- Dutch rider takes stage 14, his first Tour victory since 2017
- Race leader Pogacar finishes in main peloton
The Ineos Grenadiers’ hopes of dethroning Tadej Pogacar from the overall race lead in the 2021 Tour de France became a little more complicated in the stifling heat of the Pyrenean foothills after the French rider Guillaume Martin leapfrogged the podium contenders Rigoberto Urán, Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz, to move into second place overall, on the eve of a key mountain stage to Andorra.
Carapaz, de facto leader of the British team after Geraint Thomas dropped out of the leading positions, has now slipped to fifth overall, five minutes and 33 seconds behind the defending champion, Pogacar. Ahead of him lie Vingegaard, of Jumbo Visma, Urán, leader of the EF Education-Nippo team, and now Martin, riding for Cofidis, who placed 11th overall in last year’s Tour.
