Wiggins stays with leaders in Tour de France

Bradley Wiggins, Lance Armstrong, Tour de France 2009 stage 9

published 12 July 2009

Bradley Wiggins (Garmin) again finished in the front group with all the big overall favourites on Sunday's Tour de France stage, handling the Col du Tourmalet with relative ease, despite riding under a scorching sun.

‘Twiggo’ as he has now been dubbed for his skinny build after losing seven kilogrammes to help his climbing, is still fifth overall, just 46 seconds behind race leader Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r) of Italy.

“There was no real big danger today, I just had to follow the wheels and stay out of trouble. The hardest thing was how hot it was and climbing the Tourmalet in those conditions, it was tough to get bottles up. Other than that it was a pretty easy day. It’s another day over and the Pyrenees are over now, so it’s been a pretty good first week for me,” he said after quickly getting through doping control and heading for a shower before the plane transfer to Limoges for the first rest day.

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Wiggins stays with leaders in Tour de France

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