Hugo Houle becomes 1st Canadian to win prestigious Tour de France stage since 1988 | CBC Sports
Canadian rider Hugo Houle has won Stage 16 of the Tour de France.
Houle, of Sainte-Perpétue, Que., finished in a time of four hours 23 minutes 47 seconds to become just the second Canadian rider to win a stage on the Tour.
⭐️VICTORY ⭐️<a href=”https://twitter.com/HugoHoule?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@HugoHoule</a> has won stage 16 of the Tour de France <a href=”https://twitter.com/LeTour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@LeTour</a> ????<br><br>With this he becomes just the second Canadian in history to achieve this feat ????<a href=”https://t.co/iQDopbXv9D”>pic.twitter.com/iQDopbXv9D</a>
—@TeamCanada
Steve Bauer, the sporting director at Houle’s team Israel-Premier Tech, captured the opening stage of the Tour in 1988.
It’s Houle’s second podium finish on this year’s Tour. He finished third in Stage 13 on Friday.
Houle’s teammate Michael Woods of Ottawa was third, making for an unprecedented day of success for Canada at the elite Grand Tour cycling race.
France’s Valentin Madouas was second. Madouas and Woods finished 1:10 behind Houle.
Not one, but TWO Canadians ???????? in the Top 3 of stage 16 of the <a href=”https://twitter.com/LeTour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@LeTour</a> ????♂️????♂️ ????<br><br>???? for <a href=”https://twitter.com/HugoHoule?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@HugoHoule</a><br>➕ ???? for <a href=”https://twitter.com/rusty_woods?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@rusty_woods</a><br><br>Winning is great, but sharing the podium with a friend is even better ????♂️ <a href=”https://t.co/787B5NXpch”>pic.twitter.com/787B5NXpch</a>
—@TeamCanada
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