Stage eight: Semur-en-Auxois to Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, 183.4km
The rolling terrain could favour the breakaway or a sprint finish
Tadej Pogacar wears the leader's yellow jersey
Wout van Aert arrives at the finish 59 seconds down.
He looked like he was giving that a decent go as well. The Belgian admitted prior to the Tour that he had never arrived with so little form and that performance is a fair old indicator of where he is at currently.
Image source, Getty ImagesAs tradition dictates, the riders start in reverse order in the general classification, so Mark Cavendish got everyone going just after noon.
The Tour de France's record stage winner finished in a time of 33 minutes and 21 seconds and is currently 69th of the 115 riders to complete the 25.3km course.
He will definitely not be the lanterne rouge come the end of this stage.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe smart money will be on Remco Evenepoel to eat into Tadej Pogacar's 45-second lead in the battle for the yellow jersey.
The Belgian is the world time trial and dominated in this discipline at June's Criterium du Dauphine, when he probably was still lacking a little bit of sharpness after suffering some serious injuries at the Itzulia Basque Country stage race.
And since then the Tour debutant has reportedly shed over two kilograms. Will he still have the power and speed to make ground up, or even possibly pinch the maillot jaune?
“I think the favourite is Remco, for sure,” Pogacar said after stage six.
“He’s the world champion and he’s shown many times that he can beat everyone. I think he’s the one to look to, but I think I can also do a pretty solid time trial.”
There are still 50 riders to get going and at present Victor Campenaerts is the man in the hot seat at the finish.
The Belgian crossed the line in in a time of 29mins 44secs, seven tenths of second quicker than Kevin Vauquelin.
The duo, along with Stefan Kung, who is eight seconds back are the the only riders under the 30-minute mark today, albeit Wout van Aert is currently out on the course.
The majority of riders head out on to the course at 90-second intervals until we get inside the top 10 on GC.
Now to save a little bit of your time, here's when some of the big names are rolling out down the ramp to get under way:
All times are BST.
Image source, ASODespite having a relatively flat profile - stage seven has just 300 metres in vertical elevation – the course features a short punchy climb of the Cote de Curtil-Vergy, which is around 1.6km at an average gradient of 6.1%.
And on paper at least it looks tailor-made for all the general classification riders and a certain Remco Evenepoel, who is second overall at the moment.
Image source, Getty ImagesGood afternoon.
Just a short but rapid 25.3km for the riders to face today from Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chambertin as they tackle the first of two individual time trials in this edition of the Tour.
In an area famed for its wine-making, you'll see some wonderful views out on the course but most importantly a huge battle in the general classification.