Saint-Gervais les Bains (France) (AFP) – Romain Bardet won the 19th stage of the Tour de France on Friday as Chris Froome survived a dramatic crash to maintain his race lead.
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 but recovered to stick with the group of favourites and limit his losses to a handful of seconds.
The big loser was Dutchman Bauke Mollema who started the day second but dropped several places after crashing once and skidding off the road a second time in rainy conditions.
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