In front is Brian Coquard who has a small gap.
Amaury Capiot is immediately behind. He fell badly after colliding with Maxim Van Gils in a finish line crash yesterday.
Attack on this flat ground from the beginning. Victor Campenaerts and Mathieu van der Poel are leading the way.
152 km to go
2.5 km…
5 km left of neutral zone.
here is my! The riders pass through the neutral zone and head towards the official start.
Eurosport report that Geraint Thomas is unwell and is being monitored by his Ineos Grenadiers team today.
Israel-Premier Tech’s Guillaume Boivin joins Tom Pidcock on the non-starters list today.
Yellow jersey’s Tadej Pogacar is heading towards the start.
The peloton will leave for the start of the stage in 15 minutes.
How to watch stage 14 of the 2024 Tour de France
Now there is half an hour left for the stage to start.
Latest confirmation of surging Tour de France form for Wout van Aert near miss in Pau
Yesterday’s stage was one of the fastest road stages in Tour de France history, ending with a low bunch sprint in Pau as Jasper Philipsen held off Wout van Aert.
Pidcock joins Ayuso and Primoz Roglič among the big names to leave the race in the last 24 hours. The Slovenian was relegated to sixth overall after a crash on Stage 12 on Thursday.
Teams and riders are just getting started and signing up ahead of the roll-out in Pau.
Tom Pidcock abandons 2024 Tour de France due to COVID-19 symptoms
Yesterday saw Juan Ayuso abandon the race at the start of stage 13. The Spaniard resigned from a top-10 spot after testing positive for COVID-19.
Ineos Grenadiers rider Tom Pidcock has crashed out of the race this morning. His team announced that he was going home to recover from COVID-19.
Take a look at the results from Friday’s Stage 13 and the current GC photo below.
Tour de France 2024 Stage 14 preview: ‘Too close to call’ – Leader Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Wingegaard face key Pyrenean mountain duel
Col du Tourmalet: 30 facts about the Tour de France’s most visited climb
This is not the only major mountain platform running today. In Italy, the women’s peloton are tackling Passo Lanciano and Blockhaus on a decisive day in their inaugural Grand Tour of 2024.
Take a look at today’s stage map as the race heads south from Pau into the mountains.
Today the menu consists of three major climbs, including the Col du Tourmalet, the Overquet d’Ancizon and the Pla d’Edette.
We reached the mountains once again today, the stage is scheduled to start in two hours.
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