Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas maintained his hold over the yellow jersey as Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic claimed victory on the 19th stage of the Tour de France on Friday.
Team Lotto-Jumbo’s Roglic clinched his second stage victory in this year’s race with his win on Friday. The Slovenian finished 19 seconds ahead of Team Sky’s Thomas who claimed second place to consolidate his grip on the yellow jersey.
Former ski jumper Roglic has now moved to the third position overall in the leaderboard behind the Netherlands’ Tom Dumoulin – who finished sixth on the stage – in second place. Thomas still holds a 1min 59sec lead over Dumoulin and a 2min 24sec lead over Roglic as the prestigious race heads towards the 20th stage.
Team Sky’s Chris Froome is in fourth position overall.
Roglic celebrates his 19th stage win on Friday.
