Stage 10: Ennezat - Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, 165.3 km
Britain's Simon Yates wins stage 10 from a breakaway
Ireland's Ben Healy takes the leader's yellow jersey
While were on a descent just a little reminder of what the different classifications are at the Tour and who is wearing what jersey:
Image source, Getty ImagesThe leading group is brought back together and Quinn Simmons looks like he wants to know what that mini acceleration was all about.
Ben O'Connor and Harry Sweeny nip off the front of the break. There are too many riders sitting up and the Australian duo clearly want to whittle this group down.
Just a reminder of how the GC standings were looking when racing began a little earlier:
1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Emirates-XRG) 33hrs 17mins 22secs
2. Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal Quick-Step) +54secs
3. Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels) +1min 11secs
4. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 17secs
5. Matteo Jorgenson (US/Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 34secs
6. Mathieu van der Poel (Ned/Alpecin-Deceuninck) +1min 46secs
7. Oscar Onley (GB/Picnic PostNL) +2mins 49secs
8. Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull-Bora hansgrohe) +3mins 2secs
9. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora hansgrohe) +3mins 6secs
10. Mattias Skjelmose (Den) +3mins 43secs
Geraint Thomas, who was dropped on the first climb of the day finds his way back into the main bunch.
As does Pavel Sivakov.
That could be hugely important for UAE Team Emirates who will not want to have to burn too many matches early doors.
There are 28 riders at the front of the race.
They are: Victor Campenaerts, Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike), Valentin Paret Peintre, Ilan van Wilder (Soudal-Quick Step), Alex Baudin, Ben Healy, Neilson Powless, Harry Sweeny (EF Education-EasyPost), Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious), Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers), Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek), Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ), Julian Alaphilippe, Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling), Ben O’Connor, Luke Plapp, Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla), Raul García Pierna (Arkea-B&B Hotels), Ivan Romeo (Movistar), Bruno Armirail, Aurélien Paret Peintre (Decathlon-Ag2r La Mondiale), Clement Champoussin, Simone Velasco (XDS-Astana), Steff Cras (TotalEnergies), Michael Woods, Joe Blackmore, Alexey Lutsenko (Israel-Premier Tech) and Anders Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility).
They have around 50 seconds to the main bunch with Pablo Castrillo (Movistar) attempting to bridge across.
Norwegian sprinter Soren Waerenskjold has abandoned. It's been a tough start and he had a heavy fall on Sunday.
Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) is the first man to crest the opening climb, followed by Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Michael Woods (Israel - Premier Tech) and Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost).
There is a 25(ish)-rider group at the front of the race trying to snap the elastic.
Visma-Lease a Bike send Sepp Kuss up the road to join a bunch of wannabe escapees but Adam Yates is dispatched to reel that in.
The British rider comfortably shuts that move down but it is energy he will hardly have wanted to expend this early in the stage.
Blimey Pavel Sivakov has been dropped. Visma-Lease a Bike will be enjoying this.
UAE Team Emirates and Tadej Pogacar are already without Joao Almeida, who withdrew on stage nine after breaking a rib and suffering other injuries in a heavy crash on Friday.
Mathieu van der Poel was saying that his "legs hurt" at the start after putting in a incredible effort on Sunday as he attempted an audacious breakaway victory.
And he is very much paying for that as he pops on the first climb.
One of my favourite editions in recent times was the 2019 Tour when Julian Alaphilippe was draped in yellow for two thirds of the race.
The French rider, who is a former world champion, is a class act and will hope to get a decent supporting cast to join him in a break as the riders head up the first climb of the day, the Cote de Loubeyrat a 4.1km drag at a gradient of 6.3%
A couple of riders did not make the start today.
Intermarchr-Wanty announced this morning that German national champion Georg Zimmermann has withdrawn after he "developed signs of a concussion during the night", following a crash on stage nine.
Meanwhile, EF Education-Easypost have lost Dutch sprinter Marijn van den Berg, "due to persistent injuries from his crash on stage one."
Julian Alaphilippe zips away from the front. He would be a very popular winner of this stage.
Victor Campenaerts (Visma-Lease a Bike) immediately accelerates from the flag drop as does Matej Mohoric and Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious).
Nobody can quite get away yet mind.
Racing is under way.
Image source, ASONormally, this would almost certainly be a rest day but it is Bastille Day so a big day of climbing is incoming instead.
The 4,400m of elevation gain across seven category-two climbs and a category-three ascent is likely to put the sprinters in trouble almost from the start on a stage that looks made for the breakaway specialists.
There will likely be a strong posse of home riders trying to get in any group heading up the road with the objective of becoming the first French stage winner on the national holiday since Warren Barguil in 2017.
The first trip into the mountains should provide a decent shake up of the GC standings although it unlikely to cause any of the main favourites issues.
The roll out is under way and a huge chunk of riders look primed behind the race director's car waiting for the flag drop and a chance to zip off up the road.
Image source, ReutersWelcome to our coverage of stage 10 of the Tour de France as the race heads 165.3 km from Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy.
It's Bastille Day, we're in the mountains, it should be the first big showdown in the battle for the yellow jersey and a breakaway will try to get up the road.
What's not to like? This should be a cracker.