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You`ll find the top-10 from todays stage below.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky, in 16:04<br \/>\n2 Stefan K\u00fcng (Swi) BMC Racing Team at 5s<br \/>\n3 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky at 7s<br \/>\n4 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin at 8s<br \/>\n5 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors at 10s<br \/>\n6 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky at 13s<br \/>\n7 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky at 15s<br \/>\n8 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo at 16s<br \/>\n9 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:16<br \/>\n10 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data at 16s<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeraintThomas86?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GeraintThomas86<\/a> remporte l&#39;\u00e9tape 1 et sera en jaune ce soir \/ wins stage 1 and will wear the Yellow Jersey tonight! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TDF2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TDF2017<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ibj6bfenA4\">pic.twitter.com\/ibj6bfenA4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tour de France\u2122 (@LeTour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeTour\/status\/881193464939073537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a start to the 2017 Tour de France\u00a0for Team SKY! 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