Tour De France Stage 16 Results Keep Contador Ahead

Tour de France Stage 16 results were the first ones since the Tour de France was largely decided. The Tour de France Stage 16 results came two days after Alberto Contador took command of the Tour de France in the Alps. After yesterday's rest day, the Tour de France Stage 16 results were supposed to be the first of many days in which Contador kept his new lead. Indeed, the Tour de France Stage 16 results kept Contador nice and cozy in the yellow jersey, as time runs out for others to catch up.

Tour de France Stage 16 results favored Mikel Astarloza, as he overcame the big mountain climbs in Stage 16 to win. Astarloza led the main group of riders today, while the ones in the "yellow jersey" group stayed together.

After the Tour de France Stage 16 results, Alberto Contador remained a minute and 37 seconds ahead of Lance Armstrong. Bradley Wiggins is still in third, a minute and 46 seconds behind, with Andreas Kloden in fourth.

The Tour de France Stage 16 results began a week in which everyone expects the same thing to happen. Alberto Contador took such a stranglehold of the Tour de France after Stage 15, that he is already being penciled in as the winner. Even Lance Armstrong vowed to focus more on helping his teammate stay ahead, rather than try to catch him.

Last week, it was the same old story after every one of the stage results, in which Rinaldo Nocentini, Contador and Armstrong stayed 1-2-3 each time. Unless something unexpected happens, the headline after every Tour de France stage this week is expected to have Contador, Armstrong and Wiggins stay 1-2-3.

As for Nocentini, the Tour de France Stage 16 results continued to drop him down the overall standings, as the former leader is now outside of the top 10.

The suspense is also being taken out of the race for the other jerseys. After Stage 16, Thor Hushovd maintained a growing lead over Mark Cavendish for the green sprinters jersey, while Franco Pellizotti has a wide lead for the mountain jersey.