Froome effectively wins Tour
July 21, 2013, Sunday
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CHRIS Froome has effectively ensured that he will become Britain's second successive Tour de France champion after Team Sky teammate Bradley Wiggins, by retaining his big race lead in the penultimate stage yesterday before today's processional run-in to Paris.
Froome finished third in Stage 20 to the ski station of Annecy-Semnoz, won by Colombian rider Nairo Quintana. The 125-kilometer trek was the last of four successive stages in the Alps and the final significant obstacle Froome needed to overcome before today's usually relaxed ride to the finish on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.
Froome's lead is more than 5 minutes. Spain's Alberto Contador, who had been second at the start of the day, struggled on the final climb and dropped off the podium.
Quintana moved up to second overall, with Joaquim Rodriguez taking the third spot. Spaniard Rodriguez was second on the stage behind Quintana
Froome first took the race lead and the yellow jersey that goes with it on Stage 8, when the Sky rider won the climb to the Ax-3 Domaines ski station in the Pyrenees.
All that remains now is Stage 21, a 133-kilometer ride from Versailles to the Champs-Elysees.
(AP)
Froome finished third in Stage 20 to the ski station of Annecy-Semnoz, won by Colombian rider Nairo Quintana. The 125-kilometer trek was the last of four successive stages in the Alps and the final significant obstacle Froome needed to overcome before today's usually relaxed ride to the finish on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.
Froome's lead is more than 5 minutes. Spain's Alberto Contador, who had been second at the start of the day, struggled on the final climb and dropped off the podium.
Quintana moved up to second overall, with Joaquim Rodriguez taking the third spot. Spaniard Rodriguez was second on the stage behind Quintana
Froome first took the race lead and the yellow jersey that goes with it on Stage 8, when the Sky rider won the climb to the Ax-3 Domaines ski station in the Pyrenees.
All that remains now is Stage 21, a 133-kilometer ride from Versailles to the Champs-Elysees.
(AP)
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