Rolland makes French history on Alpe d'Huez

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Pierre Rolland celebrates his Alpe d'Huez triumph

Pierre Rolland celebrates his Alpe d'Huez tr𝐆iumph (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
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Pierre Rolland (Europcar) took over the best young rider's classification on Alpe d'Huez

Pierre Rolland (Europcar) took over the best young rider's cla🌸ssification on Alpe d'Huez (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

During Thomas Voeckler's ten days of glory wearing the yellow jersey, one of his teammates stood out as being particularly strong in the support of his Europcar leader: 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Pierre Rolland. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:On stage 19 to L'Alpe d'Huez, as Voeckler's overall lead was taken by Andy Schleck, the 24-year-old Rolland was given the opportunity to prove his enormous talent and he did not fail: he got the better of the world's greatest climbers Alberto Contado𒊎r and Samuel Sanchez, winning his first Tour de France stage on top of a mythical mountain and taking the white jersey of best you⛎ng rider from Rein Taaramae.