Tour de France 2021, stage 14 – live updates

It was a frantic begin to the stage with a lot of groups and riders attacking from the flag. Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Fast Step) has seemed energetic with the world champion seeking to power one thing on the entrance, however each transfer was marked out. Following a flurry of assaults, Kristian Sbaragli (Alpecin-Fenix) ghosted off the entrance earlier than the Italian was later joined by Maxime Chevalier (B&B Inns p/b KTM), Jonas Rickaert (Alpecin-Fenix), Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo) and Anthony Turgis (TotalÉnergies).

Sbaragli crested the class three col du Bac to double his tally within the mountains classification with one other two factors, however the 31-year-old won’t be giving Nairo Quintana an excessive amount of to fret about languishing as he’s at twenty third place now, whereas Skujins was second.