Thy and mighty as Evenepoel pulls out

THYMEN ARENSMAN emerged from the fog to take a much-needed victory for the Ineos Grenadiers as Tadej Pogacar further stretched his lead in yellow and Remco Evenepoel abandoned on a brutal stage 14.

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Arensman went solo from a breakaway with 36km to go on the punishing stage from Pau to a summit finish at Superbagneres and held on to win by 68 seconds. Behind, Pogacar marked moves from main rival Jonas Vingegaard before narrowly beating him to second - adding another six seconds to an overall lead tha