After a hard-fought 14th stage of the Tour de France in Lyon, race leader Primoš Roglic confirmed that Sunday's high mountain battle brought back pleasant memories of his recent success.

Teammate Tony Martin kept the front of the pack at a furious pace through Lyon's long, narrow boulevards.

And on Sunday, they will return to a more familiar course: the climb up the Jura mountains on either side of the Grand Colombier, the mountain that they won a convincing Tour de l'Ain five weeks ago.

"Asked Saturday about his success in the three-day French stage race in August, Roglic said, "It was definitely a good sign.

"It's good to win stages and races when you can show that. But now that it's been a month, let's see what happens tomorrow. [Sunday]."

Roglic, whose morale may have been boosted by losing time to rival Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) on Friday's stage to Le Puy Marie, was asked about his team's game plan when the Tour returns to mountain stages, He made a little joke.

"We'll try to survive, just like every day," he replied with deadpan humor. 'We'll have to see how the race goes. We'll have to see how the race goes, but we definitely want to control everything.

Roglic said he was expecting a straighter stage on Saturday, not the high-powered, high-paced first few hours of Beulah Hansgrohe, which brought Peter Sagan back to green and put Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-Quickstep) on the ropes. But Sagan said his team was able to control the situation with a high-voltage finale.

On Sunday, Roglic remained as tight-lipped as ever about who his main rivals would be in the mountains.

"It will be another good challenge, and it will be fun to watch. But mostly to myself."