Romain Bardet escapes on stage eighteen of the 2015 Tour de France
Commentators were raving about Romain Bardet's perfect descending on stage 18 of the Tour de France and the stats on Strava certainly back up the praise.
The young Ag2r-La Mondiale rider set the fastest Strava time down the descent of the Col du Glandon by a full 34 seconds from LottoNL-Jumbo's Robert Gesink.
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