Cycling - The 104th Tour de France cycling race - The 22.5-km individual time trial Stage 20 from Marseille to Marseille, France - July 22, 2017 - AG2R-La Mondiale rider Romain Bardet of France on the finish line. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
MARSEILLE (Reuters) - France's Romain Bardet described Saturday's time trial in Marseille as a nightmare after coming within one second of throwing away three weeks of hard work and missing a place on the Tour de France podium.
The 26-year-old had begun the 22.5km circuit of the port city still with an outside chance of becoming the first home winner since 1985, trailing leader Chris Froome by 23 seconds.
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