By Can Erozden
ANKARA (AA) – Canadian cyclist Hugo Houle won Stage 16 of the 2022 Tour de France on Tuesday as Israel–Premier Tech's 31-year-old rider went down history for his nation.
Houle, a Quebec native, is the first Canadian man to win a Tour de France stage since his compatriot Steve Bauer in 1988.
Bauer – a retired road bicycle racer – was victorious in France's Machecoul in 1988.
Houle completed Tuesday's Stage 16 in four hours, 23 minutes and 47 seconds to be the winner in Foix.
The 178.5-kilometer (110.9-mile) Stage 16 was held on a hilly track between Carcassonne and Foix.
Groupama-FDJ rider Valentin Madouas of France came second, and Houle's teammate at Israel-Premier Tech Michael Woods finished third in Foix.
Stage 17 – a mountain stage between Saint-Gaudens and Peyragudes in southwest France – will be run on Wednesday.
The Tour de France will end in Paris on July 24.