Louis Meintjes and Antonio Pedrero have abandoned the Tour de France after a mass crash in the opening kilometres of stage 14 that saw the race paused to allow the many fallen riders receive medical attention.
The mass crash took place 6km into the stage, when the peloton was strung out amid a flurry of early attacks and counter-attacks. Some 50 or so riders were held up in the incident, which appeared to be triggered by a rider slipping out on a sweeping, wet corner.
