23 July,2016 07:56 AM IST | | AFP
Romain Bardet won the 19th stage of the Tour de France yesterday as Chris Froome survived a dramatic crash to maintain his race lead
Romain Bardet celebrates after crossing the finish line. Pic/AFP
Saint-Gervais les Bains (France): Romain Bardet won the 19th stage of the Tour de France yesterday as Chris Froome survived a dramatic crash to maintain his race lead.
Romain Bardet celebrates after crossing the finish line. Pic/AFP
Bardet won his second Tour stage following one last year, the first for a Frenchman this year, and moved up to second overall on a highly successful day.
Froome crashed on a slippery descent and needed to take teammate Geraint Thomas' bike to continue, but recovered to stick with the group of favourites and limit his losses to a handful of seconds.
He even extended his overall lead by 19sec. The big loser was Dutchman Bauke Mollema who started the day second but dropped to 10th overall after coming home more than 3min 30sec after Bardet after crashing once and skidding off the road a second time in rainy conditions.
