MEGèVE (FRANCE) - Chris Froome increased his lead at the Tour de France by winning Thursday's 17km uphill time-trial for the 18th stage. Great Britain's Chris Froome, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, rides in the 17km individual time-trial, the 18th stage of the Tour de France, on July 21, 2016The reigning champion started slowly but overhauled long-time leader Tom Dumoulin, who won the first time-trial last week, to win by 21sec. Bauke Mollema of the Netherlands and Briton Adam Yates remained second and third overall respectively. Italian Fabio Aru pipped Richie Porte of Australia by a fraction of a second to take third at 33sec.

Source: Bangkok Post July 21, 2016 15:45 UTC