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REVEL, France -- Chris Froome had a relatively comfortable and quiet day in the yellow jersey.The overall leader in the Tour de France finished safely in the peloton with all of his main rivals on Tuesday, nearly 10 minutes behind stage winner Michael Matthews of Australia.I wouldnt quite say easy. The start was pretty much straight up with a 22-kilometer (14-mile) climb, Froome said after the 10th stage. But once we dropped down from there it was pretty straightforward.Aiming for his third Tour victory in four years, Froome maintained a 16-second lead over fellow British rider Adam Yates.Dan Martin of Ireland was third overall, 19 seconds behind, and Nairo Quintana of Colombia was fourth, 23 seconds back.A two-time runner-up to Froome at the Tour, Quintana was watched carefully by Froome amid thick fog on the tricky descent from Port dEnvalira, the highest road in the Pyrenees at 2,408 meters (7,900 feet), and the highest point in this Tour.With that mist and not being able to see much, it could have been like the Giro a few years ago when Quintana slipped off the front, Froome said, referring to Quintanas downhill attack en route to his Giro dItalia victory in 2014. I was just keeping an eye on him.Froomes Sky teammates made sure that none of his rivals got in the early breakaway that included Matthews.The guys did a great job keeping me up front just in case things were to kick off. We were right there and ready for it if it did happen, Froome said. Tomorrow, were hoping for a similar day to today, another day we can tick off and get through without too much happening. Ventoux is definitely the next big thing we have our sights on now.After a mostly flat Stage 11, the next mountain-top finish comes on Thursday, Bastille Day, at the legendary Mont Ventoux. A day later, the races first time trial is over a hilly 37.5-kilometer (23.3 mile) course.Those are going to be two really important days for us, Froome said. Nairo has already said he wants to win on Ventoux so we can expect theyre going to give everything for that cause.Froome was also asked about mechanical doping, amid unprecedented checks for tiny, hidden motors in bikes.The more checks they do, the better everyone sleeps at night, Froome said. 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She took out Tatiana Weston-Webb in her semi-final before losing to Conlogues conqueror, three-time world champion, Carissa Moore, in the final.Theres a lot thats gone into this, a lot of hours, a lot of fun, said Wright, who won four events this year.Im surprised Im not crying, but itll come.The breakthrough victory caps a difficult 12 months for Wright, whose brother Owen has endured a very public recovery from a serious brain injury sustained while competing.Less well known has been her private battles dealing with the death of her uncle, to whom she promised she would win a world title.Theres a lot of reasons why I set out to win this world title this year, a lot of reasons I didnt mention to the public, Wright said.Last year was such a hectic year, even this year ... I lost ann uncle and this was his last event that he ever saw me compete in.dddddddddddd lot of emotional moments but pretty much from that moment, I promised him Id win a world title. And I did. And from that point, so many things happened this year. [My family] I just love them so much.Wright, who has won the past two titles at the Landes break, held a commanding lead in the season standings heading into the penultimate event of the campaign; she reached the final early on Wednesday, but had to hold onto her victory dance until the final seconds of the second semi-final.As she walked down the beach, and Conlogues final wave scores were read out over the loudspeaker, it became clear the 24-year-old hadnt done enough to reel in fellow American Carissa Moore.The news prompted Australian six-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore to give Wright a hug before the new champion broke away to raise her arms in triumph. ' ' '