Tour de France stage 17

 Nicolas Bouvy / EPA / July 18, 2012

Our bike shop near Rio Hondo is following the Tour de France in its final exciting days!
Brit Bradley Wiggins endured the grueling, mountainous stage 17 of the race Thursday, and said he feels it is "pretty much over". With just three stages remaining in the 2012 Tour de France, Wiggins seems secure in his place as the yellow jersey holder. Wiggins finished 3rd in stage 17, with a 2 minute 5 second overall lead over his teammate Christopher Froome, who came in ahead of Wiggins in stage 17, in second place. 
The remaining stages in the Tour de France are two flat stages and a time trial, which Wiggins is expected to do well in. With any luck, Wiggins will, in three days, be the first Tour de France winner from Great Britain.
Alejandro Valverde of Spain enjoyed an emotional win in the 17th stage, after returning from a two-year doping ban, and a rough tour start, including surviving three crashes. A teary Valverde said of his victory, “It erases all of the past.”