 Sánchez won the Spanish National Time Trial Championships again, and he won Stage 14 of the Tour de France, which included two category 1 climbs.He was in a breakaway with 4 other riders including Peter Sagan () when he launched a solo attack away from the finish line to take the solo victory with a margin of 47 seconds on the chasers.Sánchez came close to a second victory on Stage 18 after he and Nicolas Roche attacked from the peloton in the final overhauled the breakaway group and looked to have held off the chasing peloton only for Mark Cavendish to sprint past the pair in the final .