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Tour de France (2012) Photos; Stage 19: Bonneval → Chartres, 53.5 km

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Bradley Wiggins (Sky) put an exclamation point on this year's raceshare this photo

Bradley Wiggins cruising through the flat farmland southwest of Parisshare this photo
Bradley Wiggins on the finishing stretchshare this photo
Bradley Wiggins win the 53.5 km ITT in 1:04:13 (49.9870 kmh or 31.0604 mph)share this photo
After three weeks of controlled racing, Bradley Wiggins let go with an emphatic victory saluteshare this photo

Bradley Wiggins (Sky) is your 2012 Tour de France winnner, the first from Great Britain: consistently good in the road stages and two dominating wins in the individual time-trials including today's which he won by 1:16.share this photo
Once again, teammate Chris Froome posted the second best timeshare this photo
2nd Chris Froome (Sky) + 1:16 for 2nd overall + 2:05share this photo
Spanish national TT champ, Luis Leon Sanchez (Rabobank) had the best time until Wiggins and Froome came through. He finished 3rd + 1:50.share this photo

Best young rider Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) was looking to move up a spot today...share this photo
Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing), 7th today + 2:34 for 5th overall, where he started the day, + 11:04share this photo
16th Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) + 3:38 for 3rd overall + 6:19share this photo
First GC podium finish by a Italian in how long? Since Ivan Basso's 2nd place finish since 2005?share this photo

Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto Belisol) hung onto fourth overall with his 26 place finish + 4:20share this photo
To finish in the top 10 of your first Tour de France (and Grand Tour) as the youngest rider in the race is a huge achievement... especially if you're French. 41st Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) + 5:31 for 10th overall + 17:17.share this photo
42nd Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (RadioShack-Nissan) + 5:32 was the only rider to move up in the top 10. He moved past Cadel Evans for 6th + 15:43, his 4th top 10 finish in his career.share this photo
Last year's overall winner Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) suffered until the end, 52nd + 5:54share this photo

The torch may have changed hands today at BMC, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) celebrates his best young rider win with his girlfriend post raceshare this photo
Your stage 19 ITT winner, Bradley Wiggins (Sky)share this photo
Bradley Wiggins' indulging himself knowing it's the winner's jersey now and not the leader's jersey anymoreshare this photo
A dream come trueshare this photo
Bradley Wiggins bows to the crowdshare this photo
Bradley Wiggins didn't sing at the post-race press conference, but it was an impressive performance nonetheless. Here's the complete audio.share this photo

Tour de France (2012) Photos; Stage 19: Bonneval → Chartres, 53.5 km

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