Indurain Still Leads

After reaching the midpoint of the Tour de France, there appears to be no way to stop Miguel Indurain from capturing his fifth consecutive title.

Though Britain’s Maximilian Sciandri won today’s 11th stage from Bourg d’Oisans to St. Etienne, Indurain maintained his overall lead.

Indurain finished 22nd in the 124-mile stage, his first result in the last five stages where he didn’t finish first or second.

The race goes west to the Pyrenees before ending in Paris on July 23.

Indurain hopes to join Belgian Eddy Merckx, Frenchmen Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault as a five-time winner. Indurain is the first who can do it in consecutive years.