"He deserves the victory today... It was a very impressive ride" - Jonas Vingegaard congratulates Tadej Pogacar after stage 14 of 2024 Tour de France
CyclingSaturday, 13 July 2024 at 19:55
Jonas Vingegaard may have lost some time to Tadej Pogacar in the fight for the Maillot Jaune on stage 14 of the 2024 Tour de France, but the Danish leader of Team Visma | Lease a Bike is up to 2nd overall and now officially the main challenger of his Slovenian rival in the general classification.
Despite being unable to match Pogacar's initial attack and the UAE Team Emirates leader having a satellite rider up the road to latch on to after attacking in Adam Yates, Vingegaard managed the time loss well, eventually crossing the line 'only' 39 seconds down on his great rival, leaving the reigning, two time Tour de France winner now 1:57 down in the general classification.
"Of course I was very happy to see the finish line," Vingegaard admits afterwards in conversation with ITV Sport. "But, I did a good performance and I think I can be happy with that. He deserves the victory today, so congrats to him and yeah, it was a really impressive ride that he did."
Stage 15 however, offers Vingegaard an immediate chance to gain revenge. "There is a new day tomorrow and hopefully I can make a difference there instead," he previews. "I think in general it is just a bit harder of a day. Today was very short so to say and I think the longer and harder, the better it is for me!"
2024 Tour de France stage 14 results:
| 1 | POGACAR Tadej | UAE Team Emirates | 210 | 04:01:51 |
| 2 | VINGEGAARD Jonas | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 150 | + 39 |
| 3 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Soudal Quick-Step | 110 | + 01:10 |
| 4 | RODRIGUEZ Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | 90 | + 01:19 |
| 5 | CICCONE Giulio | Lidl-Trek | 70 | + 01:23 |
| 6 | BUITRAGO Santiago | Bahrain Victorious | 55 | + 01:23 |
| 7 | YATES Adam | UAE Team Emirates | 45 | + 01:23 |
| 8 | GALL Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | 40 | + 01:26 |
| 9 | JORGENSON Matteo | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 35 | + 01:29 |
| 10 | GEE Derek | Israel-Premier Tech | 30 | + 01:29 |
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- In retrospect he (and the chasing group) might have minimised the gap if they'd worked together right after the descent. Visma had planned to place Jorgensen ahead there to pull Jonas, so at the start of the day he had been expecting help there. Then he could have ridden away in the last kilometres.Hills3311-07-2026
- At last we see the name of the great MVDP mentioned in the news.. How can this guy perform when he himself says he finds it boring? He already knows he can't win before the race even started. So disappointing, for someone who's always in the conversation when talking about great cyclists. Good advice though.. great riders race to win, or stay at home.. For me, he's very good.. but is somewhat like a spoiled brat (rides around in a Lambo, flies to races in his own jet..) Just kidding.. he's okay..FredMan11-07-2026
- Reduced to doing anything to attract attention. How the mighty have fallen.Renz11-07-2026
- Not sure how he'd have "gotten in the way" of the sprint and then ended up 9 seconds back, but it's not impossible, I guess.acem8211-07-2026
- I highly doubt he really cares who you are! As do most of us on this site!frieders311-07-2026
- Some one needs to drug test Wiggins with that comment!frieders311-07-2026
- You are aware of how much time they gained on him as he faded, yes? He went from being a minute ahead to being all of 20 seconds ahead. It was a bad day for him.RidesHills11-07-2026
- Pidcock and Q36.5 got ahead of themselves. The Vuelta's punchier climbs and its avoidance of stacking hard climbs makes it more suited to Pidcock. The next step is the Giro, which has more of the long climbs, but a similar field to the Vuelta. Then, if that goes well the Tour is next. Although, given his injuries at Catalunya, he'd not have gone to the Giro on form. In that case, the Vuelta would have been better
Rafionain-Glas11-07-2026 - You got to admire him and Almeida who when asked to serve a stronger team lead, don't think too much of their own goals, but are subservient to the task at hand and give it all.
KerisVroom11-07-2026 - If Tadej is motivated he wins this by 15 minutes or more. There is no rivalry.zaz11-07-2026
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"The longer and harder, the better it is for me" Jonas Vingegaard reflected on what he considered a good performance on stage 14, and said stage 15 suits him much more than today did 🇩🇰 #TDF2024
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