Froome matches Anquetil's record
Chris Froome wore the Tour de France yellow jersey for the 50th time
Chris Froome started the morning wearing the yellow jersey of the Tour de France for the 50th time, equaling with the Frenchman Jacques Anquetil, something he called "an immense honor".
"If I can keep it to the end it will be something formidable, equaling with Anquetil is already an immense honor," said Team Sky's leader after crossing the Bergerac finish on the tenth stage.
He would have only two other five-time French champions Bernard Hinault, who showed 75 times, and Belgian Eddy Merckx, 96.
Froome, who is aiming to win his fourth Tour, the third in a row.
"Uran has made a great race and I will consider him a threat to the yellow jersey, so if he attacks I won't leave him any room," said Froome, who summed up the threat of the Cannondale cyclist to the same level as Aru or Bardet.
He did not mention Colombian rider Nairo Quintana or Spanish rider Alberto Contador.
I won't watch Contador so closely "He's had a difficult Tour, he's lagging behind in the general classification, I'm not going to jump after him right away, we know his style, he's not shy in his attacks from far away"
"I wouldn't be surprised if he attacked from a longer distance on Sunday because it's a shorter stage, but I won't let him get too close to the general classification," he said.
Froome said he had clarified possible misunderstandings with Fabio Aru after last Sunday's stage and said he would watch him and Bardet closely, expecting attacks on the descents.
2017 Tour de France Stage 10 Top Ten Results
1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 4:01:00
2 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
3 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
4 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin
6 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
7 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Team Fortuneo - Oscaro
8 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert
9 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
10 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data
2017 Tour de France GC after Stage 10
1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 42:27:29
2 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:18
3 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:51
4 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:55
5 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:37
6 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:44
7 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 0:02:02
8 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0:02:13
9 Mikel Landa (Spa) Team Sky 0:03:06
10 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:03:53