Roche second in Tour de France stage

Ireland’s Nicolas Roche has finished runner-up in the 14th stage of the Tour de France, 16 seconds behind Katusha’s Sergei Ivanov, with Hayden Roulston in third.

Rinaldo Nocentini kept hold of the yellow jersey by the skin of his teeth today after George Hincapie’s brave attempt to oust the Italian from the top of the general classification came up just short.