In the second half, the Mexican defense was scrappy in defending its lead.

With less than 40 km to go, Stevens tried to defend his lead by attacking.

The Wallabies spent the last 10 or so minutes desperately defending their narrow lead.

Prada immediately tacked to the right, and Cayard had no choice but to follow to defend his lead.

In the rest of the race, Bartali defended his lead with ease.

In the next stages, no big time differences were made, so Altig was able to defend his lead until the mountains.

He then successfully defended his slim lead throughout the rest of the race and won the Giro.

But still it began to defend its lead on the national TV ratings.

Expelled for rough play, he forced his team to defend its one-goal lead for the last 30 minutes with only 10 men on the field.

So now Sony is in the position of having to defend its lead.