2016 Tour de France
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The 2016 Tour de France was the 103rd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 3,529 km (2,193 mi)-long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 2 July in Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, and concluding on 24 July with the Champs-Élysées stage in Paris. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the race. The overall general classification was won by Chris Froome of Team Sky, with the second and third places were taken by Romain Bardet and Nairo Quintana, respectively.
Defending champion Chris Froome of Team Sky (pictured at the 2015 Tour) was widely seen as the leading contender for the general classification.
Stage seventeen concluded with a summit finish at the Émosson Dam in the Swiss Alps.
The peloton passing through the town of Panazol on the fourth stage, which ended with a bunch sprint won by Marcel Kittel of Etixx–Quick-Step
Chris Froome (yellow jersey) and Peter Sagan (green jersey), along with one teammate each, formed a breakaway in the final kilometers of stage eleven, with Sagan victorious and Froome gaining time on his rivals.
Movistar Team (men's team)
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Movistar Team is a professional road bicycle racing team which participates at UCI WorldTeam level and has achieved thirteen general classification (GC) victories in Grand Tours. The title sponsor is the Spanish mobile telephone company Telefónica, with the team riding under the name of the company's brand Movistar.
Gérard Rué in a Banesto jersey in 1993
Alejandro Valverde in the race leader's jersey during the final stage of the 2009 Vuelta a España
Lluís Mas in Movistar's current jersey, 2023
Joan Horrach in an Illes Balears jersey at the 2005 HEW Cyclassics