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Mark Cavendish seems to be doing well in the peloton today, although it looks like he could lose his green jersey to Peter Sagan, who is in the breakaway.

But the Manxman, who has already won three stages of this year's Tour, had a few harsh words for a cameraman, who decided to keep his focus on Cavendish when he took, what they call in France a 'pipi'.

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A couple of spectators standing by the side of the road are getting battered by the wind and the rain as the peloton whizzes past them. IAM Cycling still leading the running there. 

The gap to the front-runners is still at about four minutes 40 seconds. 

The 15-man group out in front, which includes Peter Sagan, Steve Cummings and Vincenzo Nibali are now four minutes and 40 seconds ahead of the peloton. 

Rob Hayles
Former GB cyclist on BBC 5 live sports extra

Many riders will be happy that this is a relatively easy day in comparison to those stages over the weekend. There is a third category climb at the end, and I think some of the sprinters might fancy it but it's about 2-3km long and if the sprinters in the peloton don't close the gap before the climb, then it's irrelevant anyway. 

The gap to the leaders is now down to five minutes and 14 seconds. The peloton is starting to put the hammer down now with IAM cycling doing the donkey work out front. 

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The gap to the leaders is still at about six minutes as the peloton cruises through the lovely little town of Mirepoix.

Mark Cavendish is up at the front of the peloton, discussing a few things with Team Sky's Ian Stannard. Wonder if there will be any late moves towards the escapees? 

Don't forget that there is a category three climb at the end of this stage, which may shake things up a bit.

Speaking of Mont Ventoux, which is towers to 1,912m.

Rob Hayles
Former GB cyclist on facebook live

No. The main contenders for the yellow jersey will have both eyes on Mont Ventoux on Thursday. They will be looking forward to that and then we have a big block of heavy roads in the lead-up to Paris. Chris Froome is looking strong in the battle with Nairo Quintana, but Etixx-QuickStep's Dan Martin is also looking very good in third. Let's not forget how tightly-packed it is among the general classification riders. 

Team Sky start making a move in the peloton as Ian Stannard asks a couple of IAM Cycling riders to shift over after straying to the right.

The gap to the break is now six minutes and 10 seconds so it's come down by a minute or so.

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Peter Sagan is given a free reign by his fellow breakaway riders as he coasts over the line to pick up maximum points from the intermediate sprint through Aigues-Vives.

As it stands, that means he will take the green jersey from Mark Cavendish. 

The breakaway group of 15 riders are approaching the intermediate sprint, with Tinkoff's Peter Sagan aiming to grab the maximum haul mid-race.

Rob Hatch
BBC Radio 5 live commentator

I think Team Sky are trying win some hearts and minds back because they have a PR issue, more around the rest of Europe, with their previous style of cycling.

They haven't enamoured the public often but they have been effective and I think that changed on stage eight when we saw that spectacular attack by Chris Froome down the final descent. 

A wet and miserable day for the riders as they head north towards the finish in Revel. 

Nine out of the 15 escapees have already won at least one stage at the Tour de France. They are Tom Dumoulin, who won on Sunday, Greg van Avermaet, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Steve Cummings, Tony Gallopin, Sylvain Chavanel, Vincenzo Nibali, Peter Sagan and Rui Costa. 

The gap to the peloton is up to seven minutes.