It's feeding time for the riders. They are picking up their musettes - or food bags - which are packed with energy gels, cans of pop and the like. It's always a good idea to stand somewhere a couple of kilometres down the road because once they've stuffed what they want in their pockets, they discard the rest at the side of the road.

Spectators will greedily snap up any leftovers and anything missed is collected by a rubbish collector that follows the race so there is a minimum litter left.

James Holloway:, external Seeing Jens Voigt in a breakaway is like seeing a French man eat a croissant.

The next big tourist shout out is for the Aysgarth Falls as the road sweeps by and takes the riders up towards the big climb of the day, Cote du Buttertubs.

Big news from Leeds - I know you're all wanting to know how my family is getting on!

Mrs Scriv has just texted: "Tell everyone to persevere. We are on a train and Harrogate bound. Big shout out to the volunteers in yellow t-shirts who are amazingly calm and friendly."

Image source, Sandra Bambling on Twitter

Sandra Bambling:, external Le Tour Yorkshire at Ripon.

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Europcar's Bryan Coquard spoils the party to get over the line first to take 13 points. And the big boys are following. Andre Greipel slides over to get 11 points, ahead of Sagan, who picks up 10 with Cavendish cruising over in seventh to collect nine points.

Not quite the explosive sprint I was expecting but it's early days in the race for the green jersey. Today's stage winner will collect 45 points.

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Behind, the sprinters are lining up behind their respective teams. The lime green of Sagan's Cannondale team are neck and neck with Cav's Omega Pharma team. And here they go into the final few hundred metres...

Matt Slater
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There's a storm brewing at the press centre, there's no free buffet. Brit journos seem most put out.

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And Jensie goes early and wins an uncontested 20 points. Normally, he would sit up and wait for his fellow escapees but the German has decided to go for it and continued on his own - does he fancy going for the overall stage win? Surely not!

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Next up is an intermediate sprint in Newbiggin. There are points on offer for the first 15 riders over the line. Obviously the three breakaway riders will hoover up the big points. Could we see a bit of a battle between Mark Cavendish, Marcel Kittel and Andre Greipel for fourth place?

It's the first battle for points for the green jersey. Peter Sagan has won the last two green jerseys and Cav is keen to wrestle it from him.

There are 20 points on offer for the first man over the line, 17 for second, 15 for third and so on, down through 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point.

Richard Kerbey: , externalJust boarded one of many extra trains that NR have laid on. Free water as well! Given huge volumes of people doing a fine job.

Richard Ward from Leeds: On honeymoon in the Seychelles, not on the beach but in my hotel room watching the tour!

The amount of fans on the road, coupled with its narrowness briefly halts the peloton as 195 riders struggle to get through a gap wide enough for them to be three abreast at best.

What is Buttertubs going to be like? If you're up there, send us a photo of how it's looking. Texts to 81111 or tweet #bbccycling.

Andrew Horner, via text: If I were by the road instead of following the text commentary, I'd want to see how the pro's manage the descent from Buttertubs. It scared the living daylights out of me.

Not too long to find out how they cope, the Cote du Buttertubs is up next...

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And there's a real ding-dong battle for the point. Edet nips in front but Jarrier of the Bretagne-Seche team is not done and he gets his wheel over the line first to move into the virtual lead in the competition.

The two climbs to come are both category three climbs and there will be two points to the first man over the top, so plenty of opportunity for Edet to exact his revenge.

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It's the smallest climb of the day but the good folk of Yorkshire are out in their thousands and it's looking like Alpe d'Huez out there! Incredible scenes. Edet is at the back and struggling to get past the other two because of the sheer number of fans on the road. But he spots a gap and nips through. He's not having it all his own way though, Jarrier fancies a point here.

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The leaders are on the Cote du Cray. And all three are out of their saddles, stomping on the pedals. Jens Voigt is at the front and Edet is lurking at the back. My guess is he's going to leave it late and try and surprise the other two, who, of course, may not be bothered about picking up King of the Mountain points.

Stuart, via text: I live 5 miles from Skipton and must say it all looks fantastic. Re 12.52 are you related to Richard and Ian Scrivener from Silsden?

Not to my knowledge - when I lived there a few years ago, there were a few Scriveners in the village but I wasn't related to any of them either.

Keith, via text: Following BBC updates in a cab en route to Hyde Park a a date with Le Libertines. Can't wait for the tour to roll into town on Monday!

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Nicolas Edet, who is in the break, will be eyeing up the Cote du Cray with interest. The rider who reaches the top first will win one point in the King of the Mountains race. Of course, there are a few more points on offer today over the other two climbs, but if he can pick up enough, he will be wearing the natty polka dot shirt on Sunday.

The 26-year-old Frenchman has form - he did similar at the 2013 Vuelta a Espana (the Spanish equivalent of this race) to win the King of the Mountains competition.

Ben Lewis:, external On train from Sheff to Lndn trying to follow on train wifi. Of all the times to have to leave God's Own for the Smoke. Irksome.

A quick reminder of our leading trio, who are Jens Voigt, the oldest man in the race at the age of 42, Nicolas Edet and Benoit Jarrier. They have a lead of three minutes, 22 seconds over the main bunch which has Michal Golas, who rides for Mark Cavendish's Omega Pharma - Quick-Step team, on the front.

The Omega rider is sharing duties at the front with riders from the Lotto-Belisol team of Andre Greipel and Marcel Kittel's Giant-Shimano squad. They will keep the leading trio on a tight leash before upping the pace once the final climb is out of the way - the Cote du Grinton - with about 60km remaining.