The Belgian takes the top of the Col du Pont without Water in front of Izagirre and Slagter.
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Lampaert and Küng roll at the top of the group [19659009] Worried, the teammates Alaphilippe and Caruso, favorites for the stage victory, lead the group of pursuers, behind the trio. Consequence: many runners drop. And the advance of the leading group melts.
Izagirre in the lead at the top of the Croix de Berthel (video )
? – 58 km⛰ Berthel Cross Pbad (cat 2) ⛰Izagirre 1st, Slagter 2nd, and Alaphilippe with 2 precious points in 3rd! ⚪?Izagirre in the lead , Slagter 2nd, and @alafpolak taking 2 points in 3rd position ⚪?1 # TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/UA152ozs7A
54 km from the finish, the two runners who went against joined the Spanish champion, Gorka Izagirre, they are There are now three in front and 30 seconds ahead of the 27 pursuers, 52 km from the finish. 13'13 "ahead of the peloton
? – 53 kmThe peloton let the breakaway go: the stage win will be decided between the 31 riders in the lead ⏱️The peloton does not seem to be concerned by the breakaway day: the gap keeps increasing ⏱️ # TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/BsxN5YV8sM
The Belgian and the Dutch will make the junction with Izagirre
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Izagirre at the top at the top
The Spanish champion crosses the First, the summit of the cross of Berthel Cross, it takes five points.In front of Slagter, who has gone against.The French Alaphilippe, leading the group of pursuers, takes two points in the quest for the polka dot jersey
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40 seconds ahead for Izagirre
The Spanish champion is 40 seconds ahead of the chasers. hent and only Boudat has at the moment dropped in the group of pursuers.
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Stuyven reacts
The runner of the Trek-Segafredo has accelerated. The group explodes
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Izagirre creates a small gap
The champion of Spain is thirty seconds ahead of the chasing group. Nobody reacted.
? – 61 kmGorka Izagirre goes solo with 3km left to climb in the Col de la Croix Berthel ⛰Gorka Izagirre leaves alone 3km from the top of the Col de la Croix Berthel ⛰ # TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/SZ7p7wT9ja
Among the 32 leading men, the French act as a favorite. The final ascent of the New Cross suits him perfectly (3 km at 10.2%) and he is accompanied by two of his teammates, Lampaert and Gilbert. Nothing is done nevertheless. Serious customers are in the breakaway of the day. Among others: Caruso, Van Avermaet, Rolland, Geschke, Calmejane, G.Izagirre, Amador or Sagan
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More than 9 minutes in advance for the breakaway
The breakaway will go to the end. At the approach of the Croix de Berthel Pbad, 32 riders are in the lead and are 9'11 "ahead, 69 km from the finish, but as soon as the next climb, the group should explode.
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Bevin around the medical car
The New Zealander of the BMC stopped at the height of the medical car, and for two-three minutes did not seem at best and was left behind by the peloton
No one is dangerous at the front and the Sky is spinning in. Almost nine minutes in advance for the The stage should be won by one of the 32 men ahead.
Calmejane: "This week -end, there is a lot of stake "
The French of the Direct Energie was questioned by letour.fr before the start of the stage. He is counting on this weekend to win a stage. The profile of the day corresponds to it. "When I went to the presentation in Paris, I saw that the opportunities for fighters and the average badembly, there were not ten thousand," he said. has a lot of challenges for the team and for myself, I have worked hard to get in shape this weekend and I hope I have no regrets, we will do with the legs that I will have but I I really want to slip into the breakaway and play the win.Because the escaped have a good chance to go to the end.The more it will leave late, the less likely it is to go to the end. that the leaders will need to recover before engaging in new battles in the Pyrenees. "
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The peloton slows down considerably
And the breakaway widens the gap. 8'45 "in advance for the 32 leading men, 75km from the finish
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Ten stage winners in the breakaway
Out of the 32 escaped runners Saturday, ten have already raised their arms during an arrival of the Tour de France: Pierre Rolland Simon Geschke, Daryl Impey, Greg Van Avermaet, Julian Alaphilippe Philip Gilbert, Peter Sagan, Thomas De Gendt, Lilian Calmejane and Sylvain Chavanel .
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Almost eight minutes early for the breakaway
7'50 "ahead for the men of head on the peloton, 78 km from the finish.
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The road will rise
Below, the route of the stage. Runners covered half of the 188 kilometers. The breakaway should soon explode, from the neck of the Cross of Berthel.
The Sky team rolls at the front of the pack and always leaves the breakaway, composed of 32 runners, for seven minutes. Things will not be slow to move. The road will rise.
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Lampaert: "A dream of winning with the champion's jersey"
Lampaert is one of seven escaped Belgians this Saturday, the day of the national holiday. At the start of the stage, the Belgian champion unveiled his ambitions and those of his team for letour.fr. "I'm going to try and everyone will try too," he said, "Julian Alaphilippe is an arrival for him, we're going to try to get in. Normally, it's a day for the breakaway and it would be a dream to win with the Belgian champion's jersey, but the Jalabert climb is too hard for me. "
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The gap is stabilizing
Still just over seven minutes ahead for the breakaway, 87 km from the finish.
Questioned before the stage by letour.fr, the Belgian Quick-Step Floors imagined going ahead. It's done. "It's a good stage," he said, "it's going to be the second day when the breakaway can go all the way in. But on arrival, 10% over 3km is a lot for me. It will be nice to have the nose to be in the breakaway.It would be nice on the day of the national holiday and in a region where there are a lot of Belgians.I think we saw in the past, it is still the riders of the general clbadification who are ahead in this kind of climb, so it's the breakaway or nothing. "
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Ravito for the peloton
It's time to refuel for the peloton, 89 km from the finish
Adam Yates, the Mitchelton-Scott leader, has a puncture 91 km from the finish. After his failures in the Alps, the British is no longer in the shot at the general
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Average: 44.56 km / h
The breakaway has traveled 46.2 kilometers in the second hour of racing. An average of 44.65 km / h since the start of the stage
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Results of the intermediate sprint of Bessèges
1. Sagan, 20 pts
2. Boudat, 17 pts
3. Lampaert, 15 pts
4. De Gendt, 13 pts
5. Van Avermaet, 11 pts
6. Bodnar, 10 pts
7. Vermote, 9 pts
8. Stuyven, 8 pts
9. Koren, 7 pts
10. Degand, 6 pts
11. Edet, 5 pts
12. Gilbert, 4 pts
13. Impey, 3 pts
14. Turgis, 2 pts
15. Hepburn, 1 pt
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Boudat explained with Sagan
The French competed in the sprint with Sagan, the green jersey, who escaped mainly to take the points. The two men explained themselves. Four Budat teammates are up front. To see how will react the Slovak, world champion, who can sometimes decide the final stages.
In a few kilometers, the intermediate sprint. located in Bessèges, Peter Sagan, in the breakaway, should solve it without problem.
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The peloton pbaded the coast of Great Chestnut
Seven minutes after the breakaway, the peloton crosses the coast of Great Chestnut.
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The peloton in the coast of Great Chestnut
Still led by Luke Rowe (Sky), the pelo counts nearly seven minutes late on the break, while standing on the coast of Grand Chestnut
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Alaphilippe leading at the top of the coast
Unsurprisingly, the French, polka dot jersey, takes the point at the top of the Great Chestnut Coast.
? – 106 km⛰ Great Chestnut Coast (cat. 4) ⛰One point for @alafpolak on top of the first climb of the day ⚪? One more point for Alaphilippe at the top of the first difficulty of the day ⚪? # TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/QkcqiraDPs
Led by Yves Lampaert, the breakaway is in the first difficulty of the day , the coast of Great Chestnut (1 km, 7.4%).
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The first drops of the Tour
After thirteen stages under the sun, the first, very light, raindrops make their appearance on the roads of the Tour
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The conditions at the finish
Tailwind and blue skies on the finish line at the moment ☀️Vent from behind and rather clear sky on the finish line for the moment ☀️ # TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/ByxlicbO9R
Eight Belgians have managed to win a stage of the Tour de France, the day of the national holiday onal. Marcel Buysse in 1913, Philippe Thys in 1920, Jean Aerts in 1933, Roger Lambrecht in 1948, Alfred de Bruyne in 1954, Eddy Merckx in 1974, Lucien Van Impe in 1983 and, the last one, 33 years ago, Rudy Matthijs, in 1985 on the Champs Elysees
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The gap increases slowly for the breakaway
Almost all of the thirty-two front men collaborate at the front. Their group digs little by little the gap with the pack. 6'11 "in advance 113 km from the finish
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The Sky still leading the pack
The team of Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas sets a very high pace at the front of the pack The goal: to wring it out The breakaway is 5'40 "ahead
Seven Belgians at the front of the race, the day of the national holiday. Yves Lampaert, the Belgian champion, Greg Van Avermaet, who wore the yellow jersey this year, Philippe Gilbert, Jasper Stuyven, Thomas De Gendt, Julien Vermote and Thomas Degand
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Flashback , three years ago
At the last arrival in Mende, the two French climbers Romain Bardet and Thibaut Pinot looked at each other, while they were alone in the lead. The British Stephen Cummings took the opportunity to drop them and win.
Philippe Mauduit: "Unlike other years, this does not seem written "
The sports director of UAE Team Emirates, questioned before the start of the stage in Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux by our special correspondent Jean-Julien Ezvan, spoke about a race full of surprises. "The race is not really under control," he said, "there are surprises every day, I did not expect Movistar to attack these days, nor Kruisjwilk from so far. In other years, it does not seem to be written, but there is always a team coming to do the job when you have to let Sky take the weight of the race. " He then returned to the shape of his leader. "Dan (Martin) He feels good, he paid in L'Alpe for the previous five days, he was nervous, he was afraid of losing time, and since then he has been sleeping well. his go-all in the Pyrenees The podium, he believes in it. "
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The leading men at Pont-d'Arc
The 32 leading men are at Pont-d'Arc Arc, where Tom Dumoulin, current 3rd overall, had won the individual time trial of the Tour de France 2016.
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Mende, good memories for Perez
The Frenchman the Cofidis, escaped this Saturday, won the stage of Mende, place of arrival today, the Tour du Gévaudan in 2017. The course had borrowed twice the coast of the Cross, last of the stage of the day (3 km at 10.2%). For the anecdote, the Frenchman Guillaume Martin (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) finished 1st overall
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Average first hour: 43.1 km / h
In the first hour, the leading men have traveled 43.1 kilometers.
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It rolls hard
Even if the men ahead are not dangerous in general, the Sky rolls very strong at the head of the pack , under the impulse of Luke Rowe
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Soon 5 'in advance for the breakaway
It does not seem absurd to think that the stage winner is hiding among the 32 runners in the front. The latter are now five minutes ahead of the pack. None of them are dangerous to the general. The Sky should let go and wait for the final explanation with the favorites to the general.
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Direct Energie most represented at the front
The French team placed five riders in front (Boudat, Calmejane, Cousin, Chavanel and Gaudin). She is the most represented team of the breakaway. His best result on this Tour? 3rd place of Taaramae at Grand-Bornand. The latter gave up. They are therefore only seven in the Direct Energie. Five of them in front.
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The gap increases for the breakaway
More than four minutes in advance for the 32 men ahead of the pack led by the Sky
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The arrival on video
The Coast of the Cross is the last obstacle of the day, but the descent to the finish line is not that easy too! ✊The Côte de la Croix-Neuve is the last difficulty of the day, but the descent to the finish is not easy either! ✊ # TDF2018 pic.twitter.com/6d7eCm43vd
So used to placing the world ahead, the Groupama-FDJ and Fortuneo-Samsic have no man at the head of the race, despite the presence of 32 riders.
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The Sky stabilizes the gap
With 32 riders in front, it is not easy to get along in the breakaway. The peloton, led by the Sky, manages and stabilizes the gap around 3'30 ".
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Caruso, best placed overall
The BMC rider, Damiano Caruso, is the best overall of the breakaway (25th) and is 39'18 "behind Geraint Thomas. The second best placed? His team mate Greg Van Avermaet, 44'46 ", who wore the yellow jersey this year
Junction at the front. The pursuers returned to the seven leading men, 167 km from the finish. There are 32 riders in the front, who are 3'20 "ahead of the peloton
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The composition of the leading group
There are seven in front. tried their luck in a step promised to the fighters 3'15 "in advance for them. The pack lets go. Nobody is dangerous to the general.
The group of seven in the front: Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors), Calmejane, Cousin (Direct Energy) Of Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Amador (Movistar), Fraile (Astana), Perez (Cofidis).
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Three riders joined the leading group
Jérôme Cousin (Direct Energie) Andrey Amador (Movistar) and Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie ) made the junction with the leading group.
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A group of 4 in front of
Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) the jersey with polka dots , Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Omar Fraile (Astana) and Anthony Perez (Cofidis) are in front. They are 1'10 "ahead of the peloton, behind which a group of pursuers has formed, including Christophe Laporte (Cofidis), Thomas Boudat (Direct Energie) and Jasper Stuyven (Trek- Segafredo).
? – 178 kmSmall groups split everywhere, some leaders trapped behind, well this There is absolutely everywhere! This is what is called a beginning of a fire race! ? # TDF2018 pic.twit ter.com/rLAIgt5sF9
The Frenchman is 20 seconds behind the group consisting of Froome and Thomas. In front, the Sky come up and Bardet group will come back. The peloton will reform itself.
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Alaphilippe revival
The French replaces an attack. It is followed by De Gendt, Fraile and Perez
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The Sky well represented in the first fan
Thomas and Froome are in the first of the three platoons. Bardet in the second. Landa in the third.
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The atmosphere at the start
28 ° in the narrow and picturesque streets of Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux. Huge crowd. The most acclaimed rider: Romain Bardet
From our special correspondent, Jean-Julien Ezvan
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Chavanel tries his luck
At the head of the first peloton, Chavanel attack. It is followed by De Gendt and Alaphilippe in particular.
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Bardet trapped
The Frenchman of AG2R La Mondiale is in the second group
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Landa in the last fan
The wind is doing damage. The peloton is cut in four. Landa is in the last group, with no teammate!
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Mollema penultimate position
Of entry, Mollema is in penultimate position of the peloton. A break is created around the 40th runner. Romain Bardet is not in the first group. The yellow jersey Geraint Thomas is in the first fan.
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A lot of wind
Watch out for the edges! The peloton is very stretched and the wind blows very hard!
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No one stands out
Alaphilippe was taken back. Chavanel a tenté de relancer en tête de peloton mais personne ne se détache pour le moment.
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Julian Alaphilippe attaque d'entrée
Le maillot à pois français part d'entrée à l'offensive. Personne ne suit pour le moment.
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Départ réel
Christian Prudhomme vient de donner le départ réel de la 14e étape de ce Tour de France. Au programme : 188 km entre Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux et Mende.
à 13:05
Départ fictif donné
Les coureurs vont défiler dans Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux avant le départ réel dans cinq minutes.
? STAGE 14 – NEUTRAL START ? Good bye la Drôme, and let's go to Mende! ?Au revoir la Drôme, cap sur Mende ! ?#TDF2018pic.twitter.com/e4BnV8QC8c
Stephen Cummings dernier vainqueur à Mende, en 2015
Un Britannique lui succédera-t-il ce samedi ?
? Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux ➡️ MendeHere comes a clbadic! Who is going to follow the step of Stephen Cummings, winner in Mende in 2015? ?Voilà un clbadique du Tour ! Qui succédera à Stephen Cummings, vainqueur a Mende en 2015 ? ?#TDF2018pic.twitter.com/QHIRD1KkXR
À huit jours du défilé sur les Champs-Élysées, le Gallois, maillot jaune, devance son leader, Christopher Froome. Portrait.
LIRE ICI >>> Geraint Thomas, plus qu'une roue de secours
à 11:44
Un fumigène lancé dans le peloton ravive la polémique
Depuis le début du Tour de France 2018, certains spectateurs se distinguent par un comportement dangereux à l'égard des coureurs. Dernier écart de conduite en date : un fumigène lancé ce vendredi dans le peloton par un spectateur mal intentionné.
LIRE ICI >>> Un fumigène lancé dans le peloton ravive la polémique
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Cinq raisons de suivre l'étape du jour
Après une vraie étape de transition, vendredi entre Bourg d’Oisans et Valence, place ce samedi à la 14e entre Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux et Mende (188 km). A suivre.
LIRE ICI >>> Cinq raisons de suivre la 14e étape du Tour
à 11:41
Clbadements, parcours, programme…
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Ce qu'il faut retenir de la 13e étape
Marqué après trois intenses étapes alpestres, le peloton a, ce vendredi, laissé filer une étape qui ne pouvait se conclure à Valence que par un sprint remporté par l’inévitable champion du monde.
LIRE ICI >>> Sagan, Démare, Thomas : ce qu'il faut retenir de la 13e étape
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Bonjour à tous !
Bienvenue sur Sport24 pour suivre le direct commenté de la 14e étape de ce Tour de France. Départ de Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux à 13h10. Arrivée à Mende prévue peu après 17h30.
