NYONS, France — The Tour de France will continue as planned on Friday, a day after the deadly attack in Nice.

France is reeling again after a large truck mowed through a crowd of revelers gathered for a Bastille Day fireworks display in the Riviera city of Nice, killing at least 80 people on Thursday night. The attack, on France’s national holiday, followed attacks last November in Paris that killed 130.

Defending champion Chris Froome, the race’s current leader, posted a picture of the blue, white and red French flag on Twitter on Friday and wrote: “Thoughts are with those affected by the horrific terror attack in Nice.”

Froome was scheduled to compete in the race’s first time trial later Friday after organizers said the hilly 37.5-kilometer (23-mile) leg from Bourg-Saint-Andeol to La Caverne du Pont-D’Arc in the Ardeche region will go ahead despite the attack.

Tour director Christian Prudhomme said there will be a minute’s silence at the start of the stage, several hours drive from Nice.