The defending champion proved he was a class above the rest with a dominant 12km solo win on the Hautacam climb

LUCHON, France (Reuters) -Thymen Arensman of the Netherlands won the 14th stage of the Tour de France after a superb solo ride in the 183-km (113-mile) mountain trek between Pau and Superbagneres on Saturday.

Tadej Pogacar powered to victory in an uphill time trial on stage 13 of the Tour de France on Friday to stretch his lead in the race to more than four minutes. Jonas Vingegard and Remco Evenepoel clung on to their places in the overall top three, but this 10.9km time-trial triumph was defending champion Pogacar’s second crushing win in two days.

BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, France - Thymen Arensman of the Netherlands won the 14th stage of the Tour de France after a superb solo ride in the 183-km (113-mile) mountain trek between Pau and Superbagneres on Saturday.

Tadej Pogacar unleashed a vintage assault on the unforgiving slopes of Hautacam, crushing the Tour de France 12th stage and leaving chief rival Jonas Vingegaard gasping for air and clinging to fading hopes on a brutal,