Warren Barguil became the first Frenchman to win a Tour de France stage on Bastille Day since 2005, finishing nearly two minutes ahead of the yellow-jersey contenders Friday.
Barguil, a 25-year-old from Brittany, made his first career Tour stage victory one to remember on France’s national holiday.
The leader of the King of the Mountains standings won in 2 hours, 37 minutes, 29 seconds, on the shortest road stage in modern Tour history, just 63 miles.
He led a four-man group to the finish, with Nairo Quintana and two-time Tour winner Alberto Contador crossing in the same time and Spaniard Mikel Landa two seconds back.