Tour de France stage 12 Live – A flat finish suited to the sprinters once again

‘Worst day of my life’ – Fred Wright suffers through stage 11 with broom wagon and misses time limit

Former British road champion struggles across finish line with ‘no regrets, because that was what I had’

British rider Fred Wright was the previous man to leave the race after missing the time cut on stage 11.

167 riders set to start today after Mørkøv’s departure, barring any further withdrawals.

Riders will be signing on ahead of the stage in Aurillac.

Around an hour to go to the start now.

A look at yesterday’s stage result and subsequent updated GC rankings, powered by FirstCycling.

Now a look back at yesterday’s stage 11 which brought another chapter in the yellow jersey battle.

Tour de France: Jonas Vingegaard charges ahead of Tadej Pogačar to win gripping finale on stage 11

Remco Evenepoel third while Primož Roglič recovers from late crash but recovers for fourth place in battle to Le Lioran

Astana have posted the news to social media now. Cavendish will fight on without his top lead-out man

Mark Cavendish lead-out man Michael Mørkøv leaves Tour de France after testing positive for COVID-19

Astana-Qazaqstan’s veteran lead-out master and key lieutenant to Cavendish forced to leave the race ahead of stage 12

Mark Cavendish‘s lead-out man Michael Mørkøv is out of the Tour de France with a COVID-19 infection, his Astana Qazaqstan team has announced.

“Yesterday evening and this morning Michael Mørkøv was tested positive for Covid-19,” the team announced on their website. “Despite the rider feels good and doesn’t have essential symptoms, the medical staff of Astana Qazaqstan Team took a decision to stop the rider, first of all, to protect his health from long-term effects the virus could provoke in the future.”

The full map of today’s stage.

Just under two hours to go before…