Carlos Rodríguez wins the stage beating the favorites
Euskaraz irakurri: Carlos Rodriguezek faboritoak gainditu ditu stage bereganatzeko
The Spanish Carlos Rodríguez won this Saturday in the 14th stage of the Tour de Franceending at the alpine resort of morzineand placed third overallthat leads the Danish Jonas Vingegaard with 10 seconds of rent over 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 by a second he unseated the Australian Jai Hindley from the podium.
Rodríguez, 22, was left behind in the first two overall on the ascent to Joux Planethe last port of the day, which he finished 17 seconds behind, but linked up on the descent and immediately attacked the two favorites, whom he distanced by 5 seconds at the finish lineto sign the third Spanish victory in this Tour, after those of bilbao hair and Jon Izaguirre.
Hindley, who also stayed on the climb to Joux Plane, entered the finish line 1:46 behind, to which must be added the ten bonus seconds for the victory of the Spaniard and another two at the top of the last port, so it takes a second in the general.
In the fight for yellow, Pogacar attacked 5 kilometers to the top of the Joux Planebut he did not manage to gain more than 6 seconds at any time, until the Dane caught him with two kilometers to go and tried again with a few meters to go, but he 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.
In the descent he also tried to put pressure on him, but the Dane stuck to his wheel and did not let him until the final sprint, when he managed to distance him.
At the end of a hard day, with three first ports and a special and with the teams of the two favorites working hard, the Dane managed to take an extra second of advantage.
Source: Eitb
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