Get Involved - How do you stop Froome?published at 14:25 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
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Summary
Cavendish wins fourth stage of this year's Tour, 30th in his career
Yellow jersey holder Froome safely finishes in the peloton
Stage 14 - 208km from Montelimar to Villars-les-Dombes Parc des Oiseaux
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get involved Get Involved - How do you stop Froome?published at 14:25 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
Hipster Howespublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
The breakaway quartet have been reined in slightly - the gap is down to 3mins 12secs.
Alex Howes is in that quartet - he is possibly the most hipster man on the Tour.
Image source, Getty ImagesTake flightpublished at 14:19 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
Today's stage ends in a bird park, but yesterday Julian Alaphilippe took off on the time trial.
This is a quite remarkable photo.
Postpublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
Rob Hatch
BBC Radio 5 live commentatorThere is still a long way to go in this Tour de France - we're not talking about an unassailable lead for Chris Froome.
Any rider can have a crisis and lose a big amount of time on a given stage.
In my opinion, no one out of the top five or six is out of this race.
get involved Get Involved - How do you stop Froome?published at 14:13 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
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Jacob: Make him use square wheels....
Sandra Grout: Only by using those spike things the police use in high speed car chases, but would that even stop him
Stephen Campbell: Make him use a fixie for 1 stage to give the others a chance
Paul O'Hara: He should be made to drive a kids tricycle and wear a blindfold.
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101km to go
We're done with the category climbs for the day as Cesare Benedetti is the first to the top of Cote d'Hauterives for a king of the mountains point.
The Italian is in a breakaway with Alex Howes, Martin Elmiger and Jeremy Roy, four minutes ahead of the peloton.
The birdspublished at 14:06 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
BBC Radio 5 Live
Image source, BBC SportBBC Radio 5 live cycling producer Gemma 'Sterbinator' Sterba has been in touch.
"Today's finish comes to you from France's biggest bird park... They are everywhere!"
get involved Get Involved - How do you stop Froome?published at 14:03 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
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Ozzybird10: Could try getting him to eat a large burger fries & coke for breakfast?
Add a vanilla milkshake and you're on
Postpublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
107km to go
Cannondale are yet to have a top-10 finish on this year's Tour - if the breakaway holds out, Alex Howes will finally give them one.
Jeremy Roy, also in the breakaway, could give FDJ their second top-10 finish of this year's Tour.
Dumoulin's daypublished at 13:59 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
Rob Hatch
BBC Radio 5 live commentatorTom Dumoulin won stage nine, but it was less of a surprise to see him win in the time trial yesterday.
This was the one he was targeting and it showed in the final result, because he was a long way ahead.
It was his third Grand Tour stage win of this season having also won at the Giro D'Italia and - of course - on the mountain in Arcalis.
Postpublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
111km to go
Alex Howes is the first man in the breakaway to reach the summit of Cote du Four-a-Chaux and he snaffles one king of the mountains point.
They're on the ascent and are 4mins 8secs ahead of the peloton.
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 13:52 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
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Froome in a league of his own?published at 13:50 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
Chris Froome hammered home his dominance yesterday with a time trial that none of his GC rivals could match.
Richie Porte went out strong, but ran out of puff. Bauke Mollema was the only other yellow jersey contender to put in a decent shift, but even he was way off Froome's pace.
Hot and windypublished at 13:45 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
Image source, EPAIt's 28C out on the road and the riders are pumping into a 30km/h headwind.
Nobody will be enjoying this. It's a hard slog.
The four-man breakaway is edging closer to the top of Cote du Four-a-Chaux - they're 3mins 50secs ahead of the pack.
Poke-cyclepublished at 13:43 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
OJ Borg
BBC Radio 5 live presenter in FranceIn case you were wondering if there are any Pokemon on Mont Ventoux, OJ Borg has done the important journalism.
get involved Get Involved - How do you stop Froome?published at 13:41 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
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Image source, Rex FeaturesMatthew Thorne: Make him have to catch Pokemon while cycling
Daniel McCaffery: By getting him addicted to Pokemon
I see a theme emerging here...
The Quintana dilemmapublished at 13:37 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
BBC Radio 5 live's Rob Hatch mentioned earlier that there are rumours Nairo Quintana might be ill.
It would explain his lethargic performances in the last two stages and why he has fallen three minutes behind Chris Froome.
If he is, Movistar could switch their GC focus to Alejandro Valverde, who is 18 seconds behind his team-mate.
Regardless, there are plenty of sane looking Colombians on the roads today to cheer on their man Nairo.
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124km to go
Image source, AFPWarren Barguil has a wheel change because of a puncture.
That is literally the most exciting thing that has happened today.
The gap from the four-man breakaway to the peloton has dropped, mind, to 3mins 45secs.
'Mollema looking strong'published at 13:30 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
Rob Hayles
Former GB cyclist on BBC 5 live sports extraAt the moment it's looking very good for Chris Froome.
I think the big thing for him is that Nairo Quintana looks to be off the pace for this point in the race, but having said that there is one rider coming on really strong at the moment and that is Bauke Mollema who is up to second in the general classification.
get involved Get Involved - How do you stop Froome?published at 13:26 British Summer Time 16 July 2016
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Luke O'Sullivan: Confiscate his chafing cream... #StopFroome.
We're not monsters...