24 July,2015 07:42 AM IST | | AFP
Romain Bardet helped salvage some host pride with victory on the 18th stage of the Tour de France yesterday
Romain Bardet
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne: Romain Bardet helped salvage some host pride with victory on the 18th stage of the Tour de France yesterday.
Romain Bardet
The 24-year-old took off on his own with just under 40km remaining of the 186.5km stage from Gap to Saint Jean de Maurienne to take victory - his first on the Tour - 33sec ahead of compatriot Pierre Rolland. "What a crazy stage," exclaimed Bardet on a day which saw Chris Froome maintain his overall lead.
"I knew with my descending talents I could get the gap. I can't believe it - it's so hard to win a stage." Bardet's victory took him past Warren Barguil into 10th place.
