Digne-les-Baines, France (My Sportsbook) - Spain's Oscar Freire won a sprint to the finish line to capture Stage 14 of the Tour de France, while Cadel Evans of Australia maintained his overall lead in cycling's most prestigious event.

Freire completed the 194.5-kilometer jaunt from Nimes to Digne-les-Baines in a time of four hours, 13 minutes and eight seconds for his first stage win in this year's Tour and the fourth stage win of his career.

Leonardo Duque of Colombia finished just a bike length behind in second place, while Germany's Erik Zabel wound up third.

A total of 90 riders were credited with the same time as the stage winner, including Evans and each of the main contenders.

Evans finished 28th on Saturday and remained one second ahead of Luxembourg's Frank Schleck in the overall standings. Schleck was 34th on Saturday.

American Christian Vande Velde placed 21st on Saturday and remained third overall, 38 seconds behind Evans, while Austria's Bernhard Kohl finished 32nd in the stage and stayed 46 seconds behind the overall leader.

Denis Menchov of Russia is still 57 seconds off the pace in fifth place, followed by Spain's Carlos Sastre and Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen, who are 1:28 and 1:56, respectively, behind Evans.