Tour de France stage 14 live: The GC battle continues in the Alps

Alaphilippe, Martínez, Van den Berg, Lutsenko, Neilands with a 12-second gap on the peloton.

Simon Geshke chases in between the groups.

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

Only a small gap to the leaders at the moment…

Chaves’ abandon has now been confirmed.

Alexey Lutsenko and Daní Martinez joining the move off the front.

Chaves was riding very slowly and looks to be pointing to his collarbone.

Chaves has now stopped and is sitting in the back of an EF team van.

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

Chaves, another caught in the crash, also dropping.

Petit and Sinkeldam among those going backwards on the hill.

Onto the 4.3km Col de Saxel now.

137km to go

Lars Van den Berg (Groupama-FDJ) among the latest attackers.

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The riders heading uphill on the way to the first, third-category, climb of the day now.

O’Connor caught and more riders make moves in response.

143km to go

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

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.

The riders waiting to get going again just a few moments ago.

And we’re off again. The peloton – minus Pedrero and Meintjes – are back up and running.

A 2km neutral roll-out coming up now. The race is set to restart in the next few minutes.

Louis Meintjes has a suspected broken collarbone.

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.

Tadej Pogačar among the riders waiting for the restart.

We’re still waiting on the restart.

Louis Meintkes (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) is also reportedly out of the race. He was 13th overall.

Pedrero is confirmed as out of the race.

Meanwhile, the majority of the peloton are back together waiting behind the organiser’s cars.

Race still neutralised for the time being.

It looks like Pedrero is out of the race. He’s being loaded onto a stretcher.

Antonio Pedrero (Movistar), Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious), Frederik Frison (Lotto-Dstny), and Adrien Petit (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) among those receiving treatment.

Several riders receiving treatment at the roadside.

With all race ambulances in attendance here it wouldn’t be possible to continue racing.

A look at the carnage…

Lots of spare bikes being doled out. The Tour ambulances make their way through to riders.

The race has been neutralised after the crash affected so many riders.

It’s chaos out there.

A huge hold-up in the middle of the group. Riders scattered across the road and the grass verge.

146km to go

Massive crash in the peloton!

EF also making moves. KOM leader Neilson Powless is up there.

Lotto-Dstny with a couple of men at the front following Ewan’s abandon.

Nothing going just yet. It’s a bit of a quieter start than might have been expected.

Attacks flying straight away.

152km to go

The flag drops and stage 14 is underway!

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The riders continue to roll through the neutral zone and out of Annemasse.

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

The riders have all signed on at the start in Annemasse and are now ready to roll out to start the stage.

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Just over half an hour to go until the riders roll out to start the stage.

The current GC standings at the 2023 Tour de France after stage 13

Jonas Vingegaard continues to lead the Tour after stage 13, albeit with a reduced margin over Tadej Pogačar…

Our stage 13 race report…

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

And here’s a look at the stage 14 map.

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

We’re around an hour and 15 minutes from the start of today’s stage, another trip to the mountains.

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