Thibaut Pinot

Tour de France 2019: Simon Yates wins second stage in four days as Julian Alaphilippe keeps overall lead

Thomas struggled on the final climb into the clouds, but then closed the gap on the leader to 1min 35sec by dropping him with a late burst afer initially looking like he was going to lose precious time on the overall leader.

Tour de France 2019: France's Thibaut Pinot wins stage 14 as Julian Alaphilippe extends lead over Geraint Thomas

French president Emmanuel Macron followed the whole stage from the lead car in the vast caravan and appeared animated as he was flanked on the podium by his two compatriots.

Tour de France 2019: Julian Alaphilippe wins stage 13 individual time-trial to extend lead atop standings, retain yellow jersey

As Alaphilippe made the 18 percent slope ahead of the home straight the noise was deafening as the victory over time-trial specialist Thomas unexpectedly materialised

Tour de France 2019: Britain's Simon Yates wins stage 12 as Geraint Thomas, Julian Alaphilippe finish together

Simon Yates is over an hour adrift in the overall standings, but punched the air in joy after outwitting his rivals to add this Tour de France stage to victories in the Vuelta and Giro

Youngest rider wins Tour's eighth stage

The 22-year-old, born near Belfort, attacked in the last of seven climbs to cross the line on his own.