Caleb Ewan nabs stage 11 of the Tour after photo finish

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Caleb Ewan claimed his second victory in this year’s Tour de France when he prevailed in a tightly contested sprint to win the 11th stage.

The Australian rider threw his bike forward over the line to narrowly beat triple world champion Peter Sagan, who was judged to have leaned into Wout van Aert in the final stretch and was relegated to last place in the sprinting group.

“I tried to get out at the last moment, I went out quite late. It was pretty hectic,” said Ewan. “In the end we’re all really in the heat of the moment and we don’t always think of safety. I’m sure Peter didn’t mean to harm anyone. Maybe he shouldn’t have done that.”

Sam Bennett, who won Tuesday’s 10th stage, eventually took second place. He therefore extended his lead in the points classification to 68 points, boosting his hopes of securing a first green jersey for Ireland since Kelly in 1989.

Primoz Roglic retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey after a quiet day in the main bunch.

Thursday’s 12th stage is a 218-km ride from Chauvigny to Sarran.

Tour de France 2020 – stage 11 results (Châtelaillon-Plage – Poitiers):

1Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal)

4:00:01

2Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-Quick-Step)

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3Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)

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4Bryan Coquard (B&B Hotels-Vital Concept)

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5Clement Venturini (AG2R La Mondiale)

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6Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo)

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7Luka Mezgec (Mitchelton-Scott)

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8Hugo Hofstetter (Israel Start-Up Nation)

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9Oliver Naesen (AG2R La Mondiale)

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10Ryan Gibbons (NTT)

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11Matteo Trentin (CCC)

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12Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates)

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13Anthony Turgis (Total Direct Energie)

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14Edvald Boasson Hagen (NTT)

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15Niccolo Bonifazio (Total Direct Energie)

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16Clément Russo (Arkea-Samsic)

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17Elia Viviani (Cofidis)

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18Cees Bol (Team Sunweb)

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19Daryl Impey (Mitchelton-Scott)

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20Kevin Ledanois (Arkea-Samsic)

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Tour de France 2020 – general classification after stage 11:

1Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma)

46:15:24

2Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers)

+21”

3Guillaume Martin (Cofidis)

+28”

4Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale)

+30”

5Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic)

+32”

6Rigoberto Uran (EF Pro Cycling)

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7Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)

+44”

8Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott)

+01’02”

9Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana)

+01’15”

10Mikel Landa (Bahrain McLaren)

+01’42”

11Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo)

+01’53”

12Enric Mas (Movistar)

+02’02”

13Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo)

+02’31”

14Tom Dumoulin (Jumbo-Visma)

+03’22”

15Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers)

+03’42”

16Damiano Caruso (Bahrain McLaren)

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17Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)

+03’43”

18Sergio Higuita (EF Pro Cycling)

+06’08”

19Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott)

+12’13”

20Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-hansgrohe)

+15’35”

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