Cycling-Brilliant Bardet earns France second Tour stage win (Reuters)
(Writes through) By Julien Pretot ST JEAN DE MAURIENNE, France, July 23 (Reuters) – Romain Bardet gave France a second win in this year’s Tour de France as he showed his amazing descending skills to clinch the 18th stage on Thursday. The AG2r-La Mondiale rider, sixth overall in the Tour last year, timed his attack perfectly near the end of the long ascent to the col du Glandon before powering away from a breakaway group on the descent. The 24-year-old never looked back and crossed the line 33 seconds ahead of his compatriot Pierre Rolland of the Europcar team, almost two weeks after Bardet’s team mate Alexis Vuillermoz won the eighth stage.