Rob Hatch
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Now the gap is at seven minutes, I'm not sure of there is enough will from the peloton to catch the breakaway leaders. 

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Fifteen riders still have a six-minute advantage over the peloton. Tinkoff's Peter Sagan is among them as they approach the intermediate sprint in 20km time. 

Don't forget that he is only seven points behind Mark Cavendish in the green jersey standings and it looks like it might be worn by the Slovakian come the end of the day.  

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The peloton is over six minutes behind the 15 leaders which include Britain's Steve Cummings, 2014 Tour winner Vincenzo Nibali and Tinkoff's Peter Sagan. 

The jackets are out as the rain comes down.

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Rob Hayles
Former GB cyclist on BBC 5 live sports extra

Chris Froome looks more relaxed this year and Sir David Brailsford has commented on this. Froome looks more relaxed on the bike and around the press and it shows in the way he is performing. He is getting used to being the focal point of world cycling every year and he has got a great team around him, who also perform very well. 

Brailsford has run Team Sky like a business and it gets results, but does that take away some of the passion and old-school nature from what they have done? It has to, because it's all about results, but I think the pendulum is swinging back, after what we saw in stage eight. Froome mentioned that his win was like old-school cycling. 

The sprinters at the back of the race, including Mark Cavendish, Andre Greipel and Marcel Kittel, have rejoined the peloton after slipping out the back.

The pace has slowed right down and the main pack are now more than five minutes behind the 15 escapees.  

Plenty of chat on the rest day about whether Chris Froome's unexpected attack on stage eight is symptomatic of a different approach from Team Sky this year.

Have they become less robotic, and more fun?

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Fifteen riders lead the breakaway with the peloton three minutes 15 seconds behind. Team Sky's Chris Froome is among that group and not too bothered about the leaders, but Team Katusha are, and start stepping up the pace. About time some other teams put in the hard graft.

Mark Cavendish is in a group six minutes back so, as it stands, it looks unlikely the Manxman is going to mount a challenge today

The 15 leaders out in front are: Mikel Landa (Sky), Gorka Izagirre (Movistar), Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R-La Mondiale), Damiano Caruso and Greg Van Avermaet (BMC), Edvald Boasson Hagen and Stephen Cummings (Dimension Data), Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Soudal), Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida), Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie), Luke Durbridge, Daryl Impey and Michael Matthews (Orica-BikeExchange).   

When I mentioned mountain goats, I was half-joking, but here we have one! Class. 

Now Tinkoff's Peter Sagan and Sam Dumoulin (Ag2r La Mondiale) go clear of their fellow breakaway riders as they all reach the flats. 

The peloton is starting to slow down so we have an increased chance of the win coming from the leading group.

The breakaway group of nine riders, including Steve Cummings, has now swelled to 13. 

Of course, our boys were busy at the press conferences on the Tour's 'rest day' but OJ Borg still managed to squeeze in a mountain bike ride.

But we want to know where you've spent your best pit-stop. It might have been a day in a mountain spa in the Alps, or even a beautiful vista as you stop to catch your breath by the side of the road. 

Friendly goats that came to say hi, or the best pint in the Peak District after a day's slog, send us your best pit-stop pics. 

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Rob Hatch
BBC Radio 5 live commentator

Every rest day is different. We have seen some extreme heat over the last few days and then there was the hail and rain at the end of stage nine, so there might be a few colds or sore throats hanging around. The riders would have been soaking and don't forget these riders are three stone wet through! They have nothing on them. 

So in the next couple of days there might be one or two of the main contenders who might be trying to hide their symptoms and just get through the next few days. 

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Nine in the lead now, including Britain's Steve Cummings (Dimension Data). They have a 20-second lead. 

The other eight are Mikel Landa (Sky), Gorka Izagirre (Movistar), Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), Samuel Dumoulin (AG2R-La Mondiale), Damiano Caruso (BMC), Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) and Michael Matthews (Orica-BikeExchange).

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Some interesting chat on our brilliant 5 live Sport podcast with the hardest working media folks at this year's Tour de France - OJ Borg, Rob Hatch and Rob Hayles.

They have been discussing whether Team Sky have hit the front too early.

Former GB cyclist Rob Haylessays: "Looking at the stages to come, the Alps and the two time trials, it's fairly early I think for Chris Froome and Team Sky to defend the yellow jersey, which adds pressure, although they have done this before.

And 5 live commentatorRob Hatch adds: "They have, they did this in 2013. On stage eight three years ago Chris Froome took the yellow jersey, won in Mont Ventoux whilst in yellow and held on until the end."

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Dutch rider Sebastian Langeveld (Cannondale-Drapac) has had enough and becomes the sixth rider to abandon the Tour de France.  

No word as to the cause, so far. 

The leading quartet of Rui Costa, Peter Sagan, Vincenzo Nibali and Michael Matthews are 25 seconds ahead of the peloton but are being chased by a breakaway group, which includes Britain's Steve Cummings.

For those of you wondering what the descent back into France looks like, our man Rob Hatch took a look yesterday. He's way above the clouds. 

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Rui Costa has now been joined by Tinkoff's Peter Sagan, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Michael Matthews (Orica BikeExchange) as they career down the descent into Ax-les-Thermes.