On stage 14, the most dramatic abandon so far took place as Remco Evenepoel climbed off his bike on the ascent of Col du Tourmalet. He wasn't the only rider who fell victim to the stage's savages, alongside some rumoured illness across the peloton.

Tadej Pogacar rampaged through the Pyrenees, winning atop Hautacam on stage 12, then demolishing the field in the time trial on stage 13, and those back-to-back wins have gone some way to ensuring the destiny of the Tour de France title is looking fairly well sewn up.