Mollema wins Tour’s 14th stage

Tadej Pogacar will head into the final week of the Tour de France with a commanding advantage to retain cycling’s elite title after he was unchallenged on the 14th stage won by Bauke Mollema. Pogacar’s UAE Team Emirates stayed comfortable at or near the front of the peloton through the 114mile trek from Carcassonne to Quillan in southern France, a hilly stage that sets up more serious tests in the Pyrenees.

The Slovenian holds a fourminute lead over Guillaume Martin. The French rider, who was in the breakaway group, moved from ninth overall to second. Rigoberto Uran, Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz are all more than five minutes off Pogacar’s pace.

Mollema, a rider for Trek, claimed his second career stage victory and first since 2017 when he broke away on the way down from the fourth of the day’s five climbs.

Motor sports: Kyle Busch completed a 5for5 sweep of what he says will be his final season in the Xfinity Series with a late recovery at Atlanta Motor Speedway, knocking teammate Daniel Hemric from the lead with a late push.

Busch finished 0.550 of a second ahead of Jeb Burton for his 102nd Xfinity victory and 222nd overall in NASCAR’s three national series.

WNBA: Tina Charles had 34 points as the Washington Mystics beat the host Chicago Sky 8985 in overtime.

Legal matters: Atlanta Falcons linebacker Barkevious Mingo was arrested in Arlington, Texas, on a charge of indecency with a childsexual contact. Arlington Police said they could provide no further information about the investigation. Arrested Thursday, Mingo was released after posting a $25,000 bond.