Stage 16

The road

At the start

To Bern, in Cancellara's last season

The Grand Colombier left the top four precisely where they were — Froome ahead of Mollema by 1:47, Yates by 2:45, Quintana by 2:59 — and Rafał Majka has taken the mountains jersey off Thomas De Gendt. Today the Tour crosses into Switzerland for 206 kilometres to Bern, a city it has never visited, in the final season of the rider who calls it home and has worn yellow for 29 days without ever winning the race.

How it was won

1. 124 km to go

   Martin alone on the Mühleberg

   Tony Martin has ridden a 100km time trial off the front with Alaphilippe clinging on; on the day's only classified climb the Frenchman finally lets the wheel go, Dimension Data halve the gap to 21 seconds, and Kittel is spat out of the bunch behind.

2. 222 km to go

   Astana lose patience

   Twenty-two kilometres out, Tanel Kangert attacks and ends Martin's long afternoon. The German goes straight out of the back without lifting a pedal.

3. 3At the line

   Sagan throws it in Berne

   Through the cobbles, tram lines and turns of the run-in, Vanmarcke tries a late move and Giant lead the bunch past. At the line Peter Sagan throws the bike and takes the photo-finish from Kristoff by centimetres — his third stage of the race.

The result