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Tour de France Stage 14 Results, Photos – Matthews Gets His Win

by pedalmag.com

July 15, 2017 (Rodez, FRA) – Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb timed his final sprint to perfection taking charge over all rivals with 125m to go to win Stage 14 from Blagnac to Rodez, 181.5 km. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team settled for second with Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 3rd, and early charger Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors in 4th. Matthews won Stage 10 in 2016 marking his first stage victory at the Tour and came close numerous times before finally winning again today.

The second big winner of the day was Christopher Froome (Gbr) Team Sky back in yellow as Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team did not have the legs on this stage losing 24 seconds to Froome who now leads with 18s over Aru and 23s over Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale in third.

Results (brief)

1. Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 4:21:56
2. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
3. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 0:01
4. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
5. Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
6. Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
7. Christopher Froome (Gbr) Team Sky
8. Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors
9. Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac
10. Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:05

GC after Stage 14

1. Christopher Froome (Gbr) Team Sky 59:52:09
2. Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:18
3. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:23
4. Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac 0:29
5. Mikel Landa (Esp) Team Sky 1:17
6. Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors 1:26
7. Simon Yates (Gbr) Orica-Scott 2:02
8. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 2:22
9. Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 5:09
10. Alberto Contador (Esp) Trek-Segafredo 5:37





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