Ireland’s Nicolas Roche is now just outside the top-10 in the Tour de France standings.
Roche finished in 14th place in yesterdays 16th stage to climb to within four seconds of tenth place.
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Dan Martin finished in seventh place to jump back up into the top 50.
Bradley Wiggins retains the leader’s yellow jersey ahead of today’s final tough mountain test of this year’s race.