Shane Sutton backs Brit to win Tour de France

Team Sky head coach Shane Sutton has backed rider Bradley Wiggins to win the Tour de France and become the first Briton to win the famous race.

Wiggins currently holds a lead of just over two minutes over fellow Brit Chris Froome, and Sutton believes that it will take a crash or an extraordinary performance from a rival to halt his pursuit of the win.

Sutton said: "It is going to take a good man to beat him from here.

"He has a two-minute lead, with another chance to put massive amounts of time into his opponents in a time trial, so it's looking good for him."

Saturday's 217km 13th stage sees the riders head towards the Mediterranean.