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Capiot is back at the team car and he looks upset, it’s hard to see him finishing today.
At the front it is Bryan Coquard who has a small lead.
Amaury Capiot is immediately from the back row. He fell hard after being hit by Maxim Van Gils in the finish line crash yesterday.
Attacking from the start on this flat terrain. Victor Campenaerts and Mathieu van der Poel take the lead.
152 km to go
2.5 km…
5 km to the left of the neutral zone.
Here we go! The riders are on their way to the official start, rolling through the neutral zone.
Eurosport reports that Geraint Thomas is not feeling well and is being monitored today by his team Ineos Grenadiers.
Israel-Premier Tech’s Guillaume Boivin joins Tom Pidcock on the list of non-starters today.
Yellow jersey wearer Tadej Pogačar will be at the start.
In 15 minutes the peloton will leave for the start of the stage.
How to watch stage 14 of the 2024 Tour de France
Half an hour until the start of the stage.
Near-accident in Pau confirms Wout van Aert’s rising form in Tour de France
Yesterday’s stage was one of the fastest road stages in Tour de France history, ending in a thinned-out bunch sprint in Pau, with Jasper Philipsen beating Wout van Aert.
Pidcock follows Ayuso and Primož Roglič as a big name to abandon the race in the past 24 hours, with the Slovenian retiring from sixth overall after his crash on Thursday’s stage 12.
The teams and riders are now at the start and are registering for the start in Pau.
Tom Pidcock pulls out of 2024 Tour de France due to COVID-19 symptoms
Yesterday, Juan Ayuso was forced to abandon the race early in stage 13. The Spaniard was forced to abandon due to a top 10 position, as he also tested positive for COVID-19.
Ineos Grenadiers rider Tom Pidcock is out of the race this morning, with his team announcing he will be returning home to recover from COVID-19.
See below for the results of Friday’s stage 13 and the current classification.
Tour de France 2024 stage 14 preview: ‘Too close to predict’ – leader Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard face big duel in Pyrenees
The Col du Tourmalet: 30 facts about the most visited climb of the Tour de France
It’s not the only major mountain stage on the programme today. In Italy, the women’s peloton will tackle the Passo Lanciano and Blockhaus on a decisive day in their opening lap of the 2024 Grand Tour.
A look at the map of today’s stage as the race heads south from Pau towards the mountains.
Today there are three tough climbs on the program, including the Col du Tourmalet, the Hourquette d’Ancizan and Pla d’Adet.
Today we head into the mountains again and it looks like the tour will start in two hours.
Hello and welcome to Cycling news‘ live coverage of stage 14 of the Tour de France 2024!