Pogacar attacked five kilometres from the top of the climb to the ski resort of Pla d’Adet to win by 39 seconds from Vingegaard.
Tadej Pogacar took a big step towards a third Tour de France title as he won stage 14 to extend his advantage in yellow while defending champion Jonas Vingegaard moved up to second overall.
“We tried to go for the stage but more in a sprint but in this kind of situation Adam attacked, and I could see that if I bridge to Adam with a gap he can pull me and this was really perfect,” Pogacar said. “A big thank you to all the team, they were amazing. The Lancastrian quickly chased down Ireland’s Ben Healy, the last survivor of a breakaway hugely whittled down on the Tourmalet midway through the 151km stage from Pau, but it was apparent Yates was not interested in actually catching Healy as he constantly looked over his shoulder.“It was a little bit of improvisation,” Yates said. “I was ready to do the pacing like normal but told me to attack. I was like, ‘What?’.
Evenepoel battled to stay with Vingegaard but lost the wheel – and with it second place – around four kilometres from the finish.Tom Pidcock – who is 16 days out from his planned defence of his Olympic mountain bike title – did not start the stage after testing positive and displaying symptoms, instead returning home to recover.
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