImage source, AP
  10. Postpublished at 15:15 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

    62km to go

    Team Sky’s Wout Poels has a problem with his front tyre and is forced to stop and replace it. The Dutchman has been a brilliant wingman for Chris Froome this Tour but with the stage so flat today, and the race leader only looking to stay in touch with his other rivals, Froome will have plenty of other team-mates to rely on in order to keep him out of trouble. 

  11. Postpublished at 15:14 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

    68km to go

    The gap is still three minutes from Tony Martin and Julian Alaphilippe to the peloton. Can the Etixx-QuickStep pair hang onto that advantage?

    Billionaire BMC owner Andy Rihs hails from Bern too, so would be delighted to see his team pick up a hometown victory.

  12. We are live on the radiopublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

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  13. Postpublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

    77km to go

    Less than three minutes from leaders Tony Martin and Julian Alaphillipe to the peloton. 

    Not seen Fabian Cancellara yet, but this race is setting up nicely for a potential home win for the Swiss rider. 

  14. Quintana has looked flatpublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

    Rob Hayles
    Former GB cyclist on BBC 5 live sports extra

    In the Tour so far, Nairo Quintana has looked flat. Whenever his team-mates set him up with an opportunity, he either doesn't go or when he had two digs on Mont Ventoux, it just didn't work. He doesn't look like he has that spark. I'm just wandering if he wasn't quite as good as we are hoping, but he is a huge star in Colombia, so how much pressure does he have on his shoulders?

    Because he is so poker faced, he could be trembling from the pressure. Coming into this Tour, he was the man to challenge Chris Froome, but maybe he doesn't have it this year, or maybe he wants to wait until the final week. 

  15. Your cycling nicknamespublished at 14:43 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

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  16. Greipel drops backpublished at 14:43 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

    80km to go

    The gap from Etixx-QuickStep riders Tony Martin and Julian Alaphilippe to the peloton is down to three minutes and 15 seconds now.

    TV pictures have just down Andre Greipel dropping back to pick up water bottles for his Lotto-Soudal team-mates. Does that rule him out of any potential sprint? 

    Interesting. 

  17. Live commentary coming uppublished at 14:40 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

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  18. Is stage 16 suited to sprinters?published at 14:37 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

    Rob Hatch
    BBC Radio 5 live commentator on 5 live podcast

    The only sprinters who may be involved might be Peter Sagan, or maybe Greg van Avermaet, there is quite an steep incline near the end and it's a more tricky finale than it looks in the road book. Our Swiss colleagues think Fabian Cancellara might get up there. 

    The only sprinter I think might of is Andre Greipel. The German did something very similar in the Giro d'Italia but on that day he had Jens Debusschere by his side and he went home injured yesterday. I'm not going to put a bet on Greipel but I would love him to win it. 

  19. Your cycling nicknamespublished at 14:34 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

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  20. What's in store at the stage 16 finish?published at 14:31 British Summer Time 18 July 2016

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    We've already mentioned the category four climb towards the end of stage 16, and the cobbles, but our man OJ Borg has been taking a closer look. 

    If you're reading this on the app, then you can watch it here. , external

    The peloton is reeling in leaders Tony Martin and Julian Alaphillipe so it looks like this stage could be very open towards the denouement. 

    Should be very interesting.