Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar slug it out in thrilling Tour de France stage

Carlos Rodriguez won a thrilling Stage 14 of the Tour de France on Saturday while defending champion Jonas Vingegaard maintained a narrow advantage over Tadej Pogacar.

Vingegaard retained the overall leader's yellow jersey after taking third place behind UAE Team Emirates rider Pogacar and extended his lead by one second, 10 seconds ahead of the Slovenian.

At the end of a dramatic 152km stage from Annemasse that began with an almost half-hour delay following a huge crash in the peloton, Rodriguez rode away on the descent to the finish to take a second consecutive win for Ineos Grenadiers, with Vingegaard and Pogacar locked together behind.

Pogacar had attacked with 3.7km of the final climb remaining, initially distancing Vingegaard but never able to get more than 20 metres clear.

The Dane rode back up to him still with 1,700 metres to the summit and when Pogacar attacked again with 500 metres left, he had not noticed two motorbikes struggling to part the huge crowds and was forced to knock it back, allowing Vingegaard to get three more bonus seconds.

As they eyed each other, Rodriguez, having been left around a minute behind, paced his way back on and then rode by to go clear on the descent.