Marcel Kittel win his fifth stage of 2017 Tour de France
GB's Chris Froome retains overall lead
Eymet - Pau, 203.5km
The gap keep flitting between 2'30'' and 2'45'' as the three-man break reach 117km to go.
The sprinters' teams will be very pleased right now - it won't take much effort to reel in Backaert, Bodnar and Marcato out front at this rate.
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Should Nacer Bouhanni have faced more punishment for hitting Jack Bauer yesterday?
Jon T: Regarding the Bouhanni incident, that's a bit of handbag's in the peloton. Nothing more. Finally, we see common sense from the jury.
Matt Taggart: The slap was nothing, but the swerve looked like it was to run the other rider into the barrier, very dangerous and very nasty.
Matt is talking about a separate incident where Bouhanni moved out to his left in the final stages, cutting across Quick-Step's Fabio Sabatini. Bouhanni did appear to look behind him before he moved. Never a dull moment with Nacer.
More from Mark Cavendish on his recovery, speaking to ITV4: "It's good that I separated my shoulder before in a way because this isn't as bad as that.
"When I crashed in Harrogate in 2014 I got a grade four shoulder separation.
"This is the first bone I've broken in my career and compared to a separated ligament, it's not too painful and you can just get on with it.
"It's not too bad now. I tried to sit on the turbo trainer yesterday - I got tired but I was able to ride. I really enjoyed it so it will make riding this week easier.
"It is how it is, I've got to get on with it as there is no point wallowing that you're not there. If I start wallowing then I won't be back as quickly. The Tour doesn't stop and wait for you, you just have to get on.
"It's a job and 200 other riders' jobs and my job now is to get back and start racing again for the rest of the season."
The peloton have just slightly upped their tempo as the gap to the breakaway has fallen once again.
Marcato, Bodnar and Backaert has a gap of 2'34'' with around 133km to go to Pau.
Talking of the erstwhile Mark Cavendish, the British sprinter has been talking to ITV4 about his recovery from a broken shoulder sustained on Stage Four...
"I've been on the turbo trainer. I'm back in the Isle of Man, as we've got hyperbaric chambers here, which speed up recovery - I did it with my last shoulder injury in 2014.
"It means a bit more time away from the family but it's nice to be back here.
"I don't know when my next race will be, it depends how quickly I recover.
"There's a big hole in my shoulder blade so if I fall I'll smash it again. I'm going to have another test on it next week."
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James Cooper: What's the peloton nationality mix? Any Georgians? Any Montenegrins? Is France the most common nationality? Enlighten us...
France is indeed the best represented nation, with 39 riders starting the race and 37 still going after Arnaud Demare and Mickael Delage missed the time cut on Stage Nine.
Italy had the second-most riders with 18 but Jacopo Guarnieri and Manuele Mori are out so they are tied on 16 currently with Germany and Belgium.
Great Britain provided nine riders but are down to seven after Mark Cavendish and Geraint Thomas crashed out.
There are no Georgians and no Montenegrins in this year's race.
Here are a list of the countries providing only one rider: Portugal, Ethiopia, Luxembourg, Belarus, Argentina, Ukraine, Costa Rica, Japan and Lithuania.
Fair play if you can name all of those solo representatives. I'll get you started - Lithuania's Ignatas Konovalovas has withdrawn.
Britain's Chris Froome is wearing the 50th yellow jersey of his career today, putting him in some very elite company.
Only four other men have - officially - achieved this feat:
All of those four have also won an - official - record five Tour titles, with Froome going for his fourth this year.
Barring a disaster, he should pick up his 51st maillot jeune today and move ahead of Anquetil into fourth outright.
The reason I've said official up there? Lance Armstrong was second on the list, having worn 83 yellow jerseys during his seven Tour victories before the American's results were annulled in 2012.
Image source, Getty ImagesWe're approaching 150km to go in this stage and the three-man breakaway are still out front.
Those men again? Marco Marcato (Team UAE Emirates), Maciej Bodner (Bora) and Frederik Backaert (Wanty-Groupe Gobert).
The peloton have slightly dialled back their advantage though, bringing it back under the four minute mark.
Speaking of Nacer Bouhanni, the Cofidis sprinter was involved in the latest scrap on the Tour de Fisticuffs this year.
The Frenchman appeared to hit or slap Quick-Step's Jack Bauer in the bunch yesterday, clearly having never watched 24.
Bouhanni - who had to pull out of last year's Tour after injuring his hand in an altercation at a hotel - was fined 200 Swiss Francs and docked one minute on his overall time.
No one crashed because of his actions but it has led some to debate whether the jury is being inconsistent after disqualifying Peter Sagan for his role in Mark Cavendish's crash on Stage Four.
Should Bouhanni also have been disqualified or have the jury shown sense here? Let me know on #bbccycling
Image source, Getty ImagesThe BeSpoke podcast is not the only offering from the BBC Radio 5 live team out in France.
OJ Borg and Rob Hayles are also on hand to provide The Daily Pain.
This one takes place in a slightly less picturesque setting than the podcast (see below). Not so jealous now.
It's another cracking watch/listen though as they preview today's stage and talk about some argy bargy yesterday involving - who else? - Nacer Bouhanni.
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A reminder of our breakaway trio today - Marco Marcato (Team UAE Emirates), Maciej Bodner (Bora) and Frederik Backaert (Wanty-Groupe Gobert).
They have four minutes 40 seconds over the peloton with just over 171km left in the stage.
Contador has made his way through the cars and is back in the group. No dramas.
Alberto Contador has pulled over to the side of the road with what looks to be a rear-wheel puncture.
The two-time Tour champion quickly has it changed by the team mechanic and has a team-mate with him.
Shouldn't take too much effort to chase back on.
So while the plodding peloton allow the breakaway to surge up the road for now, why not spend your time wisely by listening to the BeSpoke team recap Stage 10?
OJ Borg, Simon Brotherton and Rob Hayles discuss Marcel Kittel's fourth victory of this year's Tour. In a decent setting, I suppose. Not jealous at all. Nope.
You can click the link below to watch or find this and all their previous podcasts here.
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It's flat. Very flat.
Barring a outstanding effort from an extremely strong and talented breakaway group, coupled with mistakes by the chasing peloton, then this one will end in a sprint.
This is a classic transitional stage of the Tour, taking the riders further towards the Pyrenees before the general classification battle resumes in the mountains.
The route takes the race 203.5km from Eymet to Pau.
Image source, Le TourSpeaking of breakaways, there were some harsh words from Wanty's Yoann Offredo for the rest of the peloton after his spell up the road on Stage 10.
After Kittel has won the stage, Offredo reportedly said: "Bravo Kittel, over 50 teams can't beat you, yet they still help you. Idiots."
Poor Yoann is probably already steaming again today. The peloton have no interest in thrashing out a fast pace, letting today's three-man breakaway to gain nearly three minutes on them already.
In fairness, from tomorrow onwards the race looks set to be manic all the way to Paris so the peloton have chosen to ease back on these two sprint stages.
The flag has dropped and the race is under way.
Three riders immediately jump up the road. They've got a decent gap already - up to one minute ahead.
Those three are Marco Marcato (Team UAE Emirates), Maciej Bodner (BORA-Hansgrohe) and Frederik Backaert (Wanty-Groupe Gobert).
I'd suggest a much better calibre of breakaway is needed to stave off the peloton today.
The ceremonial roll-out has just started in Eymet, Chris Froome taking centre stage on the front row.
Today we cross over the halfway point of this edition of the Tour de France, with Stage 11 of 21.
Another sprint finish is on the cards. Can anyone stop Marcel Kittel winning his fifth stage this year?
It's looking unlikely, but this race has thrown up plenty of surprises and shocks so far.
Stay tuned.