Tadej Pogacar nabs stage 14 win as Del Toro takes second
Tadej Pogacar won Tour de France stage 14 with a late solo attack on the Col du Haag to Le Markstein, his fourth stage win of 2026. Searches for tadej pogaar spiked as Isaac del Toro took second, Paul Seixas third, and the yellow jersey stretched his GC lead.
Key Takeaways
- Pogacar attacked 1.6 km from the Col du Haag summit and won solo at Le Markstein for a fourth stage of the 2026 Tour.
- Isaac del Toro finished second, 38 seconds back, ahead of Paul Seixas and Jonas Vingegaard.
- Pogacar now leads Vingegaard by 4 minutes 30 seconds on general classification.
- Seixas took the white jersey; Tom Pidcock slipped from second to ninth overall.
What happened on Tour de France stage 14?
On the Vosges climbs, UAE leader Tadej Pogacar struck on the steepest final slopes of the Col du Haag. The move came 1.6 km from the summit and about 7.5 km from the finish at Le Markstein, according to The Guardian.
Vingegaard, Seixas and Florian Lipowitz were left behind on the climb. Pogacar also caught late escapee Richard Carapaz with just over 8 km remaining, denying the Ecuadorian another near-miss after Bastille Day disappointment.
Del Toro closed the gap on the chase group and outsprinted for second. Seixas took third after matching Vingegaard on the rolling descent and dropping the Dane in the sprint, while Vingegaard arrived a few seconds further back.
Why does the stage 14 result matter for the yellow jersey?
The win was Pogacar's fourth stage of this Tour and his second at Le Markstein after 2023. He gained 38 seconds on del Toro and stretched his overall cushion to 4 minutes 30 seconds over Vingegaard.
Decathlon's hard pace on the Col du Haag shattered the peloton for teenage leader Seixas. Pidcock lost contact early on that climb and tumbled from second overall earlier in the stage to ninth by the finish.
Remco Evenepoel was among those dropped on the climb, though his group finished only a few seconds behind the main chasers. For more race-day alerts in this channel, see our Fintech & Crypto Alerts desk.
How did weather and the early race shape the finale?
A deluge flooded the Le Markstein finish as UAE began closing down the breakaways. The storm hit on the Col de Page descent, briefly distancing Vingegaard on slick bends before Visma Lease-a-bike responded.
Earlier, an intermediate sprint went to Jasper Philipsen ahead of Mads Pedersen and Max Kanter. A break featuring Carapaz, Ben Healy and others held a margin of just over three minutes at best before Pogacar's group reeled them in on the final climb.
Seixas now leads the young rider classification. Decathlon sports director Luke Rowe struck a pragmatic note afterward, saying one rider remains substantially better than the rest of the leaders and the peloton.