Stage 14

The road

At the start

A summit finish on the Tourmalet

Alaphilippe won the time trial too, and it has cost the climbers dearly: Thomas is at 1:26, Bernal at 2:52, Pinot at 3:22, and Quintana, Bardet and Landa each conceded more than a minute in Pau. Wout van Aert crashed into the barriers there and his Tour is over. Today is only 111 kilometres and it finishes on top of the Col du Tourmalet — only the third time the pass has ever been a finish.

How it was won

1. 161 km to go

   Bardet cracks on the Soulor

   Ineos and Movistar lift the pace on the Col du Soulor and, surprisingly early, Romain Bardet is dropped, Adam Yates soon after, 60km from the summit finish.

2. 221 km to go

   Quintana slips away

   As the race hits the mighty Tourmalet, Nairo Quintana stunningly drifts off the back of the lead group — while his own Movistar team is still bizarrely driving the front.

3. 38 km to go

   Gaudu rips it apart

   David Gaudu sets a phenomenal pace with Pinot glued to his wheel, catching Barguil and shedding Valverde with 8km to go; Porte and Mas are the next to fall away.

4. 41 km to go

   Thomas cracks under the kite

   Under the flamme rouge the defending champion Geraint Thomas comes undone as Emanuel Buchmann powers on into the swirling mist near the summit.

5. 5At the line

   Pinot conquers the Tourmalet

   After a brief impasse Pinot takes it up in the final 500m and simply rides away — nobody can get near him on the steep run to the line atop the Tour's most storied climb.

The result