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As it happened: Breakaway victor denies Tadej Pogačar third stage win in the Pyrenees on stage 14 of the Tour de France

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Bonjour and welcome to our live coverage of stage 14 of the 2025 Tour de France!

Today is simply a savage day in the mountains.
It has it all - the Col de Tourmalet, a summit finish on Luchon-Superbagnères and nearly 5,000m of elevation.
This is a true leg-breaker.

Stage 14 profile

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You can read our full preview here, with stage details, key climbs and details on how to watch the Tour de France:

Tour de France 2025 stage 14 preview - Finale in the Pyrenèes strikes with four fierce climbs to mountaintop finish

For some pre-start fun, we highly recommend this deep dive into Pog's heavily modified mountain time trial bike from stage 14.

Tadej Pogačar's heavily modified 6.9kg Colnago Y1Rs for his Tour de France mountain time trial domination

Pogacar bike

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As well as being in the yellow jersey, Pogačar is four stage wins up after his cruising victory yesterday - and has his sights on more. He’s the top favourite for the win today again, and his words to the media yesterday indicates that he has no intentions of giving any opportunities away.

'I'm paid to win, not give away races' - Tadej Pogačar refuses to rule out fighting for more Tour de France stage victories

UAE Team Emirates - XRG team's Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar celebrates on the podium after winning the 13th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 10.9 km individual time trial between Loudenvielle and Peyragudes, in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France, on July 18, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

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Jonas Vingegaard might find himself 4:07 down on GC after yesterday’s defeat to Pogačar, but the Dane isn’t giving up on the yellow jersey just yet. Today provides a chance for him to bounce back, and, along with his strong Visma-Lease a Bike team, try to put Pogačar under pressure.

For Remco Evenepoel, you expect this might be more of a defensive stage than offensive. The Belgian has looked well short of his best since entering the Pyrenees, and his place on the podium has now come under serious pressure after losing more time yesterday.

'I just could not keep pushing the power' – Remco Evenepoel has disastrous day in Tour de France mountain time trial

We're at the Départ fictif in Pau, and will be racing in about ten minutes.

The weather has changed overnight. From the searing heat of yesterday, we now have some rain and much cooler temperatures. That could change which riders excel, and which ones struggle.

The rain has eased off for now, but it’s still cloudy. If it rains some more, the long descents of the mountains on the menu today could become dangerous.

The peloton pictured underneath the Pau banner at the start of stage 14 of the 2025 Tour de France cycling race, from Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres (183 km), on Saturday 19 July 2025 in France. The 112th edition of the Tour de France starts on Saturday 5 July in Lille, France, and will finish in Paris, France on the 27th of July. BELGA PHOTO JASPER JACOBS (Photo by JASPER JACOBS / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP)

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The riders are just 1km away from the official start. Some are massing towards the car, ready to launch moves.

They’re at kilometre 0, but the start has been delayed as a few riders have to return to the peloton.

And they're off! Quinn Simmons is on the attack immediately, with his Lidl teammate Skjelmose on his wheel.

OFFICIAL START

Simmons is at the front of the peloton, but didn't manage to go clear.

Alaphilippe tries an attack but does not succeed, and now Pacher counter-attacks.

Pacher briefly had a small gap, but has been brought back.

As you can see from the start, it's a much gloomier day in the Pyrenees today.

PAU, FRANCE - JULY 19: A general view of the peloton prior to the 112th Tour de France 2025, Stage 14 a 182.6km stage from Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres / #UCIWT / on July 19, 2025 in Pau, France. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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There’s a lot of riders looking at each other in the peloton, but no big attacks. It’s all bunched up at the moment.

Andreas Leknessund is keen, but he's brought back too.

Clément Berthet is at the doctor's car, receiving some magic spray. He appears to have gone down in a crash.

An interesting move here - Jonathan Milan in the green jersey has attacked. There is an intermediate sprint before the Tourmalet, so he could stand a chance of increasing his lead in that classification if he can get into the break.

170KM TO GO

Milan is all alone and looking behind him, hoping no doubt for some accompaniment.

About 13 riders did form a group trying to join up to Milan, but that's been shut down.

Milan therefore still leads alone, but almost 20 seconds.

Berthet is bandaged up and back in the peloton.

The green jersey, making his move.

LUCHON-SUPERBAGNERES, FRANCE - JULY 19: Jonathan Milan of Italy and Team Lidl - Trek - Green Sprint Jersey competes during the 112th Tour de France 2025, Stage 14 a 182.6km stage from Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres 1794m / #UCIWT / on July 19, 2025 in Luchon-Superbagneres, France. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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Behind Milan, who’s still a few seconds ahead, plenty of tentative moves are being made from the peloton, but nobody is committing to a big attack, and the peloton is all still together.

160KM TO GO

Milan has thought better of it, sitting up and allowing himself to be reabsorbed by the peloton. For that ploy to have worked, and for him to get a headstart for the intermediate sprint, he really needed some riders with him to form a breakaway.

The peloton, which is still all together.

The pack of riders (peloton) cycles cycles during the 14th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 182.6 km between Pau and Luchon-Superbagneres, in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France, on July 19, 2025. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

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Simmons, Skjelmose and Alaphilippe are at the front of a move trying to go clear, but to no avail. Lots of riders are marking each other.

We have a new lone leader on the road - Fred Wright, who has a gap of a few seconds.

Like Milan before him, Wright looks frustrated at the lack of any company.. He’s ten seconds ahead, but keeps looking behind him, no doubt in the hope of being joined by some other breakaway riders.

Wright has been brought back by the peloton.

Wight’s capture has instigated new attacks - and Milan’s involved again.

150KM TO GO

That Milan move had about 15 riders in it, but has been neutralised.

Steff Cras has stopped on the roadside. He has the dejected look of a man who is about to reluctantly leave the Tour de France.

The pack of riders (peloton) cycles past the Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de Betharram in Lestelle-Betharram during the 14th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 182.6 km between Pau and Luchon-Superbagneres, in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France, on July 19, 2025. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

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Cras has abandoned the Tour de France, being clapped by the roadside fans as he gets into his team car.

It had gone quiet in the peloton, but more attacks have ignited things now - Healy, Abrahamsen and Vlasov are in a group that’s pushing on.

This group has a gap and features lots of riders, almost 20 in total.

Visma-Lease a Bike have taken control of the peloton, trying to shut this move down.

In this group are Geraint Thomas, Woods, Jegat and Martin, among others, and they have a lead of about 5 seconds.

140KM TO GO

Visma's work has done the job, and the move has been brought back.

UAE Team Emirates - XRG team's Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey cycles with the pack of riders (peloton) cycles during the 14th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 182.6 km between Pau and Luchon-Superbagneres, in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France, on July 19, 2025. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

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The ever-agressive Bruno Armirail is on the attack again, and has a gap. A Visma rider is chasing him.

Campanaerts is the Visma riders, and he's joined Armirail.

Both riders are caught, and we still have no break, with just 20km to go until the intermediate sprint.

Milan is at it again! He's at the front of the race, pushing on in a group trying to go clear.

130KM TO GO

He’s sat up, and is talking on his radio. He clearly wants these green jersey points, but is undecided how best to get them.

Sjkelmose has hit the deck, and being looked at by the medics.

CRASH - SKJELMOSE

Skjelmose is sat up, and looks like he wants to keep racing.

Meanwhile a three-man group has gone clear, and built a decent lead of 10 seconds - Pacher, Vercher and Geraint Thomas are the riders in it.

Skjelmose is back up and riding. He’s heavily bandaged up but looks to be pedalling OK.

A chase group featuring Alaphilippe briefly formed behind the three leaders, but has now been shut down.

Counter-moves are being made out of the peloton, but Thomas, Vercher and Pacher still lead by 30 seconds.

It's taken a long time, but we at last have a breakaway group up the road. These three riders aren't safe yet though, and the peloton hasn't ceased racing yet as attacks continue to be made.

LUCHON-SUPERBAGNERES, FRANCE - JULY 19: (L-R) Matteo Vercher of France and Team TotalEnergies and Geraint Thomas of Great Britain and Team INEOS Grenadiers attack during the 112th Tour de France 2025, Stage 14 a 182.6km stage from Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres 1794m / #UCIWT / on July 19, 2025 in Luchon-Superbagneres, France. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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Skjelmose is still receiving aid from the medical car, who are bandaging him up some more. The Dane is already over four minutes behind the peloton, and faces a long chase to rejoin it.

Lidl haven’t sent any riders back to help Skjelmose. The Dane is out of GC contention, and the team will want to help Milan get as many points as he can in the upcoming intermediate sprint.

Thomas, Pacher and Vercher have 20 seconds on the peloton.

120KM TO GO

Remco Evenepoel was back at his team car, but doesn’t seem to have a problem. Two years ago, the Belgian’s GC hopes at the 2023 Vuelta dramatically came undone in the Pyrenees on a stage finishing atop the Tourmalet.

Lidl-Trek have taken over control at the front of the peloton as they near the intermediate sprint.

Their work has seen Thomas, Vercher and Pacher brought back.

So the peloton is all together for the intermediate sprint, now just 1km away. We’ll have a proper sprint for it.

Lidl are giving Milan a long lead-out.

Milan wins the sprint, Van der Poel second, and Girmay third.

Right, now the sprint’s done, the focus moves on the climbing - and the riders are about to begin the Tourmalet.

Tudor lead the peloton onto the climb.

COL DU TOURMALET

Having won that sprint, and burned lots of energy with his earlier attacks, Milan has dropped right to the back of the peloton already on the climb.

Santiago Buitrago has attacked. Now we’re going uphill, it’s time for the pure climbers like him to make their moves to form a breakaway.

Buitrago has been brought back. No break has formed yet on the mountain.

110KM TO GO

Here is the new points jersey classification after that sprint. Pogačar actually picked up three points for himself, rolling over the line towards the front of the peloton:

2 Pogačar 206

More bad news for Evenepoel. He's already out the back of the peloton, with 16km of the Tourmalet still to climb.

EVENEPOEL DROPPED

This looks like it could be it for Evenepoel’s GC hopes. He’s all alone, with no Soudal teammates being tasked with dropping back to him.

Up ahead, riders are still trying to form a break. There haven’t been any explosive attacks, but the gradients of the climb are forming natural selections, and about 20 riders have a small gap.

Evenepoel has Pascal Eenkhoorn with him now, but he’s over 30 seconds adrift from the peloton already.

Arensman is leading this breakaway group, and thinning it out. He has just 5 riders with him.

Now there are just three riders at the front: Arensman, Rubio, and King of the Mountains Lenny Martinez.

Martinez is taking a turn now from Arensman. This trio is 45 seconds ahead of the peloton, with multiple chasers in between.

It seems Tobias Halland Johannessen is one of the riders in between the leading trio and the peloton. He’s a dangerous rider, in 8th-place on GC, and surely some teams in the peloton won’t be happy with his presence up the road.

Valentin Paret-Peintre has joined the three leaders and is setting the pace.

And now Ben O’Connor, Johannessen and Mühlberger have joined the leaders.

Healy becomes the eighth rider to join the lead group.

Evenepoel is alone again, without any teammates. He's 50 seconds behind the peloton, which is being led at a steady pace by UAE.

O'Connor has attacked from the lead group, taking Martinez with him.

Evenepoel is with his team car having a long talk. This feels like it could be the end of his race…

Evenepoel is peddling very slowly. It’s hard to see him continuing for long.

Meanwhile up ahead, Martinez has dropped O'Connor and leads the race. A chase group behind led by Kuss is 30 seconds behind, and the peloton 1:40 behind.

100KM TO GO

That’s it, Evenepoel has climbed off his bike and into his team car. The Belgian’s race is over.

EVENEPOEL ABANDONS

The breakaway group is strewn all across the road behind the lone leader Martinez.

About ten riders are together, just over 30 seconds behind Martinez.

Those riders are: Kuss, V. Paret Peintre, Arensman, Rodriguez, Verstrynge, O’Connor, Storer, Mühlberger, Rubio, Woods and Johannessen.

Martinez is moving further away from that chase group though, now a minute ahead. With 3km to the summit of the Tourmalet, the KOM points at the top are surely his.

A few riders have joined the chase group from behind, including Enric Mas.

A dour-faced Remco Evenepoel, before he was dropped out of the race for good.

Belgian Remco Evenepoel of Soudal Quick-Step pictured in action during stage 14 of the 2025 Tour de France cycling race, from Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres (183 km), on Saturday 19 July 2025 in France. The 112th edition of the Tour de France starts on Saturday 5 July in Lille, France, and will finish in Paris, France on the 27th of July. BELGA PHOTO POOL LUCA BETTINI (Photo by POOL LUCA BETTINI / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP)

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Martinez is just a kilometre away from the top of the Tourmalet, his lead now even bigger at over 1:30.

Here is the polka-dot jersey just after making his attack. Nobody has him in sight anymore.

Bahrain - Victorious team's French rider Lenny Martinez wearing the best climber's polka dot (dotted) jersey cycles ahead of the pack of riders (peloton) in the ascent of Col du Tourmalet during the 14th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 182.6 km between Pau and Luchon-Superbagneres, in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France, on July 19, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

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It’s cold up here towards the summit of the Tourmalet. Riders are sporting extra layers and jackets.

Lenny Martinez reaches the top of the climb, becoming the latest rider to write his name into the long history book of the Tourmalet.

KOM - COL DU TOURMALET

That was some climb by the young Frenchman, who is almost two minutes ahead of the chasers. He’s totally recovered from his horrible first few days of this Tour.

Woods attacks out of the chase group, to ensure he’s second to the top of the mountain.

Julian Alaphlippe has gone old school, and stuffed some cardboard down his jersey to warm himself ahead of the descent.

The peloton reach the top of the Tourmalet, 3:30 after Martinez conquered it.

90KM TO GO

There’s poor visibility on the descent of the Tourmalet, where fog hangs low. The riders will have to manage this one carefully.

A group of riders cycle in the ascent of Col du Tourmalet during the 14th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 182.6 km between Pau and Luchon-Superbagneres, in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France, on July 19, 2025. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)

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There's a split in the chase group, with one featuring Kuss 20 seconds ahead of another featuring Johannessen.

Martinez is losing ground on this descent. The Kuss chase group has brought him back to 1:10.

Kuss, Verstrynge and Paret-Peintre is the make-up of the main chase group that's bearing down on Martinez.

That chasing trio is 1 minute behind Martinez, 30 seconds ahead of the rest of the chasers, and over two minutes ahead of the peloton.

80KM TO GO

Lenny Martinez on the Tourmalet, living up to his status as King of the Mountains.

Bahrain - Victorious team's French rider Lenny Martinez wearing the best climber's polka dot (dotted) jersey cycles in a breakaway in the ascent of Col du Tourmalet during the 14th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 182.6 km between Pau and Luchon-Superbagneres, in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France, on July 19, 2025. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP)

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Here’s the new-look King of the Mountains classification after the many points on offer at the top of the Tourmalet have been distributed. Martinez is wearing the polka-dot jersey on behalf of Pogačar, but now owns it outright:

2 Pogačar 37

He might be the King of the Mountains, but he’s not King of Descending - Martinez is only 50 seconds ahead of the Kuss group, having reached the summit almost two minutes ahead.

Kuss now has just Paret-Peintre with him, Verstrynge having been dropped.

The latest mountain in the circle of death is now being taken on, albeit the 'easiest' of the day's four - the category two Col d'Aspin, which rises for a relatively short 5km at 7.4%.

COL D'ASPIN

The big chase group is 2:26 ahead of the peloton, which means Johannessen jumps from 8th to 4th on the virtual GC. UAE continue to set the pace, but Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe, Picnic-PostNL and Arkéa - B&B Hotels teams might be prompted to defend their GC positions at some stage.

This is what the descent of the Tourmalet looked like earlier. Thankfully no riders went down, despite the difficult conditions.

LUCHON-SUPERBAGNERES, FRANCE - JULY 19: Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates - XRG - Yellow leader jersey competes during the 112th Tour de France 2025, Stage 14 a 182.6km stage from Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres 1794m / #UCIWT / on July 19, 2025 in Luchon-Superbagneres, France. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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Kuss and Paret-Peintre are getting closer to Martinez on the climb, bringing him back to 45 seconds.

Now Martinez is growing his lead again. It's up to over 50 seconds on the two chasers and a whole 2:16 on the rest of the chasers.

Paret-Peintre is out looking to save Soudal-QuickStep's day, which got off to a terrible start with Evenepoel's abandon. The whole team has to rethink its strategy now their leader is out of the race.

As for Kuss, it seems like he’s been given freedom to ride for himself. He might yet have a role to play in helping Jonas Vingegaard should the peloton come back to them later on, but the way he’s attacked out of the chase group and continued to press on suggests he’s got his eye on the stage win.

Tadej Pogačar is safely in the pelton, which is currently four minutes behind Martinez. Will the race come back for the yellow jersey to go for a fifth stage win, and third in three days?

LUCHON-SUPERBAGNERES, FRANCE - JULY 19: Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates - XRG - Yellow leader jersey competes during the 112th Tour de France 2025, Stage 14 a 182.6km stage from Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres 1794m / #UCIWT / on July 19, 2025 in Luchon-Superbagneres, France. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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Martinez puts on a rain jacket as he prepares for the descent. He'll be at the top of the climb in 500m.

Martinez collects another five points in his King of the Mountains bid at the top of Col d'Aspin.

KOM - COL D'ASPIN

Kuss is second and Paret-Peintre third to the top, 30 seconds later. Neither rider sprinted for the points.

The Johannessen group, which still contains all of the 14 other chasers, has made it to the top of the Aspin, 2:15 later. They're in no-man's land here, with the chance of winning the stage disappearing ahead of them.

And now the peloton reach the top, 3:30 after Martinez.

Kuss and Paret-Peintre have joined up to Martinez on the descent. It seems the Frenchman sat up to allow them to catch him.

Here’s the new virtual KOM rankings:

3 Pogačar 37

There was word that Mattias Skjelmose would go for the King of the Mountains today, but he’s had to abandon the race, after his crash earlier in the stage.

The leading trio are 1:50 ahead of the chasers, and 3:45 ahead of the peloton. They each have hope of winning the stage, but can't afford the GC race to kick off behind.

50KM TO GO

Here was Kuss and Paret-Peintre, before they joined Martinez.

LUCHON-SUPERBAGNERES, FRANCE - JULY 19: (L-R) Valentin Paret-Peintre of France and Team Soudal Quick-Step and Sepp Kuss of The United States and Team Visma | Lease a Bike compete in the chase group during the 112th Tour de France 2025, Stage 14 a 182.6km stage from Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres 1794m / #UCIWT / on July 19, 2025 in Luchon-Superbagneres, France. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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The chase group has split up on the descent. Johannessen, Yates, Arensman, Rodríguez and O’Connor have gone clear of the rest.

That group is 1:30 behind the leaders, and 20 seconds ahead of the other chas group.

Some riders from the latter chase group have knocked it off and allowed them to get caught - Storer and Vlasov among them.

UAE are upping the pace on the foothills of Col de Peyresourde. They look like they want another stage win.

The riders have been climbing for some time, but will be at the official start of Col de Peyresourde soon.

The three leaders are just 22 seconds ahead of the five-man chase group, with the peloton now just 2:45 behind after UAE's pace increase. This is looking ominous for the break.

40KM TO GO

The riders are on the mountain. This is another of the most famous in the Pyrenees, and climbs for 7.1km at 8.1% over much of the same roads they too on during yesterday's time trial.

COL DE PEYRESOURDE

Woods has already been dropped out of the second chase group. He won't be picking up any more KOM points it seems.

The 5 chasers are about to catch the 3 leaders.

Make that 4 chasers - Yates has been dropped.

The catch has been made and now Arensman leads the group.

O'Connor has been dropped.

That means we no have 6 riders at the front of the race - Martinez, Kuss, Paret-Peintre, Johannessen, Arensman and Rodríguez.

Politt has finished his shift at the front of the peloton, blowing a kiss to the camera. Now Sivakov takes over for UAE.

O'Connor has made his way back into the lead group, and Simon Yates is coming back to them too.

Attack from Arensman.

Martinez and Johannessen have gone with him.

Arensman accelerates again, and drops Johannessen.

And now Martinez loses contact. Arensman is leading the race on his own.

Rubio has worked his way up the road, and is now with Paret-Peintre and Rodríguez in a chase group behind Martinez and Johannessen.

Arensman has built a big lead already, going 45 seconds clear of Martinez and Johannessen.

Now Arensman has a minute. He's motoring up this mountain.

Arensman is also growing his lead on the peloton, to over three minutes. Is the stage win potentially back on?

Rodríguez and Rubio have bridged up to Martinez, Paret-Peintre and Johannessen, but they're not getting any closer to Arensman, who's 1:20 ahead.

Despite having his Ineos teammate up the road, Rodríguez has attacked the chase group

Rodríguez has not managed to drop anyone.

Arensman has reached the top to claim the 10 KOM points. Behind, Martinez sprints to take the 8 points for beind second-place.

KOM - COL DE PEYRESOURDE

Back in the peloton, Marc Soler has taken over from Pavel Sivakov for UAE. They're 3:30 behind Arensman, which is giving the Dutchman a chance of holding on for the stage win.

30KM TO GO

LUCHON-SUPERBAGNERES, FRANCE - JULY 19: Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates - XRG - Yellow leader jersey competes during the 112th Tour de France 2025, Stage 14 a 182.6km stage from Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres 1794m / #UCIWT / on July 19, 2025 in Luchon-Superbagneres, France. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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Here’s the KOM update after the Peyresourde. You sense Martinez needs to grab every point he can get with a certain Slovenian bearing down on him:

3 Pogačar 37

The riders are plunging down this descent, nearing speeds of 100km per hour.

Arensman is still 1:30 ahead of the chasing quintet, and 3:40 ahead of the peloton. He has a chance...

20KM TO GO

Having been dropped on the climb, Sivakov has recovered on the descent and is back leading the peloton again.

We're at the bottom of the descent and will be climbing Superbagnères in just a few kilometres!

Arensman has one Grand Tour stage win to his name from the Vuelta three years ago - a victory here in the Tour would be the biggest of his career.

Victor Campanaerts is still in the peloton. That's some effort for the domestique, excelling in terrain you wouldn't expect to see him performing in.

Belgian Victor Campenaerts of Team Visma-Lease a Bike pictured in action during stage 14 of the 2025 Tour de France cycling race, from Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres (183 km), on Saturday 19 July 2025 in France. The 112th edition of the Tour de France starts on Saturday 5 July in Lille, France, and will finish in Paris, France on the 27th of July. BELGA PHOTO POOL LUCA BETTINI (Photo by POOL LUCA BETTINI / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP)

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The climb hasn’t officially started yet, but the road is already going uphill at a tough gradient.

Sivakov is done again, and Soler takes over. Already the peloton is strung out with riders being dropped, before the official start of the climb.

Jorgenson is one of the riders dropped. Despite his strong time trial yesterday, he’s still struggling.

There are only 15 riders left in the peloton. They haven't even started the climb yet.

Vingegaard has only one teammate with him - Campanaerts. He does have Yates and Kuss up the road, though.

Soler is setting a fierce pace, but he's not taking any time on Arensman. The Dutchman still leads by 3:15.

Arensman has started the climb. It's another brutal one, averaging 75% for 12.6km.

SUPERBAGNERES

There’s no cohesion in the chase group. They’re almost 2:30 behind Arensman, while the peloton has come to within 45 seconds.

Campanaerts is done, while Vingegaard moves up the group a bit to plant himself beside Pogačar.

All of the top ten aside from the abandoned Evenepoel and dropped Jorgenson are still in the 15-man peloton.

Simon Yates is back in the peloton from the break, giving Visma teammate Vingegaard some company.

Johannessen has attacked from the chase group, but it seems too little, too late. He's taken Paret-Peintre, Rubio and Rodríguez with him, but the peloton can almost see them, just 20 seconds behind.

Jhonatan Narváez has taken over from Soler for UAE at the front of the peloton. He's not doing his familiar quick acceleration, however, setting a steady pace instead. That's allowed Arensman to maintain his lead of 2:50.

10KM TO GO

There are still 15 riders in the peloton - Pogačar, Vingegaard, Lipowitz, Onley, Vauquelin, Roglič, Gall, Healy, Narváez, Adam Yates, Simon Yates, Jegat, Tejada, Scotson and O’Connor.

Gall has attacked out of the peloton.

Gall catches Johannessen, Rubio and Rodríguez.

That acceleration has done for Narváez, and now Adam Yates takes over as Pogačar’s last remaining teammate.

Gall has dropped the others and is alone, 15 seconds ahead of the peloton.

Meanwhile things are still looking promising for Arensman, who still has a lead over the peloton of 2:40. That could come down rapidly if Pogačar makes a move, however...

Still Adam Yates leads, with Pogačar on his wheel. They’re beginning to really eat into Arensman time now - his gap’s gone down to 2:30.

5KM TO GO

The man in 6th on the GC has lost the wheel in the peloton and is a few seconds adrift.

VAUQUELIN DROPPED

Since being caught by the peloton, Johannessen has managed to stay there, meaning he still stands to move up on GC.

Healy is the latest to be dropped out of the peloton.

There are now just 7 riders left - Pogačar, Vingegaard, Lipowitz, Onley, Roglič, Adam Yates, and Johannessen.

Meanwhile Gall is still 25 seconds up the road.

Healy has dug deep and is back in the peloton.

We have a first attack, and it's Vingegaard rather than the yellow jersey.

VINGEGAARD ATTACKS

Pogačar follows with apparent ease. The two are clear from the rest.

Lipowitz has ridden himself up to them. This is another great rider from the German, who is on the virtual podium.

The GC trio are about to catch Gall.

A Pogačar acceleration brings himself and Vingegaard up to Gall, and drops Lipowitz.

Vingegaard attacks again! The two Tour de France greats are battling again surrounded by cheering fans on the mountain roadside.

The Dane is unable to drop his rival, however. He continues to puch on, with the yellow jersey on his wheel.

All this is eating into Arenman’s lead, but he’s still looking good for a stage win, with an advantage of 1:30 as he enters the final 1500m.

Lipowitz and Gall are together 10 seconds beind Pog and Vingegaard, with Onley a further 30 seconds behind, and Roglič still further adrift.

Still Arensman's lead is 1:30. He's poised for what would be a sublime stage win in the Pyrenees.

1KM TO GO

Vingegaard is doing all the work, with Pogačar glued to his wheel and not taking a turn. The Slovenian is in defensive mode, for once.

Here comes Arensman, he's in the final few hundred metres.

That's it, Arensman crosses the line to take the stage win!

ARENSMAN WINS

Vingegaard and Pogačar are preparing themselves for the sprint for second-place, and therefore bonus seconds.

Pogačar wins the sprint, and also distances Vingegaard to take a few more seconds.

Gall takes 4th, Lipowitz 5th.

Onley crosses the line to take 6th.

Roglič and Healy finish together, for 7th and 8th.

Johannessen is 9th, and Vauquelin 10th.

INEOS Grenadiers team's Dutch rider Thymen Arensman cycles to the finish line to win the 14th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 182.6 km between Pau and Luchon-Superbagneres, in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France, on July 19, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

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LUCHON-SUPERBAGNERES, FRANCE - JULY 19: Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates - XRG - Yellow leader jersey crosses the finish line during the 112th Tour de France 2025, Stage 14 a 182.6km stage from Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres 1794m / #UCIWT / on July 19, 2025 in Luchon-Superbagneres, France. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)

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The main change in the GC sees Lipowitz, Onley, Vauquelin and Roglič all jump up one place, ahead of Evenepoel. Johannessen remains 8th, while Gall, Healy and Rodríguez all move up two places into 7th, 9th and 10th respectively, with Jorgenson dropping out of the top ten.

Lipowitz not only is now on the podium, but will also wear the white jersey as the best younger rider.

From his body language, it seems Pogačar chose not to chase the stage win, rather than suffer from any lack of legs. He didn’t launch any of his own attacks, but didn’t have any trouble following Vingegaard’s moves. Despite his fighting talk about not wanting to let up on winning stages, he was happy to let someone else have a go on the podium today.

Slovenian Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates crosses the finish line of stage 14 of the 2025 Tour de France cycling race, from Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres (183 km), on Saturday 19 July 2025 in France. The 112th edition of the Tour de France starts on Saturday 5 July in Lille, France, and will finish in Paris, France on the 27th of July. BELGA PHOTO JASPER JACOBS (Photo by JASPER JACOBS / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP)

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Arensman looked absolutely spent at the finish, and understandably. He rode all of the final 35km alone at the front, at the end of what was one of the hardest stages of the Tour, while every other breakaway rider was caught. Chapeau.

INEOS Grenadiers team's Dutch rider Thymen Arensman celebrates after winning the 14th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 182.6 km between Pau and Luchon-Superbagneres, in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France, on July 19, 2025. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / POOL / AFP)

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Vingegaard did try to attack Pogačar on the final climb, but this was about as big a gap as he managed to gain on him.

LUCHON-SUPERBAGNERES, FRANCE - JULY 19: (L-R) Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark and Team Visma | Lease a Bike and Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates - XRG - Yellow Leader Jersey attack during the 112th Tour de France 2025, Stage 14 a 182.6km stage from Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres 1794m / #UCIWT / on July 19, 2025 in Luchon-Superbagneres, France. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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Thanks for joining us today, on what has become an increasingly rare occasion - a mountain stage at the Tour de France won by someone other than Tadej Pogačar.

There’s likely to be a different winner tomorrow, too, for a hill stage that looks like an ideal opportunity for the breakaway to succeed. Be sure to follow along with us again for all the action.

INEOS Grenadiers team's Dutch rider Thymen Arensman celebrates on the podium after winning the 14th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 182.6 km between Pau and Luchon-Superbagneres, in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France, on July 19, 2025. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)

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