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Tour de France 2010: Stage 14

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January 1 - July 25, Revel, France, Road - GT

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Hello and welcome to Cyclingn🅘ews’ li🐲ve coverage from stage 14 of the Tour de France. Today we're racing from Revel to Ax-3 Domaines.

The riders are m꧙aking their way to the start line and they'll begin in just a few minutes from now. We've got a potentially cracking stage in s🍸tore.

We start in Revel, the finish from yesterday’s stage and wind south, towards the Pyrenees. Will we see a battle royal as Contador and Schleck square up or will a rider like Menchoꦍv, Gesink, or Sanchez produce the goods? Let's have a look at today's route.

The Tour’s decisive stages start with a tough test th🍎at begins easily enough but has two tasty peaks to spice up the closing kilometres.

The road to Mirepoix, which we reach after 51.5km isn’t exactly flat and there’s a fairly decent climb before the bunch reach Chalabre, small French village with some of the best croissants I’ve ever tasted. They’ve also got a couple of nice restaurants too.
 

From there it’s a very shallow climb before dipping down to Esperaza. Before there they’ll travel through Villefort. If they have a chance to stop they’ll see a farm on the right where they can buy locally produced eggs. Villefor🅘t is very small, there's probably around a dozen inhabitants.

The Port de Pailhères didn’t feature before 2003 but has become a Tour favourite. It ramps up severely over a series of hairpins towards the summit, from 💜where there’s a rapid descent into Ax-les-Thermes to the foot of the final climb. Ax-3 Domaines isn’t long and not over♌ly difficult but the main contenders’ speed here should result in some significant time gaps.

184km remaining from 184km

A few riders are nipping up the road to join the Milram rider on t🔴he attack. Roughly twelve guys now lead the race with around 12 seconds on the bunch.

Zabriskie, Voigt and Moinard a✅re th🐠ree of the riders who've joined Knees.

180km remaining from 184km

171km remaining from 184km

Gutieꦆrrez has also sat up, so we've got four leaders up the road, the gap down slightly, now at 19 seconds.

Auge and Rolland are leading a counter attack ܫalong with three other riders. They're sandwiched between the four leaders a♚nd bunch so things haven't settled down just yet.

160km remaining from 184km

The two lead groups are about to form, the bunch have sat up so we should ಌhave a pretty strong break fꦑor today's stage.

While we wait for those two groups to form let's have a look at how things stand on GC. Schleck leads Contador by just 31 seconds, not enough if he wants to wear yellow into Paris but the race for third place is really intriguing. Just a handful of seconds separate Sanchez and Menchov, with Van Den 🦄;Broek, Leipheimer and Gesink are waiting in the wings.

154km remaining from 184km

No dangerous threats on GC in the bꦉreak. Riblon is the highest placed rider but he's almost 25 minutes 🔯down on Schleck.

Riblon, Auge and Moinard have all been in breaks so far in this year's race but this is the first ꦑtime we've seen Thomas and Zabriskie make the break on a stage.

149km remaining from 184km

The first sprint today comes at Mirepoix. What a battle we've got for the green jersey🌜 this year.

I'm surprised that Thor hasn't managed to sneak into the break today, but I'm sure Lampre will✨ have been watching him very closely this morning.Cavendish has also dragged himself into the race too, having been down and out after the first few stages of racing. No lead Renshaw yesterday, but he still mཧanaged to finish second, leading home the sprinters behind Vino.

142km remaining from 184km

The break take another ten seconds out of the bunch and they're closing in on the 🐻first sprint at♉ Mirepoix.

Luckily I think the bunch take a different route out of Quillan today, otherꦬwise they'd face a severe 6km climb back tow෴ards Puivert.

Through the first sprint and the results are: Vaugrenar🅺d, Zabriskie and Van De Walle (6,4,2 points).

130km remaining from 184km

Good tweet from Garmin-Transitions Jonathan Vaughters:

Well, the lead has gon🎉e up to 9 minutes now and Raboಌbank, Astana and Liquigas are at the front of the bunch.

124km remaining from 184km

The leaders now have just over ten minutes on the bunch as Astana start to make th♕eir presence felt more at the front.

Today's two climbs are going to be vital for both Contador and Schleck. After the ten seconds🙈 the Spaniard gained at Mende it's up to Schleck to bounce back and drag more time out 𒐪with the long time trial still to come. Everyone's saying that he needs between 3, 3 1/2 minutes on Contador going into the time trial.

We've seen Schleck drop Contador, Contador drop Sch🎃leck. What will we see today? It could be epic, it could define th🧜e rest of the race.

In other news, we're hearing that Euskatel might lose their ProTour license next year. We'll have a🌄♏ story coming very shorty.

As we've also seen, while the onus is on Schleck t💎o attack, Contador will take an opportuni🌃ty, like he did at Mende, if it presents itself.

108km remaining from 184km

The leaders are now in Chalarbe. They'll swing around the town square in a clockwise motion, by the croissants I told you about earl🎃ier and then head towards Villefort.

Lovely town ▨house in Chalarbe, the riders wont see it though as it's up towards the t🌊op of the small town.

102km remaining from 184km

The lead is holding at around ten minutes.

The leaders take a l🅘eft hander and now they'll swing down to the next down.

Town, even. It's called Esperaza.

98km remaining from 184km

Instead Astana are now on the front of the bunch with three rider๊s setting the pace. Behind them is a Rabo jersey, then HTC's Tony Martin.

85km remaining from 184km

Nice crowds out i🙈n Qullian for the Tour riders as the break go through.

Esperaza, apologies, Quillan is still to come.

Second sprint done and Auge, Moinard and Riblon tak🧔e the points.

Saxo Bank have moved towards the front of the bunch. All of Schleck's men are sitting behind the Contador train at the fr🐻ont.

82km remaining from 184km

77km remaining from 184km

Vino sits on Contador's wheel as Astana continue to set the pace on the front of the bunch. What did you think if Vino's win yesterday? Let me know @ twitter.com/dnlbenson As long as it w💖on;'t get us sued I'll try and print it ;-)

Meanwh💫ile Zabriskie takes a swig from his bottle and comes through and takes pull on the front.

Astana are really driving on the front now though. The🌱y've taken anot♐her minute out of the lead group.

I wonder what's going on in Schleck's head right now. He lost ten 🐼seconds in Mende aꩲnd now Contador has his men on the front setting a furious pace. Contador must feel strong.

69km remaining from 184km

Back to Vino for a second: PiesG @dnlbenson Vino's attack was awesome, committed and beautiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚfully timed: should it have been 2 in a row??

Another 45 seconds slashed o✅ff the lead group. The gap now d﷽own to 6.15

62km remaining from 184km

61km remaining from 184km

DavidGafa @dnlbenson Although impressive, anything Vino does just can't excite me like it once did. Irreparable damage I 𝄹♚suspect!

We're about 15 kilometers from the start of the f🎃irst major climb of the day, the Port de Pailhères.

54km remaining from 184km

Moinard comes through at the front of the break and he's really giving it everything but it's no𒐪t enough. Astana are getting closer and closer.

Some stats on today's first climb:

49km remaining from 184km

Rabobank and Saxo Bank also moving towards the front now. Perhaps Sky are just tryiಞng to help Wiggins ♋move to the front before the climb starts.

Gesink get🦹s a gel from one of his teammates, he's in the top 15 rider⛄s, while at the back a spent Astana rider drifts back, his work done for the day.

Fantastic scenery in the foo⭕thills of the Pyrenees. Astana still drilling a hard pace along the narrow French roads

The break is starting to split here, a few gaps begging to appear and Bru♛tt and Auge are the first to slip back. They'll get back on but things don't l𒆙ook great.

Brutt calls for the te𝓀am car, has a quick work and the🐓n moves back to break.

Thomas slips to the back of the line now and gets a bottle from his team car. The break is ℱon the lower slopes of the climb.

Here w𓄧e go. Moinard is the first r𝄹ider in the line, Auge at the back. Thomas has his jersey undone all the way.

44km remaining from 184km

Brutt at the back again, he's not the be🍰st when it comes to going uphill and Auge is off the back firs﷽t.

43km remaining from 184km

The sprinters are starting to sit up, a lot of riders are goin🌠g to drop back here. Liquigas are forming nicely at the front with their two𒉰 leaders nicely placed.

Gerdemann dropꦜped already. That's a bit of a surprise.

Valls att༒acks. That's impressive considering how much pressure Asta💛na are putting at the front.

41km remaining from 184km

ౠSky have slipped back totally from the front . Rabo💛bank are coming through on the right hand side.

Brutt being dropped from the break.

Very quickly, here's the daily competition question from Easton:

40km remaining from 184km

Siutsou also having a dig here.

Contador is just sitting on Schleck's wheel.

Riblon and Moinard still pushiꦦng a𓄧t the front of the race.

The bunch have let Sastre go here. Casar is hanging ☂off the back of the bunch now, Schleck isn't exactly near t🤪he front either you know.

Schleck is may🌌be half up the bunch. He should be much🐭 closer to the front.

Riblon still setting the pace with his tw𝓀o surviving breakaway riders as Moinard comes through and takes a turn. Valls comes up to Auge and goes straight by him.

Gustov still leading Sastre, the man from HTC sitting💛 on the Spaniard's wheel. Nice move from Sastre, the winner here in 2003.

Horner i𒉰s with Contador near the front a🍒s Monfort slips back from what's left from the bunch. Who is setting the pace? Still Astana.

37km remaining from 184km

Astana still have three or four riders 💎on the front, hammering out a good pace.

Michael R𓆉ogers is slipping▨ back. That's a surprise.

The Austrlian♈ is around 10 bike lengths off the back of the Astana led bunch as Valls go𓂃es by Thomas.

𓆉Samuel Sanchez looks good. Will he try something on the descent befo🐲re the final climb?

Sastre still sitting on Gustov's wheel but he's only got around 20 seconds on the bunch. W🦹hat'🔴s he got left?

Kir🔯yienka wow. He's just attacked. Not sure he'll get a huge gap but he's giving it a go.

Sastre is going by T🅷homa𒆙s who is really struggling now. Zabriskie going backwards too.

Rogers still fighting to stay close to the b🀅unch but it's tough for the Australian. The gap is getting bigger﷽ now.

Saxo have put a man on the front now.

Armstrong slipping back now. He's☂ getting dropped.

Rogers the only GC guy in the top 20 who has been dropped so far though🌸.

Kiryienka is closing in on Sastre now.

Andy Schleck in trouble? He's at the﷽ back of the bunch calling for a team car. He's taking some food and taking a new bottle. Why is he doing that and not his🍒 teammates?

He's back now buಌt Evans is being distanced. The Australian is slipping back

There's still a long way to go on t𒊎his climb as Zabriskie is caugh🌠t and passed by the Astana bunch.

34km remaining from 184km

Sastre goes by Roland.

The three men at ♔thಞe front doing a fine job, Riblon doing most of the work.

Vino back with the team car. Schleck still near thꩵe back of the group.

Van De Walle is🔥 slipping back𒈔 now, he's losing contact with Riblon and Moinard.

Another bravꦜe performance from Evans but he's still not🦹 100 per cent and he's paying for it. Navarro still on the front, driving things for Contador.

Evanℱs goes by Fuglsang who has been dropped. Two ex-mountain bikers.

And Wiggins is near the back of the Contador 🎶group too.

Wiggins looks l﷽ike he's in big trouble𒐪 here. He's now right at the back of the group.

He's on Kloden's wheel but that's not where he'll want t𒊎o༒ be.

30km remaining from 184km

Navarro has everyone lined out.

Cunego has a pretty good gap a🍒nd he can descend well.

1km for Riblon.

29km remaining from 184km

Wiggins losing contact now.

29km remaining from 184km

🌌Charteau is joined by Cunego but he beats the Italian to the points. The bunch aren't that far away.

Riblon now on the desce🌱nt and it's his stage to lose. He has to take as many risks as possible before the final climb. He neeജds every single second.

24km remaining from 184km

Samuel Sanchez running very wide on🐈 a corner there and just about holding it﷽ together.

To recap: Armstrong, Evans, Wiggin🅠s, 💝Rogers all dropped from the group of main favourites.

21km remaining from 184km

Evans was at four minutes.

Vino is leading the main field on the descent.

Wiggins makes contact with the main gr🔯oup as Riblon continu🍒es to push on, on his own.

Riblon will be worried by the small group be⛦hind him. Schleck is closer to the front now, he's just behind Contador.

Cunego pours ❀a bottle overඣ his head, descending with just one hand. Has the Italian won a race yet this year? I dont think he has.

Very twisty section on the descent, as Riblon hugs each corner. He looks pretty good at the moment but it's all abou🤪t the final 7.8km cli༺mb.

11km remaining from 184km

Moinard stꦉill trying to catch Riblon, he's gaining on him.

Moinard still trying to catch Riblon, he's gaꦚining on ♎him.

Moinard still trying to catch Riblon, 🎃he's gaining on h💎im.

Moinard still trying to ca🧔tch Riblon, he's gaining on him.

10km remaining from 184km

Moinard about to make contact but no, he's cracked on the first 100 meters of the climb and Riblon looks back and then goes on alone. He sti♌ll looks good.

Sastre has a little stretch at the back of his g🔯roup. Wi🃏ll he try something?

Astana crew now on the final clim🗹b, as R🔯iblon starts to rock his head.

Incredible courage from Riblon, Sastre sets the pace behind, Naꩵvarro leads the yelꦕlow jersey group.

Kiryienka has been dropped, quick step rider too. so Valls and Cunego dig in ✤with Sastre.

7km remaining from 184km

Cunego coming back to Sastre.

Contador is just watching Schleck.

Vino out of the saddle and still setting the pace. Le Mevel is struggling🍬.

Can Sastre make up that mu🐽ch time on the fina⛎l climb?

Kreuziger  has been dropped. Vino is destr♛oying the field.

6km remaining from 184km

6km remaining from 184km

yellow group down to : LL 🦩sanchez, Van den Broeck, Rodriguez, Schleck, Contador, Vino, Menchov, Sam Sanchez, Leipheimer

Contador and Sꦐchleck just watching each other at the back of their group.

5km remaining from 184km

Sastre having his best day in the Tour s😼ince 2008.

Contador and Schleck ജflirting at the back, each jus꧟t watching each other.

4km remaining from 184km

Cunego about to be caught, Gesink is catching back up but as Vino slඣows the pace goes out.

Vino is about to be droppꦬed as Van den Broek takes the 🧔race by the scruff of the neck. Grreat riding.

4km remaining from 184km

Sanche♚z no🍷w setting the pace as Van den Broek makes it over to the leaders as well.

Sastre attacks. Cunego makes it back to th♑e Contador group.

3km remaining from 184km

Contador goes again, Schleck and Menchov♍ make it over.

Sastre caught and passed and Gesink drops. Samuel Sanchez comes passed and joins so we now have fo🎉ur riders at the front, Van den Bro♒eck leading he chase.

3km remaining from 184km

Riblon 𒁏still ahead as Contador and Schleck ease up, just watching each other. Menchov and Sanchez riding away.

Gesink is setting a furious pace ahead.

Menchov n♓ow attacks. Wh🌞at are Contador and Schleck doing?

SChleck comes through anꦚd sets the pace. I bet the Rabo DS can't believe his luck.

Menchov is riding himself into the rac𒀰e for yel🗹low. Sanchez trying to do the same but isn't as strong.

Contador and Schleck are star๊ting to ride now but that was incredible as they both almost stopped.

Menchov, the♏n Sanchez, then Rodriguez, VDB and Gesink, then Schleck/Contador

1km remaining from 184km

Menchov is really suffering but he has to♍ push on and get every single second.

A fantastic win f♓or France, for AG2R and the Tour. Riblon comes to the line.

Sanchez now with ꦡMenchov as Schleck and Contador catch Van den Broeck.

Menchov and Sanchez,

More riders are comꦉing over the line, Rogers one of them.

The yellow jersey stay🦹's on Schleck's shoulders but the big talking point will be how Contador and Schleck eased up and allowed their other rivals to move ahead of them.

End result is that Andy Schleck will have more press𓃲ure on him after today. He needed to gain time on Contador, he diဣdn't and he has just three days left in the mountains to do it.

Four stage wins for France in this year's race.

1 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
3 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
4 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
5 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team

General classification after stage 14

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