Sam Bennett's lead-out man Michael Morkov still has three team-mates in front of him.

The Lotto Soudal train take the wheel of Sam Bennett.

Their sprinter Caleb Ewan held back and used his devastating late kick to overhaul his rivals on stage 3.

Team Sunweb have had the biggest lead-out train on many stages but haven't delivered Cees Bol to a first Tour stage win yet. They're giving it another good go today.

Cofidis also hit the front for Elia Viviani. The Italian hasn't been much of a factor in bunch sprints so far and will be desperate for a better showing today.

Sam Bennett and Caleb Ewan are the two stand-out contenders for today's stage.

Peter Sagan, Cees Bol, Elia Viviani, Bryan Coquard, Andre Greipel and Alexander Kristoff will all be in the mix.

I doubt Wout van Aert has the green light to sprint today as he works to protect Primoz Roglic - but the Belgian could nick his third stage win if he finds himself in the right position.

I think the sprinters' teams will control the finish too well for Van Aert to get that chance though.

Groupama-FDJ's Matthieu Ladagnous has duly been awarded the day's combativity prize for his solo 124km breakaway.

Easiest decision for that prize in the Tour so far.

Ion Izagirre has been taken to hospital in Poitiers but thankfully it sounds like he's avoided serious injury.

There is a slight rise before a flat, straight final 1.6km on this stage. The sprinters' teams will hope to pace their leaders up the rise with no issues.

Deceuninck-Quick-Step continue to work on the front of the bunch, trying to replicate yesterday's success with Sam Bennett.

Jumbo-Visma haven't been visible near the front for most of the day but are there now, protecting yellow jersey Primoz Roglic.

AG2R La Mondiale are also up there to look after Romain Bardet, who is fourth on GC.

Movistar's Jose Joaquin Rojas also fell in that crash and looks to have a few grazes.

He's chasing back on alongside Astana's Alexey Lutsenko and Harold Tejada, who were also caught up and stopped to check on team-mate Ion Izagirre.

No surprise that Ion Izagirre has sadly been forced to abandon the Tour after that crash.

He looked to have sustained a heavy blow to his head and was badly cut. The Spaniard is being taken away in an ambulance now.

Izagirre is a key mountain domestique for Astana leader Miguel Angel Lopez, who is currently ninth on general classification.

Spain's Ion Izagirre is the Astana rider to have crashed.

His face is cut and he looks dazed. The doctors will administer a concussion test.

Israel Start-up Nation's Krists Neilands also hit the deck but is fortunately up riding again straight away.

An Astana rider is down and looks to have suffered a heavy blow.

Three team-mates stop to check on him.

AG2R La Mondiale, Total Direct Energie, Deceuninck-Quick-Step and Jumbo-Visma are the teams on the front.

Both sprinters and GC riders will want to stay out of danger near the front of the peloton on a fast run in to Poitiers.

Poitiers hasn't been used much in Tour history as the race has more often visited the nearby Futuroscope theme park, which hosted the Grand Depart in 1990 and 2000.

In 2000, Britain's David Millar won the opening time trial to claim the yellow jersey.

Bora-Hansgrohe's Gregor Muhlberger, who has been dragging himself along off the back of the bunch all day, finally pulls over and sadly abandons the race.

The Austrian woke up with the chills and has looked to be suffering with illness all day.

This is the fourth time a Tour de France stage has finished in Poitiers but the first time since stage six of the 1978 race.

That day, Ireland's Sean Kelly won his first Tour stage.

Kelly is the only Irishman to have won the green jersey and did so on four occasions, the last time coming in 1989.

Plent for Sam Bennett to emulate both today and in this Tour.

After 124km out alone, Groupama-FDJ's Matthieu Ladagnous is finally swept up by the peloton.

Chapeau.

All together with 43km to go until the finish in Poitiers.

Matt Warwick
BBC Sport

Just in case any of you think Egan Bernal is a cold, steely-eyed winner who gives nothing away, you only have to look at his actions on the rest day.

After seemingly getting bored, he decided to cut his own hair, which went perfectly well. Possibly.

He jumped on the team coach on Tuesday morning with a big smile on his face, revealing fully shaved sides and monk-like crop on top.

His Ineos Grenadiers team-mates’ thoughts? “Bonkers,” I’m told.

To be fair, I’ve revered indie bands with more controversial barnets...

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By winning stage 10 yesterday, Sam Bennett became the 20th active rider to have won at least one stage in all three Grand Tours.

The others are Fabio Aru, Mark Cavendish, Thomas de Gendt, John Degenkolb, Rohan Dennis, Tom Dumoulin, Caleb Ewan, Chris Froome, Philippe Gilbert, Andre Greipel, Michael Matthews, Vincenzo Nibali, Thibaut Pinot, Nairo Quintana, Primoz Roglic, Matteo Trentin, Alejandro Valverde, Elia Viviani and Simon Yates.

Elite company.

Matthieu Ladagnous' lone vigil is shortly about to end.

The Frenchman is just 17 seconds in front of the charging peloton now.