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 race | share this photo |
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Bradley Wiggins cruising through the flat farmland southwest of Paris | share this photo |
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Bradley Wiggins on the finishing stretch | share this photo |
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Bradley Wiggins win the 53.5 km ITT in 1:04:13 (49.9870 kmh or 31.0604 mph) | share this photo |
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After three weeks of controlled racing, Bradley Wiggins let go with an emphatic victory salute | share this photo |
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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 |
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Once again, teammate Chris Froome posted the second best time | share this photo |
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2nd Chris Froome (Sky) + 1:16 for 2nd overall + 2:05 | share this photo |
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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 |
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Best young rider Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) was looking to move up a spot today... | share this photo |
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Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing), 7th today + 2:34 for 5th overall, where he started the day, + 11:04 | share this photo |
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16th Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) + 3:38 for 3rd overall + 6:19 | share this photo |
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First GC podium finish by a Italian in how long? Since Ivan Basso's 2nd place finish since 2005? | share this photo |
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Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto Belisol) hung onto fourth overall with his 26 place finish + 4:20 | share this photo |
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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 |
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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 |
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Last year's overall winner Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) suffered until the end, 52nd + 5:54 | share this photo |
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The torch may have changed hands today at BMC, Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing) celebrates his best young rider win with his girlfriend post race | share this photo |
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Your stage 19 ITT winner, Bradley Wiggins (Sky) | share this photo |
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Bradley Wiggins' indulging himself knowing it's the winner's jersey now and not the leader's jersey anymore | share this photo |
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A dream come true | share this photo |
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Bradley Wiggins bows to the crowd | share this photo |
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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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