Ramunas Navardauskas wins the 19th stage of the Tour de France in appalling conditions, after making a break and holding off the chasing pack to take victory.
He is the first Lithuanian to win a stage in the Tour and was a late replacement for the British rider David Miller who was surprisingly dropped from the Garmin team at the last-minute.
Navardauskas paid tribute to Miller and said he had received a very nice tweet from him congratulating him on his win.
Team Sky’s Sir Bradley Wiggins finished safely in the pack on stage 11 to maintain his hopes of winning the Giro d’Italia for the first time.
The 2012 Tour de France champion came home alongside his title rivals to retain fourth place in the standings.
Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali kept the overall lead and is two minutes and five seconds ahead of the Briton.
Lithuania’s Ramunas Navardauskas won the 182km stage in four hours and 23 minutes after a breakaway.
Britain’s race favourite Chris Froome held on to his overall lead in the Tour of Romandy as Lithuania’s Ramunas Navardauskas, pictured in action on May 10, 2012, won Thursday’s second stage.
Garmkin rider Navardauskas won a sprint finish to the 190 km stage from Prilly to Granges, crossing the line ahead of Italy’s Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) and Belgian Omega Pharma rider Gianni Meersman, winner of the first stage, in a tme of 4hr 51min 49sec.
Froome holds on to the overall lead, having won Tuesday’s prologue.
Froome is hoping to win the five-stage race, which concludes on Sunday, as he steps up his preparations for this summer’s Tour de France.
The two previous winners of this race, Australia’s Cadel Evans (2011) and…
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