Kittel wins stage 11 for fifth victory

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Marcel Kittel has won 14 Tour de France stages

Tour de France: 1-23 July
Coverage: Live text commentary of every stage on the BBC Sport website. BBC Radio coverage on 5 live sports extra and/or website from 14:30 BST on every stage.

Marcel Kittel won his fifth stage of this year’s Tour de France with victory on stage 11 as Britain’s Chris Froome retained the leader’s yellow jersey.

Poland’s Maciej Bodnar was caught in the final 300 metres in Pau, having led for the rest of the 203.5km route.

Kittel surged passed his rivals, with Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen second and Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen third.

Froome leads by 18 seconds overall from Italy’s Fabio Aru and is 51 seconds ahead of Romain Bardet in third.

Britain’s Daniel McLay finished fifth in the stage.

“It’s perfect at the moment,” said Kittel. “The race [for the green jersey] is not over but I’ve used all my chances that I’ve got so far.”

More to follow.