Jarlinson Pantano Takes First Ever Tour De France Stage Win!

Colombia's Jarlinson Pantano out-sprinted Rafal Majka (Tinkoff) at the Tour de France Sunday to take a stellar victory for his IAM Cycling team, which is disbanding at the end of the season. Panatano and Majka were part of the original day's breakaway, with the latter cresting the final climb of the day with less than 15km to go alone, but unable to hold off the dare-devil descending Colombian. Having been dropped briefly by Majka, Pantano descended swiftly to make back time. 

Pantano bridged to the Polish rider and then out-sprinted him at the finish in Culoz, even after he was forced to lead out the race to the line.

"This is incredible," Pantano said after the stage. "It's a dream come true. I came to the Tour de France for that, but I didn't believe it could happen. I'm very happy. I've done it thanks to my teammates. I dedicate this victory to my wife and my team captain Mathias Frank who had to pull out because he was sick." 

Today, the stage will finish in Bern after racing 209 kilometers from Moirans-en-Montagne, a town in the French Jura. First the peloton will have to travel through the French department of Doubs before crossing the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel from Verrières ahead of arriving in the Swiss capital, where a selective final can be expected.