Get Involvedpublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 10 July 2018
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Matt Taggart: Cav hasn't looked his usual self and Kittel has seemed remarkably ambivalent so far. Heart says Cav, but head says Gaviria.
Summary
Fernando Gaviria takes second stage win
The Colombian holds off Peter Sagan and Andre Greipel in a thrilling finish
BMC's Greg van Avermaet retains yellow jersey
get involved Get Involvedpublished at 14:24 British Summer Time 10 July 2018
Kiwi eating a kiwipublished at 14:19 British Summer Time 10 July 2018
New Zealand's Dion Smith is currently wearing the polka dot jersey - awarded to the rider with the most points accumulated for their position over the top of the Tour's many climbs.
There are more points on offer for the bigger climbs but with only small hills to negotiate so far, Smith leads this competition with a single point.
Kevin Ledanois is the only other man to have a point having taken the jersey on stage one.
And there is only one point on offer today, although Smith should keep the jersey as all of the four-man break who could compete for that point are behind him on the general classification.
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The four-man breakaway of Anthony Perez, Dimitri Claeys, Guillaume van Keirbulck and Jerome Cousin have a lead of 6'56'' with about 20km to go until the intermediate sprint point.
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Marc Selby: Cavendish for the win today! I think he will have that bit extra zip to prove to everyone he is still around! Gew on Cav lad!
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Mark Cavendish has completed his call of nature and got his radio pack back on.
The British sprinter is also back in the pack.
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The best young rider's white jersey is for the highest-placed rider on GC that is under 26 years old.
Denmark's Soren Kragh Andersen is that man today after Sunweb put in a fine team time trial performance yesterday.
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End of twitter postThe jerseyspublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 10 July 2018
Here are the riders wearing the four classification jerseys today...
Yellow (overall leader): Greg van Avermaet (Bel/BMC)
Green (points classification): Peter Sagan (Svk/Bora-Hansgrohe)
Polka dot (king of the mountains): Dion Smith (NZ/Wanty-Groupe Gobert)
White (best young rider): Soren Kragh Andersen (Den/Sunweb)
Postpublished at 14:01 British Summer Time 10 July 2018
One sprinter who will not be contesting the finish today is Cofidis' Christophe Laporte.
The Frenchman is in pain after a crash on stage two and told the Tour de France website his ribs hurt too much to compete in a bunch sprint.
Hence why his team-mates Anthony Perez and Dimitri Claeys are currently up the road.
The peloton has reeled them and fellow breakaway partners Jerome Cousin and Guillaume van Keirsbulck in a bit - the gap is now down to 6'50'' with just over 125km to go.
Postpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 10 July 2018
Talking of Mark Cavendish, the British sprinter has had a tough start to his Tour.
His team-mates were caught behind a crash on stage one, meaning he was out of position and could not contest the sprint. 'The Manx Missile' himself was then caught behind the late crash that took out then yellow jersey Fernando Gaviria on stage two.
Dimension Data took the team time trial relatively easy yesterday to save their legs for this one.
Can he pick up his 31st Tour de France stage win today?
You can expect the likes of Gaviria, Marcel Kittel, Peter Sagan and Andre Greipel will fancy their chances on a quick run-in too.
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Mark Cavendish is currently at the back of the bunch getting his radio pack fixed from a mechanic leaning out of the Dimension Data team car.
It's a rather fiddly process. with Cavendish's jersey completely unzipped as the mechanic tries to lean round him.
And then the radio drops to the floor and bounces off into a ditch. Cavendish elects to just pull over and retrieve the radio and sort it out on the side of the road.
"Move on, I'm going to have a wee," he tells the motorbike cameraman, who duly does just in time.
Top 10 on GCpublished at 13:49 British Summer Time 10 July 2018
Here is where the top 10 stand after three stages...
1. Greg van Avermaet (Bel/BMC) 9hrs 8mins 55secs
2. Tejay van Garderen (US/BMC) same time
3. Geraint Thomas (GB/Team Sky) +3secs
4. Philippe Gilbert (Bel/Quick-Step) +5secs
5. Bob Jungels (Lux/Quick-Step) +7secs
6. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra/Quick-Step) same time
7. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Team Sunweb) +11secs
8. Soren Kragh Andersen (Den/Sunweb) same time
9. Michael Matthews (Aus/Sunweb)
10. Rigoberto Uran (Col/Education First) +35secs
Listen: Bespoke at the Tour de Francepublished at 13:46 British Summer Time 10 July 2018
Missed yesterday's action? The race report of BMC's team time trial win is here.
You can also catch up with the Bespoke podcast, available shortly after each day's stage.
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End of twitter post140km to gopublished at 13:42 British Summer Time 10 July 2018
The four-man break of Claeys, Perez, Cousin and Van Keirsbulck have a lead of seven minutes 11 seconds with 140km to go.
The peloton behind won't be too fussed by that and know they can bring that gap back quickly enough later on.
The breakawaypublished at 13:35 British Summer Time 10 July 2018
These are the four men who were allowed to zip away from the peloton as soon as the race started - Anthony Perez, Dimitri Claeys (both Cofidis), Jerome Cousin (Direct Energie) and Guillaume van Keirsbulck (Wanty-Groupe Gobert).
Cofidis put in a dire team time trial effort yesterday and may have been read the riot act to at least get the sponsor some TV time in the break today.
Cousin was in the break on stage one and it looks like he will try to be an attacking presence throughout the Tour.
Van Keirsbulck put in an impressive 191km solo break on stage four of last year's Tour, a day more notable for ending in the crash that ended Mark Cavendish's race and saw Peter Sagan disqualified.
Stage four profilepublished at 13:32 British Summer Time 10 July 2018
Stage four got under way just after 12:00 BST with a roll out that lasted over 20 minutes - an already lengthy neutralised section extended so that Bora's Marcus Burghardt could catch back on after crashing.
As soon as the flag was waved and the proper racing started, a four-man breakaway shot off up the road and have a lead of around eight minutes with about 150km remaining. More on that soon.
The stage overall is a 195km rote from La Baule to Sarzeau, largely flat save for the category four climb of the Cote de Saint-Jean-la-Poterie.
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Welcome to live coverage of stage four of the 2018 Tour de France.
It's been a cracking first three days - with three different riders taking the leader's yellow jersey so far.
Greg van Avermaet is the current wearer after BMC won yesterday's team time trial to put the Belgian into the race lead.
And barring any accidents, he should keep it today too, with a flat stage expected to end in a bunch sprint.
However, there is no easy day at the Tour. Stages one and two were similarly flat but ended in chaos. Can the favourites stay out of trouble? And which sprinter will surge clear in Sarzeau?
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