Marcel Kittel win his fifth stage of 2017 Tour de France
GB's Chris Froome retains overall lead
Eymet - Pau, 203.5km
No TV pictures of this yet but AG2R have just tweeted that their leader Romain Bardet has crashed.
The Frenchman is third overall on GC. Fortunately his team says he's back up and riding now.
Image source, Getty ImagesFDJ have already lost four rider so boss Marc Madiot will be spitting to see Arthur Vichot down.
Not clear what caused the crashed, perhaps just a touch of wheels and a lack of concentration from someone.
The Frenchman is livid but up and riding again.
Bizarrely enough, his team-mate Rudy Molard has popped off the front on a mini attack with Vichot still caught behind. Have a word, Arthur.
Image source, Getty ImagesSunweb's Michael Matthews is desperate to gain the 13 points maximum left after the three-man breakaway took the top three positions in the intermediate sprint.
Katusha's Alexander Kristoff is doing a spoiling job though and kicks again to beat the Aussie on the line.
Marcel Kittel in the green jersey just marks proceeding and rolls in behind those two, sixth overall.
The big German increasingly looks to have the green jersey sown up.
The breakaway are through the intermediate sprint point - no fireworks.
Here's the order they came through:
The peloton are baring down on it now - some green jersey points up for grabs.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe race. The race. The race isn't on fire.
There are 65km to go and the gap to the three-man breakaway is still at 2'30'' and holding steady.
We are about 3km away from the intermediate sprint, though. Who of Backaert, Bodnar or Marcato fancies it?
Journalist and author Jeremy Whittle is on air alongside our commentary duo Rob Hayles and Simon Brotherton, talking about whether the Tour organisers have made a mistake in having so many flat stages in this year's edition.
Whittle: "We've seen in recent Grand Tours shorter, more dynamic stages be successful, partly because standard of climbing in the peloton is incredibly high."
Here more by clicking the tab at the top of the page.
Image source, BBC SportThe race is now at about 73km to go - that three-man break of Backaert, Bodnar and Marcato are still up the round with an advantage of about two minutes 30 seconds.
Astana's Jakob Fuglsang - fifth overall - has gone back to the medical car once again and is having some spray put on an abrasion on his wrist.
The Dane went down in a crash that took out team-mate Dario Cataldo, who has abandoned with a nasty-looking wrist injury. Fuglsang should be able to roll through the rest of today, though.
Journalist Jeremy Whittle is talking about tomorrow's 50th anniversary of the death of Tom Simpson on Mont Ventoux during the 1967 Tour de France.
The British rider collapsed and died on the legendarily tough climb aged 29, with a post-mortem finding he had a mix of amphetamines and alcohol in his system on a very hot day.
Whittle: "It's a pivotal moment in the history of the sport - when you think of Tom Simpson now and everything that has happeend since, it's terribly tragic and a really poignant story
"He lost his life in theTour de France and out of respect for that, the race should be marking it but they're not."
"I know it's difficult because of the circumstances around him taking amphetamines.
"I know the Tour's marketing department don't want to rake over bad memories but knowing what we know about the sport now, his story has real resonance.
"Most riders would agree they should mark it - Tom Simpson was a massive figure and a boyhood hero for many riders. He was the Bradley Wiggins of the 1960s."
Journalist Jeremy Whittle is currently on with our commentary team of Simon Brotherton and Rob Hayles - listen by clicking the tab at the top of the page.
They're chatting about the state of this year's Tour right now and will also be discussing tomorrow's 50th anniversary of the death of Tom Simpson on Ventoux.
After that Simon and Rob will also be taking your questions - fire them over by tweeting us using #bbccycling
It appears that Astana's Jakob Fuglsang did go down or at least get caught up in the crash that led to his team-mate Dario Cataldo abandoning the race.
The Dane is at the back of the peloton and regrouping with a team-mate but looks fine to continue.
...there are just under 90km to go on Stage 11 to Pau.
A three-man breakaway of Marco Marcato (Team UAE Emirates), Maciej Bodner (Bora) and Frederik Backaert (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) went away very early on and were allowed to go by a peloton happy to have a bit of a rest before the big mountains.
Those three currently have a 2'37'' advantage.
Very little action elsewhere until a crash in the feed zone just now that resulted in Dario Cataldo (Astana) being forced to abandon with a wrist injury.
German sprinter John Degenkolb (Trek) is receiving medical treatment on his bike but is almost back with the peloton after being caught up in the same crash.
Dario Cataldo of Astana is indeed the latest rider to abandon the race.
No surprise, given how the Italian looked in a lot of pain, holding his left wrist.
Domont and Degenkolb are just about to make the juncture to the back of the peloton after they were also caught up in the crash.
At first it looked liked Jakob Fuglsang - the Danish rider currently fifth overall - had crashed in the feed zone.
It now appears that his Astana team-mate Dario Cataldo is in fact the man on the floor, clutching his wrist in some pain. It looks serious for the Italian.
John Degenkolb (Trek) and Axel Domont (AG2R) were also caught up but both are up and riding again now.
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They are joined first up by journalist and author Jeremy Whittle to discuss tomorrow's 50th anniversary of the death of Britain's Tom Simpson on Mont Ventoux during the 1967 Tour.
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We've over halfway through this long, flat stage and now have 100km to the finish.
That three-man breakaway of Marco Marcato (Team UAE Emirates), Maciej Bodner (BORA-Hansgrohe) and Frederik Backaert (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) have eked out a bit more time.
They now lead the peloton by 2'20'' and there is about an hour of racing until we reach the intermediate sprint.
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Arthur Mithcell: Why don't the other teams make Sky do all the work at the front of the peloton?
Good question, Arthur. Short answer is that Sky have no need to make all the racing and any teams with sprinters trying to leave it to them would be harming their chances of bringing back the breakaway for a sprint.
Here's more from Simon Brotherton:"Sky aren't bothered because those in the break are of no threat whatsoever. It's a day for any sprinters' teams who want to contest the finish.
"Sky will be vigilant at the front to make sure no one tries anything, but they won't care about pushing the pace."
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Our commentary team of Simon Brotherton and Rob Hayles are setting up are will be on air from 14:30 BST. You can listen by clicking the tab at the top of this page.
With nothing much happening out on the road, they will be joined by journalist Jeremy Whittle from 14:30 to 15:00 BST, discussing tomorrow's 50th anniversary of the death of British rider Tom Simpson on the legendary Ventoux.
Jeremy's new book 'Ventoux: Sacrifice and Suffering on the Giant of Provence' has just come out and his thoughts will make for a cracking listen.
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Image source, BBC SportSo 110km to go, but where are they heading?
That'll be Pau - one of the most famous and common locations in Tour history, thanks to its proximity to the Pyrenees.
It's also a smashing place - I was there to see the roll-out of Stage 11 of the 2015 Tour.
Here's the finishing straight that the sprinters will be thrashing down later on...
Image source, BBC SportAnother dip in the advantage for the breakaway - it's now down to 1'40'' as we approach 110km to go.
The peloton could make the catch without even trying. Though they do appear to be letting the gap go out again now.
Keep your comments coming on whether Cofidis' Nacer Bouhanni perhaps escaped a more serious punishment for hitting Quick-Step's Jack Bauer yesterday.
For now, here's what Bauer himself said on the matter, speaking to ITV4: "I would say we both wanted the same space of road - I had four team-mates behind me including Marcel Kittel in the green jersey.
"It was a critical point of the race and it was critical to be on the right-hand side approaching a right-hand corner with 5km to go.
"I was just looking to defend my position - Nacer maybe saw it dfiferently and took offence but it's a bike race and we're all there to try and pull one over on each other to get that bit of road.
"It's important to keep your cool and remember the finish line is 5km away - if you start thinking about a tussle or a personal punch-up then your focus is gone and your ability to finish off the stage is gone."