Sky protects Froome’s Tour lead as Majka wins Stage 11 (The Associated Press)

Rafal Majka led a solo breakaway to win the 11th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday, dusting a small group of rivals on the hardest climb of Day 2 in the Pyrenees mountains as Chris Froome easily retained the yellow jersey. The stage victory by Majka, a Pole who won two at last year’s Tour, gave some new glory to his Tinkoff Saxo Bank team that has been downbeat over then troubles of its leader, two-time Tour winner Alberto Contador. Tinkoff Saxo became the seventh squad to win a stage this year in a sign of well-distributed honors in a race otherwise dominated by Froome’s powerful Team Sky.