SUPERDEVOLUY, France — Spanish veteran Samuel Sanchez won the seventh stage of the Criterium du Dauphine race Saturday and British rider Chris Froome kept hold of the yellow jersey with one stage remaining. The 35-year-old Sanchez held off Danish rider Jakob Fuglsang to secure his 32nd career win and 97th podium place. Sanchez clocked a time of 5 hours, 26 minutes, 14 seconds over the mountainous 187.5 kilometers (116.3 miles) from Le Pont-de-Claix to Superdevoluy. Froome has a comfortable lead in the standings, 51 seconds ahead of Sky teammate Porte and 1:37 clear of Australian rider Michael Rogers, who placed ninth in the stage to climb up to third spot overall. — AP