Bilbao outsprints Georg Zimmermann for emotional victory as stifling heat make for tough conditions
His win was, he said, “a special one, for Gino”. After his victory, an air of poignancy hung over the Tour convoy. Mäder, just 26 when he died, had been a good friend to Bilbao, even naming his rescue dog “Pello” after his Basque team-mate.
“It is so sad. I am feeling with them [his team-mates] and with Gino’s family as well. I’m happy that they’re doing well and that they’re doing it for Gino.” In what was the first Tour win by a Spanish rider for five years, Bilbao also leapfrogged into the higher reaches of the general classification. Twice fifth overall in the Giro d’Italia, he is now fifth overall in the Tour, just 12 seconds behind fourth-placed Carlos Rodríguez of Ineos Grenadiers.
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