Tour de France: Kristoff comes close in Villars-les-Dombes

Alexander Kristoff after his second place finish on stage 14

Alexander Kristoff after his second place finish on stage 14 (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Second place behind Mark Cavendish in Villars-les-Dombes was Alexander Kristoff's best Tour de France result since his stage 15 win at the 2014 edition of the race in Nîmes. The Norwegian was eighth on the opening stage in Utah Beach, and has improved as the race has gone in with top-five results in Limoges, Montauban and Montpellier.

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