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Saturday, 20 July 2013

Rui Costa wins the stage 19 of Tour de France





Rui Costa wins the stage 19 of Tour de France
Portuguese Rui Costa has won the stage 19 of Tour de France and takes his second stage win of the 2013 Tour de France, ARY News has learnt.

Rui Costa crossed the line in Le Grand-Bornand in 5hr 59min 01sec. The British yellow jersey holder Chris Froome maintains a 5min 11sec overall lead after he finished 25th with all his major rivals posting similar times.

Chris Froome survived his 11th day in the yellow jersey as stage 19 of the Tour de France, Froome is now 48 hours from becoming the second British cyclist to win the Tour, after Bradley Wiggins last year.

Froome does face some competition for the polka dot King of the Mountain jersey after the Frenchman Pierre Rolland's efforts on stage 19 saw him laid just one point behind.

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