Chris Froome moved closer to
securing Tour de France victory after finishing with his nearest rivals on the
19th stage to Le Grand-Bornand.
The Briton is five minutes 11
seconds ahead of Alberto Contador with one more day to survive in the high
mountains.
“I definitely had a sigh of
relief after getting today out of the way - this was one of the stages I was
most worried about,” Froome said afterwards.
I did plan to write a bit more
about this year’s Tour, but apart from a mini-wobble a few days ago it’s been quite
comfortable for Froome, he cruised through the first week then kicked on in the
mountains, has won three stages and has a five minute lead.
As today is the last ‘real’ stage
where there still could be one last hurrah from a few of his rivals, we can’t
proclaim him the winner just yet, but it’s looking pretty good, pretty, pretty,
pretty, pretty good.
If he, and given the way he’s
ridden I imagine he will, successfully negotiates today’s final mountain stage
then he can cruise into Paris tomorrow and win the Tours 100th
edition, not bad eh.
Also as Froome is five
years younger than Wiggins, there’s every chance he can not only defend the
jersey next year, but become one of the great Tour riders.
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