Cycling - Tour de France - The 117.5-km Stage 14 from Tarbes to Tourmalet Bareges - July 20, 2019 - Groupama-FDJ rider Thibaut Pinot of France wins the stage. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann
COL DU TOURMALET, France (Reuters) - An enraged Thibaut Pinot put the hammer down on the first major mountain test of the Tour de France, leading a French one-two ahead of overall leader Julian Alaphilippe to triumph at the top of the iconic Col du Tourmalet on Saturday.
On a day of surprises, meanwhile, defending champion Geraint Thomas lost contact in the final kilometre of the brutal ascent to the cloud-clad Pyrenean pass ending 2,115 metres above sea level.
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