140 km – Multiple attacks
No runner manages to make the break, while the first ascent of the day will begin very quickly.
143 km – Bernal at the front
Several riders try to accelerate at the front of the peloton. This is particularly the case of Egan Bernal, winner of the Tour in 2019.
Here we go again !
The second real start is given by the race control car. There are 144 km to go in this 14th stage.
Collarbone fracture for Meintjes
Intermarché-Circus-Wanty informs that Louis Meintjes, forced to retire, suffered a broken collarbone.
2 kilometers neutralized, the peloton restarts
The peloton takes to the road again. A second real start will be given in two kilometers.
The race will start again quickly
The last care is given to the runners affected. The race will resume in “a few minutes” according to the organization.
Barguil comes to the care
The Breton runner is also receiving treatment, but he is still smiling and should be back on the road without any problem.
Abandonment also for Meintjes
The South African rider, 13th in the general classification, will not be able to leave either.
Vingegaard is doing well
The yellow jersey narrowly avoided the fall but had to dismount. Pogacar was at the front of the peloton, while the riders fell in the middle of the group.
Pedroro gives up
The abandonment of the Movistar rider is confirmed. Adrien Petit also seems very stunned, hit in the knee. His teammate Louis Meintjes is also suffering.
145 km – Race neutralized!
The peloton stops to allow the damage to be seen, while all the ambulances are called upon. Some runners are still struggling to get up. Coquard or Barguil are among the men caught in the fall. Pedrero will be evacuated.
146 km – Big fall in the peloton!
Several dozen runners went ashore in a curve, on a wet road. The race direction asks for neutralization!
For Zeeman, “Pogacar is impressive”
“UAE rode but couldn’t catch the breakaway so it’s not a great day for both of us,” Jumbo-Visma manager Merijn Zeeman said of Friday’s stage. .
“Pogacar is stronger than last year, the data show it, he judges on the dolphin of Vingegaard. He is very impressive and a sprint like yesterday, we had never seen that before. What Jonas is doing is also very strong, but Pogacar is impressive”
“We will see on the next steps if Pogacar is still a little better, he concludes. We want to take time for him but you can predict things, the best legs speak”.
Interview by RMC Sport
149 km – The peloton still calm
After a few accelerations at the start, the peloton is still grouped. The first slopes of the Col de Saxel should facilitate the formation of a breakaway.
Let’s go for the 14th stage!
The 165 runners still in contention have just crossed kilometer 0. There are no non-runners to report. Note that Girmay was forced to change bikes in the fictitious start.
Fictitious departure
The runners have just set off from Annemasse. The actual start will be given in 15 minutes.
Reinforced safety on the descent of the Col de Joux Plane
The final descent of the Col de Joux Plane, the end of the 14th stage of the Tour de France this Saturday, promises to be as decisive as it is dangerous. Sound and visual tapes, yellow and black banners, mattresses: the organization has reinforced security in the last kilometers, a month after the death of Gino Mäder on the Tour de Suisse. Thierry Gouvenou, the technical director of the Tour, gives details to RMC.
>> Read the article: How security was tightened on the dreaded descent of Joux Plane
(With Rodolphe Ryo, in Annemasse)
The (very steep) profile of the day
The runners will have no less than five difficulties to overcome, including three classified in the 1st category and the final climb in the off-category, for a total of 4,200m of elevation.
>> what you need to know about the 14th stage
RMC 100% Tour, the digital radio of the Tour de France
Find 100% Tour on digital radio RMC! From 12 noon, around Flora Moussy, Simon Dutin or François Pinet, Ludovic Duchesne, Yohan Bredow and Pierre Ammiche will come back to the highlights of the previous day’s stage and present the challenges of today’s stage. And to accompany them, a consultant of choice: Jérôme Pineau, member of the Dream Team RMC and thirteen Tour de France on the clock as a rider.
Don’t miss anything of the day’s stage broadcast in full. Once the line is crossed, the listeners take the controls in a free antenna before listening to all the reactions of the actors of the day.
Hello everyone and welcome to the live of the 14th stage of the Tour de France
After the arrival at the Grand Colombier on Friday, more mountains are on the program this Saturday in the Tour de France. The 14th stage connects Annemasse to Morzine. An arrival on a descent, after the difficult ascent of the Col de Joux Plane (hors category).
On Friday, it was the Pole of the INEOS team Michal Kwiatkowski who won alone. But it was once again the Pogacar-Vingegaard duel that caught the eye, with a new banderilla planted by the Slovenian to scratch seconds in the yellow jersey.
The 14th stage of the Tour de France will start at 1:05 p.m., to be watched on TV on France Télévisions. But to listen on RMC and on our digital radio RMC 100% Tower.