Cycling-Greipel wins Tour 15th stage, Froome retains lead (Reuters)
(Writes through) By Julien Pretot VALENCE, France, July 19 (Reuters) – Andre Greipel confirmed he was the sprint king at this year’s Tour de France when the German outpowered his rivals to win the 15th stage on Sunday. The Lotto-Soudal rider clinched his third stage win on the Tour this year ahead of his compatriot John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin), with Norwegian Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) taking third place at the end of a hilly 183km ride from Mende. Greipel launched his sprint with about 200 metres left and held off Degenkolb to bag his ninth stage win on the Tour.