Summary

  • Britain's Steve Cummings win stage 14

  • First Tour stage win for 34-year-old

  • Chris Froome extends yellow jersey lead

  • Nairo Quintana second, Tejay van Garderen third

Live Reporting

Paul Fletcher

  1. Well, many thanks for your company today. 

    From a British point of view it was a pretty successful day, with Chris Froome extending his lead and Steve Cummings taking the stage.

    I'll be back on Sunday for the 183km canter from Mende to Valence.

    Do join me for that.

  3. He gave it everything

    Rob Hayles
    Former GB cyclist

    We saw Steve Cummings languishing at the back of the group just waiting and biding his team. I thought it might be too steep but he got over the top and was right up there – it was amazing. The French riders were looking at each other, saying they needed to work together but Cummins - a former pursuit rider - gave it everything he had.

  4. Yellow jersey

    Good day for Froome

    1. Chris Froome (Britain / Team Sky) 56:02:19"

    2. Nairo Quintana (Colombia / Movistar) +3:10"

    3. Tejay van Garderen (U.S. / BMC Racing) +3:32"

    4. Alejandro Valverde (Spain / Movistar) +4:02"

    5. Alberto Contador (Spain / Tinkoff - Saxo) +4:23"

    6. Geraint Thomas (Britain / Team Sky) +4:54"

    7. Robert Gesink (Netherlands / LottoNL) +6:23"

    8. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Astana) +8:17"

    9. Tony Gallopin (France / Lotto) +8:23"

    10. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands / Trek) +8:53"

  5. Froome's lead extended

    Chris Froome now has a lead of three minutes 10 seconds - with Nairo Quintana second and Tejay Van Garderen third.

    Chris Froome finishes stage 14Reuters

  6. You may have noticed that Cummings was wearing an orange helmet today. That was because 18 July is Nelson Mandela Day and MTN-Quebeka are a South-African team.

    What a day for the team to pull off their first Tour de France stage win.

  8. Today's top five

    1. Stephen Cummings

    2. Thibaut Pinot, at 0.02

    3. Romain Bardet, at 0.03

    4. Rigoberto Uran, at 0.20

    5. Peter Sagan, at 0.29

    Steven Cummings beats the two FrenchmenAP

  9. Simon Yates - another Brit - finished the stage in 10th place.

  10. Tears from Cummings

    Wow, that was a pretty sensational 15 minutes, with Steven Cummings of wildcard team MTN-Quebeka bringing home the stage win.

    Cummings, overcome with emotion, appears to be crying his eyes out. Emotional scenes.

  11. Froome and Quintana come in pretty much together - both of them sprinting home.

    Indeed a late sprint from Froome might give him a second or so - perhaps a statement of intent more than anything else. 

  12. Alejandro Valverde blasts past Alberto Contador.

    Not proving to be a great finish for Tejay van Garderen, who may well lose second here.

  13. Quintana and Froome coming in together. This last gap has caused all sorts of little gaps. 

  14. Froome and Quintana coming up together.

  15. Cummings wins stage 14

    Steven Cummings wins stage 14Getty Images

    Brilliant, just brilliant.

  16. Cummings out in front - 200m to go. 

  17. Thrilling finish in store...

  18. Rob Hayles
    Former GB cyclist

    Chris Froome is not panicking. There isn't much of an opportunity to take too much time from him.

  19. 1km to go

    Romain Bardet and Thibaut Pinot together at the front. Steve Cummings joins them..... 

  20. I don't think Chris Froome has any team-mates with him.

    Tejay Van Garderen struggling to keep pace. Froome hauling Quintana in. Nibali struggling.