Duo hold station in Mende

16 Jul 2022

Duo hold station in Mende

Tour de France - Stage 14» Saint-Etienne › Mende, 192.5km

Geraint Thomas and Adam Yates battled hard to retain their top-five overall placings on another sweltering day at the Tour de France.
 
Stage 14 culminated in a punishing final climb in Mende, with Thomas and Yates setting their own tempo as Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and the yellow jersey of Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) pushed on up the road.
 
Thomas sprinted in, dropping just 17 seconds to the duo and taking 11 seconds on nearest rival Romain Bardet (Team DSM). Yates finished shortly after, with the pair retaining third and fifth overall after working well together in the closing stages.
 
Tom Pidcock limited his losses well to remain in the top 10 on GC, now ninth after a day that saw a large breakaway go to the finish.
 
During a brutal opening salvo Dani Martinez rode well to get into the large 23-man move, showing promising progress as he continues to recover from illness. In the end the Colombian would come home 17th, with Michael Matthew (Team BikeExchange) taking an impressive win after he attacked the group from range.
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