Postpublished at 16:06 British Summer Time 16 July 2017
Chris Froome has been paced up by Mikel Nieve, who now drops off.
Over to you boss.
Froome is 25 seconds behind Romain Bardet's group, which also features Fabio Aru.
As it stands, Aru is taking yellow. A crucial few minutes of climbing ahead.