Visma-Lease a Bike only have Sepp Kuss and Matteo Jorgenson to set this up for Jonas Vingegaard.

Tadej Pogacar has Jhonatan Narvaez and Adam Yates still in the GC group.

Primoz Roglic, Kevin Vauquelin, Remco Evenepoel and Oscar Onley are all still there.

Visma-Lease a Bike are readying themselves for an attack. There is nothing covert about this. Tadej Pogacar looks like he is taking everything in his stride.

Matteo Jorgenson goes off the front of the main bunch and Tadej Pogacar reacts.

Oscar Onley is sat on the wheel of Jonas Vingegaard as Mattias Skjelmose cracks.

Marc Soler is struggling big time. Which of the GC players is going to try and capitalise?

Ben Healy has taken 15 or 16 seconds out of the yellow jersey group.

Marc Soler looks pretty shattered mind leading that main bunch.

Ben Healy is out of his saddle pumping his legs a couple of kilometres from the top of the Col de la Croix Saint-Robert.

Thymen Arensman is on his wheel.

Ben Healy is setting the pace on the climb up Col de la Croix Saint-Robert and it is too much for Quinn Simmons, who cracks.

We are down to five in a much reduced breakaway now.

Ben Healy is effectively on a solo mission

The yellow jersey is at stake for the West Midlands-born rider who pledged his allegiance to Ireland in his teens.

Jhonatan Narvaez moves to the front of thew main bunch along with Marc Soler. UAE Team Emirates have restored order.

Adam Yates is deployed to shut down that move from Sepp Kuss and Oscar Onley.

But now Matteo Jorgenson goes with his fellow American.

Sepp Kuss and Oscar Onley motor off the front of the main bunch.

Visma-Lease a Bike are starting to ride at the front of the main bunch. This will not impact on Simon Yates' hopes of winning the stage but could it leave Tadej Pogacar in yellow?

Tim Wellens who has been pulling on the front for UAE Team Emirates, pops.

Lenny Martinez is out of his saddle as he manfully tries to get back. The gradient is 11%.

Ben Healy has almost bridged the gap to Quinn Simmons. Will anyone counter attack?

Quinn Simmons has taken five seconds out of a six-man group behind him led by Ben Healy. Simon Yates is sat on the wheel of Michael Storer.

Can he pounce?

Quinn Simmons zips away off the front as Ben Healy tries to respond.

Ben Healy is putting the hammer down. He could win the stage and take the yellow jersey here. Of course he could also end up with neither.

Simon Yates, Quinn Simmons, Ben O'Connor and Michael Storer are up there but ths could all come back together with Thymen Arensman closing this up along with several others.

Ben O'Connor attacks again with Ben Healy and Joe Blackmore, who has made up ground on the downhill.

The British rider will surely be struggling once the road rises again though.

Victor Campanaerts was distanced at the top of the climb but he has made his way back on the descent.

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Joe Blackmore is dropped as Quinn Simmons hits the front on the descent.

The American took one KOM point there behind Ben Healy.

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Victor Campenaerts attacks and that's the end of Alex Baudin, who has nothing left in the tank.

The Belgium is stretching this group out. Is Simon Yates feeling good enough to have a dig from his team-mates effort.