# Talk:2017 Tour de France

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Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 15:03, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
I take on this review. Comments will appear soon. MWright96 (talk) 15:03, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose):  b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): 
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section):  b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR): 

It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects):  b (focused): 

It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias: 

It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.: 

It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales):  b (appropriate use with suitable captions): 

Overall:
Pass/Fail: 


### Teams
"announced the four second-tier UCI Professional Continental teams given wildcard invitations," - that were given wildcard invitations
"Each squad was allowed a maximum of nine riders, resulting in a start list total of 198 riders." - reptition of "riders"


### Pre-race favourites
"In the lead up to the 2017 Tour de France, Chris Froome (Team Sky) was seen by many" - clarify that "many" should be many pundits
"Aru started the Tour sharing team leadership" - leadership of the team
"His form in the 2017 season before the Tour included winning the one-day race Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne " - one-day Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne race
Abu Dhabi Tour should be directly linked to 2017 Abu Dhabi Tour


### Route and stages
I don't think that the United Kingdom should be linked
"with stages based in Düsseldorf; the fourth time" - a simple comma would suffice in place of the semi-colon
"the fourth time the Tour has begun in Germany and the first since 1987. " - had, and the same issue is in the first image in this sub-section
"the finish at La Planche des Belles Filles." - at the
"designated 2017 European Capital of Sport, " - designated the 2017 European Capital of Sport,
"The final stage started in Montgeron," - began so we avoid the reptition that comes later in the sentence
The final paragraph has the stage numbers in numerals rather than written out. This has to be addressed.


### Race overview
"to take the win 37 seconds ahead of second placed" - second-placed
"first was in the peloton around 1 km (0.6 mi) to go" - left
Put the 6mm figure into a convert template and have the figure also represented in inches
"The following day was the Tour's first rest rest day." - remove the second "rest"
"with Froome holding a 23 second advantage." - 23-second


### Classification leadership
"while the best young rider and most combative rider got €20,000" - try collected in place of "got" for variety


### UCI rankings
"The points accrued by Chris Froome moved him up to sixth from twentieth" - moved him from twentieth to sixth


### References
Ref 67 has the author's name in the incorrect positions
That's my lot. On hold for the moment. MWright96 (talk) 16:46, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

I've sorted out all of the issues you've raised above. Really good review there Micheal! BaldBoris 21:49, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
Good work Boris. Can now promote to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 08:44, 28 December 2017 (UTC)