Thymen Arensman celebrates his victory in stage 14 of the Tour de France.
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The Dutch cyclist Thymen Arensman took the solo victory on stage 14 of the Tour de France, a demanding high mountain challenge. The fraction podium was completed by Tadej Pogacar, leader of the general, and Jonas Vingegaard, second and third respectively.
Arensman, who came to take two minutes to the persecuting escape, who had among its members the Colombian Einer Rubio (Movistar), alone commanded the ascent to Luchon-Superbagnères, where the finish line was waiting for him.
The Pedalist of the INEOS, who throughout this tour has exercised as gregarious of Carlos Rodríguez, did not miss his moment of being the protagonist and in the Tour and knew how to suffer in the demanding ramps of the closure. He concluded the tour with a time of four hours, 51 minutes and 35 seconds.
Tadej Pogacar, leader of the general, amounted to Superbagnère in the company of his gregarios of the UAE Team Emirates and before the watchful eye of Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Liease to Bike). They reached the group of escapees in the absence of 6.8 kilometers to reach the goal.
Vingegaard waited for the time to attack and did so in the absence of four kilometers for the goal. Only Pogacar and Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull) could keep up with him. Together they hunt the Austrian Felix Gall (Decathlon Ag2R La Mondiale Team).
When the favorites made contact with Gall, Vingegaard changed rhythm again and on that occasion only Pogacar could keep his wheel. The owner of the yellow jersey launched an explosive attack that allowed him to keep the second place of the day and get a handful of seconds to the Danish.
Profile of stage 14
Stage 14 of the Tour of France 2025, with 182.6 km between PAU and a top in the Pyrenees, is one of the most demanding and decisive days for the general classification. It had three special category ports and one first.
The first of the two special category promotions is that of Tourmalet, which on Saturday beat one of the best located cyclists. Remco Evenepoel, leader of the young and third in the general, left the race before completing that port.
The goal in ascent, located in Luchon-Superbagnère, had a 12.6km stretch with 7.5% inclination. The positive slope accumulated on this day was 5,048 meters, the second highest of this edition, only surpassed by stage 18 (5,792 meters).
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