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Saturday, July 19: Stage 14, Grenoble - Risoul, 177 km (hilltop finish)

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Rafal Majka wins stage 14. Photo ©Sirotti

Major ascents:

• Km 82: Col du Lautaret, 34 km @ 3.9% average gradient - category 1
• Km 132.5: Col d'Izoard (Souvenir Henri Desgrange), 19 km @ 6% - hors category
• Km 177: Montée de Risoul, 12.6 km @ 6.9% - category 1

The Race: Vincenzo Nibali had predicted that this would be a fearsomely difficult stage. He was sure right about that.

The speed was high from the gun and very soon seventeen riders were clear, none of whom presented a GC threat.

Wanting to take back his leadership in the mountains classification, break member Joaquin Rodriguez was first over the Col du Lautaret. After the Lautaret's descent the break's lead, which had been as much as five minutes, was down to two minutes 33 seconds.

Rodriguez was also first over the mighty Izoard, getting both the KOM points and the 5,000 Euro Souvenir Henri Desgrange prize for being the first over the Tour's highest point.

On the Izoard's descent Romain Bardet and his Ag2r teammates attempted to split the yellow jersey group. There was a furious scramble and before the final ascent to Risoul had begun, there was a general regoupment. The front break was down to eleven riders, 1 minute 47 seconds ahead of the peloton.

Sky's Geraint Thomas slaved away at the front of the break, trying to set things up for teammate Mikel Nieve. But Rafal Majka had other plans. He went solo up the final climb while in the yellow jersey group the attacks started firing off.

With four kilometers to go Nibali attacked with Jean-Christophe Péraud stuck to him like a limpet. A half-minute back Thibaut Pinot, Romain Bardet, Tejay Van Garderen with Alejandro Valderde for company were chasing. Then, astonishingly, Valverde cracked. He was dropped.

Rafal Majka is enjoying terrific form. The Tinkoff-Saxo rider crossed the line alone. A half-minute later Nibali, refusing to give any presents, beat Péraud to the line for second.

Nibali has tightened his grip on the yellow jersey. And despite faltering on the final climb, Valverde remain in second place, followed by the two feisty Frenchmen, Bardet and Pinot. What a terrific day of racing!

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 34.4 km/hr

1	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	5hr 8min 27sec
2	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 24 seconds
3	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 00' 26''
4	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 00' 50''
5	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
6	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 00' 54''
7	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01' 01''
8	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01' 07''
9	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01' 20''
10	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01' 24''
11	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING
12	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR
13	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 18''
14	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02' 34''
15	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 37''
16	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 02' 40''
17	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02' 44''
18	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	+ 03' 09''
19	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
20	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03' 20''
21	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 03' 25''
22	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 03' 31''
23	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03' 57''
24	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 04' 46''
25	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 04' 59''
26	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
27	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 05' 16''
28	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	+ 06' 17''
29	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	+ 06' 37''
30	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY
31	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 06' 52''
32	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 06' 55''
33	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 07' 08''
34	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM
35	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 07' 30''
36	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 08' 55''
37	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 09' 07''
38	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 10' 13''
39	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 10' 18''
40	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
41	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
42	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
43	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
44	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 10' 27''
45	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 10' 57''
46	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
47	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING
48	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 11' 36''
49	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 12' 48''
50	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 12' 59''
51	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 13' 18''
52	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
53	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 13' 22''
54	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 13' 34''
55	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 13' 39''
56	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	+ 13' 47''
57	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
58	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
59	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
60	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM
61	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL
62	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
63	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
64	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR
65	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 14' 28''
66	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 15' 22''
67	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP
68	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
69	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 15' 32''
70	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO
71	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 16' 11''
72	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 16' 52''
73	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE
74	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 17' 30''
75	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 17' 38''
76	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 18' 25''
77	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	+ 18' 51''
78	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
79	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 21' 41''
80	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
81	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE
82	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
83	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 21' 54''
84	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
85	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
86	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY
87	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR
88	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
89	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL
90	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
91	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 22' 07''
92	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING
93	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 22' 40''
94	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
95	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	+ 25' 24''
96	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
97	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
98	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL
99	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM
100	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
101	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM
102	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
103	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE
104	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
105	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
106	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
107	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
108	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
109	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
110	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
111	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE
112	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA
113	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM
114	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE
115	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
116	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
117	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
118	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY
119	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE
120	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR
121	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR
122	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP
123	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
124	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP
125	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP
126	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
127	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
128	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO
129	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR
130	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
131	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
132	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
133	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
134	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR
135	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 25' 33''
136	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	+ 26' 45''
137	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 27' 07''
138	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY	+ 27' 40''
139	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
140	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM
141	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
142	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
143	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
144	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA
145	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL
146	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
147	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
148	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
149	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
150	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
151	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
152	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
153	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR
154	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE
155	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO
156	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
157	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
158	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING
159	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
160	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
161	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
162	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
163	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR
164	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
165	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA
166	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE
167	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
168	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
169	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA
170	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
171	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP

GC after Stage 14: 2,531 km raced so far at an average speed of 40.910 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	61hr 52min 54sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	@ 4'min 37sec
3	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 04' 50''
4	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 05' 06''
5	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 05' 49''
6	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 06' 08''
7	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 08' 33''
8	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 09' 32''
9	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 10' 01''
10	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 10' 48''
11	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 11' 02''
12	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 11' 10''
13	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 12' 57''
14	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 14' 37''
15	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 16' 03''
16	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 19' 12''
17	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 19' 24''
18	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	+ 20' 18''
19	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 21' 00''
20	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	+ 21' 04''
21	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 22' 30''
22	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 23' 59''
23	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 32' 55''
24	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 39' 12''
25	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 41' 28''
26	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 45' 33''
27	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 48' 00''
28	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 49' 03''
29	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 50' 17''
30	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 52' 08''
31	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 52' 10''
32	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 53' 05''
33	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 06' 28''
34	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01h 08' 30''
35	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	+ 01h 11' 33''
36	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 11' 34''
37	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 14' 09''
38	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 16' 59''
39	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 19' 49''
40	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 22' 19''
41	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 24' 26''
42	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 25' 19''
43	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 25' 27''
44	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 25' 51''
45	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 27' 22''
46	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 28' 23''
47	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01h 29' 36''
48	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 31' 52''
49	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 32' 09''
50	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01h 33' 50''
51	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 35' 04''
52	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 35' 12''
53	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01h 38' 39''
54	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 41' 03''
55	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01h 41' 06''
56	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01h 42' 38''
57	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 48' 14''
58	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 48' 40''
59	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01h 49' 23''
60	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 52' 17''
61	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 52' 25''
62	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 53' 12''
63	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 53' 19''
64	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 53' 40''
65	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 56' 31''
66	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 56' 32''
67	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01h 57' 13''
68	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01h 59' 17''
69	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 01' 52''
70	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 02h 04' 01''
71	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02h 06' 23''
72	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	+ 02h 06' 52''
73	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02h 07' 21''
74	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	+ 02h 08' 24''
75	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 02h 08' 28''
76	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02h 10' 11''
77	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 10' 36''
78	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 11' 30''
79	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 12' 51''
80	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 15' 05''
81	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 16' 23''
82	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 16' 40''
83	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 16' 49''
84	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 16' 58''
85	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 02h 17' 28''
86	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02h 18' 00''
87	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02h 18' 11''
88	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 02h 18' 21''
89	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR	+ 02h 20' 03''
90	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 20' 23''
91	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 20' 48''
92	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02h 22' 51''
93	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 24' 50''
94	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 02h 25' 05''
95	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02h 25' 30''
96	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 25' 56''
97	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02h 26' 21''
98	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 27' 28''
99	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02h 28' 00''
100	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02h 28' 26''
101	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 29' 42''
102	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 30' 08''
103	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02h 30' 43''
104	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 31' 17''
105	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	+ 02h 31' 17''
106	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 02h 31' 19''
107	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02h 31' 32''
108	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 31' 46''
109	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 02h 31' 53''
110	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	+ 02h 32' 59''
111	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	+ 02h 33' 02''
112	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02h 34' 01''
113	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 02h 34' 02''
114	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 34' 24''
115	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 02h 34' 32''
116	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 34' 41''
117	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	+ 02h 34' 59''
118	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 35' 32''
119	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 02h 36' 12''
120	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 02h 37' 00''
121	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 41' 16''
122	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR	+ 02h 41' 20''
123	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 02h 41' 35''
124	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 41' 43''
125	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 44' 00''
126	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 02h 45' 51''
127	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 46' 18''
128	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 47' 08''
129	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02h 48' 17''
130	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 02h 49' 26''
131	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 02h 53' 11''
132	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 54' 20''
133	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 55' 10''
134	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 02h 56' 48''
135	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 02h 57' 30''
136	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02h 59' 17''
137	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 02h 59' 54''
138	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	+ 03h 00' 04''
139	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 03h 00' 39''
140	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03h 02' 57''
141	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 04' 11''
142	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 04' 37''
143	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY	+ 03h 06' 19''
144	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 03h 07' 30''
145	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03h 07' 42''
146	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 03h 08' 00''
147	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 03h 11' 06''
148	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03h 12' 36''
149	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 03h 14' 52''
150	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 03h 16' 09''
151	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 03h 16' 12''
152	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 03h 16' 14''
153	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 03h 16' 50''
154	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	+ 03h 18' 03''
155	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 03h 18' 07''
156	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 18' 21''
157	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 20' 37''
158	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 03h 21' 25''
159	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 03h 21' 35''
160	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 03h 21' 58''
161	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 03h 22' 01''
162	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 03h 22' 40''
163	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 03h 23' 14''
164	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 03h 25' 33''
165	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03h 26' 15''
166	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE	+ 03h 31' 33''
167	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 03h 33' 29''
168	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR	+ 03h 34' 39''
169	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 03h 34' 57''
170	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 03h 36' 31''
171	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 04h 00' 57''

Points Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	361 points
2	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	191
3	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	172
4	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	167
5	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	134
6	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	118
7	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	117
8	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	115
9	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	87
10	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	81
11	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	80
12	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	76
13	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	74
14	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	70
15	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	68
16	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	64
17	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	63
18	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	63
19	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	60
20	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	56
21	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	55
22	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	55
23	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	55
24	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	55
25	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	53
26	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	51
27	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	50
28	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	50
29	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	47
30	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	44
31	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	43
32	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	43
33	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	42
34	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	41
35	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	40
36	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	39
37	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	35
38	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	34
39	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	32
40	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	32
41	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	32
42	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	31
43	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	31
44	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	31
45	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	30
46	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	30
47	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	30
48	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	30
49	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	29
50	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	29
51	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	28
52	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	28
53	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	28
54	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	27
55	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	26
56	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	26
57	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	26
58	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	26
59	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	25
60	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	24
61	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	24
62	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	23
63	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	22
64	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	22
65	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	21
66	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
67	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	20
68	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	20
69	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	20
70	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	20
71	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	20
72	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	20
73	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	20
74	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	19
75	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	19
76	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	18
77	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	18
78	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	17
79	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	17
80	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	16
81	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	16
82	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	16
83	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	15
84	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	15
85	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	15
86	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
87	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	14
88	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	14
89	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	14
90	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	13
91	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING	13
92	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	12
93	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	12
94	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	11
95	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	11
96	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	11
97	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	11
98	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	10
99	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
100	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
101	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	9
102	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	8
103	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	8
104	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	7
105	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	7
106	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	7
107	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	7
108	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	7
109	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	5
110	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	4
111	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	4
112	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	4
113	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING	4
114	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	3
115	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	3
116	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	3
117	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	3
118	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	3
119	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	3
120	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	3
121	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE	3
122	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	2
123	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	2
124	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	1
125	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	-4
126	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	-5
127	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	-5
128	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	-13
129	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	-20

Mountains Classification:

1	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	88 points
2	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	88
3	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	86
4	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	49
5	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	40
6	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	38
7	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	34
8	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	32
9	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	29
10	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	26
11	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	24
12	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	24
13	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	18
14	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	17
15	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	16
16	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	14
17	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	14
18	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	12
19	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	12
20	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	12
21	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	11
22	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	10
23	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	10
24	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	9
25	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	9
26	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	9
27	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	6
28	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	6
29	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	5
30	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5
31	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	4
32	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	4
33	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	4
34	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	4
35	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	4
36	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
37	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	2
38	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
39	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	2
40	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	2
41	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	2
42	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	2
43	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	2
44	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	1
45	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1
46	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	1
47	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	1
48	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1
49	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1
50	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	1
51	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	1

Young Rider Classification:

1	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	61hr 57min 44sec
2	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	@ 16 seconds
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 14' 34''
4	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 47' 18''
5	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 22' 32''
6	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 36' 13''
7	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 43' 24''
8	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 43' 50''
9	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 47' 27''
10	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 51' 42''
11	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02h 06' 40''
12	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 10' 15''
13	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 11' 33''
14	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 15' 33''
15	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 02h 25' 18''
16	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 26' 27''
17	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02h 29' 11''
18	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 02h 36' 26''
19	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 02h 41' 01''
20	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 02h 59' 21''
21	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03h 13' 31''
22	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 03h 20' 43''
23	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03h 21' 25''
24	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 03h 28' 39''
25	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 03h 31' 41”

Team Classification:

1	Ag2R La Mondiale	185hr 56min 38sec
2	Belkin Pro Cycling	@ 12min 42sec
3	Team Sky	+ 38' 16''
4	Astana Pro Team	+ 46' 10''
5	Movistar Team	+ 47' 44''
6	BMC Racing Team	+ 51' 01''
7	Trek Factory Racing	+ 01h 15' 07''
8	Team Europcar	+ 01h 15' 51''
9	Lampre - Merida	+ 01h 22' 13''
10	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 01h 31' 56''
11	Lotto-Belisol	+ 01h 53' 01''
12	FDJ.Fr	+ 01h 53' 22''
13	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	+ 01h 59' 41''
14	Iam Cycling	+ 02h 07' 53''
15	Team Netapp-Endura	+ 02h 08' 51''
16	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 02h 08' 56''
17	Team Katusha	+ 02h 15' 23''
18	Bretagne-Seche Environnement	+ 03h 31' 38''
19	Garmin - Sharp	+ 03h 54' 47''
20	Orica Greenedge	+ 04h 05' 34''
21	Cannondale	+ 04h 26' 44''
22	Team Giant-Shimano	+ 04h 31' 49''

Stage 14 photos:

Alessandro De Marchi and Joaquin Rodriguez. Photo ©Sirotti

Rafal Majka is well and truly gone. Photo ©Sirotti

Nibali chases Majka with Jean-Christophe Péraud on his wheel. Photo ©Sirotti

Thibaut Pinot and Romain Bardet. Photo ©Sirotti

Alejandro Valverde. Photo ©Sirotti

Pierre Rolland. Photo ©Sirotti

Bauke Mollema. Photo ©Sirotti

Rui Costa. Photo ©Sirotti

Richie Porte hadn't recovered from yesterday and came unhitched again. Photo ©Sirotti

Geraint Thomas did a huge amount of work in the break. Photo ©Sirotti

Michele Scarponi and José Serpa. Photo ©Sirotti

Ooh, that must have hurt! Rafal Majka held everyone off to win stage 14. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali and J.C. Péraud cross the line a half-minute after Majka. Photo ©Sirotti

Thibaut Pinot beats Romain Bardet for fourth place. Photo ©Sirotti

Tejay Van Gardeen finished 6th today, he's now 5th in the GC. Photo ©Sirotti

Frank Schleck did really well today, finishing 7th. Photo ©Sirotti

Laurens Tem Dam looks gassed. But he finished 8th today. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner Rafal Majka. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali has survived the Alps with his lead intact. Next week, the Pyrenees and the time trial. Photo ©Sirotti

Joaquin Rodriguez is tied with Rafal Majka at 88 KOM points. But I"m assuming that Rodriguez' better GC placing was used as a tie-breaker. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 14 live updates:

Weather at Risoul at 1:05 local time: A little nicer than yesterday 23C (73F), wind from the south at 16 km/h (10 mph). No rain in the last 24 hours and only a 10% chance of rain during the day. There is light drizzle on the Col du Lautaret. 51% humidity.

Km 0: This is the second and final day in the high Alps. The consensus is that today will be harder even than yesterday.

173 riders signed on, including Astana's Jakob Fuglsang, who crashed spectacularly yesterday after hitting a bottle that fell out of Jurgen Van den Broeck's bottle cage. Fuglsang is covered in bandages.

Very quickly after the stage start, Lampre rider Rafael Valls abandoned, unable to continue after an earlier crash injured his left knee.

Km 25: The race was active from the gun. The results of the hard riding in a stage that started climbing the Col du Lautaret almost from the start was a split in the peloton. There are 17 riders about three minutes ahead of the peloton with the yellow jersey. Peter Sagan is in the front end of the split, as is Rodriquez. The intermediate sprint is coming up shortly.

In the front group: Mikel Nieve and Geraint Thomas (Sky), Jesus Herrada (Movistar), Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), Rafal Majka and Nicolas Roche (Tinkoff), Peter Sagan and Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale), Steven Kruijswijk (Belkin), Christophe Riblon (AG2R), Albert Timmer (Giant), José Serpa (Lampre), Amaël Moinard (BMC), Cyril Gautier (Europcar), Nicolas Edet and Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis) and Simon Yates (Orica).

Though there are many fine riders in this group, none present a threat to the GC. Geraint Thomas is the highest ranked, 18th @ 14min 5sec. 

Km 36: The gap to the 17 riders is 3min 29sec. Neither the break nor the chasing peloton seems to be driving hard at the moment.

Km 43: The break did not contest the intermediate sprint, which Peter Sagan easily took. The Astana-led peloton passed the line 3min 40sec after the break. The race is 1hr 2min old. Average speed so far has been 41.6 km/hr.

Km 45.4: The race is passing through Bourg d'Oisons, just a couple of kilometers from the start proper of the Col du Lautaret.

Km 50: The race is on the 34-km Lautaret. The speed remains moderate. The pack isn't strung out yet. The gap to the 17 riders up the road is 3min 14sec.

Astana still has all nine team members in the race.

Km 56: The 17 riders are 4 minutes ahead of the peloton.

Km 64, 113 km remaining: The race has been fairly calm. The gap is four minutes. Sagan is in the front group of 17 twiddling a small gear. Astana continues to lead the peloton. There is a little drizzle as the Col du Lautaret is ascended.

Km 74: FDJ had momentarily added little horsepower to the chase, but the front of the peloton is back to being all Astana. Despite the brisk start to the stage, the race is now about three minutes behind the projected schedule. The group of 17 leaders is 4min 47sec ahead of the peloton.

Km 79: The gap has gone out to 5 minutes with just a few kilometers left of the Lautaret. The race is 2hr 25min old. Average speed had gone down to 32.6 km/hr.

Km 110: Of course, Joaquin Rodriguez was first over the summit of the Lautaret, scarfing up the 10 KOM points. Though Rodriguez is wearing the polka dots, Vincenzo Nibali actaully leads the KOM classification.But Nibali's torso is covered with yellow.

At the bottom of the high-speed descent of the Lautaret the 17 riders have a reduced lead of 2min 33sec. NetApp-Endura is leading the peloton's chase.

Km 114: The break has arrived at the base of the Izoard. The first rider to the top will get 5,000 Euros because it is the highest point of the Tour, the Souvenir Henri Desgrange.

The great Louison Bobet believed that it is on the Izoard that riders should forge their legacy. In 1953 Bobet performed one of cycling's great set-pieces on the Izoard, a ride that earned him the first of his three yellow jerseys.

Km 117: As the Izoard begins to bite, riders are being shelled, both from the break and the peloton. Up front Sagan and Albert Timmer are shelled. NetApp still leads the peloton with Astana in close attendance.

Km 124, 53 km to go: The break, now down to 15 riders, is 2min 40sec ahead of the peloton. The last NetApp-Endura rider has pulled off and now Astana is back at the job of leading the peloton. The NetApp riders who had been pacing the pack are now having trouble maintaining contact with the peloton. NetApp must have ambitions to advance Leopold Konig's cause.

Km 127: NetApp has returned to the front of the yellow jersey group. There are about 10 kms left of the Izoard. Geraint Thomas is hammering away at the front of the break. Is he trying to set things up for breakawy companion and teammate Mikel Nieve? That would be a good result for Sky, which now has about zero GC possibilities.

Km 129: The pressure from NetApp has really reduced the peloton, which is now in a line as they ascend the Izoard's final kilometers. Nibali is near the front, looking unstressed. Joaquin Rodriguez is at the front of the break. With 5,000 Euros (6,750 USD) available to the first man to the top, I'm sure Rodriguez will have to fight for the KOM points waiting at the top.

The break is three minutes ahead of the field. Riders are being shelled form the lead group. Nicolas Edet was just dropped.

Back in the peloton, Ag2r has brought Romain Bardet to the front.

Km 132: Michal Kwiatkowski is having trouble staying with the yellow-jersey group.

Up front: Rodriquez is leading as the break approaches the Izoard's summit. He gets it. Rodriquez at this point is the leader of the KOM classification with 88 points to Nibali's 70.

Km 134: Thibaut Pinot led the yellow jersey group over the Izoard 2min 55sec after the break crested the mountain. Has Pinot overcome his fear of high-speed technical descents? FDJ has been working with him to overcome his difficulties getting down mountains.

The break is down to 10 riders: Geraint Thomas (Sky), Jesus Herrada (Movistar), Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha), Rafal Majka (Tinkoff), Alessandro De Marchi (Cannnondale), Steven Kruijswijk (Belkin), José Serpa (Lampre), Amaël Moinard (BMC) and Simon Yates (Orica).

Km 140: The riders are descending at 90 km/hr.

BAM! Romain Bardet has attacked on the descent. Jakob Fuglsang and Nibali have closed up to him.

Pinot is chasing hard.

Km 146: Riders are making it up to the Bardet/Nibali group.

Km 148: Jean-Christophe Peraud is leading his teammate Bardet. Pinot has made contact with the Bardet/Nibali group. It looks like Tejay Van Garderen has missed the move.

Thre are 11 riders in the front group, 8 in the Bardet/Nibali chase, 1min 47sec back.

The peloton with Van Garderen has just made it up to the Yellow Jersey group.

Dries Devenyns has crashed and abandoned.

Km 157: Next up, the final first-category ascent to the hilltop finish at Risoul. The eleven leaders are 1min 32sec ahead of the yellow jersey group, which has grown as dropped riders scramble to regain contact.

Km 162: Geraint Thomas has done a ton of work leading the break, but the lead is just 68 seconds. Ag2r is full of vim and vigor and fear no rider. They are driving the peloton.

The break has just started the final climb.

Richie Porte has been dropped from the peloton.

Km 165: The break has just 40 seconds. Rui Costa has been dropped from the peloton. Ag2r has three riders at the front of the peloton to help Bardet. Nibali is right with Bardet.

Up at the break, Alessandro de Marchi has attacked, taking José Serpa with him.

10 km to go: De Marchi and Serpa are 46 seconds ahead of the yellow jersey group. De Marchi has dropped Serpa. Rafal Majka has caught De Marchi. Makja taps De Marchi on the back and tells him to come along. Rodriguez is closing in on De Marchi and Majka.

The Ag2r-led peloton is 36 seconds back

Majka has dropped De Marchi.

8 km to go: Rodriguez has caught Majka.

Scarponi has been dropped by the yellow jersey group. Nibali has no teammates.

7 km to go: It's Majka in the lead, Rodriguez and De Marchi @ 19 seconds, then the yellow jersey group another 27 seconds back.

5 km to go: Majka is tapping out a wonderful rhythm. He's 56 seconds ahead of the yellow jersey group.

Bam! Pierre Rolland attacks. Jean-Christophe Peraud marks him. The pair is brought back.

4 km to go: Majka has 62 seconds. Rolland goes again, this time in the big ring.

Double Bam! Nibali just rides away. Peraud seems to easily mark him. Rodriguez and De Marchi have been passed.

Now Valverde goes after Nibali with Van Garderen in hot pursuit. Pinot and Bardet have made it up to Valverde as well. Majka has 53 seconds.

Konig has been dropped. So has Rolland.

2 km to go: Majka has 47 seconds. Nibali attacks Peraud and Peraud closes back up.

Majka has 32 seconds now.

Valverde has been dropped from the Van Garderen chase.

1 km to go: Majka is 29 seconds ahead of Nibali and Peraud. The Bardet/Pinot/Van Garderen group is another half-minute back. Valverde is 25 seconds behind Bardet.

The finish: Rafal Majka crosses the line alone. Nibali won't gift Peraud second place as they cross the line a half-minute later. Pinot and Bardet fight it out, it looks like Pinot beat his compatriot. Van Garderen is just behind them.

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