Tejay Van Garderen Finishes Tour de France in 29th

Tejay Van Garderen was the top American at the Tour de France this year finishing 29th overall, 1:12:06 behind winner Christopher Froome of Great Britain. With the top 153 finishing in the peloton things pretty much stayed the stay for the Americans in the field. Van Garderen was 87th while Peter Stetina was 78th and Brent Bookwalter was the top American for the second straight day as he finished 57th. Stetina wrapped up the Tour de France in 46th overall, 2:07:22 back.

Also on Sunday no American women finished in the top 35 of La Course by Le Tour de France, a one day 55.3 mile race. Alexis Ryan was the highest finishing American in 39th, but was just 11 seconds behind the race winner. Lauren Hall (58th), Lauren Stephens (80th), Coryn Rivera (92nd), and Tayler Wiles (93rd) also notched top 100 finishes. The other five American women did not finish the race.

The next UCI World Tour event is the one day Clasica de San Sebastian in Spain on July 30th. The next UCI Women’s WorldTour event is on Saturday as well, the RideLondon Classique.

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