Morzine (France), Jul 15 (EFE).- The Spanish Carlos Rodríguez won this Saturday in the fourteenth stage of the Tour de France, ending in the alpine resort of Morzine, and placed third overall, led by the Danish Jonas Vingegaard with 10 seconds of rent on the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar.
The Spanish cyclist gave Ineos its second consecutive victory, after that of the Pole Michal Kwiatkwoski the day before at the Grand Colombier, and for a second he unseated Australian Jai Hindley from the podium.
Rodríguez, 22, fell behind the top two overall on the climb to Joux Plane, the last port of the day, which he finished 17 seconds behind, but linked up on the descent and immediately attacked the two favourites, who distanced by 5 seconds at the finish line.
Hindley, who also stayed on the climb to Joux Plane, entered the finish line 1.46 seconds behind, to which must be added the ten bonus seconds for the Spanish victory and another two at the top of the last climb, so that takes a second in the general.
The battle between Vingegaard and Pogacar
In the fight for the yellow, Pogacar attacked 5 kilometers from the top of the Joux Plane, but never managed to gain more than 6 seconds, until Vingegaard caught him with two kilometers to go and tried again with a few kilometers to go. meters, but was prevented by a motorcycle. In the end, it was the Dane who distanced him at the top, which gave him 8 bonus seconds, to the 5 of the Slovenian.
After a hard day, with three first-class climbs and a special and with the teams of the two favorites working hard, the Dane managed to get another second ahead.