{"id":811664,"date":"2026-07-19T06:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T06:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/811664\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T06:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T06:44:13","slug":"2026-tour-de-france-stage-14-cuatro-for-maestro-pogacar-cycling-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/811664\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Tour de France Stage 14: Cuatro for Maestro Pogacar – Cycling West"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday, July 18th, 14th stage: Mulhouse > Le Markstein Fellering \u2013 The second Tour de France stage finish at Le Markstein, three years after the previous one, crowned the same winner: Tadej Pogacar. This second success reads very differently from the previous: at the time, the Slovenian star bounced back to a consolation victory as he suffered the dominance of Jonas Vingegaard in the overall standings. Three years later, the UAE Emirates XRG leader shone at his brightest, the Maillot Jaune on his back, as he powered to a fourth victory this year, alone at the front. Across his seven participations, he now has 25 stage wins, the same total as Andr\u00e9 Leducq. Only three riders remain ahead: Mark Cavendish (35), Eddy Merckx (34), and Bernard Hinault (28). Second on the day, Isaac del Toro achieved another 1-2 for UAE Emirates XRG. Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) completed the day\u2019s top 3 and climbed one spot in the overall standings, surpassing Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) and taking the white jersey as the leader of the young riders\u2019 classification.<\/p>\n

\"Pogacar<\/a>Pogacar rode away from the few remaining to take Stage 14 of the 2026 Tour de France. Photo: \u00a9 A.S.O.\/ThomasMaheux
\nHealy Shapes the Breakaway<\/p>\n

Before the climbing began, Alpecin-Premier Tech controlled the opening kilometers to secure maximum points for Jasper Philipsen at the intermediate sprint in Wattwiller (km 12.6). Soon after the sprint, the peloton reached the foot of the Grand Ballon (Category 1, summit at km 36.6), where an intense battle to establish the day\u2019s breakaway unfolded.<\/p>\n

Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) attacked early on the climb and emerged as the driving force behind the move. Around 30 riders eventually formed the break, including his teammates Richard Carapaz, Alex Baudin and Georg Steinhauser. Tom Pidcock (Pinarello Q36.5) was again on the attack, one day after his successful breakaway to Belfort lifted him to fourth place overall. Visma-Lease a Bike also placed three riders in the move: Matteo Jorgenson, Bruno Armirail and Victor Campenaerts.<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/a>Ben Healy leads the break. 18\/07\/2026 \u2013 Tour de France 2026 \u2013 \u00c9tape 14 \u2013 Mulhouse \/ Le Markstein Fellering (155,3 km) \u2013 Photo: Thomas Maheux\/ASO
\nParet-Peintre Sweeps Early KOMs<\/p>\n

Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step) reached the summit of the Grand Ballon first, ahead of Richard Carapaz. The pair remained clear on the descent before being joined by Healy and twins Tobias and Anders Johannessen. On the second climb of the day, the Col du Page (Category 2, km 71.3), Einer Rubio bridged across with the help of teammate Pablo Castrillo to form a six-man lead group. Thymen Arensman (Netcompany Ineos) had been in contention to join them but lost ground after suffering a mechanical problem.<\/p>\n

Paret-Peintre again led over the summit, while the break\u2019s advantage grew to a maximum of 3 minutes, 10 seconds on the ensuing descent. Behind them, Armirail and Campenaerts worked relentlessly to keep the chase group ahead of the peloton.<\/p>\n

On the Ballon d\u2019Alsace, Paret-Peintre completed a clean sweep of the day\u2019s first three categorized climbs, taking over the King of the Mountains classification with 43 points, one more than Tadej Pogacar. Carapaz moved up to 38 points. At the summit, the chase group trailed by 1 minute, 50 seconds, with the peloton another 10 seconds behind. The groups reunited on the descent.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>18\/07\/2026 \u2013 Tour de France 2026 \u2013 \u00c9tape 14 \u2013 Mulhouse \/ Le Markstein Fellering (155,3 km) \u2013 Tobias JOHANNESSEN (UNO-X MOBILITY), Ben HEALY (EF EDUCATION \u2013 EASYPOST) Photo: Thomas Maheux\/ASO<\/p>\n

Stage 14 Highlights:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Seixas Stays With Pogacar and Del Toro<\/p>\n

At the front, Healy emptied the tank in support of Carapaz\u2019s bid for the stage victory, while Anders Johannessen did the same for his brother Tobias. Their advantage had shrunk to 1 minute, 30 seconds by the foot of the final climb, the Col du Haag (Category 1, km 149.4).<\/p>\n

Carapaz and Tobias Johannessen quickly distanced the rest of the break as Decathlon CMA CGM increased the pace in the general classification group. Carapaz launched a solo attack with just under 9 kilometers remaining on the climb, but Johannessen fought back to rejoin him with 3 kilometers to the summit. Behind them, Jonas Vingegaard accelerated and closed the gap with 2.5 kilometers remaining.<\/p>\n

Less than a kilometer later, the gradient pitched up to 16 percent, prompting Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates XRG) to launch his decisive attack. Vingegaard initially responded, while Paul Seixas bridged back to the Dane by the summit. Isaac Del Toro then closed the gap on the false flat leading to the finish.<\/p>\n

Pogacar powered to his 25th Tour de France stage victory. Del Toro finished second, while Seixas took third and gained 16 seconds on Juan Ayuso in the overall standings. The French rider also claimed the white jersey, the first Tour de France classification jersey of his career.<\/p>\n

\"18\/07\/2026<\/a>18\/07\/2026 \u2013 Tour de France 2026 \u2013 \u00c9tape 14 \u2013 Mulhouse \/ Le Markstein Fellering (155,3 km) \u2013 Photo: Thomas Maheux\/ASO
\n\"Tadej<\/a>Tadej Pogacar went on to win stage 14 of the 202t6 Tour de France. Photo: Charly Lopez\/ASO<\/p>\n

2026 Tour de France Stage 14 Results:<\/p>\n

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General Classification after Stage 14:<\/p>\n

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