Froome reclaims yellow jersey as poor position costs Aru

Laissac-Severac to Le Puy-en-Velay
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Chris Froome is 4-9 to win the Tour de France after reclaiming the yellow jersey from the shoulders of Fabio Aru as 7-1 Racing Post Sport selection Michael Matthews eased to victory on stage 14.

Team Sky positioned Froome perfectly on the run-in to the uphill finish into Rodez as he finished in seventh place, unlike Aru who found himself shuffled back through the peloton and trailed in 25 seconds behind the Brit.

Froome now leads the Italian by 19 seconds with Romain Bardet a further four seconds back and Rigoberto Uran 29 seconds behind the leader.

Australian Matthews saw off the attentions of favourite Greg van Avermaet in the final 150m.

Week two of the Tour concludes with another hilly leg-sapping test through the Massif Central.

There are four climbs for the peloton to tackle, including two category-one ascents, but the way they are stationed along the route suggests that this could well be a stage for a breakaway.

The first two climbs come within the first 44km which will offer the escapees a perfect launchpad to attack, while the rolling nature of the next 100km gives the riders chance to prepare themselves for the final two ascents which are in the last 30km.

The route is perhaps too straightforward for the yellow-jersey contenders to make significant gains and definitely too arduous for the sprinters, so attacking riders will fancy their chances of claiming a stage victory before heading into Monday's rest day and the final week.

Andre Greipel's poor form at this year's race has meant his Lotto-Soudal team have endured a disappointing Tour. But they look to have a trump card to play on stage 15 in the shape of home hope Tony Gallopin.

Things couldn't have started much worse for Gallopin. After injuring his foot in a crash on the rain-soaked roads of the Dusseldorf time trial that opened the Tour, the Frenchman's house was broken into and his car stolen.

Luckily, unlike some of his contemporaries, Gallopin suffered only minor injuries in his tumble and after nursing his foot for the first few stages, he looks to have made a full recovery.

He looked in great climbing form on the short but devilishly difficult stage 13 from Saint-Girons to Foix, finishing 24th, and given he is more than 49 minutes down on race leader Froome, Gallopin is no threat to the overall contenders.

Dimension Data's Serge Pauwels has been extremely active on the mountain stages for the second year in succession, but has yet to get in a break that has been allowed to go the distance.

He finished 16th and 18th on the two midweek Pyranean tests and is another far enough down on the general classification to be allowed to attack.

The Belgian came agonisingly close to a stage victory on the truncated stage to Mont Ventoux in last year's Tour so will not be fazed by the ascents that await him.

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