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With 15.5 kilometers to go on the 14th stage of the Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar (UAE) made the push, and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) was unable to keep up. The Dane seemed to be parked, but then Vingegaard brought the Slovenian back in after two kilometres. After that, it all went smoothly. Pogacar attempted a move with 500 meters to the top, but was prevented by the motorcycles that were in the way. Instead, the Dane secured 20 important points. – Absolutely no chance. They have to keep a greater distance!, exclaimed TV 2 commentator Christian Paasche. – Jonas (Vingegaard) and Pogacar have to slow down because the motorbikes cannot pass the spectators. It is a pity. It has now come to the point that one should consider setting up public obstacles in the last 3-4 kilometers of the climb, says Jumbo-Visma boss Richard Plugge to the press. Pogacar himself says to French TV that he was ready to give everything when he was prevented: – I told myself that I was going to give everything at the top of the Joux Plane, but there were the motorbikes. It was like firing a gunshot, but that’s how it is, I’ll try again later. DUEL: Vingegaard secured important points at the top of Joux Plane. Photo: AFP – That’s how cycling is Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X) acknowledges that it can be a problem. – There are an insane amount of people, sometimes situations like this will happen, and then of course it’s boring. I think it’s cool that there are lots of people, so it might as well be that once in a while it goes like this, he says to news. The Uno-X rider therefore does not support the proposal to put up fences. – That’s how bike racing is. It will probably happen again, and if it happens to me, I’ll remember that I actually think it’s fun, he says with a smile. A LOT OF PEOPLE: Tobias Halland Johannessen says it’s boring with such situations, but thinks it’s something to be reckoned with. Photo: Fredrik Varfjell / NTB Halland Johannessen hung on for a long time in today’s stage, even though he fell early in the Tour’s first mass rollover. With the help of teammates, he got up in the break, which was eventually brought in by the main field. Ineos victory Shortly after Vingegaard and Pogacar reached the top of the Joux Plane, both Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos) and Adam Yates (UAE) again took the favourites. But the Spaniard was also blocked by a motorcycle. An irritated Rodriguez pushed against the motorcycle which prevented him from reaching the overall favourites. He arrived at last, and then the path was clear for Rodriguez to move on. The Ineos rider held on, and for the second day in a row the team took the stage win. Pogacar was second, while Vingegaard was third. Nevertheless, the Dane retains the overall jersey, 10 seconds ahead of the Slovenian. WINNER: Carlos Rodriguez ran away at the end. Photo: Reuters



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