Stage 14

The road

At the start

The longest day, and a long climb

Michael Woods won alone on the Ancares, and behind him Roglič put 1:55 into Ben O'Connor: the red jersey leads by just 1:21. Today is the longest stage of the race, 199 kilometres and a third consecutive day in the mountains, but the only serious obstacle is the Puerto de Leitariegos — 22.8 kilometres at 4.5%, steady all the way — and it summits fifteen kilometres from a fast run into Villablino.

How it was won

1. 120 km to go

   Narváez animates the Leitariegos

   Jhonatan Narváez attacks again and again off the front of the break on the long Puerto de Leitariegos, but the sprinters' teams reel him in near the top.

2. 2At the line

   Groves outdrags Van Aert

   On the uphill drag to Villablino, Groves launches first and just holds off a lunging Van Aert in a man-to-man drag race for his second win of the race.

The result