Tour de France: Kragh Andersen and solid teamwork net Sunweb second victory

Soren Kragh Andresen
Soren Kragh Andresen (Image credit: Getty Images)

Team Sunweb underlined their domination of the breakaway stages in the 2020 Tour de France on Saturday as 48 hours after Marc Hirschi’s stunning  win in the deeply rural setting of Sarran, Soren Kragh Andersen clinched a the stage 14 solo triumph in the heart of France’s second biggest city, Lyon.

Third in Sarran, as he and teammate Nicolas Roche protected Hirschi’s interests in the chasing groups, at Lyon, three kilometres from the line on a technical hilly, urban finale, it was the Dane’s chance to go it alone for glory. 

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Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.