Tour de France Enters Its Final Week

The picture above is of the current wearer of the Yellow Jersey (Christopher Froome) as he won the difficult stage 15 of this year's Tour. Now the race takes its final rest day, as it enters the final week of the 100th Tour de France. Then we will see a medium difficult mountain stage, a time trial with two category 2 climbs, and three more mountain stages, before the race ends next Sunday in Paris. That's it -- just six more days of racing! Here are the current standings on this rest day:

YELLOW JERSEY (Best Overall Time)
1. Christopher Froome (Great Britain) Sky Procycling
2. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands) Belkin Pro Cycling..........4' 14"
3. Alberto Contador (Spain) Saxo-Tinkoff..........4' 25"
4. Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic) Saxo-Tinkoff..........4' 28"
5. Laurens Ten Dam (Netherlands) Belkin Pro Cycling..........4' 54"
6. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Columbia) Movistar..........5' 47"
7. Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark) Astana..........6' 22"
8. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spain) Katusha..........7' 11"
9. Jean-Christophe Peraud (France) AG2R La Mondiale..........7' 47"
10. Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland) Omega Pharma-Quick Step..........7' 58"
11. Daniel Martin (Ireland) Garmin-Sharp..........8' 28"
12. Michael Rogers (Australia) Saxo-Tinkoff..........9' 54"
13. Andrew Talansky (United States) Garmin-Sharp..........12' 32"

GREEN JERSEY (Best Sprinter)
1. Peter Sagan (Slovakia) Cannondale..........377 pts
2. Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) Omega Pharma-Quick Step..........278 pts
3. Andre Greipel (Germany) Lotto-Belisol..........223 pts
4. Marcel Kittel (Germany) Argos-Shimano..........177 pts
5. Alexander Kristoff (Norway) Katusha..........157 pts
6. Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spain) Movistar..........145 pts

POLKA DOT JERSEY (Best Climber)
1. Christopher Froome (Great Britain) Sky Procycling..........83 pts
2. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Columbia) Movistar..........66 pts
3. Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spain) Euskaltel-Euskadi..........53 pts
4. Pierre Rolland (France) Europcar..........51 pts
5. Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic) Saxo-Tinkoff..........28 pts
6. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spain) Katusha..........28 pts
7. Richie Porte (Australia) Sky Procycling..........28 pts

WHITE JERSEY (Best Young Rider)
1. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Columbia) Movistar
2. Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland) Omega Pharma-Quick Step..........2' 11"
3. Andrew Talansky (United States) Garmin-Sharp..........6' 45"
4. Romain Bardet (France) AG2R La Mondiale..........18' 03"
5. Arthur Vichot (France) FDJ.FR..........49' 18"
6. Tejay Van Garderen (United States) BMC Racing..........54' 15"

TEAM STANDINGS
1. Saxo-Tinkoff (Denmark)
2. Belkin Pro Cycling (Netherlands)..........3' 36"
3. AG2R La Mondiale (France)..........8' 03"
4. Movistar (Spain)..........12' 15"
5. Radioshack Leopard (Luxembourg)..........16' 19"
6. Katusha (Russia)..........23' 42"
7. BMC Racing (United States)..........39' 25"
8. Garmin-Sharp (United States)..........45' 02"
9. Omega Pharma-Quick Step (Belgium)..........52' 05"
10. Sky Procycling (Great Britain)..........54' 40"