Summary

  • 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

  1. 100km to gopublished at 14:26 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    As you were - the gap is at 2:27 between the four-man break of Anthony Perez, Stephane Rossetto, Lilian Calmejane and Aime de Gendt and the peloton.

  2. Postpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    And if you want a fascinating breakdown of why crosswinds are so destructive in professional cycling, former rider Rob Hayles does just that in Monday's episode of BBC Radio 5 Live's BeSpoke podcast - available to download here.

  3. Postpublished at 14:19 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    A very diplomatic answer from Bennett but it still sounds like a bad mistake from Jumbo-Visma. Never make a guy who is fourth overall do a bottle run.

    Having two riders high on GC is always a bonus because you can play the one-two punch in the mountains.

    Perhaps they can salvage it and send Bennett up the road because he's not a GC threat anymore for Kruijswijk to try and bridge across to.

  4. Postpublished at 14:17 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    One of the biggest losers from the crosswinds that split the race on stage 10 was Jumbo-Visma's George Bennett.

    The Kiwi (tough two days for New Zealanders, eh?) was fourth overall but missed the split because he had dropped back to the team car to collect bottles and is now 27th overall.

    "I thought we needed bottles, it was my turn to go," he told ITV4.

    "But I'm not here for the classification, I'm here to support Steven Kruijswijk and the team is fully around him and Dylan Groenewegen.

    "It was nice to be up there for a few days but it's part of my role as a helper in this race - you'll find yourself in positions that a guy as a leader wouldn't be in.

    "It was an accumulation of errors. It wasn't unlucky because luck is something completely out of your control - it was just unfortunate more than anything."

  5. 110km to gopublished at 14:12 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    The gap is back down to the 2:25 mark from earlier. No dramas for either the four-man break or the peloton so far.

  6. 120km to gopublished at 13:59 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    With the peloton over the climb, the gap has come back down to 2:38 with 120km left to go in stage 11.

  7. Postpublished at 13:57 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    The white jersey young rider classification already looks like being a battle between Egan Bernal (who finished second behind Pierre Latour in the competition last year) and Enric Mas (who won the young rider jersey at the 2018 Vuelta).

    Giulio Ciccone could look to make up that time in the mountains and challenge as well.

  8. Young rider classification standingspublished at 13:53 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    1. Egan Bernal (Col/Team Ineos) 43hrs 28mins 31secs
    2. Enric Mas (Spa/Deceuninck Quick-Step) +30secs
    3. Giulio Ciccone (Ita/Trek-Segafredo) +1min 16secs
    4. David Gaudu (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) +3mins 16secs
    5. Laurens de Plus (Bel/Jumbo-Visma) +25mins 3secs
    6. Gregor Muhlberger (Aut/Bora-Hansgrohe) +29mins 45secs
    7. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger/Bora-Hansgrohe) +30mins 39secs
    8. Wout van Aert (Bel/Jumbo-Visma) +32mins 55secs
    9. Tiesj Benoot (Bel/Lotto Soudal) +35mins 14secs
    10. Lennard Kamna (Ger/Sunweb) +36mins 18secs
  9. 130km to gopublished at 13:48 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    As the four-man break roll down the descent, the gap has gone out to around three minutes.

  10. Postpublished at 13:46 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    Not a vital day in the king of the mountains competition at all.

    Just three points maximum available in total - Anthony Perez won the first two just now and there is only one point on offer for the first rider over the top of the category four Cote de Castelnau-de-Montmiral later on.

  11. Climber classification standingspublished at 13:44 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    1. Tim Wellens (Bel/Lotto Soudal) - 43
    2. Thomas de Gendt (Bel/Lotto Soudal) - 37
    3. Giulio Ciccone (Ita/Trek-Segafredo) - 30
    4. Xandro Meurisse (Bel/Wanty-Gobert) - 27
    5. Natnael Berhane (Eqg/Cofidis) - 20
    6. Dylan Teuns (Bel/Bahrain-Merida) - 13
    7. Ben King (US/Dimension Data) - 13
    8. Tiesj Benoot (Bel/Lotto Soudal) - 12
    9. Daryl Impey (SA/Mitchelton-Scott) - 10
    10. Toms Skujins (Lat/Trek-Segafredo) - 9
  12. Perez win two KOM pointspublished at 13:38 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    Stephane Rossetto is the only man in the breakaway who has any king of the mountains points in the race so far.

    But he's happy to roll through on the back as Cofidis team-mate Anthony Perez takes the maximum two points as the first rider over the summit of the Cote de Tonnac.

    Aime de Gendt gets one point for second place.

    On they roll.

  13. Postpublished at 13:36 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    Lotto Soudal, Deceuninck Quick-Step and Jumbo-Visma have been doing most of the work on the front of the peloton, in service of their sprinters Caleb Ewan, Elia Viviani and Dylan Groenewegen respectively.

  14. Stage 11 profilepublished at 13:33 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    The gap to the four-man break is creeping down at the moment as they get on to the lower slopes of the category three Cote de Tonnac, while the peloton are still on the flat.

    It's the biggest climb of an otherwise very flat day, the only other categorised climb being the cat 4 Cote de Castelnau-de-Montmiral shortly before the intermediate sprint point.

    Tour de France stage 11 profileImage source, Tour de France
  15. 140km to gopublished at 13:26 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    The gap is holding steady - the four-man break of Anthony Perez, Stephane Rossetto, Lilian Calmejane and Aime de Gendt lead the peloton by 2:21 through the 140km to go mark.

  16. Postpublished at 13:25 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    Talking of Michael Matthews, the Sunweb leader spent a little while off the back at his team car but rejoined the peloton soon enough.

  17. Postpublished at 13:22 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    Good luck to anyone seriously entertaining getting that green jersey off Peter Sagan.

    The Slovak superstar has won six of the past seven green jerseys at the Tour de France, only not claiming it in 2017 after he was somewhat controversially disqualified for his part in a crash involving Mark Cavendish.

    He already leads 2017 winner Michael Matthews by 62 points and will be hoping to increase that gap today.

  18. Points classification standingspublished at 13:18 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    1. Peter Sagan (Svk/Bora-Hansgrohe) - 229
    2. Michael Matthews (Aus/Sunweb) - 167
    3. Elia Viviani (Ita/Deceuninck Quick-Step) - 153
    4. Sonny Colbrelli (Ita/Bahrain Merida) - 151
    5. Jasper Stuyven (Bel/Trek-Segafredo) - 105
    6. Matteo Trentin (Ita/Mitchelton-Scott) - 101
    7. Caleb Ewan (Aus/Lotto Soudal) - 98
    8. Greg van Avermaet (Bel/CCC) - 94
    9. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra/Deceuninck Quick-Step) - 75
    10. Dylan Groenewegen (Ned/Jumbo-Visma) - 66
  19. 150km to gopublished at 13:11 British Summer Time 17 July 2019

    The four-man break of Anthony Perez, Stephane Rossetto, Lilian Calmejane and Aime de Gendt have a lead of 2:24 over the peloton with 150km left to race.

    This is Rossetto's fourth time in the break already - a very busy debut Tour for the Frenchman.