Tour de France (2021) Photos; Stage 14: Carcassonne → Quillan, 184 km |
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| Jersey wearers for Stage 14 in Carcassonne; J.Vingegaard (TJV), N.Quintana (ARK), T.Pogacar (UAE) and M.Cavendish (DQT) | share this photo |
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| Sunflowers | share this photo |
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| The peloton engulfed in sunflowers | share this photo |
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| Today's break took around 80 km to get clear | share this photo |
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| Picturesque Gorges du St. Georges | share this photo |
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| Well protected all day by his teammates, the race leader, Tadej Pogacar (UAE TEAM EMIRATES), as the peloton pass through picturesque Gorges du St. Georges | share this photo |
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| Final climb, col de Saint Louis with 17 km to go after Bauke Mollema (Netherlands / Team Trek - Segafredo) struck out from the break with 40 km to go: "It was a nice group with a lot of strong guys, but we were not working together so well. A few guys were not turning, and I was feeling good, so I just thought, let's go from far. I was 40 kilometers alone." | share this photo |
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| col de Saint Louis | share this photo |
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| Bauke Mollema (TREK SEGAFREDO) soloing to the finish in Quillan | share this photo |
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| Painting courtesy of Sam Smith. You can follow him on Instagram at @jesuisSamSmith | share this photo |
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| Bauke MOLLEMA (NED/TREK-SEGAFREDO) posts up solo in Quillan | share this photo |
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| "This is super nice; it's amazing to win a stage again," said Mollema. "I am super happy. The team was riding really aggressively the last week; we were really going for the stage win; we are not in the GC anymore, so stages like this, we really wanted to be in the break. | share this photo |
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| "It was a super hard day and took 80-90 kilometers before a break finally went. The team did amazing – we didn't miss any move at the start of the race. We were always in the front with 4-5 guys," said Mollema, heaping praise on his team. | share this photo |
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| Two-up sprint for 2nd between Patrick KONRAD (AUT/BORA-HANSGROHE) and Sergio HIGUITA (COL/EF EDUCATION-NIPPO) | share this photo |
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| 2nd Patrick KONRAD (AUT/BORA-HANSGROHE) + 1:04 and 3rd Sergio HIGUITA (COL/EF EDUCATION-NIPPO). Patrick KONRAD (AUT/BORA-HANSGROHE) post-race: "It was a really, really long and hard fight today for the break to form. I would say that 80% of the bunch wanted to be in there and that's why it took so long to finally go away. After seeing that the GC riders seemed to be happy the race started to get controlled by UAE, I saw it was my opportunity and had to take it, so I went full gas on the KOM and got in the break. With Guillaume Martin in the day's breakaway, it was clear I wasn't going to pull in that group. He was 9 minutes back in the GC and I didn't want to bring him earlier to the finish. I was sitting at the back of the break when Mollema attacked. I don't know why nobody made the effort to follow him, I tried once but there was no rhythm any longer in the break. I can't say I'm unhappy but I would certainly be happier if I were sprinting for victory. Mollema made a smart move, the road was twisting and we couldn't see him. The climbs suited him today and he was strong. When he had a 30-second lead nobody wanted to chase him and it wasn't up to me to do it." | share this photo |
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| 6 Omar FRAILE (ESP/ASTANA-PREMIER TECH) + 1:25, 7 Elie GESBERT (FRA/TEAM ARKÉA-SAMSIC), 8 Quentin PACHER (FRA/B&B HOTELS P/B KTM), 9 Louis MEINTJES (RSA/INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT MATÉRIAUX), 10 Esteban CHAVES (COL/TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE) + 1:28, 11 Guillaume MARTIN (FRA/COFIDIS) who moved from 9th to 2nd on GC | share this photo |
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| 6 minutes behind the stage winner was the peloton with the race leader, Tadej POGACAR (SLO/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) | share this photo |
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| Your Stage 14 winner, Bauke MOLLEMA (NED/TREK-SEGAFREDO) | share this photo |
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| Race leader, Tadej POGACAR (SLO/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) | share this photo |
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| New KOM leader, Michael WOODS (CAN/ISRAEL START-UP NATION) | share this photo |
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| Easily the most aggressive rider, the stage winner Bauke MOLLEMA (NED/TREK-SEGAFREDO) | share this photo |
Tour de France (2021) Photos; Stage 14: Carcassonne → Quillan, 184 km |
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