Cycling-A day on the Tour de France

ByReuters

Published 16/07/2017 at 17:34 GMT

LE-PUY-EN-VELAY, France, July 16 (Reuters) - Statistic, quote and fact of the day after the 15th stage of the Tour de France, a 189.5-km ride from Laissac-Severac L'Eglise on Sunday.

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STATISTIC OF THE DAY: 47.6

In kph, the average speed of stage winner Bauke Mollema in the last 30km of the stage after the Dutchman went solo.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I thought that could be the yellow jersey changing shoulders again today" - Race leader Chris Froome after he was dropped by the other favourites following a mechanical problem.

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