And that seems like a good place to end today's live text. Thanks for your company today. The report is live and will be added to as more reaction comes in.

Remember it's a rest day tomorrow. There will be a column for Team Sky's Geraint Thomas to sate your Tour needs and Paul Fletcher will be back in the live chair on Tuesday for what is always one of the best days of the race.

It's 14 July, Bastille Day and that means there will be French riders galore going on the attack in the first day in the Pyrenees.

Team Sky's Richie Porte helped Chris Froome to the finish today. Here's his take on the stage: "It hurts to lose by under a second.

"It's a shame we were spread out on the last climb but we've taken time on most of our big rivals. That was a brutal team time trial. After 5km it was agony.

"The mountains are coming up now and we are ready to have a good crack at it."

Andrew Harvey: Woah that was close! Great for Froome to keep yellow and not lose time on Quintana. Roll on the Pyrenees! #bbccycling, external

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1. Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky 31hrs 34mins 12secs

2. Tejay van Garderen (US) BMC Racing +12secs

3. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing +27secs

4. Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff - Saxo +38secs

5. Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff - Saxo +1min 03secs

6. Rigoberto Uran (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step +1min 18secs

7. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar +1min 50secs

8. Geraint Thomas (GB) Team Sky +1min 52secs

9. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar +1min 59secs

10. Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step Same time

1. BMC Racing (US) 32mins 15secs

2. Team Sky (GB) +01sec

3. Movistar (Spa) +04secs

4. Tinkoff - Saxo (Rus) +28secs

5. Astana (Kaz) +35secs

Here's Tejay van Garderen: "We were getting positive splits. We knew we were on a good one. In a perfect world we'd have taken the stage victory and the yellow jersey but we'll take the stage win."

So, as we head into the rest day, Chris Froome leads.

Tejay van Garderen is second overall 12 seconds back.

Of the other main contenders, Contador is indeed one minute, three seconds adrift, Nairo Quintana one minute 59 seconds and defending champion Vincenzo Nibali two minutes, 22 seconds.

Rob Hayles
Former GB cyclist on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

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A great day for Team Sky but they would have dearly loved to have added the stage win.

Early standings suggesting two-time Tour winner Alberto Contador is now 63 seconds behind Froome.

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Chris Froome stays in yellow jersey.

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BMC Racing win team time trial

They are round the final right. Everyone looking round, the man in fifth is really struggling. I think it's Nic Roche. Froome drops back and shouts encouragement.

They are over the line in 32 minutes, 16 seconds. They lose it by 0.62 seconds.

Rob Hayles
Former GB cyclist on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

This is so tight. You cannot call this, for the stage win, other than the yellow jersey will be staying on the shoulders of Chris Froome.

Under the Flamme Rouge and Team Sky are down to their final five men. Richie Porte is still in there, so is Geraint Thomas and Nicolas Roche. Chris Froome is second wheel.

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Chris Froome is leading the Team Sky train as they hit the bottom of the final climb. The Cote de Davoudal is 1.7km long with an average gradient of 6.2%.

Have they kept enough in reserve for this final climb?

Team Sky have to be within 13 seconds of BMC to keep Froome in yellow.

The fifth man is over the line and BMC Racing are the new leaders in 32 minutes, 15 seconds, four seconds quicker than Movistar.

The Movistar squad stand as one and prepare to leave the tent they have been sat in while they led the race.

Team Sky are down to six riders. BMC are down to five but they are at least inside the final kilometre.

Will Tejay van Garderen do enough to take the overall race lead? It looks like he's going to at least usurp Peter Sagan in second.

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Up at the finish, Peter Sagan is digging deep as he leads Tinkoff-Saxo and Alberto Contador over the line 24.5 seconds slower than Movistar's Nairo Quintana.

A big smile from the Colombian who has picked up time on two of the big four so far today.

He may still lose time to Chris Froome though. Team Sky were four seconds quicker than Movistar at 20.5km.

Meanwhile, back at the 20.5km mark, Team Sky go quickest. They go through in 21 minutes, 50 seconds, one second quicker than BMC Racing.

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Tinkoff-Saxo are on the final climb. The pace is around 28km/h as they head up the 1.7km ascent to the finish.

Alberto Contador is out of his saddle with his trademark bouncy style, bike swinging from left to right underneath him.