Kamna takes stage win as Sam Bennett stays clear in green jersey

Nicholas Roche, whose father Stephen took the yellow jersey in Villard-de-Lans back in 1987, came home in eighth place on the stage
Kamna takes stage win as Sam Bennett stays clear in green jersey

Lennard Kamna won stage 16 of the Tour de France (Christophe Ena/AP).

Germany’s Lennard Kamna won stage 16 of the Tour de France from a breakaway in Villard-de-Lans as Primoz Roglic retained the yellow jersey.

Kamna accelerated away from Richard Carapaz at the top of the penultimate climb of the 164km stage from La Tour-du-Pin to take his first career Grand Tour win.

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