Pello Bilbao dedicates first Tour de France stage win to late Gino Mader

Pello Bilbao took his first career Tour de France stage win from a breakaway in Issoire and dedicated the victory to his late team-mate Gino Mader
Pello Bilbao dedicates first Tour de France stage win to late Gino Mader

EMOTIONAL WIN: Pello Bilbao Lopez of Bahrain-Victorious wins stage 10 of the Tour de France. Pic: David Pintens/Belga Mag/AFP via Getty Images

Pello Bilbao took his first career Tour de France stage win from a breakaway in Issoire and dedicated the victory to his late team-mate Gino Mader.

Bilbao beat Georg Zimmermann to the line as six riders made it to the finish to contest the stage win, sparking emotional scenes as he and his Bahrain Victorious team remembered Mader, who died aged 26 following a high-speed crash at the Tour de Suisse last month.

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