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Spanish rider Pello Bilbao dedicated his victory to his late Bahrain-Victorious team-mate Gino Mader after winning stage 10 of the Tour de France.<\/span><\/p>\n Mader died aged 26 in a crash at last month’s Tour de Suisse.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n “It was the only reason [for the win],” an emotional Bilbao said at the finish. “It was a special one, for Gino.”<\/span><\/p>\n Jonas Vingegaard kept the overall lead but Bilbao moved up to fifth place, above the British trio of the Yates twins, Adam and Simon, and Tom Pidcock.<\/span><\/p>\n Bilbao’s sprint for the line came at the end of a thrilling day of racing over a hilly 167km route that had started at the Vulcania theme park.<\/span><\/p>\n Vingegaard and his closest rival, two-time winner Tadej Pogacar, were involved in an early break as the race resumed at a frantic pace following Monday’s rest day.<\/span><\/p>\n The stage only took shape when 14 riders went clear to form an escape group with 80km to go, with Bilbao among them.<\/span><\/p>\n Latvian rider Krists Neilands attacked his breakaway companions over the top of the final climb and opened up a 35-second gap, but he was caught with 3km to go, before Bilboa beat him and four other riders in the race for the line.<\/span><\/p>\n Bilbao’s win was his first at any of the Grand Tours at the age of 33, and he paid tribute to Mader afterwards.<\/span><\/p>\n “It was hard to prepare the last two weeks with him in my mind, but my family helped me a lot to just keep calm and positive and put all my positive energy into doing something nice in the Tour,” Bilbao said.<\/span><\/p>\n “I wanted to do it in the first few stages [in his native Basque country] as it was so special for me but it was not possible, so I just waited for my moment. <\/span><\/p>\n “I was maybe thinking my position in the overall was going to be a problem but I decided to a make an all-in move and in the end it was the right movement.<\/span><\/p>\n “My first victory in the Tour after 13 years as a professional is such a special moment for me.”<\/span><\/p>\n Wednesday’s stage 11 takes the Tour 179.8km from Clermont-Ferrand to Moulins and features three more categorised climbs, but is expected to end in a bunch sprint at the finish.<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Pello Bilbao (Spa\/Bahrain Victorious) 3hrs 52mins 34secs<\/span><\/p>\n 2. Georg Zimmermann (Ger\/Intermarche-Circus-Wanty) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 3. Ben O’Connor (Aus\/AG2R-Citroen) <\/span><\/p>\n 4. Krists Neilands (Lat\/Israel-Premier Tech)<\/span><\/p>\n 5. Jhoan Esteban Chaves (Col\/EF Education-EasyPost) <\/span><\/p>\n 6. Antonio Pedrero (Spa\/Movistar) +3secs<\/span><\/p>\n 7. Mattias Skjelmose (Den\/Lidl-Trek) +27secs<\/span><\/p>\n 8. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol\/Ineos Grenadiers) Same time<\/span><\/p>\n 9. Warren Barguil (Fra\/Team Arkea) +30secs<\/span><\/p>\n 10. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra\/Soudal Quick-Step) +32secs<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den\/Jumbo-Visma) 42hrs 33mins 13secs<\/span><\/p>\n 2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo\/UAE Team Emirates) +17secs<\/span><\/p>\n 3. Jai Hindley (Aus\/Bora-Hansgrohe) +2mins 40secs<\/span><\/p>\n 4. Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa\/Ineos Grenadiers) +4mins 22secs<\/span><\/p>\n 5. Pello Bilbao (Spa\/Bahrain Victorious) +4mins 34secs<\/span><\/p>\n 6. Adam Yates (GB\/UAE Team Emirates) +4mins 39secs<\/span><\/p>\n 7. Simon Yates (GB\/Team Jayco-AlUla) +4mins 44secs<\/span><\/p>\n 8. Thomas Pidcock (GB\/Ineos Grenadiers) +5mins 26secs<\/span><\/p>\nStage 10 results<\/h3>\n
General classification after stage 10<\/h3>\n