Navardausk becomes the first Lithuanian winner of the Tour de France – Other sports – Sports

Navardauski was the best in 208.5 kilometers long Friday, where he reached the finish four hours, 43 minutes and 41 seconds

Significantly, therefore, the Lithuanian became also the first runner of Garmin Sharp's team who

Friday, the German Jonas Degenkolb of the Giant-Shimano team, followed by Alexander Christof of Norway (Katyusha), is second at seven seconds from Navardausk.

The only representative of Latvia on this cycling race Gatis Smukulis of the team of "Katyusha" was this time 97th, reaching the final of the big group, which lost seven seconds against Navardausk

l & # 39; Italian Nibali of the Astana team who managed seven minutes and ten seconds ahead of the French Tibo Pino of the unit "FDJ.fr". The third overall score is yet another French agent Jean Christoph Pero of the AG2R La Mondiale team, losing to Nibal for seven minutes and 23 seconds, while the Spanish Alehandro Valverde (Movistar) only remains two seconds.

Before the race There are still more than two stages – there will be an individual start in a hilly area on Saturday, but the race will end on Sunday with another stage of the equinox.

The peat bog takes part in the Tour de France for the second year in a row. He is the sixth Latvian cyclist to start the famous race. Last year, Smukulis was the first Latvian player since 2003 to take part in the Tour de France, taking the 119th place overall.

Last year, British cyclist Kristofre Frūme of Sky Division, who lost his bike after the fifth stage of this year, became the winner of the race last year

The Prestigious race will be held this year 101 once.