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Sean Quinn led the break.
69km remaining
The latest to drop out from the break are Juul-Jensen and Geschke…
73km remaining
Rui Costa and Fabien Grellier also dropped out.
Among the players who dropped out during the break were Campenaerts, Vauquelin and Garcia Pierna.
EF’s Sean Quinn was one of the riders in the lead pack.
Van der Poel led the attack.
78km remaining
The chasing group caught the top four and there were now 19 riders in the lead.
Philipsen, Ghirmay, De Lee and Beurens fall back from the movement.
We had a 4 minute break after starting the climb.
80km remaining
Ghirmay had seven points and Philipsen had six.
Coquard leads the intermediate sprint before the start of the climb up the Col du Tourmalet.
Girmay, Campenaerts, Geschke, Ben Healy, Michal Kviatkovskiy, Alexei Lutsenko and Louis Meintjes were in the pursuit group.
90km remaining
Meanwhile, the peloton is one minute behind.
A large group of about 15 people followed us.
Four have made it across and eight are now in the lead.
With him are Magnus Court, Kevin Vauquelin and Raul Garcia Pierna.
100km remaining
For groups it is 15 seconds.
News has it that Geraint Thomas has also tested positive for COVID-19 but will take part in today’s race.
112km remaining
Coquard and van der Poel are leading the new movement along with Lotto’s Arnaud de Lees and Cedric Buren.
The Tourmalet is the first climb of the day…
118km remaining
And yet the attacks continue without ever actually leaving the group.
Simon Geschke was one of the attackers.
Campenaerts, Ghirmay, Philipsen and Frank van den Broeck are among those trying to move on.
126km remaining
The pack starts moving towards the start of Stage 14.
The average speed was 50km/h for the first 22km.
130km remaining
Capiot finished the race early.
Today we will run the first 70km on flat roads.
The riders only managed to create a small gap from the front before being caught again.
138km remaining
With many teams and riders looking to get ahead, it may take some time for a break to establish here.
More attacks flow forward.
148km remaining
He is currently parked on the side of the road in his Arkéa-B&B Hotels team car, racing for Amaury Capiot.
Capiot returned to the team car looking shaken up and I don’t think he’ll be able to finish today.
Brian Cockard has a slight lead up front.
Amaury Capiot quickly fell to the rear, having been hit hard by Maxime Van Gils in yesterday’s finish line crash.
On a flat course, the racers attacked from the start, with Victor Campenaerts and Mathieu van der Poel taking the lead.
152km remaining
2.5km…
5km left of the neutral zone.
It’s time to go! The riders have left the neutral zone and are heading towards the official start.
Eurosport report that Geraint Thomas is unwell and is currently being monitored by the Ineos Grenadiers squad.
Israel Premier Tech’s Guillaume Boivin also joined the list of no-shows today, along with Tom Pidcock.
Tadej Pogacar, wearing the yellow jersey, heads towards the start.
After 15 minutes the group sets off and the stage begins.
How to watch Stage 14 of the 2024 Tour de France
There are 30 minutes left until the stage starts.
Close loss in Pau proves Wout van Aert is in good form at the Tour de France
Yesterday’s stage was one of the fastest road stages in the history of the Tour de France, with a shortened mass sprint at Pau allowing Jasper Philipsen to beat Wout van Aert to the finish.
Pidcock becomes the latest major rider to withdraw from the race in the past 24 hours, joining Ayuso and Primoz Roglic, the Slovenian having dropped out from sixth place overall after a crash on Thursday’s 12th stage.
The teams and riders are currently at the starting line, with signings being made ahead of the launch in Pau.
Tom Pidcock withdraws from 2024 Tour de France due to COVID-19 symptoms
Yesterday, Juan Ayuso withdrew from the race early on in Stage 13. The Spaniard withdrew from a top 10 position after testing positive for COVID-19.
Ineos Grenadiers rider Tom Pidcock will not be competing in this morning’s race, with the team announcing he is returning home to recover from COVID-19.
Let’s take a look back at the results from Friday’s 13th stage and the current overall standings below.
Tour de France 2024 Stage 14 Preview: “Win or lose?” – Leaders Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard head into a major mountain duel in the Pyrenees
Col du Tourmalet: 30 facts about the Tour de France’s most visited mountain pass
It’s not the only big mountain stage taking place today, with Italy’s women’s peloton taking on Passo Lanciano and Blockhaus on a key day in the opening days of the 2024 Grand Tour.
Let’s take a look at the map for today’s stage as the race heads south from Pau into the mountains.
Three big climbs are on the menu today: Col du Tourmalet, Urquette d’Ancizan and Pra d’Adet.
Today we head back up the mountain, with the stage due to start in two hours.
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