Tour de France 2022 Stage 14 Live - Another day for the breakaway? Or will the final sharp climb of the day throw up some GC action?

The two cannot be seperated and they cross the line together. They did, however, open up a gap of about 15" to Gaudu, Thomas and Quintana.

Here we go. Pogacar tries it but Vingergaard latches on to his wheel immediately. They've put 26" into Thomas and 50" into Bardet.

Pogacar is again out of the saddle and setting a fearsome pace but Vingergaard holds on again.

The peloton are on the final climb. Jonas Vingergaard has no team mates and is now isolated in the pack.

Pogacar will surely try something soon.

The group has been completely whittled down. It only contains about 15 riders.

MATTHEWS WINS IN A SUPERB PERFORMANCE.

Bettiol comes home in second in a spirited performance but he just couldn't hold on to the pure power of Michael Matthews.

Pinot rolls through in third place to complete the podium, 30" back.

WOW! This time Mathews cruises past Bettiol at the KOM point. There's now a false flat section before the runway finish.

Where has this come from?

Bettiol has caught and now dropped Matthews with 600m of the climb to go. What a ride!

Alberto Bettiol has caught Mathhews as the gradient hits 14%. It looks absolutely brutal for the riders who are having to deal with the extreme heat.

Matthew has kicked on and has created a gap to Grosschartner and Sanchez who looks to be finished.

Alberto Bettiol now has Matthews in sight and is about 10" behind the leader.

We've got to the Cote de la Croix Neueve montee Jalabert. The final cat 2 climb of the day and the chasers are closing the gap!

They're now 21" behind the front three of Matthews, Grosschartner and Sanchez.

HERE WE GO!

5KM TO GO - FINAL CLIMB COMING UP

We're fast approaching the final climb of the day. Can the quartet hold on? We're being told about a police car that was on fire on the climb earlier. You'll be glad to hear no one has been hurt and we're still set for the finish in Mende.

The chasing group are 36' back and will still have their own aspirations of a stage win.

Further back Tom Pidcock has managed to get back on to the back of the peleton

The four leaders and chasing pack have now hit the long winding descent before the final cat 2 climb in Mende.

The leaders are 38" ahead of the large chasing pack. If Luis Leon Sanchez was to win today he would become the second oldest winner of a Tour de France stage in it's history.

Jumbo Visma are blowing the peloton apart. They've upped the pace and there are now riders dropping out the back, including Roglic who has done his turn for the day. Tom Pidcock has also been dropped and as it stands will drop out of the top 10 in the GC standings.

The leading four now have 37" on the chasers and 13'45" on the peloton who have just passed through the KOM point.

A nightmare for Andreas Kron who has had a puncture in the lead group and it looks like his chance for the stage is over. A real shame as he was looking very strong.

Roglic is now pacing at the front of the peloton having recovered from being dropped by the main group earlier in the stage. They are 14'30" behind the front group.

The front quartet have reached the summit of Cote de la Fage and they hold a 30" gap to the chasers behind. Can they hold on?

Elsehwere, Louis Meintjes has moved on to the virtual podium. This has been a superb ride by the South African.

The lead group are now half way through the cat 3, 5km climb of Cote de La Fage. It has an average gradient of 6% and they seem to be going up it quite nicely.

Alberto Bettiol is leading the charge behind. The chasing group now sit 30" behind the leaders and will know they will be in real trouble if they don't make the catch before the end of the climb.

Kron, Leon Sanchez and Grosschartner have now joined Matthews at the front of the race. This could be the move that decides the race. The quartet are working well together and seem determined to make this move stick.

They have 32" on the original breakaway group, who are looking look slightly disjointed.

The peloton are now 13'30" behind.

Andreas Kron (Lotto Soudal) is leading the charge at the front of a chase group with Felix Grosschartner (BORA - hansgrohe) and Luis Leon Sanchez (Bahrain - Victorious). They're about 12 seconds behind Mathhews, with the original breakaway 15" behind them.

The peloton is over 12' behind the front of the race.

This should be a thrilling final 50km.

Michael Matthews attacks! He's gone solo in very long range effort. There's no official time gap but it looks to be about 20" and rising. The chasers will be hoping to reel him in on the next climb.

At last - some action!!

Simon Geschke extends his lead in the polka dot jersey as he beats Quinn Simmons to the summit of the climb, taking two points with Simmons taking one point.

Simmons tries to gap the 22 man group but is quickly reeled in as the pace rises. It's probably about time for some action.

Caleb Ewan is quite remarkably still going at the back of race. Him and his trio of Lotto-Soudal team mates are 19' down on the 23 riders at the head of the race. Meaning they're about 8' from the back of the peloton.

The riders in the break have been taking turns to refuel from their team cars and they still hold a 11' lead over the peloton with 65km to go. They've just reached the bottom of the third cat 3 climb of the day, the Cote de Grandrieu which is 6.3km long at an average gradient of 4.1%.