Sentence examples for retained second place from inspiring English sources

There were bigger losers: most notably the Dutchman Bauke Mollema, who slipped back inside the final two kilometres but retained second place, 2min 27sec behind Froome, while Alejandro Valverde cracked 4.5km from the line and dropped from fifth to seventh overall.

A report by iSuppli shows that Dell retained second place in global PC sales during the third quarter, a position it had recovered during the second quarter.

Goldman Sachs only just retained first place in the league table of advisers on mergers and acquisitions during the first half of this year, according to mergermarket, a research group.

This is despite its continued disappointing run in the US, which accounted for just $4.5m, and where it retained fourth place.

PIRATES 1, REDS 0 James McDonald (6-4) and three relievers combined on a six-hitter as host Pittsburgh shut out Cincinnati for the second straight night and retained first place in the National League Central.

According to the census's American Community Survey, New York retained first place in the proportion of residents who were born in the state — more than 81percentt — with upstaters generally less mobile.

Rival Hewlett-Packard retained first place, shipping 15.9 million units and taking 18% of the market.

Motherwell retained third place in the Scottish Premiership after coming from behind to beat bottom club Hearts.

Jonny Bairstow's unbeaten 60 produced a comfortable 16-run victory over Northants as Yorkshire retained third place in the North Group.

Vettel retained first place withstanding Alonso's attempts to pass, while behind Hamilton and Webber collided at the first corner – dropping the drivers to seventh and fourteenth respectively.

Evans retains second place overall, 23 seconds behind the Spaniard and eight seconds ahead of Leipheimer.