As it happened: Pogacar-Vingegaard mountain duel on Tour de France stage 14
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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of stage 14 of the Tour de France!
We're around an hour and 15 minutes from the start of today's stage, another trip to the mountains.
Here's a look at today's route profile.
And here's a look at the stage 14 map.
Here's a look at the results from yesterday's stage to the Grand Colombier.
Our stage 13 race report...
Tour de France: Kwiatkowski wins stage 13 on Grand Colombier as Pogacar closes in on yellow
Jonas Vingegaard continues to lead the Tour after stage 13, albeit with a reduced margin over Tadej Pogačar...
The current GC standings at the 2023 Tour de France after stage 13
Just over half an hour to go until the riders roll out to start the stage.
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Don't miss a moment of Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard's yellow jersey fight with our streaming guide
Pogacar deals Vingegaard another blow in Tour de France yellow jersey title bout
Slovenian claws back eight more seconds on Grand Colombier
Tom Pidcock's Tour de France GC bid still intact after Grand Colombier
'Bastille Day should be renamed Ineos Day' says Pidcock after British team repeat mountain victory with Kwiatkowski
Vingegaard nonchalant as Pogacar chips away at his Tour de France lead
Dane denies feeling anxious as Pogacar closes – 'If I win, I win, if I don't, I don't'
10 minutes to go...
'I was running out of gas' – Hindley remains Tour de France's third man on Grand Colombier
Australian limits damage to Pogacar and Vingegaard to retain podium spot
The riders have all signed on at the start in Annemasse and are now ready to roll out to start the stage.
Just over 8km to go until the flag drops and racing begins.
The riders continue to roll through the neutral zone and out of Annemasse.
165 starters today. Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) and Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny) didn't finish yesterday's stage.
On a related note – Lotto-Dstny manager strongly criticises Caleb Ewan after Tour de France abandon
'I don't know how to handle this sort of character' says Stéphane Heulot
152km to go
The flag drops and stage 14 is underway!
Attacks flying straight away.
Nothing going just yet. It's a bit of a quieter start than might have been expected.
Lotto-Dstny with a couple of men at the front following Ewan's abandon.
EF also making moves. KOM leader Neilson Powless is up there.
146km to go
Massive crash in the peloton!
A huge hold-up in the middle of the group. Riders scattered across the road and the grass verge.
It's chaos out there.
The race has been neutralised after the crash affected so many riders.
Lots of spare bikes being doled out. The Tour ambulances make their way through to riders.
A look at the carnage...
💥Huge crash at the back of the peloton. The race is neutralized💥Grosse chute à l'arrière du peloton. La course est neutralisée#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/nVWVUga0N9July 15, 2023
Several riders receiving treatment at the roadside.
With all race ambulances in attendance here it wouldn't be possible to continue racing.
Antonio Pedrero (Movistar), Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious), Frederik Frison (Lotto-Dstny), and Adrien Petit (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) among those receiving treatment.
It looks like Pedrero is out of the race. He's being loaded onto a stretcher.
Race still neutralised for the time being.
Pedrero is confirmed as out of the race.
Meanwhile, the majority of the peloton are back together waiting behind the organiser's cars.
Louis Meintkes (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) is also reportedly out of the race. He was 13th overall.
We're still waiting on the restart.
Tadej Pogačar among the riders waiting for the restart.
Van Gils, O'Connor, Kelderman, Turgis, Fraile, Coquard, Chaves, Petit were among the riders who hit the deck along with Pedrero and Meintjes, among numerous others.
Louis Meintjes has a suspected broken collarbone.
A 2km neutral roll-out coming up now. The race is set to restart in the next few minutes.
And we're off again. The peloton – minus Pedrero and Meintjes – are back up and running.
The riders waiting to get going again just a few moments ago.
Jens Voigt on the Eurosport motorbike reporting that Jai Hindley and Daní Martinez also caught in the crash. He says that almost every team had a rider involved.
143km to go
We're back racing now and Ben O'Connor is on the move.
O'Connor caught and more riders make moves in response.
The riders heading uphill on the way to the first, third-category, climb of the day now.
Tour de France stage 14 neutralised after early mass crash
Pedrero and Meintjes out of the race after multi-rider pileup, race resumes after 29 minutes
137km to go
Lars Van den Berg (Groupama-FDJ) among the latest attackers.
Onto the 4.3km Col de Saxel now.
Petit and Sinkeldam among those going backwards on the hill.
Chaves, another caught in the crash, also dropping.
Julian Alaphilippe and Krists Neilands on the move with Van den Berg now.
Chaves has now stopped and is sitting in the back of an EF team van.
Chaves was riding very slowly and looks to be pointing to his collarbone.
Alexey Lutsenko and Daní Martinez joining the move off the front.
Chaves' abandon has now been confirmed.
Only a small gap to the leaders at the moment...
Martínez grabbed the two points at the top of the climb ahead of Alaphilippe.
Alaphilippe, Martínez, Van den Berg, Lutsenko, Neilands with a 12-second gap on the peloton.
Simon Geshke chases in between the groups.
Another crash now as Romain Bardet goes down on the descent.
The Frenchman is lying on the ground on the outside of a bend with several dsm-firmenich teammates around him.
125km to go
He's now being tended to by race medics.
Another crash... EF's James Shaw is down, too.
The Briton went down on the same corner as Bardet.
Meanwhile, a larger group has gone off the front. Around 20 men out there now.
Landa, Mohoric, Powless, Politt, Ciccone, Pedersen, Aranburu, Jorgenson, Craddock, Kwiatkowski among the riders in there.
30 seconds between the group and the peloton.
The riders hit the first-category Col de Cou (7km at 7.4%) now.
Clement Champoussin and Juan Pedro López trying to bridge across to the move now.
122km to go
Alaphilippe and Lutsenko move off the front of the break. Powless attempting to close them down.
Confirmation of Bardet's abandon comes though. No word on Shaw yet.
Guillaume Martin and Thibaut Pinot now jumping from the peloton and across to the break.
James Shaw is also out of the race after crashing on the same corner as Bardet. It's unclear if that was a single crash or two separate ones.
What a disaster of a stage so far...
120km to go
Just 15 seconds between peloton and break now as Jumbo-Visma control the pace.
Ciccone and Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X) move off the front of the break.
Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) makes a move from the peloton now.
Something like 25 men out front now... His teammate Hugo Houle among them.
Powless among the breakaway riders.
Wout Poels the next to attack from the peloton...
118km to go
A kilometre to the top of the Col de Cou.
A battle for the points at the top...
Alaphilippe kicked but Powless was right with him. It was Ciccone who took the 10 points over the top with Powless second on 8 and Alaphilippe next on 6 ahead of Pinot (4) and Martínez (2).
35 seconds between break and peloton now as Jens Voigt reports that Jumbo-Visma told him they want to let the breakaway go clear.
Now 40 seconds between the groups as the riders tackle the descent.
Romain Bardet, James Shaw out of Tour de France after stage 14 descent crash
Frenchman out from 12th place after fall on Col de Saxel downhill
110km to go
The riders racing downhill to the start of the Col de Feu now.
Now 50 seconds from break to peloton.
They're tackling the Col de Feu (5.8km at 7.8%) now.
Aranburu, his teammate Gorka Izagirre, and Johannessen are off the front of the break with a small gap.
Now Ciccone is leading a move at the front. This is non-stop so far.
102km to go
Jumbo-Visma still massed at the head of the peloton. The gap to the break still only 40 seconds.
Woods, Ciccone, Landa, Pinot, Aranburu off the front of the break.
Jorgenson out of the breakaway and now back in the peloton 2km from the top of the climb.
Woods and Ciccone go clear up front now. Another KOM battle in prospect.
100km to go
Ciccone vs Woods in the final kilometre of the climb.
Ciccone flies away from Woods to take 10 points.
8 for Woods, 6 for Landa, 4 for Pinot.
Powless remains in the KOM lead on 54 points. Ciccone now on 42 points in second place.
95km to go
Splits in the peloton as Jumbo-Visma power along the descent. They're 1:20 down on Ciccone, who has a small advantage over the chasing breakaway riders.
Ciccone sits up and lets Woods, Pinot, Landa, Poels, Aranburu come back to him.
23 seconds between them and the rest of the break.
92km to go
The Col de Jambaz now. It's a major climb but it's not classified today – instead the day's intermediate sprint comes at the top.
A hectic day of racing so far...
With the peloton now back together and Jumbo-Visma still working, the gap to the break has gone down again to 45 seconds.
The group out front continue to push on but Jumbo-Visma are pushing harder.
The gap is down to 25 seconds now!
The peloton is almost back to the second part of the breakaway – Powless, Kwiatkowski, Martínez, Gorka Izagirre, Lutsenko, Johannessen et al.
Lutsenko, Houle, Johannessen, Izagirre, Martin, Martínez get across to Pinot, Landa, Ciccone, Poels, Aranburu, Woods. That's all that remains of the break.
20 seconds back to Jumbo-Visma and the peloton.
86km to go
The breakaway survivors pass the sprint point at 20 seconds up on Laporte and Van Hooydonck, who lead the peloton.
A gradual descent now and it's over 20km to go until the riders begin the first-category Col de la Ramaz (13.9km at 7.1%).
Ciccone, Pinot, and Woods in the break today.
80km to go
The gap going out a bit on the descent – 30 seconds now.
The riders out front aren't getting much more than that, though...
70km to go
No change in the situation at the moment. It's the first calm period of today's stage.
The riders taking in a spell on the valley road before starting the Col de la Ramaz shortly.
Ramon Sinkeldam (Alpecin-Deceunick) is the latest rider to abandon the race.
He joins Pedrero, Meintjes, Chaves, Bardet, Shaw in leaving the Tour today.
48 seconds now for the break.
64km to go
The riders begin the Col de la Ramaz (13.9km at 7.1%).
45 seconds between break and peloton.
Ciccone and Woods accelerate off the front once again as the peloton closes in behind.
Riders from the break now being reabsorbed into the peloton.
61km to go
It's over for much of the breakaway – Jumbo-Visma bring them back and now it's just Ciccone and Woods left.
Nathan Van Hooydonck at the front for Jumbo-Visma.
Jumbo-Visma and Ineos Grenadiers at the head of the peloton before the Ramaz.
Pinot now among those dropped from the peloton.
Just 10 seconds for Woods and Ciccone now.
They see Jumbo-Visma closing in behind and now Ciccone punches out to go it alone.
Tiesj Benoot and Dylan van Baarle up front for Jumbo-Visma now.
Woods already out the back.
58km to go
Ciccone has 10 seconds.
8km from the top of the climb, Ciccone is caught. No more breakaway
Only around 30 or so riders in the 'peloton' now.
6km to go on the climb. Benoot still sets the pace.
Riders now dropping include Egan Bernal and Jai Hindley's last teammate in the group Emanuel Buchmann.
Tom Pidcock towards the rear of the peloton.
Van Baarle to the front now as Benoot drops off.
54km to go
4km to the top of the Ramaz.
Woods and Ciccone, the last survivors from the breakaway.
Just over 20 men left in the group now.
Pidcock now in a bit of trouble at the back of the group. Buchmann hung in there after looking like dropping earlier.
2km to the top and Van Baarle is done.
Wout van Aert takes over and the pace goes up.
Buchmann now gone, Pidcock and Marc Soler too.
51km to go
Inside the final kilometre of the climb now. Van Aert, Kelderman, Kuss left with Vingegaard at the front. Pogačar has Adam Yates, Felix Großschartner, and Rafał Majka there.
Pidcock 25 seconds down and counting.
Van Aert leads the way across the top of the climb. Around 16-17 left in the group. 32 seconds back to Pidcock.
16km or so of descent now. Can Pidcock get back?
46km to go
Jumbo-Visma continue to lead it on the way down.
The start of the descent isn't steep – riders still pedalling here. It gets steeper and more technical partway down.
Van Aert pushing the pace on the way down the descent. The TV moto showing speeds upwards of 100kph.
41km to go
Still another 7-8km to go until the end of the descent. Then there's a 10km spell in the valley.
Gaps in the main group. Castroviejo off the back and Simon Yates doesn't seem to be in there, either.
Pidcock is actually losing time on the way down. 44 seconds now.
Movistar lose another rider as Ruben Guerreiro abandons the race.
Yates is out the back along with teammate Chris Harper as well as Guillaume Martin and Felix Gall. They're around 11 seconds down.
37km to go
Pidcock now at a minute.
Pidcock on the front with Soler, Buchmann, Van Baarle. He won't be coming back.
Yates, Harper, Gall, Martin still hanging at 11 seconds.
33km to go
It's the start of the valley road now and Van Aert is still on the front of the lead group. 12 men in there.
Jumbo-Visma have been in control all day today.
The Yates group now closing in. Five seconds and counting.
Pidcock at 1:30.
30km to go
Yates, Harper, Gall, Martin are back in the lead group.
Two minutes back to Pidcock now.
Just a few kilometres to the bottom of the day's final climb, the Col de Joux Plane.
Here's a look at the climb and the descent into Morzine.
It's a HC climb, the hardest of the day. 11.6km long at an average of 8.5%.
26km to go
Van Aert still on the front as they near the start of the climb.
Here we go! It's the Col de Joux Plane.
Vingegaard, Pogačar, Hindley, Adam Yates, Simon Yates, Bilbao, Rodríguez, Gaudu all in the lead group.
23km to go
Kelderman and Van Aert lead the way.
Majka takes to the front and blows it up!
Van Aert gone, Kelderman gone, Martin gone, Gaudu gone, Bilbao gone, Simon Yates in trouble...
Majka, Kuss, Vingegaard, Pogačar, Adam Yates, Hindley, Rodríguez, Gall lined up now.
Simon Yates working his way back. Van Aert too!
22km to go
Van Aert rides up the group, past Majka, and back to the front!
Van Aert really pushing it here. Majka dropped away and is off the back now.
10% gradients here.
Van Aert left it all out there in that last push and now it's Sepp Kuss on the front.
Kuss, Vingegaard, Pogačar, Adam Yates, Hindley, Rodríguez, Gall.
Hindley in this group racing along with tears to his jersey and shorts after getting caught in the early crash, remember.
No big attacks yet and nobody else dropped from that lead group of seven.
We're waiting to see when Kuss will end his turn on the front now, basically. When will Vingegaard and Pogačar make their moves?
20km to go
Simon Yates' group is at 20 seconds.
3.6km into the climb, 8km to go.
Gaudu at 50 seconds.
The final 5.6km of the climb are the toughest – long sections above 9 and 10%.
For now, the gradient swings between 6-7-8% for the most part.
Yates-Bilbao and Gaudu are losing time pedal stroke by pedal stroke.
19km to go
No troubles for Adam Yates, Hindley, Rodríguez, Gall yet.
Kuss continues the pacemaking.
30 seconds to Yates-Bilbao. A minute to Gaudu.
Bonus seconds at the top of the climb, remember.
8, 5, 2 seconds up for grabs and then the usual 10-6-4 at the finish.
That's in addition to the time gaps on the road, which will be sizeable today.
No provisional GC changes among the top five so far here. Kuss is overtaking Pidcock and Gaudu to jump up to eighth, though.
18km to go
No change in the lead group. 44 seconds to Yates, 1:25 to Gaudu.
Onto the hardest stretchers of the climb now.
Felix Gall is losing ground in the lead group now.
Hindley now dropping!
He has a 1:57 buffer on fourth-placed Carlos Rodríguez.
17km to go
Five left as Gall and Hindley are dropped.
Kuss continues on the front.
Adam Yates takes over at the front and ups the pace.
Kuss off the front and now off the back. Rodríguez gone, too.
16.5km to go
Adam Yates leads Vingegaard and Pogačar now.
16km to go
4km from the top. 40 seconds to Hindley, 1:30 to Simon Yates, 2:30 to Gaudu.
Adam Yates still leads.
Yates drops off. Pogačar goes!
He's got a gap!
15.5km to go
Pogačar is putting distance between him and Vingegaard.
Just a handful of seconds here, 3.5km from the top.
Maybe only two or three seconds but there's daylight.
15km to go
They're riding along with the same time gap between them. No big crack or recovery yet.
Rodríguez around 40 seconds down.
Vingegaard has Pogačar in his sights but can't quite close the gap.
14.5km to go
2.5km to the top of the climb. Still a couple of seconds.
8-5-2 seconds on offer at the top and 10-6-4 at the finish, remember.
Aside from the initial acceleration, there hasn't been anything in it between Pogačar and Vingegaard. The gap has remained pretty much the same.
14km to go
A minute to Adam Yates and Rodríguez. Another 30 seconds to Hindley.
The time gap showing 3-4-5 seconds but no more or less.
Vingegaard powers his way back! He's coming across.
13.5km to go
Vingegaard has caught Pogačar.
He rides alongside Pogačar as the pair slow right down.
Now he's on the front and looks around, another slowdown.
13.5km to go
Vingegaard takes it up on the front. Pogačar on the wheel.
Vingegaard keeps monitoring over his shoulder.
No sign of a move yet.
13km to go
A kilometre to the top. 55 seconds to Rodríguez. Two minutes to Hindley.
Vingegaard keeps checking back on Pogačar.
700 metres to the top.
Pogačar still in the wheel.
Three seconds either way up for grabs in the sprint at the top.
Vingegaard is waiting for Pogačar's move.
500 metres to go and Pogačar goes but he has to slow for two motorbikes in the road!
There's no room with the motorbikes and the fans.
Pogačar on the front into the final 300 metres of the climb.
Vingegaard sits behind in the final 150 metres.
A tense finish to the mountain.
Vingegaard jumps from behind!
He takes Pogačar by surprise and bursts past.
12km to go
Vingegaard holds off Pogačar to cross the top first!
Three seconds to Vingegaard there. Pogačar tries to push on over the top but it's not the terrain to make a gap.
Rodríguez has closed to within 30 seconds amid all that.
11km to go
Vingegaard was checking back at Pogačar all the time while he was up front but it doesn't look like the Slovenian was as attentive before the dash to the top.
Onto the descent and Rodríguez and Yates are closing in.
15 seconds back. Hindley at 1:40.
10km to go
They're slowing at the front and the chasing duo will get back on.
Rodríguez and Yates struggle to get past a photographer's motorbike and a Shimano neutral service motorbike.
They're across now, though.
9km to go
Rodríguez immediately goes to the front.
Pogačar, Vingegaard, Yates behind.
Hindley and Gall at 1:15.
8km to go
A descent almost all the way to the line in Morzine.
Rodríguez is putting distance between him and the others.
Yates off the back.
7km to go
Pogačar continues to lead Vingegaard down.
Rodríguez out of sight now!
6km to go
No time gap to the Spaniard just yet.
The Spaniard is five seconds off the front.
5km to go
Yates is coming back to Pogačar and Vingegaard.
Pogačar trying to test Vingegaard out of some of these corners.
4km to go
Rodríguez looking good so far. The time gap reads 13 seconds all of a sudden.
Hindley at 1:30 down.
Rodríguez would need 1:58 to overhaul Hindley and move into third.
He's currently at a potential 1:35 + 10 bonus seconds.
3km to go
Now it says five seconds for Rodríguez.
Everyone making their way down into Morzine safely so far.
2km to go
Now three seconds for Rodríguez.
Pogačar continues to lead Vingegaard.
Into Morzine now.
1km to go
Rodríguez coming to the end of the downhill.
Adam Yates is back.
He moves straight on to the front.
500 metres to go and they're not catching Rodríguez.
He's soloing to the win here.
Yates leads it out behind.
Finish
Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) wins stage 14 of the Tour de France!
Pogačar launches the sprint!
He hits the front and takes second place.
Six bonus seconds for him, four for Vingegaard.
A net gain of one second on the day for Vingegaard.
Hindley comes in at 1:45-1:46. He should just about hang on to third overall.
Rodríguez celebrates his stage win.
Pogačar leads Vinegegaard home for second place.
Tour de France: Carlos Rodríguez strikes for win on stage 14 as Vingegaard gains valuable second
Rodríguez has reportedly jumped into third overall by a single second over Hindley!
Here's what Rodríguez said after his stage win...
"It's incredible. I have no words. Being here was a dream and getting a victory is incredible in the best race in the world. It's something I've always wanted to achieve and now I have a victory so I'm super happy. I'm super grateful to the team for believing in me.
"I focussed on doing the best climb I could, going at my own rhythm, and then doing the descent as fast as possible. They started looking at each other, and I thought I'll go full gas to the finish. I can descend well so I wanted to take advantage of it. I took some risks without wanting to go to the absolute limit because I didn't want to crash. I was close in a couple of corners, but I'm super happy with this victory.
"It was the goal of today to gain some time and we accomplished it. I just have to be happy and enjoy this victory. Now to think about recovery for tomorrow – it's going to be a big day also."
Vingegaard and Pogačar doing battle on the Col de Joux Plane.
Jonas Vingegaard still in yellow tonight, his advantage extended by a second over Tadej Pogačar.
The Slovenian is out of sight in the white jersey battle, though he only has eyes for yellow.
Vingegaard is now level on KOM points with Neilson Powless but he's now the classification leader after being first over the Joux Plane.
Finally, the podium welcomes stage 14 winner Carlos Rodríguez.
Our full report on stage 14 of the Tour de France is up now.
Seven more riders left the race today. Check out the full list of Tour de France abandons here.
That's just about it for our live coverage of today's thrilling stage 14. Check back through the evening for more news and reaction coming in from France and come back tomorrow for live coverage of another mountainous day out on stage 15!
