Tour De France 2014 Results, Video Highlights, Classification: Rafal Majka Wins Stage 13, Vincenzo Nibali Extends Lead
Rafal Majka won the 14th stage of Tour de France 2014 on Saturday, while Vincenzo Nibali extended his yellow jersey lead after finishing second in the grueling race.
Facing his second consecutive Alpine climb, Majka made sure that he will cross the line first this time after losing out in his bid to claim a 13th-stage victory on Friday in Chamrousse, where Nibali overtook Majka in the final stretch of the race.
Majka, who is the top bet of the Tinkoff-Saxo team after Alberto Contador failed to continue, spearheaded a breakaway in the final climb en route to the 14th-stage win, beating Nibali by 24 seconds and Jean-Christophe Peraud by 26 seconds.
"This is my first victory and maybe it's not finished, get in another long breakaway and try win another stage," said Majka, who gave Tinkoff-Saxo their first stage victory in this year's Le Tour. "This is a victory for Alberto Contador because we came here trying to win the Tour for him."
The peloton faced a difficult 177-kilometer race from Grenoble to Risoul, which featured a 2,360 climb that was sandwiched by two category one climbs. Below is the top 10 finishers for Saturday's race:
Top 10, Stage 14
- Rafal Majka (Pol/Tinkoff - Saxo) 5hrs 08mins 28secs
- Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Astana) +24secs
- Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra/AG2R) +26secs
- Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ) +50secs
- Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R) Same time
- Tejay van Garderen (US/BMC Racing) +54secs
- Fraenk Schleck (Lux/Trek) +1min 01secs
- Laurens ten Dam (Ned/Belkin) +1min07secs
- Leopold Koenig (Cze/NetApp) +1min 20secs
- Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +1min 24secs
With his second-place finish following his 13th-stage win, Nibali extended his overall lead after Valverde struggled in the home stretch of stage 14, losing a minute to the Team Astana rider.
Below is the updated general classification, top 10, after 13 stages:
Top 10, General Classification
- Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Astana) 61hrs 52mins 54secs
- Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +4mins 37secs
- Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R) +4mins 50secs
- Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ) +5mins 06secs
- Tejay van Garderen (US/BMC Racing) +5mins 49secs
- Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra/AG2R) +6mins 08secs
- Bauke Mollema (Ned/Belkin) +8mins 33secs
- Leopold Koenig (Cze/NetApp Endura) +9mins 32secs
- Laurens ten Dam (Ned/Belkin) +10mins 01secs
- Pierre Rolland (Fra/Europcar) +10mins 48secs
Highlights
Stage 14 highlights are available on the official Le Tour 2014 website through this link.
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