Britain’s Mark Cavendish took his fourth stage win of the 2016 Tour de France and the 30th of his career when he won the 14th stage between Montelimar and Villars-les-Dombes Parc des Oiseaux today.
Dimension Data’s Mark Cavendish wins his fourth stage of the 2016 Tour de France. Photo: SuperSport
The Dimension Data sprinter crossed the line in 5:43:49 to beat Katusha’s Alexander Kristoff and Tinkoff’s Peter Sagan in the dash to the line after 208.5km of racing.
“I saw QuickStep coming back and knew Kittel was left out in the front quite soon in this head wind,” said Cavendish.
“I thought wait, wait, wait, let him die and then come around him. I jumped around him and obviously went to the right a bit and he’s kicked off a bit, but I was way past him, so I don’t think there was anything wrong there. He’s just frustrated I got four and he hasn’t.”
Stage 14 results
1. Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) 5:43:49
2. Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha)
3. Peter Sagan (Tinkoff Team)
4. John Degenkolb (Team Giant-Alpecin)
5. Marcel Kittel (Etixx – Quick-Step)
6. André Greipel (Lotto Soudal)
7. Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie)
8. Davide Cimolai (Lampre – Merida)
9. Christophe Laporte (Cofidis)
10. Dylan Groenewegen (Team LottoNl-Jumbo)
Selected
20. Daryl Impey (Orica-BikeExchange)
63. Louis Meintjes (Lampre – Merida)
105. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Dimension Data)
General classification
1. Christopher Froome (Team Sky) 63:46:40
2. Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) 1’47”
3. Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange) 2’45”
4. Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) 2’59”
5. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) 3’17”
6. Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) 3’19”
7. Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) 4’04”
8. Richie Porte (BMC Racing Team) 4’27”
9. Daniel Martin (Etixx – Quick-Step) 5’03”
10. Fabio Aru (Astana Pro Team) 5’16”
Selected
12. Louis Meintjes (Lampre – Merida) 5’48”
35. Daryl Impey (Orica-BikeExchange) 51’18”
114. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Dimension Data) 2:01:59
Points classification
1. Peter Sagan (Tinkoff Team) 340 points
2. Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) 278
3. Marcel Kittel (Etixx – Quick-Step) 228
King of the Mountains
1. Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) 90 points
2. Rafal Majka (Tinkoff Team) 77
3. Daniel Navarro (Cofidis) 68
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