{"id":21228,"date":"2013-07-18T23:56:58","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T21:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/froome-contador-crack-as-riblon-wins-on-lalpe-dhuez\/"},"modified":"2013-07-18T23:56:58","modified_gmt":"2013-07-18T21:56:58","slug":"froome-contador-crack-as-riblon-wins-on-lalpe-dhuez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/froome-contador-crack-as-riblon-wins-on-lalpe-dhuez\/","title":{"rendered":"Froome, Contador crack as Riblon wins on l\u2019Alpe d\u2019Huez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/58714494@N06\/7362877440\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"Christophe Riblon\" alt=\"Christophe Riblon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/307b3_7362877440_bf0551aa60_m.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christophe Riblon (Photo credit: Petit Brun)<\/p>\n<p>Frenchman Christophe Riblon won the first ever double ascent in Tour de France history as the peloton finished atop l\u2019Alpe d\u2019Huez on stage 18.<\/p>\n<p>On a brutal day that saw the riders climb the famous mountain twice, Riblon chased down Tejay Van Garderen (BMC) on the final climb before brilliantly storming past the American with just 2km to go.<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s yellow jersey-wearer Froome managed to finish ahead of main rival Contador but did show his first signs of weakness on this year\u2019s Tour, with Nario Quintana and Joaquin Rodriguez bursting clear of him in the final 5km.<\/p>\n<p>Quintana and Rodriguez finished just over a minute ahead of Froome but he in turn was a minute ahead of Contador. \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/asia.eurosport.com\/cycling\/tour-de-france\/2013\/riblon-wins-for-france-on-alpe-d-huez-as-froome-extends-lead_sto3848356\/story.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">eurosport<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/froome-beats-contador-in-time-trial-before-lalpe-dhuez\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/307b3_185934136_80_802.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/froome-beats-contador-in-time-trial-before-lalpe-dhuez\/\" target=\"_blank\">Froome beats Contador in time-trial before l\u2019Alpe d\u2019Huez<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/double-dose-of-lalpe-dhuez-on-the-menu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/307b3_186196055_80_80.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/double-dose-of-lalpe-dhuez-on-the-menu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Double dose of l\u2019Alpe d\u2019Huez on the menu<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/nothing-else-quite-compares-to-lalpe-dhuez\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/307b3_186135491_80_801.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mysport24.co.za\/nothing-else-quite-compares-to-lalpe-dhuez\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nothing else quite compares to l\u2019Alpe d\u2019Huez<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/307b3_zemified_h.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christophe Riblon (Photo credit: Petit Brun) Frenchman Christophe Riblon won the first ever double ascent in Tour de France history as the peloton finished atop l\u2019Alpe d\u2019Huez on stage 18. 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