Tadej Pogačar has powered to an impressive stage win on the first day in the Pyrenees to take back the Tour de France yellow jersey.

INEOS Grenadiers’ Thymen Arensman won stage 14 of the Tour de France on Saturday, riding solo for the final 37km of a brutal day in the Pyrenees. Behind him race leader Tadej Pogacar added six seconds to his lead over Jonas Vingegaard.

Tour de France riders have applauded for a minute before the 12th stage in memory of Samuele Privitera, the 19-year-old Italian who died after a crash while racing in Italy.

Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) has abandoned the Tour de France, climbing off on the Col du Tourmalet during stage 14.

After yesterday’s brutal Pyrenean test the Tour de France gets even tougher, with the riders set to tackle a short but definitely not sweet mountainous time trial.Stage 13 is only 10.9km long but hits gradients of 16% as the riders climb steadily from a flatter opening section in Loudenvielle all the way up to the altiport at Peyragudes in the Pyrenees.

The 3-time champion captures the 13th stage to hold on to the yellow jersey and increase his lead to more than four minutes over rival Jonas Vingegard.

The Tour de France has reached Toulouse and the riders have definitely earned their first rest day with ferocious pace as we near the halfway point of the three-week race.

Route map, profile and start time on blockbuster day of climbing as race enters Pyrenees - After an opening week of skirmishes expect battle to seriously commence among the GC contenders today as the