Tadej Pogacar wins stage 14 to take big step towards third Tour de France title

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.

On the first of four summit finishes in this Tour, 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, who was at least able to take 31 seconds on Remco Evenepoel to move up a step on the podium.

Taking revenge for his frustration when Vingegaard pipped him to victory in Le Lioran on Wednesday, Pogacar made a significant statement with his second stage win of this Tour, one that sees his lead in yellow grow to one minute 57 seconds, with Vingegaard 25 seconds ahead of Evenepoel.