Hello and welcome along to our live coverage of stage 14 of the Tour de France. Today's route takes the riders 181.5km from Blagnac to Rodez and rolls gently for much of the day, so it should be won by an all-rounder, and possibly out of the breakaway.

De Gendt has now dropped Voeckler and is leading solo. He has 1min 28sec over the peloton, which continues to be led by Team Sunweb.

Just a quick reminder of today's profile and what the finish looks like:

The breakaway and peloton have now gone over the summit of the Côte de Centrès. De Gendt was once again first man to the summit.

Crosswinds would definitely spice things up a bit:

Scratch that. Breakaway now down to two riders after Roosen falls away.

Bout has also been dropped, so the breakaway is now down to just De Gendt, Voeckler and Roosen. Their lead over the peloton is 1min 31sec.

The riders are now on the day's second climb, the category-three, Côte de Centrès, and the breakaway is back down to four after Hollenstein was dropped. Back down the road, Kittel's group made it back to the peloton in time for the climb, but the German has just been dropped again. He has a team-mate with him.

Kittel has not made it back to the peloton, but he is now in a group of six also containing one team-mate and Steve Cummings (Team Dimension Data), so he's not alone and has a few people to draft. They're 400m behind the bunch.

That last climb proved a bit too feisty for Marcel Kittel, who has been dropped by the peloton and is now riding on his own. The road is flattening back out and he's within sight of the peloton, so he should tag back on, but there's another category-three climb coming in about 10km, so he'll be likely dropped again.

The breakaway reaches the summit of the Côte du viaduc du Viaur and it was De Gendt who was first over the line. Roosen was dropped just before the top, but he should be able to catch back up.

Roosen has made it back to the other four breakaway riders. Fair play to him because De Gendt was really kicking on there, so much so that the gap to the peloton has crept back up to 2min 00sec.

The breakaway is now down to four riders because Timo Roosen has just punctured. He's chasing back to the other four escapees, but it's a tough task because they're on the first categorised climb and De Gendt is setting a strong pace.

More on Felline's illness:

This is what the front of the peloton has looked like pretty much all day:

Greg Van Avermaet is many people's favourite to repeat his victory in Rodez two years ago. Here's what the reigning Olympic road race champion had to say before the stage: "Rodez was a special moment in my career. Before that win, I had high expectations, I was always close. But Rodez made a big change in my life. It was the launchpad for other big victories. I'm happy the Tour de France put it in again. I'm always smiling when I hear Rodez, for it's a really good memory.”

Here's the reason Felline had to withdraw:

The breakaway riders have stretched their lead back out to 2min 15sec, but you get the impression it's only a temporary reprieve. They've shortly got two category-three climbs to tackle and they could lose a lot of time there. The first is Côte du viaduc du Viaur with 50km to go, which is 2.3km long and averages seven per cent in gradient. The second is the Côte de Centrès with 36km to go, which is also 2.3km long and averages 7.7 per cent.

Trek-Segafredo's Fabio Felline has just quit the race. Not sure what was wrong with the Italian yet, but that's a blow for Alberto Contador. We're now down to 176 riders left in the Tour out of the initial 198.

The riders are now starting to get to the lumpier part of today's route and the breakaway's is already starting to fall. It's down to 1min 39sec, so BMC, Sunweb and Bahrain-Merida may have to knock the pace off slightly on the front of the bunch.

Still no sign of Quick-Step Floors chipping in at the front of the bunch. Either Philippe Gilbert is on an off-day, or they're going to let BMC and Sunweb do all the work and then try to steal the glory at the end.