Sam and Kayleigh, on the Mall on text: Our TdF progression: Saturday Ripon sat on coats, Sunday Sheffield with a picnic blanket and inflatable cushion, today the Mall with chairs! Want to carry on into France but unfortunately work want us back tomorrow...

Felsted. The leaders are definitely in Felsted. Right now. And they are getting a terrific reception. I doubt very much whether the vast majority have ever heard of Jan Barta or Jean-Marc Bideau but they are being cheered like they are British Olympic champions.

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Millions of people are welcoming the Tour de France to Great Britain, but the famous race has endured a chequered past with doping.

You can watch Stop at Nothing, the Lance Armstrong Story on iPlayer.

The Storyville programme, broadcast on BBC Four on Sunday night, details how the seven-time Tour winner cheated his way to victory before being stripped of his titles, and includes contributions from whistleblowers Betsy Andreu and Emma O'Reilly, plus journalists Paul Kimmage and David Walsh.

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A quick reminder, particularly if you are out on the Tour de France course today, we have live commentary starting at 15:00 BST on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra.

Essex County Council:, external Vicar and church warden of St John the Baptist waiting for #TDF2014 #Epping outside church.

Thanks for all your pictures of how you are enjoying stage three of the Tour de France, please keep them coming.

An interesting move at the front of the peloton as we dip under 100km to go in today's stage. A Lotto-Belisol rider is joined by a Giant-Shimano rider and the pace has significantly increased.

Lotto is the team of Andre Greipel, Giant is Marcel Kittel's mob. They have clearly decided that the two out front need to be on a shorter leash and have chopped a minute off their advantage.

Tobias from Huddersfield on text: Tour progression: Saturday - tele, Sunday - Ainley top, Huddersfield, Monday - mobile text updates. I know which I preferred! Being a red rose living in Yorkshire got to swallow my pride and say they dun a reet gud job.

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Bob Howden, British Cycling president: "We are hoping to maintain a legacy, we have links with 60 local authorities. Fundamentally what we are looking at is that sustainable legacy."

There's been a bit of a spill at the rear of the peloton. Jan Bakelants of the Omega Pharma - Quick-Step team touches wheels with another rider and down he goes. He takes out a Bretagne-Seche rider who looks less than happy but thankfully the motorbike following them manages to weigh anchor before it ploughs into the pair of them.

Bakelants places his bike in the roadside hedge while he waits for the team car to bring him a new one. He's remarkably calm, checking out the road rash on his thigh before climbing aboard his replacement bike and getting back on his way.

Lotto Belisol team on Twitter‏:, external Lars Bak again at the front of the peloton helping to control the gap.

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Bob Howden, British Cycling president, on BBC Radio 5 live: "The bid process rested with Welcome to Yorkshire and they won the bid, It was left of field some may think but the process has been vindicated. Anyone who has been on the race would agree it was the best Grand Depart there has ever been."

Donald Bogle:, external Tour de France passing Kings Parade, Cambridge.

Nope, as pretty as Shalford is, it wasn't Shalford. The peloton have just sauntered through the village and while there were a few folk out, it wasn't the thousands I saw.

One of the Astana riders is struggling to unzip his banana. Rather than trying to open it in the way most of us humans do with the gnarly bit at the top, he should watch the monkeys, who always open them from the bottom. Try it, you'll find it splits open much easier.

London's Highams Park School:, external Students getting our banners ready for 'Tour De France'.

Was that Shalford I just saw on my screen? It could have been Church End. I apologise now for not recognising your wonderful-looking village, or what I could see of it because, once again, there was a sea of people. England doing Le Tour proud. It's starting to get emotional.

Michael Conland:, external Getting up close and personal with the #tourdefrance riders. Definitely wasn't scared... #cambridge.

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Bob Howden, British Cycling president, on BBC Radio 5 live: "To see that many people on the roads with that level on support, it has been a fairly emotional weekend."

Chris on text: Still beaming ear to ear from yesterday's stages on the outskirts of Sheffield. My 7yr old Jake was in awe of the racers. I'm extremely proud to be a Yorkshireman after this weekend.

Joan from Coventry: Watching the Tour over the weekend has made me so proud to be British. The Yorkshire folk made us all proud with Art Work and the crowds. Well done. Still sad about 'Cav' though.

A quick update from out on the road. Jan Barta and Jean-Marc Bideau are still merrily rolling along, taking it in turns to ride on the front and allow the other to slipstream and take a breather. They've been out front for an hour now and have been zipping along at an average of 37km/h.

Everyone else is in the peloton, four minutes, 30 seconds back.

Polkadot Jersey
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France's Cyril Lemoine of the Cofidis team is the man in the polka dot jersey. He got in the breakaway on Sunday and collected enough points over the climbs to take the jersey off of Jens Voigt, who had won it in similar circumstances on the first stage.

There are no categorised climbs today, so Lemoine will be sitting pretty in red and white when the race hits France on Tuesday.