Australian Michael Rogers rides solo to Tour de France stage win in the Pyrenees

By Rupert Guinness
Updated September 3 2014 - 10:08am, first published July 23 2014 - 6:44pm
Great form ... Michael Rogers of Australia and the Tinkoff-Saxo team celebrates winning stage 16 of the 2014 Tour de France, a 238km stage between Carcassonne and Bagneres-de-Luchon. Photo: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images
Great form ... Michael Rogers of Australia and the Tinkoff-Saxo team celebrates winning stage 16 of the 2014 Tour de France, a 238km stage between Carcassonne and Bagneres-de-Luchon. Photo: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images
Planning his break ... Michael Rogers of Australia (Tinkoff-Saxo) leads Jose Rodolfo Serpa of Columbia (Lampre-Merida) and Thomas Voeckler of France (Team Europcar) on the climb of the Port de Bales. Photo: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images
Planning his break ... Michael Rogers of Australia (Tinkoff-Saxo) leads Jose Rodolfo Serpa of Columbia (Lampre-Merida) and Thomas Voeckler of France (Team Europcar) on the climb of the Port de Bales. Photo: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images

Bagneres de Luchon: Before the Tour de France entered the Pyrenees on Tuesday for the first of three stages in the mountain range bordering Spain, Michael Rogers said: “I’m not a big fan of riding 230km into a headwind with a couple of guys. It doesn’t make any sense to me.”

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