Kevin Vauquelin is extending his lead with almost every pedal stroke.

Jonas Abrahamsen doesn't look like he's got the legs to bring this back, he has eked out 22 seconds and counting.

Kevin Vaquelin is attacking...

Neither Jonas Abrahamsen or Nelson Oliveira can stick with the French rider on the San Luca climb.

Now 35, Nelson Oliveira is attempting to roll back the years here. He has won one stage in a Grand Tour previously at the Vuelta a Espana, in 2015.

There has been zero reaction from the main peloton.

Ben Healy, Alexey Lutsenko, Warren Barguil and Odd Christian Eiking zip off the front of the GC group.

Could Barguil nick the yellow jersey off the shoulders of his teammate, Romain Bardet?

Nelson Oliveira, Kevin Vaquelin and Jonas Abrahamsen take the bell with a 15-second gap.

The main bunch is a further four minutes adrift.

Kevin Vauquelin is off in pursuit as is Jonas Abrahamsen, who smartly refuses the French rider's request to go past him and share the workload.

Vauquelin would likely comfortably see him off on the climb.

The roads around Bologna are adorned with fans as Nelson Oliveira goes on the attack.

This could be an absolutely cracking finale in a location that looks like the sort of place you'd head off to with your spouse for a weekend of culture and sightseeing.

Matteo Jorgenson takes up the pacing as Romain Bardet starts to slowly drift back through the chasing bunch. No sign of Primoz Roglic up there.

Jonas Abrahamsen is allowed to snaffle more KOM points. That was some effort.

Back down the road Jonas Vingegaard is running out of teammates to push the pace. I'm not sure that Tadej Pogacar has any.

There are at least three Ineos Grenadiers riders in attendance as Adam Yates cruises up to join his UAE Team Emirates colleague, Pogacar.

Crikey this looks hard. The break are on the steep sections of around 12 and 13%.

Jonas Abrahamsen is pushing his big frame as hard as it can go to make up ground on Quentin Pacher, who heads a group of five riders from the original break.

Hugo Houle, Jordan Jegat and Mike Teunissen are dropped there.

Hugo Houle looks in difficulty as Cristan Rodriguez goes to work on the San Luca ascent.

Quentin Pacher is now having a dig up this tough climb up towards the basilica church.

The breakaway get a first look at the finish line in Bologna. They have two laps to go and have seen their lead shredded down to four minutes and 20 seconds.

Of the 10 riders in this leading group, just two have tasted success at the Tour de France before.

Hugo Houle (Israel-Premier Tech) won at Foix in 2022 and Mike Teunissen (Intermarche-Wanty) held the yellow jersey for a couple of days after taking victory in the the Grand Depart in Brussels in 2019.

The breakaway hits the outskirts of Bologna with a renewed purpose.

The chances of one of these riders claiming victory has dropped dramatically over the last 10km and they will all have to put in a real shift again to hold off a very active peloton.

The gap to the leaders is being shaved right down here and now stands at five minutes and 25 seconds.

Game on again for the stage win.

Victor Campenaerts injects a bit of pace on the front of the main bunch. He is trying to set this up for Maxim van Gils and world champion Mathieu van der Poel is spat out of the back.

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Fabio Jakobsen is really struggling he is now over a minute behind a small posse of riders containing Mark Cavendish.

The Manxman is around 90 seconds down on the main bunch himself.

Meanwhile, up at the front of the race Norway's Jonas Abrahamsen appears to be enjoying himself as he attempts to extend his KOM advantage.

Abrahamsen is already guaranteed to be in in polka dots on Monday and picks up two more points on the Cote de Montecalvo.

Mark Cavendish drops back a little every time the peloton hits a climb but he looks totally fine after suffering on Saturday. He is doing the absolute minimum to get by and conserve energy for Monday's sprint finish.

Fellow sprinter, Fabio Jakobsen, is dropping right away mind and grimacing as he grabs his leg. Is that some of cramping or worse?