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Alasdair Fotheringham

Carlos Rodríguez moves to third on GC with breakthrough win in Tour de France

INEOS - Grenadiers' Spanish rider Carlos Rodriguez Cano cycles to the finish line to win the 14th stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 152 km between Annemasse and Morzine Les Portes du Soleil, in the French Alps, on July 15, 2023. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

A cunningly calculated downhill attack on stage 14 of the Tour de France has allowed 22-year-old Carlos Rodríguez to claim a breakthrough victory that simultaneously propels the young Spaniard onto the provisional podium and nets Ineos Grenadiers their second win in two days.

Riding his first ever Tour de France, Rodríguez was dropped on the Joux Plane by Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) halfway up the ascent. But the Spaniard then regained contact with Pogačar’s teammate Adam Yates just after the summit.

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