Flat 167km route from Albi to Toulouse
Bunch sprint finish expected
Four-man break: Perez, Rossetto, Calmejane, A de Gendt
Teunissen, Viviani, Sagan, Groenewegen and Van Aert have won sprint finishes so far
Alaphilippe in yellow jersey
Defending champion Thomas second overall
GC rivals Pinot and Fuglsang lost time after late split on stage 10
Perez's Cofidis team-mate Stephane Rossetto is also in the break and also has a penchant for nice turns of prahse.
"We have a local rider in the team today," he said before the start.
"It’s Anthony Perez and I won’t steal his part of the cake. The Cofidis team is not all about me."
Stephane Rossetto: not a cake thief.
Image source, Getty ImagesSo how do the breakaway riders rate their chances of victory? Anthony Perez and Lilian Calmejane planned this ahead but Perez is under no illusions about him winning this stage...
"For winning? Ouch, the hounds will shoot us! Riding away is for having a good time, later we’ll see…” he told Francetelevisions.
The hounds will shoot us? What an expression.
Rob Hayles
Ex-GB cyclist on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, in France
It is very muggy today. There is a lot of activity at the back of the bunch with riders going back to the cars to collect bottles.
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So with a flat parcours that gives every advantage to the peloton, why are these four riders flogging themselves all day off the front?
Well, they would have absolutely no chance of winning a bunch sprint, but by putting themselves up the road they give themselves a bit more % chance of winning the stage, should the peloton miscalculate and stuff up the chase.
There is also the chance to get the sponsor's name on TV all day and personal reasons - Lilian Calmejane is from near Albi, where today's stage started, Anthony Perez is from Toulouse, where the stage ends, and Stephane Rossetto is clearly aiming for the overall combativity prize, this being the fourth break he has got into.
With the intermediate sprint done, it's now a pretty much flat run in through to Toulouse.
The peloton are currently on the section where there is the biggest threat from crosswinds, like those that split the race on Monday.
But it's been mainly a tailwind so far today, no chance for anyone to put the hammer down and try to create some splits.
Image source, Tour de FranceToulouse has pedigree as a sprint finish location in the Tour de France.
Britain's Mark Cavendish sprinted to his second of 30 Tour stage wins there in 2008.
Driving rain that day, it's humid but very sunny out there today.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe four-man break roll on and now lead the peloton by 2:07 with 70km left to race.
So Peter Sagan was beaten by Elia Viviani in the sprint but the Slovak adds 10 points to his lead over Michael Matthews in the green jersey competition.
Matthews didn't contest the sprint at all and is now 72 points behind Sagan.
Peter Sagan has two Bora team-mates leading him out but has to go from distance, with Sonny Colbrelli and Elia Viviani on his tail.
Viviani finishes strongly down the inside and takes fifth place on the line, surpassing Sagan.
A sign the Italian is on good form for a second stage win today?
The peloton are within one kilometre of the intermediate sprint.
Peter Sagan is up near the front.
Anthony Perez has now won everything going on this stage.
After taking maximum king of the mountains points, the Cofidis rider takes up the sprint and holds off Wanty-Gobert's Aime de Gendt on the line in Gaillac.
He claims the maximum 20 points, De Gendt gets 17.
How does Britain's Adam Yates see stage 11 going?
Yates: I don't think there are many riders in the bunch unhappy to see a stage like this after a rest day. Some manage to get going after a rest day better than others, but truth is you never really know how the body will respond. It would normally be a sprint finish, but the day has sticky, slow roads and the wind can be a factor because it's open, so you need to remain vigilant as we saw on stage 10.
Rider to watch: Peter Sagan. The Slovakian has had a decent first week and will be looking to build on his lead in the green points jersey classification.
You can read the rest of Yates' thoughts in his stage-by-stage guide here.
Who competes at the upcoming intermediate sprint could give us a good clue to who has the legs to challenge in the expected bunch sprint finish today.
You can be sure green jersey Peter Sagan will be to the forefront.
Look out for Elia Viviani, Dylan Groenewegen, Wout van Aert, Michael Matthews, Caleb Ewan, Andre Greipel, Michael Matthews and Alexander Kristoff too.
The peloton are just coasting over the category four climb of Cote de Castelnau-de-Montmiral.
Next up will be the intermediate sprint point at Gaillac.
The four-man break will hoover up the majority of points on offer, but there are still 11 points on offer for fifth place over the line, going down to one point for 15th.
Which of the sprinters will pop off the front to test their legs and pick up some points?
Image source, Tour de FranceJust as he was at the first climb of the day, Anthony Perez is allowed to roll over the summit unchallenged to claim the sole king of the mountains point on offer.
A bit of a surge from the four-man break has seen their advantage go back out to 2:30 for now.
The peloton have started to eat into the gap to the breakaway, with the four men out front on the second and final climb of the day - the category four Cote de Castelnau-de-Montmiral.
The gap is down to 2:10 now.
Yes Matt, it could also be a result of this being the second year of Grand Tour teams being down to eight riders.
With one fewer roster spot there is more competition within teams and so often in cycling they defer to experience over youth.
That said, there always tends to be a massive gap between the white jersey winner and 10th place in the competition. There are only ever really three or four young riders of real pedigree to contest the classification each year.
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Matt Taggart: What do we make of the difference between 1st and 10th in the white jersey competition being over 36 mins? Presumably that's the result of only taking seasoned riders to the tour and the likelihood of domestiques being younger riders.