Tour De France 2013 Stage 14 Results: Winner, Leaderboard and Highlights

In one of the most interesting stages thus far in the 2013 Tour de France, it was Italian cyclist and Team Omega Pharma-Quick Step’s Matteo Trentin who was able to steal the Stage 14 victory in the final stretch by a wheel length.

This was Trentin’s first career stage win on the Tour de France.

Julien Simon led for much of Saturday’s race, but a last-second rush of sprinters in the final meters forced the French star all the way back to an 11th-place finish.

Despite finishing in 22nd on Saturday, Britain’s Christopher Froome was still able to retain the yellow jersey and the overall lead. Slovakian star Peter Sagan also retained the green jersey despite a horrible ride and a 105th-place finish.

Swiss star Michael Albasini was able to ride all the way to second place, and American Andrew Talansky finished in a very respectable third place. Spanish riders Jose Joaquin Rojas and Egoitz García finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

Stage 14 is one of the most visually interesting portions of the tour, traveling through the hills of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule to Lyon in a 119-mile battle that featured some of the best racing of the event.

Despite the hard work shown in Stage 14, there is no down time, and Sunday brings the next portion of the race. Stage 15 is the third of seven mountain stretches of the tour and will take the cyclists from Givors to Mont Ventoux on a 151-mile endurance test.

The cyclists will have Monday off as a rest day.

Stage 14 Standings (via LeTour.com)

Place	Name	Time	Age
1	Matteo TRENTIN	04:15:11	23
2	Michael ALBASINI	04:15:11	32
3	Andrew TALANSKY	04:15:11	24
4	Jose Joaquin ROJAS	04:15:11	28
5	Egoitz GARCIA ECHEGUIBEL	04:15:11	27
6	Lars Ytting BAK	04:15:11	33
7	Simon GESCHKE	04:15:11	27
8	Arthur VICHOT	04:15:11	24
9	Pavel BRUTT	04:15:11	31
10	Cyril GAUTIER	04:15:11	25
11	Julien SIMON	04:15:11	27
12	Jan BAKELANTS	04:15:11	27
13	Blel KADRI	04:15:21	26
14	Marcus BURGHARDT	04:15:21	30
15	Imanol ERVITI	04:15:57	29
16	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	04:16:46	24
17	Jens VOIGT	04:19:42	41
18	David MILLAR	04:19:42	36
19	Ian STANNARD	04:22:28	26
20	Kanstantsin SIUTSOU	04:22:28	30
21	Peter KENNAUGH	04:22:28	24
22	Christopher FROOME	04:22:28	28
23	Matteo TOSATTO	04:22:28	39
24	Alberto CONTADOR	04:22:28	30
25	Richie PORTE	04:22:28	28

Overall Standings (via LeTour.com)

Place	Name	Time	Time Gap	Team	Age
1	Christopher FROOME	55:22:58	00:00:00	SKY	28
2	Bauke MOLLEMA	55:25:26	00:02:28	BEL	26
3	Alberto CONTADOR	55:25:43	00:02:45	TST	30
4	Roman KREUZIGER	55:25:46	00:02:48	TST	27
5	Laurens TEN DAM	55:25:59	00:03:01	BEL	32
6	Jakob FUGLSANG	55:27:37	00:04:39	AST	28
7	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	55:27:42	00:04:44	OPQ	23
8	Nairo Alexander QUINTANA ROJAS	55:28:16	00:05:18	MOV	23
9	Jean-Christophe PERAUD	55:28:37	00:05:39	ALM	36
10	Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER	55:28:46	00:05:48	KAT	34

Full results and standings at LeTour.com.