Richard Carapaz
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Tour de France 2021: Bauke Mollema wins hilly 14th stage; Tadej Pogacar keeps big lead
•Pogacar has kept the yellow jersey since he took control of the race on Stage 8 in the Alps. Rigoberto Uran, Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz are all more than five minutes off his pace.
Tour de France 2021: Defending champion Tadej Pogacar takes overall lead, Dylan Teuns wins stage 8
•UAE's Slovenian leader Pogacar finished fourth, around a minute behind Teuns, but took another three minutes out of his most credible rival Ineos' Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz.
Tour de France 2021: Tadej Pogacar stamps authority by dominating time-trial, Mathieu van der Poel flies in yellow
•Pogacar's phenomenal ride didn't quite give him the overall lead but it leaves him in the driving seat for the title, 1min 44sec ahead of Carapaz, with Roglic and Thomas four and 10sec further adrift respectively.
Tour of Catalonia 2021: Lotto-Soudal's Andreas Kron claims first senior win of career in opening stage
•The 22-year-old was part of a small group of riders who broke away from the peloton with around 10 kilometres to go in the 178.5km stage at Calella and manage to pip his rivals in the final sprint across the line.
Vuelta a Espana 2020: Slovenia's Primoz Roglic fends off Richard Carapaz to win second successive title
•Jumbo-Visma's Roglic becomes the first rider to defend the Vuelta since Roberto Heras in 2005, with Germany's Pascal Ackermann clinching the 18th and final stage victory in Madrid.
Vuelta a Espana 2020: Overall leader Primoz Roglic wins penultimate stage to close in on second successive trophy
•Roglic came under intense pressure from Ineos leader Richard Carapaz on the final climb with the Colombian set for the runner-up position, 24sec adrift after the 17th stage won by Frenchman David Gaudu.
Vuelta a Espana 2020: Primoz Roglic extends lead as Magnus Cort Nielsen wins Stage 16
•Roglic finished second on the day to increase his advantage over Richard Carapaz to 45 seconds heading into the final weekend of the race that finishes in Madrid on Sunday.
Vuelta a Espana: Jasper Philipsen wins 'unexpected' stage; Primoz Roglic retains lead
•Defending champion Roglic kept hold of the red jersey ahead of Richard Carapaz after a rain-sodden 230.8km in north-western Spain
Vuelta a Espana 2020: Belgium's Tim Wellens wins stage 14 as Primoz Roglic retains overall lead
•Wellens of Lotto Soudal won stage 14 in Ourense after holding off a late surge from EF Pro Cycling's Michael Woods.
Vuelta a Espana 2020: Primoz Roglic wins time trial to retake overall lead from Richard Carapaz
•On Wednesday, riders face a 204-kilometer (126-mile) 14th stage through the hilly Galician terrain.