Tour de France, Stage 14 live: The Alpine GC battle continues

However, confirmation of Bardet’s abandonment comes. No word on Shaw yet.

122 km to go

Alaphilippe and Lutsenko move in from the front of the break. Powerless attempt to shut it down.

Clement Champocene and Juan Pedro López are trying to cross over to the transfer now.

The riders have hit the Class 1 Col de Cou (7km at 7.4%) now.

30 seconds between the group and the peloton.

Landa, Mohoric, Powless, Politt, Ciccone, Pedersen, Aranburu, Jorgenson, Craddock and Kwiatkowski are among the riders there.

Meanwhile, a larger group diverged from the front. There are about 20 men there now.

The Briton fell into the same corner with Bardet.

Another crash… EF’s James Shaw also went down.

125 km to go

He is now being cared for by race doctors.

The Frenchman lies on the ground outside a turn with several of his DSM-firmenich teammates around him.

Another crash, now with Romain Bardet going down.

Alaphilippe, Martínez, Van den Berg, Lutsenko, and Neilands by 12 seconds on the peloton.

Simon Jechk stalks between groups.

Martinez grabbed the two points at the top of the climb ahead of Alaphilippe.

Only a small gap to the leaders at the moment…

Chavez’s abandonment has now been confirmed.

Alexey Lutsenko and Dani Martinez join the move from the front.

Chaves was riding very slowly and seemed to be pointing at his collar bone.

Chaves now stops and sits in the back of EF’s truck.

Julian Alaphilippe and Krists Neylands are on the move with Van den Berg now.

Chávez, another one involved in the accident, also fell.

Beatty and Sinkeldam are among those heading back up the hill.

On the 4.3 km long Col de Saxelle route now.

137 km to go

Lars van den Berg (Groupama-FDJ) is among the newest forwards.

Stage 14 of the Tour de France has been disrupted after an early mass crash

Pedrero and Menges exit the race after a multi-runner pileup, and the race resumes after 29 minutes

The riders are going uphill on their way to Class I, Class III, today’s climb now.

O’Connor gets caught and more riders are making moves in response.

143 km to go

We’re back in the race now and Ben O’Connor is on the move.

Jens Voigt of Eurosport Motorcycle reports that Jay Hindley and Danny Martinez were also involved in the accident. He says that almost every team has had a contestant participate.

The riders are waiting to come back again just a few moments ago.

And we again. The peloton – minus Pedrero and Meintjes – is back in action again.

A 2km neutral version is on sale now. The race is scheduled to start in the next few minutes.

Louis Meintjes is suspected of having a broken collar bone.

Van Giles, O’Connor, Kelderman, Turgess, Friel, Coquard, Chaves and Petty were among the riders who hit the deck with Pedrero and Menteges, among many others.

Tadej Pogačar is among the riders waiting for the restart.

We are still waiting for the reboot.

Luis Menkes (Inmarché-Circus-Wanty) is also reported to be out of the running. He was thirteenth overall.

Pedrero was confirmed to be out of the race.

Meanwhile, the majority of the peloton was back together waiting behind the organizer’s cars.

Race remains neutral for now.

It looks like Pedrero is out of the running. It is loaded on a stretcher.

Antonio Pedrero (Movistar), Fred Wright (Muntasir Al Bahrain), Frederic Frizon (Lotto-Destiny), and Adrien Petit (Intermarchy-Cirque-Wanty) are among those receiving treatment.

Many riders receive roadside treatment.

With all the racing ambulances here, it will not be possible to continue racing.

Look at the carnage…

Lots of spare bikes distributed. Tourist ambulances make their way to the riders.

The race was neutralized after the crash affected several riders.

It’s a mess outside.

Big stop in the middle of the set. The riders are spread out across the road and on the edge of the grass.

146 km to go

Massive crash in the peloton!

EF is also taking steps. KOM leader Nelson Paulis is right there.

Lotto-Dstny with two men in front after Ewan is dumped.

Nothing is happening yet. It’s a quieter start than expected.

Attacks fly instantly.

152 kilometers to go

The flag is falling and stage 14 is underway!

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Riders continue through the no-man’s-land and out of Anmass.

Just over 8km to go until the flag drops and the race begins.

All riders have signed on at the start in Annemasse and are now ready to start the stage.

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10 minutes to go…

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There is just over half an hour left until the riders take off for the start of the stage.

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Here’s a look at the results from yesterday’s stage to the Grand Colombier.

Here’s a look at the stage 14 map.

Here’s a look at today’s road profile.

We are about an hour and 15 minutes into the start of today’s stage, another ride into the mountains.

Hello, and welcome to our live coverage of Stage 14 of the Tour de France!