Caleb Ewan beat his sprinting rivals in suffocating heat to win Stage 16 of the Tour de France on Tuesday, with Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe keeping the race leader's yellow jersey. With temperatures soaring as high as 104 F, Alaphilippe and his main rivals did not attack each other over the 177-kilometer mainly flat stage in the Nimes rural hinterland. Defending champion Geraint Thomas, who is second in the overall standings, crashed about 40 kilometers after the race started from the Roman city but escaped largely unscathed, with a few scratches on his left elbow. Ewan, a Tour debutant, edged Elia Viviani and Dylan Groenewegen to post his second stage win. Russian boxer dies after suffering brain injury in ring Boxer Maxim Dadashev died Tuesday, two days after suffering a brain injury in a fight in Maryland.Read more on NewsOK.com