Trentin sprints to first stage win

There was the familiar sight of an Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider timing his burst to perfection and winning a sprint finish but instead of Mark Cavendish it was his room-mate Matteo Trentin who took the honours on stage 14 of the Tour de France in Lyon today.

Trentin sprints to first stage win

There was the familiar sight of an Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider timing his burst to perfection and winning a sprint finish but instead of Mark Cavendish it was his room-mate Matteo Trentin who took the honours on stage 14 of the Tour de France in Lyon today.

The 23-year-old Italian applied everything he had learned from Cavendish as he provided the Belgian team with their fourth stage win of the 100th Tour, adding to two from Cavendish and one from Tony Martin in the first time trial.

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