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Tour de France 2023: Rodríguez wins stage 14 as Vingegaard keeps yellow – as it happened

Team Ineos won a second straight stage while Jonas Vingegaard survived a cat-and-mouse battle with Tadej Pogacar to stay in yellow

• 15 Jul 2023 The top five on General Classification after stage 14
• 15 Jul 2023 The top five in stage 14
• 15 Jul 2023 Rodriguez takes the win on stage 14!!
• 15 Jul 2023 Ciccone is awarded today's most combative rider
• 15 Jul 2023 Stage 14 withdrawals
• 15 Jul 2023 Ramon Sinkeldam of Alpecin-Deceunick abandons
• 15 Jul 2023 Ciccone wins the intermediate sprint
• 15 Jul 2023 Romain Bardet has crashed heavily on the descent and has abandoned
• 15 Jul 2023 Esteban Chaves of EF Education Easypost has abandoned
• 15 Jul 2023 The race has restarted
• 15 Jul 2023 Louis Meintjes of Team Intermarché–Circus–Wanty has withdrawn
• 15 Jul 2023 Antonio Pedrero of Movistar Team has abandoned
• 15 Jul 2023 Race temporarily stopped following mass crash
• 15 Jul 2023 Huge crash with lots of riders down
• 15 Jul 2023 They're racing on stage 14
• 15 Jul 2023 Today’s roll-out has begun
• 15 Jul 2023 Who's in what jersey?
• 15 Jul 2023 Michal Kwiatkowski climbs to stage 13 win as Pogacar cuts gap to Vingegaard
• 15 Jul 2023 The top five on General Classification
• 15 Jul 2023 Stage 14, Saturday 15 July: Annemasse-Morzine, 152km

Stage 14 report: Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard crossed swords again in their vintage duel at the Tour de France as the Danish defending champion gained just one second over the two-times winner at the end of an epic, incident-packed stage.

Slovenian Pogacar beat Vingegaard in the sprint for second place behind stage winner Carlos Rodríguez of Team Ineos but now trails the Dane, who picked up an extra bonus second, by 10 seconds.

The top five on General Classification after stage 14

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 57hr 47min 28sec

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) +10sec

Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) +4min 43sec

Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) +4min 44sec

Adam Yates (Bahrain Victorious) +5min 20sec

Rodriguez has just been speaking to reporters about today’s stage win. The Spanish rider who is celebrating his first Tour de France stage victory says:

“It’s incredible. Being here was a dream, getting a victory is incredible in the best race of the world. It’s something I’ve always wanted to achieve and now I’ve got a victory.

[I’m] super happy, super grateful and happy for the team for all their work and believing in me. It wouldn’t have been possible without them.”

Asked if he thought the stage win would be possible when he was dropped going up Col de Joux Plane, he says honestly: “no.” He says he wanted to take advantage of the descent, which he was confident on and again praises his team, and in particular yesterday’s stage winner and fellow Ineos Grenadier rider, Michel Kwiatkowski.

“Tomorrow is going to be a big day also,” he says.

The top five in stage 14

1.Carlos Rodriguez 3hr 58min 45sec 2. Tadej Pogacar +5sec 3. Jonas Vingegaard +5sec 4. Adam Yates +10sec 5. Sepp Kuss +57sec

If you like racing stats and an interesting fact to share with your friends, take a look at this on today’s stage winner, Carlos Rodriguez.

With an average speed of 58.6 km/h from the last summit to the finish, @_rccarlos becomes the youngest 🇪🇸 Spanish stage winner in @LeTour history at 22 years, 5 months and 13 days #TDFdata #TDF2023 https://t.co/2WU8OXFqdt — letourdata (@letourdata) July 15, 2023

🏆🇪🇸 @_rccarlos wins in Morzine! 🏆🇪🇸 @_rccarlos s’impose à Morzine ! #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/RD6mKZ7RsB — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 15, 2023

Rodriguez takes the win on stage 14!!

The 22-year-old crosses the line first. Pogacar crosses ahead of Vingegaard to gain one precious second in the GC.

1km to go: Rodriguez has played a blinder on the descent so far. He’s been flying down with maximum speeds of 95kmh.

Ciccone is awarded today's most combative rider

Lidl-Trek’s Giulio Ciccone has been awarded the combativity prize.

5km to go: Pogacar and Vingegaard are glued to each other, so it doesn’t look like there’ll be huge changes at the top of the GC today despite all the excitement. Rodriguez, though, is extending his lead and if he wins, it will be two stage wins in a row for Ineos Grenadiers.

8km to go: Rodriguez looks hungry for the stage win as he attacks on the descent. He could make some big gains on the GC here.

10km to go: Rodriguez and Adam Yates have managed to get back to Pogacar and Vingegaard. The four of them start the final descent together.

12km to go: Vingegaard attacks over the top of the climb but Pogacar immediately counters. They’re back together quickly. It’s an epic battle.

12km to go: Oh no. Pogacar tries to attack but gets blocked by the motorbike and the throngs of fans on the roadside.

13km to go: It’s cagey at the moment. Will one of them attack before the top of the climb? I am loving the roadside excitement and outfits. There’s a man in a flamingo inflatable.

Rodriguez is now 45sec back and Hindley is at almost 2min. These front two are on a different level.

13km to go: Vingegaard has caught Pogacar. Will he counter attack? It looks like he’s winding it up…

14km to go: It’s 2.3km to go to the top of the climb and the gap is stabilising around 4-5sec. This is too close to call and the fans on the roadside are loving it.

15km to go: Vingegaard looks to be clawing his way back. Has Pogacar gone too early?

15km to go : Pogacar attacks. Vingegaard can’t hold on. Big move.

16km to go: It’s around 4km to the top of the Col de Joux Plane, and have to say, it’s looking like one tough day at the office for the riders.

16km to go: Hindley and Rodriguez have now been dropped. Adam Yates is putting in a big turn for Pogacar, while Vingegaard sticks close to his rival’s wheel.

17km to go: Of the other teams’ GC contenders, only Hindley and Rodriguez remain. Gall has just dropped off.

20km to go: We now have the familiar sight of Sepp Kuss pushing hard on the front with Vingegaard on his wheel and Pogacar close behind. Which one is going to attack first?

Declan from Galway emailed earlier to say he was at the foot of the Col de Joux Plane in a bar, which sounded lovely. He says he is “thankfully out of the heat” and had ridden over to Morzine and back this morning.

21km to go: Pello Bilbao has been dropped along with Simon Yates.

21km to go: Wout van Aert looked like he was dropped but found a burst of energy and has accelerated to the front. Putting in a final dig it seems.

22km to go: David Gaudu and Simon Yates are struggling as Rafał Majka comes to the front to set the pace for UAE Team Emirates.

23km to go: Here’s an update on the GC riders still in the front group:

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma)

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) +9sec

Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) +2min 51sec

Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) +4min 48sec

Adam Yates (UAE Emirates) +5min 03sec

Simon Yates (Team Jayco–AlUla) +5min 04sec

Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) +5min 25sec

David Gaudu Groupama–FDJ +6min 52sec

Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) +07min 11sec

Felix Gall (AG2R Citroën T) +10min 33sec

Guillaume Martin +10min 46sec

Col de Jeux Plane: The one we’ve all been waiting for…the hors catégorie Col de Jeux Plane is a beast. It stretches for 11.6km and has an average gradient of 8.5% but a maximum gradient of 14%. Ouch. It promises to make the riders suffer, especially following those three first category climbs they’ve already pedalled up. It’s coming up in about 7km.

36km to go: Simon Yates (Team Jayco–AlUla) has also been dropped from the GC group and is 13sec behind. He’ll need to catch them before the base of the Col de Jeux Plane.

39km to go: Pidcock has failed to catch the GC group on the descent and now they’re on flatter terrain the gap is going out. He’s going to lose time today.

45km to go: Now we’re beating treated to footage of Pidcock descending. It’s a beautiful sight.

50km to go: Wout van Aert brings the GC group over the top of the climb, opening up a 30sec gap over Pidcock. What a performance from the Belgian.

51km to go: Pidcock has now dropped off the group with 1km to go. He’ll have to put those descending skills to the test if he’s going to get back to the group.

53km to go: Pidcock has managed to hold on during the steepest part of the climb. Will he be able to stay with the main group and go over the top with them?

59km to go: Tom Pidcock looks to be struggling with the high pace but is clinging on to the back of the GC group. There’s 4.5km to go.

Stage 14 withdrawals

Following a heavy crash in the very early kilometres of today’s stage, plus a few more falls, there have been quite a number of withdrawals from the Tour.

Here are all the official withdrawals so far, according to the official Le Tour website:

Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost)

James Shaw (EF Education-EasyPost)

Ramon Sinkeldram (Alpecin-Deceunink)

Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty)

Antonio Pedrero (Movistar Team)

Romain Bardet (Team DSM-Firmenich)

57km to go: Ciccone is finally caught and the GC battle can begin in earnest.

59km to go: A last throw of the dice for Ciccone as he attacks Woods, who is swiftly swallowed up by the peloton.

Look away Ian from Dublin. Here’s one last glance at the Col de la Ramaz.

⛰ Next : the Col de la Ramaz! ⛰ Prochaine difficulté : le Col de la Ramaz ! #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/gZ2FuIJ6uK — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 15, 2023

60km to go: Ciccone and Woods are the last two remaining members of the breakaway as Jumbo-Visma continue to push a high pace.

62km to go: Ciccone isn’t giving up. He knows he can get to within two points of Powless on the mountain classification if he makes it to the top of this climb first. He has Woods for company.

64km to go: The riders have hit the Col de la Ramaz. Jumbo-Visma have already knocked off another 20sec to leave the breakaway looking rather doomed. Ciccone and Woods aren’t giving up yet though.

Ramon Sinkeldam of Alpecin-Deceunick abandons

Have heard Ramon Sinkeldam of Alpecin-Deceunick has also abandoned the Tour today. Not sure why yet but will update once there’s some additional info.

70km to go: It’s tough for the breakaway at the moment as the peloton are holding them at around 30sec. It’s difficult to see them staying away once the riders hit Col de la Ramaz.

Col de la Ramaz: Coming up next is the first category Col de la Ramaz, which is 1,619m high with an average gradient of 7.1% and 13.9 kilometres in length. It’s coming up in about 11km.

Ian from Dublin has emailed to say that this stage was used in last week’s Etape du Tour, which he rode. He’s not ready to see the Col de la Ramaz again so soon, it would seem.

Ciccone wins the intermediate sprint

81km to go: Ciccone clearly has good legs today and has taken the 20 points for the intermediate sprint. It won’t bother Philipsen though, as clearly it isn’t a day for the sprinters.

The results are:

Giulio Ciccone, 20 pts

Alex Aranburu, 17 pts

Michael Woods, 15 pts

Earlier I asked how you’re all watching today’s stage of the Tour. Here are some of the replies, with each very much setting the scene. Paulo is in a very hot Andalucia, Roger is over in the USA and cheering for Powless and Matthew has detailed his breakfast. It was a lump of French toast and bacon with (French) Canadian syrup, I’m told. Also, Aiden has tweeted from the Swedish island of Gotland to say hello.

88km to go: Led by Jumbo-Visma, the peloton have increased the pace and have reduced the gap to less than 20sec from the breakaway. Perhaps they are planning something on the next climb…

89km to go: Those ten points have moved Ciccone to within 12 points of Powless on the mountains classification jersey. Powless will have to dig deep to hold onto that polka dot jersey, with plenty of points yet play for today.

We’ll give you a round-up of who’s abandoned today at some point. I know there’s a few of you asking.

Justin from Bristol has emailed to pose a question: “Can I ask the audience, what’s been the most impactful accident in TdF history? Either the one that’s caused the most retirements, or the one that’s taken out the most Top 10 riders.” Thoughts?

97km to go: The gap to the peloton has gone over a minute for the first time today. Predicting some fireworks to come later in the stage with two big categorised climbs left to come: Col de La Rambaz and the Col de Joux Plane.

99km to go: Ciccone played that very cleverly, sitting on Woods’ wheel and attacking with 200m to go to get those 10 sweet points. Woods rolls over to take eight, before Landa and Pinot take six and four points respectively.

100km to go: Ciccone and Woods have gone clear, searching for the maximum mountain points. Who’s going to get the ten?

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PREVIEW | Tour de France 2023 stage 14 - 9 seconds separate Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard into brutal multiple-climb stage

Preview . Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar find another crucial day at the Tour de France on stage 14, a day of constant climbing which could be deadly for the overall classification after a brutal race it's been so far.

Stage 14 of the Tour de France will be one of the hardest stages of the race, featuring four ascents early in the day where the race will stabilize. It is another short stage, but one where differences can be made. The start of the stage features three categorized climbs with 4.4Km at 4.6%, 7.1Km at 7.4% and 5.9Km at 7.7%. The intermediate sprint is then also atop the Col de Jambaz which is 6.5Km at 3.8%. A proper day of constant up and down.

Estimated start and finish times for Tour de France stage 14: 13:05-17:20CET

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The Col de la Ramaz (13.9 kilometers; 7.1%) will be a warm-up to the final climb of the day. It's a really tough one, not as constant as the final one but it features harsher gradients in some phases. This climb will summit with 50.5 kilometers to go, the descent that follows is steep. Then come almost exactly 10 kilometers before the final ascent of the day.

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This will be the Col de Joux Plane (11.6 kilometers; 8.5%), before a descent into Morzine. This is a traditional Tour finale, one that frequently sees no differences between the favourites, but the stage provides the opportunity to create them. The climb is quite constant, it's steep and comes at the end of a hard mountain day. It has everything in theory to make big things out of it.

There is a small plateau section before the descent, which will be rather steep and technical, another tense challenge before the final kilometer inside Morzine, where the finale will be narrow and on some slight uphill gradients.

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The Weather

The weather changes. Whereas the race has been controlled by the heat, tomorrow the weather will look different. Grey and threatening skies, there is risk of rain however it's not too high, but the wind will blow quite strongly. A tailwind in the early climbs of the day and Ramaz, in Joux Plane there'll be plenty direction changes but the final kilometers have a cross-tailwind which should not hamper attacks certainly. If it does rain the final descent will be quite sketchy.

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The Favourites

Tadej Pogacar - The gap is now only of nine seconds. UAE have buried themselves today, using all riders to gain in the end eight seconds. It's something, specially when wearing yellow at this point in the race seems to be important. The team couldn't bring it back for the stage win however, tomorrow it'll be impossible to control the stage in the same way. But in the end it's the direct confrontation, will he manage to take time on Vingegaard? Surely he will attack, he spent over half the race so far doing it, but this day I reckon will suit the Dane better.

Jonas Vingegaard - Jumbo is now racing defensively. I had argued it's what they had to do, they also understand it's the best strategy. Van Aert was saved today, a few riders can get in the breakaway to be of support later on in the day. Nothing to note on Kuss who continues to be strong in the climbs, Vingegaard just has to follow the wheel of Pogacar. It can be tricky in the final descent. At this point in the race yellow hangs by a thread, 9 seconds is nothing, Vingegaard knows it's all about following Pogacar directly and he just has to hope for the Slovenian to not have the same legs of the last three summit finishes.

Top 10 Fight - No dramatic changes. Again, the race will be made by the top two teams, the rest follows. Jai Hindley remains solid in third place, teams know they must count on consistency to significantly move up the GC now, unless they manage to join a successful breakaway. This is however where tomorrow can be interesting, the start is explosive and if the fight for the breakaway takes long enough, the group can go off in Col de Cou. Serious climbers can infiltrate the break here, including GC contenders. Thibaut Pinot and Romain Bardet the Frenchmen are just outside the Top10 and are exactly the kind of riders to risk it all here. But many that follow should try and do the same to try and hop into a valuable position in the GC. Louis Meintjes, Felix Gall , Guillaume Martin, Mikel Landa and Emanuel Buchmann all try to resist in the GC and have here an opportunity to move up.

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And I won't lie, i this list there are riders well capable of winning the stage, shown as recently as this afternoon in Grand Colombier, some kept up with the GC favourites almost all the way to the line. However others have been saving themselves, focusing on specific days and could strike here. In recent finales the GC riders were conservative on his finish into Morzine - perhaps because of the descent - they can also benefit from that.

This time around the hard start will mean a condensed group with plenty quality, little or no "passengers" who won't be able to fight for the stage win. A lot of climbing quality resides outside of the GC favourites. Take the KOM fight for example, Michal Kwiatkowski significantly moved up with today's win and may now aim for that jersey, currently owned by Neilson Powless. Tobias Johannessen, Ruben Guerreiro, Giulio Ciccone , Michael Woods and Daniel Martínez are riders who not only seek a stage win (or another, in the case of Woods), but also Polka Dots.

Add into the mix Jonathan Castroviejo, Esteban Chaves , Jack Haig, Ben O'Connor, Mattias Skjelmose, Ion Izagirre, Antonio Pedrero and Chris Harper and we've got a belter of a day no doubt. A climber fest in the first day of pure Alpine racing, after 13 days of brilliant racing we have great reasons to be excited for what's to come.

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Prediction Tour de France 2023 stage 14:

*** Tadej Pogacar, Felix Gall, Giulio Ciccone ** Jonas Vingegaard, Michael Woods, Esteban Chaves * Tom Pidcock, Jai Hindley, Adam Yates, Louis Meintjes, Michal Kwiatkowski, Tobias Johannessen, Ruben Guerreiro, Ben O'Connor, Ion Izagirre, Mattias Skjelmose

Pick : Giulio Ciccone

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Tour de France 2022 stage 14 preview: A day of punchy climbs

All you need to know about the route, timings, and what to expect from stage 14

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Stage 14 of the Tour de France 2022 starts in Saint-Étienne and finishes in Mende.

With a cornucopia of climbs building to a crescendo you can be sure the breakaway artists will have circled this in their road books.

When is stage 14 of the Tour de France taking place?

The Tour de France stage 14 takes place on Saturday, July 16 starting at 11:30 BST with an anticipated finish time of 16:21 BST. 

How long is stage 14 of the Tour de France?

The Tour de France stage 14 will be 192.5 km long (fun trivia: just 0.1km shorter than stage 13!)

Tour de France stage 14: expected timings

Tour de france stage 14 route.

This is a day of constant bumps and rolls through the eastern side of the Massif Central. The climbs get longer and higher as the race approaches the finish town of Mende, into which there’s a steady descent and then what has become the familiar finale on the Côte de la Croix Neuve, which is also known as the Montée Laurent Jalabert after the Frenchman who was the first winner at its summit in 1995. It rises for 3km at an average of 10.2%, reaching the aerodrome on the plateau above Mende and finishing on its runway.

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Tour de France stage 14: what to expect 

Four of the previous five finishes at Mende’s aerodrome have been disputed between members of the breakaway group, the odd one out being Joaquim Rodríguez’s 2010 success, and even then the last escapee was only reeled in just before the top of the Croix Neuve. As a consequence, there’s sure to be a fierce battle to get into the break, where punchy climbers will have an advantage at the finish. The key to the final climb is to avoid pushing too hard too quickly.

Tour de France stage 14: riders to watch

The profile of four of the previous five winners at Mende’s velodrome offer a clue to the riders who should have the best chance today. Laurent Jalabert (1995), Marcos Serrano (2005), Joaquim Rodríguez (2010) and Omar Fraile (2018) were all the kind of punchy climbers who would thrive on a finish that resembles the Mur de Huy finale of Flèche Wallonne. It’s ideal for a string of French climbers in search of results including Benoît Cosnefroy, Valentin Madouas, Warren Barguil and Thibaut Pinot.

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Peter Cossins has been writing about professional cycling since 1993, with his reporting appearing in numerous publications and websites including Cycling Weekly ,  Cycle Sport  and  Procycling - which he edited from 2006 to 2009. Peter is the author of several books on cycling - The Monuments , his history of cycling's five greatest one-day Classic races, was published in 2014, followed in 2015 by  Alpe d’Huez , an appraisal of cycling’s greatest climb. Yellow Jersey - his celebration of the iconic Tour de France winner's jersey won the 2020 Telegraph Sports Book Awards Cycling Book of the Year Award.

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Tour de France 2023 stage 14 preview: Route map and profile of 138km from Annemasse to Morzine

On the evidence of what we’ve seen so far in the 2023 Tour de France , this could be the most closely fought duel between two champion riders for a generation. Jonas Vingegaard is the reigning king with the yellow jersey on his shoulders; Tadej Pogacar is the two-time winner gradually chipping into the Dane’s advantage – death by a thousand cuts.

Yesterday’s stage 13 saw Pogacar’s UAE Emirates control the front of the peloton and set a steady but not searing pace, allowing their leader to explode over the final few hundred metres and pinch a bit more time back from Vingegaard, who – after 53 hours, 48 minutes and 50 seconds – is now only nine seconds ahead of his Slovenian rival.

We can expect more fireworks on stage 14, which sees the peloton ride into the Alps on a 152km route from Annemasse to Morzine ski resort. Three tough category one climbs line the road to the hors categorie Col de Joux Plane (11.6km at 8.5%), a brutally steep grind where bonuses await the first few over the top and stage victory is the prize at the bottom.

The Joux Place is hideously painful and what’s so tough about the climb is that there is no respite – not a single kilometre of the 11.6 to the top averages less than 6.8% gradient. It is relentless and there is no escape. This is a great place to attack if the legs are feeling fresh, because a struggling rival has nowhere to hide, no safe place to reach. They simply have to dig in, face the pain and cling on.

Either Pogacar or Vingegaard could make a decisive play here. Whether or not the winner of their duel wins the stage itself depends on how far the breakaway is allowed to escape up the road, and whether anyone in it has the capability to finish the job in the way Michal Kwiatkowski clinched stage 13.

Vingegaard’s Jumbo-Visma showed little interest in chasing the breakaway yesterday, so it may be up to UAE Emirates to control the peloton. It should be another fascinating day at this Tour de France, and by the end of this brutal ride we should know more about the destiny of the yellow jersey.

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The stage is set to begin at around 12pm BST and is expected to finish at around 4-4.30pm BST.

The breakaway might be caught this time because it is such a demanding stage, and the strongest riders will come to the fore. There, I expect Pogacar to play a patient game and leave it late before bursting away from Vingegaard to clinch the stage, and perhaps the yellow jersey too.

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Sprint | Yssingeaux (50.7 km)

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• Date: 16 July 2022
• Start time: 12:30
• Avg. speed winner: 42.638 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 192.5 km
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• ProfileScore: 170
• Vert. meters: 3441
• Departure: Saint-Etienne
• Arrival: Mende
• Race ranking: 1
• Startlist quality score: 1551
• Won how: 1.9 km solo
• Avg. temperature: 27 °C

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Tour de France 2024 Route stage 14: Pau - Pla d’Adet

It’s an anniversary for Pla d’Adet. The mountain was first included in the Tour de France in 1974, so 50 editions ago. That day, Mathieu van der Poel’s granddad, Raymond Poulidor, climbed to triumph on the peak in the Pyrenees. He was succeeded by Joop Zoetemelk (1975), Lucien Van Impe (1976, 1981), Mariano Martinez (1978), Beat Breu (1982) and Zenon Jaskula (1993). The stage winners in 2001 and 2005 – Lance Armstrong and George Hincapie – were erased before the the Pla d’Adet returned in 2014. Rafal Majka soloed to victory from the breakaway.

Following a virtually flat first half of the race, the riders ere to conquer the Col du Tourmalet (19 kilometres at 7.4%) and Hourquette d’Ancizan (8.2 kilometres at 5.1%). At the summit of the latter there are almost 30 kilometres left to race.

Following the drop down the Hourquette d’Ancizan and roughly 10 kilometres the Pla d’Adet appears. The climb serves numerous double digit digits in the first 7 kilometres before it flattens out for 1 kilometre, after which the rest goes up at almost 9% on average. The Pla d’Adet totals 10.6 kilometres and the average gradient sits at 7.9%.

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Michael Matthews takes solo win in Mende on Tour de France stage 14

Bettiol comes in second from breakaway group as Meintjes moves up in GC after breakaway given long leash

Michael Matthews gave BikeExchange-Jayco their second Tour de France stage win of the year in stage 14, showing incredible grit and determination on the steep ascent to the Mende Aerodrome.

The Australian held onto a stinging acceleration from Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost) on the steepest pitches and, as the road began to level off, he sprinted past the Italian and powered to his first Tour stage win in five years.

"I think it's the story of my career. I've had so many rollercoasters up and down. But my wife, my daughter, they kept believing in me. How many times I've been smashed down and all the time get back up - this was for my daughter today.

"I was thinking of my daughter on the final climb the whole way up to the finish and my wife, how much they sacrifice for me to make my dreams come true. Hopefully, today I showed them the reason why."

Matthews said he was targeting stages 13 through 15 and was disappointed to miss the move yesterday.

"Yesterday was a really good stage for me, but it went so bad for me - the team rode in the final to bring back the sprint for Dylan [Groenewegen] and we were too late. Today, I just knew it would probably be my last chance. [The stage] into Lausanne was a good opportunity and I came up second. Then the other stage when I was second again to Tadej [on stage 6 to Longwy ]. I wanted to show everyone I'm not just a sprinter, I can ride like I rode today."

Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) dashed away from the rest of the breakaway riders to take third on the day.

The long, hilly stage through the Massif Central started with former race leader Tadej Pogačar smashing the race apart on the first climb. Yellow jersey holder Jonas Vingegaard and his Jumbo-Visma team maintained control and nullified the move and let the escape gain over 14 minutes mid-stage.

More than 12 minutes after the breakaway were done and rehydrating at the team buses, the yellow jersey battle recommenced on the finishing climb. Pogačar attacked but Vingegaard closely followed as the rest of the overall contenders were left behind.

Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) was the last to lose touch and chased with Adam Yates. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) bridged across and then attacked, while Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic) clawed his way up to Thomas.

Thomas caught Gaudu and, while he lost 17 seconds to the two dominant riders, he gained some time on Romain Bardet (DSM).

The biggest change in the top 10 was the insertion of escapee Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert), who climbed into seventh after making the day's winning move. Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) lost 1:10 to the race leader and slid to ninth, with Movistar's Enric Mas in 10th at 10 minutes. Mas, Bardet and Vlasov finished the stage together 26 seconds behind Vingegaard.

Pogacar attacks

The 192.5km stage was a long, undulating route southwest into the summer heat of central France with just 120km of flat roads.

The finish on the Mende Aerodrome always inspires attacks and everyone knew it from the start.

When the flag dropped on the outskirts of Saint-Étienne, the attacks came thick and fast as riders fought to get in the break.

12 riders got away and then they became 18 on a slight descent before the Côte de Saint-Just-Malmont after 14.2km provided the perfect launchpad for something more serious. Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) and Chris Juul Jensen (BikeExchange-Jayco) surged away but then suddenly the race for the yellow jersey exploded behind.

Primoz Roglic was caught out of place and suddenly, as the Côte de Saint-Just-Malmont hurt everyone, Pogačar attacked. He blew the peloton apart and forced Vingegaard to chase. However, he only had Wout van Aert to help. It was an intense moment with 180km still to race.

Pogačar was soon caught but he attacked again and then again. Fortunately for Vingegaard, Van Aert was strong and kept stitching the peloton back together.

Powless and Juul Jensen reached the top of the climb together but it was chaos behind, with Caleb Ewan quickly dropped and in pain after his stage 13 crash.

Surprisingly Roglič was also distanced and caught in a chase group. That left Vingegaard with only half his team.

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Finally, the breakaway goes

The Côte da Châtaignier after 40km offered another opportunity to get away, with the 50-rider peloton unable to chase every surge as Jumbo-Visma were concerned about being isolated and exposed.

Franck Bonnamour (B&B Hotels) kicked off the decisive attack. With the yellow jersey group in full flight on the climb and Roglič's group 2:45 behind, mountains leader Simon Geschke (Cofidis) led the charge, catching the B&B Hotels-KTM rider 200m before the summit to take the maximum points.

That surge pulled away a group that would eventually form the day's enormous move. Dani Martinez and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) attacked to bridge with Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Rigoberto Urán (EF Education-EasyPost).

A total of 23 riders made the move, with most teams represented as Jumbo-Visma blocked the road to allow the Roglič group to return. Only Alpecin-Deceuninck, Arkéa-Samsic, Astana, Jumbo Visma, QuickStep-AlphaVInyl, Team DSM and TotalEnergies missed the breakaway.

It contained: Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates), Daniel Martínez (Ineos Grenadiers), Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R-Citröen), Felix Großschartner, Lennard Kämna and Patrick Konrad (Bora-Hansgrohe), Gregor Mühlberger (Movistar), Simon Geschke (Cofidis), Luis Leon Sanchez (Bahrain Victorious), Stefan Küng and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert), Alberto Bettiol, Neilson Powless and Rigoberto Urán (EF Education-EasyPost), Andreas Kron (Lotto-Soudal), Bauke Mollema and Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo), Jakob Fuglsang, Krists Neilands and Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech), Michael Matthews (BikeExchange-Jayco) and Franck Bonnamour (B&B Hotels-KTM).

By the time the breakaway hit the intermediate sprint with 142km to go, they had 4:41 in hand and Matthews claimed the 20 points available in Yssingeaux ahead of Neilands and Großschartner.

With 97km to go the gap was out to 10 minutes as the rest of the peloton rode a steady tempo and tried to stay cool amid the heat of the Massif Central. Ewan and his teammates were still fighting to stay within the time limit 20 minutes behind the leaders.

With Meintjes the best-placed of the move at 15:46, they weren't given much more of a lead and the gap would remain stable through the next point of interest, the Côte de Grandrieu (category 3), where Geschke again took the maximum points.

Directly after the climb, Simmons attacked and was tracked closely by Powless and, as the road continued to head up after the KOM, the bearded Trek-Segafredo rider continued to force it but Bora-Hansgrohe shut it down.

Matthews sparks the end game

As the road levelled and the race hit a nice tailwind, Matthews launched a move and although no one joined him immediately, having a carrot ahead of the Côte de la Fage, Kron led the desperate scramble to get across, joined by Sánchez and Großschartner, while EF-EasyPost led the effort behind.

The chasers made it to the Australian with 41km to go and as Meintjes edged closer to the virtual maillot jaune , 13 minutes behind Vingegaard.

At the Côte de la Fage, Matthews led the four leaders over the top as Soler attacked from the chasing group, and soon Bettiol and Kämna joined him, then Martínez scrambled across but Meintjes - with over 14 minutes on the yellow jersey group, pushed forward.

On a quick descent, Kron suffered a front puncture and almost crashed into some spectators and was out of the lead, while Meintjes' group shut down the attackers and Jumbo-Visma set a light tempo 14:35 behind.

With 10km to go, the trio were 40 seconds ahead of the chasing group while finally Wout van Aert picked up the pace in the Vingegaard group and started to reduce the gap to Meintjes. But then, on the final climb to Mende, Woods put in a vicious surge and the gap to the trio tumbled.

Matthews attacked with 3.5km to go and neither Sánchez nor Großschartner could match him. As the chasers approached, Bettiol surged, passed the dropped duo and set off in pursuit of Matthews. He made contact before the summit and Matthews held on for dear life as the former Tour of Flanders winner accelerated.

Matthews survived and when the gradient eased, he left Bettiol behind just as Pinot launched a move further down the climb. It was far too late for the Frenchman and Matthews celebrated his first Tour stage win in five years.

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