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Time to pack away our things for the day.

We will be back from 14:00 BST tomorrow when Peter Scrivener will take you through the whats and wherefores of Stage 12.

See you there.

It is enough.

Andrew Talansky deserves at least another day in the saddle having chased hard and long after being dropped by the peloton at 20km. He will be on the startline tomorrow.

The American has been suffering with a bad back and is now just riding for pride. He is more than 47 minutes adrift of Nibali after starting the day 14 minutes and 44 seconds behind the yellow jersey.

Andrew Talansky makes it home 32 minutes and five seconds after Tony Gallopin crossed the line.

Once the calculations are crunched we believe that will be good enough to keep him in the race.

Stage winner Tony Gallopin tells ITV4: "It is unbelievable. Two day ago I was in yellow, then the next I was suffering as I lost it, and today was unbelievable.

My legs were ok so I thought I just had to go for it. When the four guys caught me i thought that I can't beat them. But I saw they were not organised in the group, I went again and they were saying go go go over the radio to me."

Geraint Thomas tells ITV4 that the heat and the pace set up the final climb by Garmin Sharp made it a harder day than he expected.

He foresaw a big breakaway and a "coffee ride" for the rest. It turned out to be a sweatier day than that.

Andrew Talansky is still out there, churning away on his own private battle against the clock.

The American is going to lose more time over the final kilometres when the rest of the field were pressing the pace, but he should survive the cut-off which will be set at about 32 minutes.

Mick Rogers speaking to ITV4: "We are not going to give up. We have not got fully over Alberto's departure it takes some time to absorb and refocus and it might take a couple of days to get that back."

Did you spot the difference?

Rui Costa, ninth and three minutes 58 seconds off yellow at the start of the day, slips to 14th.

Which means a move up the standings for Geraint Thomas who is now 13th in the general classification.

Yellow Jersey
Classification

1. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Astana) 46:59:23

2. Richie Porte (Aus/Team Sky) +2mins 23secs

3. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) +2mins 47secs

4. Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R) +3mins 01secs

5. Tony Gallopin (Fra/Lotto-Belisol) +3mins 12secs

6. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ) +3mins 47secs

7. Tejay van Garderen (US/BMC) +3mins 56secs

8. Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra/AG2R) +3mins 57secs

9. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Belkin) +4mins 8secs

10. Jurgen van den Broeck (Bel/Lotto-Belisol) +4mins 18secs

The organisers decide that Tony Gallopin, who celebrated before the line, does not have enough of a gap to warrant a time difference on the stage result.

Which means not a lot changes at the top of the general classification.

1. Tony Gallopin 4:25:45

2. John Degenkolb (Giant)

3. Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step)

4. Daniele Bennati (Tinkoff-Saxo)

5. Simon Gerrans (Orica Greenedge)

Tony Gallopin crosses and pumps his fists to the skies. A moment's hesitation between Sagan, Kwiatkowski and Rogers was all it took to decided the stage.

Tony Gallopin goes again! Extraordinary! He has opened up five seconds on Sagan, Rogers and Kwiatkowski with a kilometres and a half to go.

Tony Gallopin is chewed up as the road flattens for the final four kilometres. Peter Sagan led the chase and now finds himself alongside Tinkoff-Saxo's Mick Rogers and Michal Kwiatkowski of Omega-Pharma Quick-Step in a leading group of four.

Yellow jersey Vincenzo Nibali has looked comfortable and controlled. He is tucked into the nearest group to Gallopin, keeping tabs on all his rivals.

He will be in yellow tonight if he stays upright.

Five kilometres to go.

Leader Tony Gallopin has a 10-second lead over the peloton with 10km to go, but Peter Sagan had got crouched, nestling on the top bar with his backside in the air, and is in pursuit.

Lampre's Rui Costa, ninth in the general classification at the start of the day, is struggling to stay with the peloton.

Tony Gallopin, the yellow jersey on Sunday, has shot off the front in pursuit of a second stage win.

Cannondale, with Peter Sagan at the fore of their thoughts, are leading the chase and have the Frenchman within striking distance round the narrow, twisting descent.

The peloton are filling the full width of the road as they climb over the final uncategorised climb of the day.

There is a select group at the front of the race with Peter Sagan and Vincenzo Nibali, the green and yellow jersey respectively, very prominent.

Cannondale's Alessandro de Marchi is on the front with 14km to go.