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Jonathan Milan is the current points leader but he won't be getting any on this sprint.

The Italian's been dropped by the peloton.

The leaders are motoring along. They've covered 52.2km in the first hour.

They're now 5km from the intermediate sprint, with the first bunch 45 seconds back.

There's another split, there's riders everywhere.

Kevin Vauquelin, Jonathan Milan, Felix Gall, Lenny Martinez and Tim Merlier are among the riders at the back.

Jonas Abrahamsen, Biniam Girmay and Robert Stannard are trying to bridge the gap to the lead group.

The two bunches are now back together, with the leaders 40 seconds up the road.

There's now 15 riders in the lead group, with British rider Jake Stewart among those to latch on.

The first bunch are 25 seconds back, with Jonas Vingegaard and Florian Lipowitz in the next group a further 30 seconds behind.

Mathieu van der Poel has been joined by eight other riders and the lead group is now 15 seconds ahead of the first bunch.

The peloton has split while Neilson Powless' breakaway came to an end as he was joined by Mathieu van der Poel.

There are three categorised climbs on today's ride, plus an intermediate sprint:

• 110km to go - Intermediate sprint - Saint-Felix-Lauragais
• 97km to go - Cat. 3 climb - Cote de Saint-Ferreol
• 83km to go - Cat. 3 climb - Cote de Soreze
• 53km to go - Cat. 2 climb - Pas du Sant

So UAE Team Emirates-XRG have said on the team radio that Jonas Vingegaard was also involved in that crash, as well as third-placed Florian Lipowitz.

They're asking Tadej Pogacar and his team-mates to slow down to allow his GC rivals to catch up.

To be fair, they sportingly did the same for Pogacar when he went down about 4km from the finish on stage 11.

Julian Alaphilippe has been able to keep going, by the way.

Ouch! - Alaphilippe involved in crashpublished at 152km to go

152km to go

The peloton has come to a halt at a traffic island.

A few riders are down or fiddling with their bikes, trying to get them ready to go again.

Julian Alaphilippe doesn't look great. He's sat on the tarmac, holding his shoulder.

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Alexey Lutsenko and Yevgeniy Fedorov have joined Tobias Foss in pursuit of Neilson Powless.

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Neilson Powless now has a 44-second lead, with Tobias Foss of Ineos Grenadiers having set off in pursuit.

Former yellow jersey Ben Healy had a good day in the mountains yesterday though, moving back into the top 10 on general classification,

His EF Education-EasyPost team-mate Neilson Powless has now gone clear and is 10 seconds away from the bunch.

It's been a brutal few days in the Pyrenees, with three riders forced to abandon during yesterday's stage.

There was one DNS (did not start) for today's stage, meaning 18 riders have now had to withdraw from this year's Tour, with 166 remaining.

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Today's stage is under way, with Jonas Abrahamsen, who claimed his first Tour win on stage 11, attacking right from the off.

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It's a transitional stage today as the race heads from the Pyrenees towards the Alps and it looks suited to the strongman sprinters who can cope with some climbing.

The likes of Wout van Aert and Biniam Girmay should view this as a potential chance triumph in the medieval finishing town of Carcassonne.

Here's how Remco Evenepoel's withdrawal leaves the general classification picture:

1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Emirates-XRG) 50hrs 40mins 28secs
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) +4mins 23secs
3. Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +7mins 53secs
4. Oscar Onley (GB/Picnic PostNL) +9mins 18secs
5. Kevin Vauquelin (Fra/Arkea-B&B Hotels) +10mins 21secs
6. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +10mins 34secs
7. Felix Gall (Aut/Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale) +12mins
8. Tobias Johannessen (Nor/Uno-X Mobility) +12mins 33secs
9. Ben Healy (Ire/EF Education-EasyPost) +18mins 41secs
10. Carlos Rodriguez (Spa/Ineos Grenadiers) +22mins 57secs

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It was a brutal day on the Tour yesterday, with Remco Evenepoel forced to abandon. The double Olympic champion was third in the general classification standings but had lost more than six minutes to race leader Tadej Pogacar on the previous two stages.

"For three days already, I wasn't feeling good and today in the morning I could feel I was empty, and then on the climb the legs just weren't there," he said.

"It's a pity I had to retire but it's not something that will change my relationship with the race."

Thymen Arensman went on to claim his first stage win on the Tour while Pogacar finished second ahead of Jonas Vingegaard, marginally increasing his lead over the Dane.