Spain's Rodriguez wins stage 14 as Vingegaard holds slim Tour de France lead
Ineos rider Rodriguez climbed into third place overall by one second from Australian rider Jai Hindley with a great climb and daredevil downhill finish.
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Tour de France: Carlos Rodriguez wins Stage 14 as epic Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard battle ends in stalemate
Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) took advantage of the GC leaders watching each other to win Stage 14 of the Tour de France, as Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo Visma) emerged from his Alps showdown with Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) having made the smallest of possible gains in the battle for the maillot jaune. Together as they came to the top of the final climb, the hors categorie Col de Joux Plane, which came with bonus seconds for the first three riders, Pogacar tried to attack Vingegaard but was impeded by motorbikes, which were themselves slowed by the thick corridor of spectators.
Vingegaard and Pogacar battle in first Alpine stage
Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard crossed swords again in their vintage duel on the Tour de France on Saturday as the defending champion gained just one second over the two-time winner at the end of an epic, incident-marred stage.
Tadej Pogacar ‘forgets his team-mates are human’ says Dan Lloyd ahead of Stage 14 of Tour de France 2023
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) took a chunk out of Jonas Vingegaard’s Tour de France lead on Stage 13 – eight seconds to be exact – but the tactics of the Slovenian were questioned on The Breakaway. UAE Team Emirates worked all day on the front to control the break for Pogacar, who put four seconds into Vingegaard and collected a further four in bonus seconds. But the wisdom of that work was called into question by The Breakaway team ahead of Stage 14.
Vingegaard hails Pogacar after latest Tour de France skirmish
COL DU GRAND COLOMBIER, France: Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard hailed his rivalry with Tadej Pogacar after surviving the Slovenian’s latest attack to cling on to the overall lead of the Tour de France on the Grand Colombier mountain on Friday.
Poland's Kwiatkowski wins Tour de France stage 13, Vingegaard retains lead
The two-time Tour de France champion from Slovenia further cut into Jonas Vingegaard’s lead with a sudden acceleration near the finish of a long and brutal ascent concluding Friday's Stage 13.
Tadej Pogacar continues to close gap on Jonas Vingegaard after Tour de France stage 13
Tadej Pogacar continued to close the gap on Tour de France leader Jonas Vingegaard after a late, brutal uphill sprint in the finale of Friday's 13th stage at the top of the Col du Grand Colombier.
Vingegaard keeps Tour de France lead after Pogacar attack
Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard held on to the overall lead of the Tour de France after a skirmish with Tadej Pogacar on the Grand Colombier mountain on Friday.