Stage 11: Chatelaillon-Plage to Poitiers, 167.5km
Caleb Ewan wins thrilling sprint
Primoz Roglic holds leader's yellow jersey
Sam Bennett extends green jersey lead after Peter Sagan relegated
Jack Skelton
Never a dull day on the Tour de France, eh?
That's it for this live text of stage 11 - the report is building here.
Adam Yates' stage-by-stage guide is here.
And join us for live coverage of stage 12 tomorrow.
Au revoir!
Tomorrow's stage 12 looks like one for the breakaway and Peter Sagan will try all he can to get in it and leave Sam Bennett behind.
His problem is the intermediate sprint comes quite early into the stage after a flat run in so Deceuninck-Quick-Step can just aim to keep it all together until then and ensure Bennett beats Sagan there.
Even then if Sagan goes up the road and wins the stage, it's only 30 points on a medium mountain stage, as opposed to 50 for winning a flat stage like today.
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Given all that, I think Sam Bennett can be pretty confident about winning the green jersey in Paris should he make it through all the mountainous stages to come.
He will be just the second Irishman to win the competition after the great Sean Kelly, who won four green jerseys in all.
Sam Bennett now leads Peter Sagan by a healthy 68 points in the green jersey.
The Irishman has had the beating of the Slovakian at pretty much all the intermediate sprints and can be confident of beating or at least finishing close to Sagan in any remaining bunch sprint finish.
It means Sagan will have to take every opportunity going to get up the road away from Bennett to contest intermediate sprints and stage wins on the hillier terrain to come.
But Deceuninck-Quick-Step will now that's what Sagan and Bora-Hansgrohe have to do now and will try to prevent Sagan getting in those breakaways.
It'll be very, very impressive if Sagan can find a way to win an eighth green jersey from here.
1. Sam Bennett (Ire/Deceuninck-Quick-Step) - 233 points
2. Peter Sagan (Slo/Bora-Hansgrohe) - 175
3. Bryan Coquard (Fra/B&B Hotels-Vital Concept) - 157
4. Caleb Ewan (Aus/Lotto Soudal) - 155
5. Matteo Trentin (Ita/CCC Team) - 140
6. Wout van Aert (Bel/Jumbo-Visma) - 131
7. Alexander Kristoff (Nor/UAE Team Emirates) - 100
8. Michael Morkov (Den/Deceuninck-Quick-Step) - 92
9. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra/Deceuninck-Quick-Step) - 82
10. Cees Bol (Ned/Team Sunweb) - 72
Ouch. Peter Sagan has also been docked 13 points by the race jury on top of losing those 30 points he had gained for finishing second.
A horrid result for the Slovakian.
1. Caleb Ewan (Aus/Lotto Soudal) 4hrs 00mins 01secs
2. Sam Bennett (Ire/Deceuninck-Quick-Step)
3. Wout van Aert (Bel/Jumbo-Visma)
4. Bryan Coquard (Fra/B&B Hotels-Vital Concept)
5. Clement Venturini (Fra/AG2R La Mondiale)
6. Mads Pedersen (Den/Trek-Segafredo)
7. Luka Mezgec (Slo/Mitchelton-Scott)
8. Hugo Hofstetter (Fra/Israel Start-up Nation)
9. Olivier Naesen (Bel/AG2R La Mondiale)
10. Ryan Gibbons (SA/NTT Pro)
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Huge news in the battle for the green jersey.
Bora-Hansgrohe's Peter Sagan has been relegated to last place on today's stage for his collision with Wout van Aert in the final sprint.
It means Sam Bennett moves up to second on stage 11, with Van Aert taking third.
Bora-Hansgrohe staff are currently talking to the UCI jury.
If Peter Sagan is relegated, he would lose the 30 points he got for finishing second.
The Slovakian's chances of a record-extending eighth green jersey are very much in the balance here.
1. Sam Bennett (Ire/Deceuninck-Quick-Step) - 233 points
2. Peter Sagan (Slo/Bora-Hansgrohe) - 218
3. Caleb Ewan (Aus/Lotto Soudal) - 155
4. Bryan Coquard (Fra/B&B Hotels-Vital Concept) - 155
5. Matteo Trentin (Ita/CCC Team) - 139
6. Wout van Aert (Bel/Jumbo-Visma) - 129
7. Alexander Kristoff (Nor/UAE Team Emirates) - 99
8. Michael Morkov (Den/Deceuninck-Quick-Step) - 92
9. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra/Deceuninck-Quick-Step) - 82
10. Cees Bol (Ned/Team Sunweb) - 72
Yellow - Primoz Roglic (Slo/Jumbo-Visma)
Green - Sam Bennett (Ire/Deceuninck-Quick-Step)
Polka dot - Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra/AG2R La Mondiale)
White - Egan Bernal (Col/Ineos Grenadiers)
Caleb Ewan has not been up on the podium yet, only Primoz Roglic to collect the leader's yellow jersey.
That's a good hint that the race jury are looking at that finish.
I don't think Ewan is in any danger of losing that stage win, it is likely more about wheter Peter Sagan holds onto second.
Sam Bennett remains in the green jersey, but if Peter Sagan holds on to that second place then the Irishman's lead has been cut to 15 points.
Sagan has chances to go up the road in the coming days where Bennett will not be able to match him on the climbs.
Though a lot of the intermediate sprint points coming up occur fairly early in the stage so Bennett will hope to keep beating Sagan at them.
Peter Sagan gave Wout van Aert a good bump there to get some room near the barriers.
Hopefully we here soon either way from the race judges.
If Sagan is relegated then that has huge implications for the green jersey competition.
Stage winner Caleb Ewan: "It was very, very hectic. I was really close to the front between 3km and 1km to go, I was more forward than I wanted to be so dropped back into the bunch and from there it was quite crazy.
"I knew to keep calm and wait for the right gap to open and it did, quite late, but I had a real desire to win today after yesterday when I was disappointed with my sprint.
"I did a big throw and then you're basically looking down at the ground so I wasn't sure I won.
"I'm super happy with my two stage wins - one takes the pressure off but then you want a second and now I'll want a third."
"I hope to get through the mountains alright and win in Paris."
Tremendous respect between Sam Bennett and Caleb Ewan. The Irishman pointed at the Australian to signal he'd won and they shared a fist bump.
1. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Jumbo-Visma) 46hrs 15mins 24secs
2. Egan Bernal (Col/Ineos Grenadiers) +21secs
3. Guillaume Martin (Fra/Cofidis) +28secs
4. Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R-La Mondiale) +30secs
5. Nairo Quintana (Col/Arkea-Samsic) +32secs
6. Rigoberto Uran (Col/EF Pro Cycling) Same time
7. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE-Team Emirates) +44secs
8. Adam Yates (GB/Mitchelton-Scott) +1mins 02secs
9. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col/Astana) +1mins 15secs
10. Mikel Landa (Spa/Bahrain McLaren) +1mins 42secs
1. Caleb Ewan (Aus/Lotto Soudal) 4hrs 00mins 01secs
2. Peter Sagan (Svk/Bora-Hansgrohe) Same time
3. Sam Bennett (Ire/Deceuninck-Quick-Step)
4. Wout van Aert (Bel/Jumbo-Visma)
5. Bryan Coquard (Fra/B&B Hotels-Vital Concept)
6. Clement Venturini (Fra/AG2R La Mondiale)
7. Mads Pedersen (Den/Trek-Segafredo)
8. Luka Mezgec (Slo/Mitchelton-Scott)
9. Hugo Hofstetter (Fra/Israel Start-up Nation)
10. Olivier Naesen (Bel/AG2R La Mondiale)