After stage 16 in this years Le Tour De France, Italian Vincenzo Nibali is still in yellow with his overall lead on his nearest rival, Spainard Alejandro Valverde Belmonte, steady at 4:37. Sadly, American hopeful Tejay van Garderen lost a massive 3:24 in todays race, dropping only one spot in the GC to 6th, but putting him at a virtually insurmountable 9:25 behind Nibali. The stage winner for the day was Australian Michael Rogers, who finished the 237.5 km ride from Carcassonne to Bagnères-de-Luchon in 6:07:10.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 20:02:58 +0000