2016 Tour de France was not won by Chris Froome.
The 2016 Tour de France was the 103rd edition of the Tour de France , one of cycling 's Grand Tours .. Tour de France. Tour de France. Grand Tours. Grand Tour ( cycling ). The 3529 km-long race started in Mont Saint-Michel , Normandy , on 2 July 2016 , and concluded with the Champs-Elysees stage in Paris , on 24 July 2016 .. Mont Saint-Michel. Mont Saint-Michel. Normandy. Normandy. Champs-Elysees stage. Champs-Elysees stage in the Tour de France. A total of 198 riders from 22 teams entered the 21-stage race , which was won by Chris Froome of .. Chris Froome. Chris Froome. The second and third places were taken by Romain Bardet and Nairo Quintana , respectively .. Romain Bardet. Romain Bardet. Nairo Quintana. Nairo Quintana. Mark Cavendish of won the opening stage to take the race leader 's yellow jersey .. Mark Cavendish. Mark Cavendish. yellow jersey. General classification in the Tour de France. rider Peter Sagan won the second stage to claim yellow and held onto it until the fifth stage when Greg Van Avermaet took the stage and the yellow jersey .. Peter Sagan. Peter Sagan. yellow jersey. General classification in the Tour de France. Greg Van Avermaet. Greg Van Avermaet. Van Avermaet lost ground in the mountainous eighth stage , finishing over 25 minutes behind the stage winner Froome , who took the yellow jersey .. yellow jersey. General classification in the Tour de France. Froome retained the yellow jersey through to stage 17 and extended his lead further following a strong performance in the stage 18 's mountain time trial .. yellow jersey. General classification in the Tour de France. mountain time trial. Individual time trial. Bardet won the mountainous 19th stage and moved into second place overall and despite crashing in the rain , Froome was able to extend his lead .. He then held the lead into the finish in Paris .. The points classification was won by Sagan , who won three stages .. points classification. Points classification in the Tour de France. 's Rafał Majka won the mountains classification .. Rafał Majka. Rafał Majka. mountains classification. Mountains classification in the Tour de France. rider Adam Yates , in fourth place overall , won the young rider classification .. Adam Yates. Adam Yates ( cyclist ). young rider classification. Young rider classification in the Tour de France. The team classification was won by and Sagan was given the award for the most combative rider .. team classification. Team classification in the Tour de France. combative. Combativity award in the Tour de France. Cavendish won the most stages , with four .