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Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar extended his overall lead in the Tour de France with a dominant victory on stage 14 in the Pyrenees.<\/b><\/p>\n
UAE-Team Emirates’ Pogacar, resplendent in the yellow jersey he has worn every day since stage four, powered up the Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet summit finish, crossing the line 39 seconds ahead of defending champion Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark.<\/p>\n
Vingegaard, of Visma-Lease a Bike, chased Pogacar up the final mountain climb after the Slovenian attacked aggressively with 5km to go, but could not hold on to his wheel.<\/p>\n
Vingegaard did, however, move into second place in the overall general classification after Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel lost time, finishing third on a stage which also included the legendary Col du Tourmalet climb.<\/p>\n
Vingegaard now trails Pogacar by one minute 57 seconds, with Evenepoel a further 25 seconds back.<\/p>\n
After two flat stages, the race headed back into the mountains, where the general classification contenders are set to battle it out over the weekend before enjoying a rest day on Monday.<\/p>\n
UAE came into the 151.9km stage from Pau looking to maintain Pogacar’s lead, which was 66 seconds over Evenepoel at the start of day, with Vingegaard eight seconds further back.<\/p>\n
Ireland’s Ben Healy was part of a breakaway group which led the way on the 19km ascent of the Col du Tourmalet, with Movistar’s Spanish rider Oier Lazkano claiming the honour of being the first to summit.<\/p>\n
Pogacar’s team-mates set the pace at the front of the peloton, bringing the break back within reach of the leaders at the start of the day’s third and final climb – to the Pla d’Adet ski resort.<\/p>\n
With 7km to go, UAE sensed the opportunity to go for the stage win and extend Pogacar’s lead and sent Adam Yates up the road to help bridge the gap.<\/p>\n
Pogacar then launched an explosive attack to join Yates before passing Healy, with Vingegaard and Evenepoel battling to stay in touch.<\/p>\n
But Pogacar raced clear to send his GC rivals a message as they prepare to spend another day in the mountains on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n