Sylvain Chavanel's lead has come down to 3'39'' now.

One of Mark Cavendish's lead-out men Reinardt Janse van Rensburg has to pull over, his chain snarled up.

A fan tries to help him but is given short shrift, making a hash of it. A mechanic then tries to have a go and fails before the South African rider finally gets his chain sorted out.

He's back on his way.

After just under 100km of racing, Sylvain Chavanel is still out front, with an advantage of around four minutes over the chasing peloton.

FDJ climber Rudy Molard is down, not clear what caused the cash.

The Frenchman looks in real pain, hauled to his feet by one of the medical support staff, and limping over to his bike.

But his bike is crocked and finally an FDJ team car arrives with a new bike.

He's back racing but his left shoulder looks to have taken an almighty whack and he's got some serious road rash on his upper right thigh.

We have our first abandonment of the 2018 Tour de France.

Trek-Segafredo rider Tsgabu Grmay pulls over to the side of the road and looks to be calling for a bike change at first.

But the Ethiopian is actually pulling out, handing his bike over to a mechanic and climbing into a team car. His Tour de France debut comes to an end halfway into stage two.

There are 175 riders left in the race.

Quick-Step continue to lead the peloton with Yves Lampaert and Tim Declercq having a laugh over who picks up the musette through the feed zone.

Sadly, Sylvain Chavanel is just 13 years too late to contend for the best young rider's white jersey.

Sylvain Chavanel drives on and extends his lead up to 4'23'' over the peloton.

As well as reading this live text commentary, you'll be able to hear BBC Radio 5 live's Tom Fordyce and Rob Hayles provide commentary and analysis of the final knockings of this stage from 15:00 BST.

Just click the link at the top of the page to listen in.

World champion Peter Sagan, one of the favourites for the stage win, has pulled over to change his sunglasses.

Snazzy shades on, the Slovak starts the chase back to the bunch.

This is Sylvain Chavanel's 350th Tour de France stage.

That's probably around 60,000km he's ridden just in the Tour. Madness.

Superb. The French fans form a guard of honour for Sylvain Chavanel and he puts up both hands, offering up high fives to both sides.

A terrific reception for the veteran in every town he passes through.

Sylvain Chavanel is a boss. The 39-year-old Frenchman takes his lead out to over four minutes over the peloton.

He still will likely be reeled in quickly as soon as the bunch decide to up their pace later on, but a fantastic effort by the Direct Energie rider on his own.

Rob Hayles
Ex-GB cyclist on BBC Radio 5 live, in France

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Here's what Rob had to say about today's finish on the BeSpoke podcast.

"It’s a little bit technical inside the final 5km and with 2km to go the road loops round and goes underneath itself, so it will be another technical finish.

"We are going to see sprinters and their teams, and the GC guys trying to keep out of trouble, while fighting for limited space on the road. Don’t look away."

BBC commentary with Rob and Tom Fordyce, online only, from 15:00 BST.

A bit of transfer news doing the rounds - BMC's Richie Porte has signed a two-deal with Trek-Segafredo, starting from 2019.

BMC's future is uncertain - the team are facing funding issues and are without a sponsor for next year as it stands.

Still Sylvain Chavanel off the front, the 39-year-old Frenchman has a gap of 3'45'' with 120km to go.

Quick-Step continue to lay it down on the front of the peloton.

The Belgian team were supremely strong yesterday, offering the only control in a sea of chaos to guide Fernando Gaviria perfectly to the final 300m before the Colombian launched his sprint.

Can they do the same again today? With the yellow jersey to protect they will have to do most, if not all, of the riding on the front - but they looked so strong yesterday, that will not faze them much at all.

Chris Froome is having a word with former team-mate Mikel Landa, who now rides for Movistar, in the bunch.

Movistar have effectively taken three leaders to the Tour with Landa, Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde - but with Quintana losing time yesterday and Valverde very unlikely to challenge for the overall win, is Landa now the outright leader?

Movistar manager Eusebio Unzue said after stage one that joint team leaders meant they were not to wait for each other at this stage, as Landa and Valverde duly didn't after Quintana's collision yesterday.

Former Australian professional Stuart O'Grady had held the record of 17 Tour de France starts alongside Jens Voigt and Sylvain Chavanel before the Frenchman took it outright by starting his 18th Tour this year.

Sylvain Chavanel is still giving it a great go, edging his advantage out to 3'20'' as the peloton cruise along behind.

Image source, Reuters