The official Tour de France website suggests Arnaud Demare would be well suited to the finish today in Poitiers as it's where he won the French national champion’s jersey back in 2014.

Only, Groupama-FDJ didn't select him in their Tour team in order to back Thibaut Pinot's general classification bid.

And Pinot has now lost bucketloads of time. So maybe this is why Matthieu Ladagnous is giving it a go off the front alone, still leading by three minutes.

FDJ team boss Marc Madiot, one of the most expressive characters in the sport, is unlikely to be enjoying this Tour very much.

France's Matthieu Ladagnous is maintaining his lead over the peloton at three minutes.

Bryan Coquard seems keen to still get in the mix at all the sprints to keep himself in contention, though it feels like it would need one or both of Bennett and Sagan to drop out of the race for the Frenchman to really stand a chance of winning.

Matteo Trentin is an intriguing rider in fourth place - he can also get in breakaways on hilly stages to pick up points the pure sprinters can't but is he too far back on Sagan who can also do the same?

Wout van Aert is the only rider to have won two stages in this year's Tour so far and I've no doubt he has the talent to win green, but his duties in support of yellow jersey Primoz Roglic mean he isn't targeting this competition this year.

Peter Sagan has dominated the green jersey competition since Mark Cavendish won in 2011.

The Slovakian has won it every year since - except for 2017 when he was disqualified for causing a crash that put Cavendish out of the race, although he was later exonerated by the UCI.

He's looked untouchable in those record seven victories but his form is nowhere near his peak this year.

Normally by now Sagan would have a comfortable lead but he's going to have to limit his losses to Sam Bennett on these sprint stages and take every chance going on non-sprint stages to make it eight wins this year.

There are a maximum of 70 points on offer today should a rider win both the intermediate sprint and the stage itself.

The top four in the green jersey standings have all shown willingness to target all the intermediate sprints, while the likes of Caleb Ewan are now focusing solely on stage wins.

Sam Bennett has consistently shown he is quicker than Peter Sagan in the sprint but he needs to pick up as many points as possible on these stages.

Why? Because there are opportunities for Sagan, who is a far superior climber, to get in breakaways in the coming stages and compete for intermediate sprints and stage wins that Bennett cannot.

1. Sam Bennett (Ire/Deceuninck-Quick-Step) - 196 points

2. Peter Sagan (Slo/Bora-Hansgrohe) - 175

3. Bryan Coquard (Fra/B&B Hotels-Vital Concept) - 129

4. Matteo Trentin (Ita/CCC Team) - 123

5. Wout van Aert (Bel/Jumbo-Visma) - 111

6. Caleb Ewan (Aus/Lotto Soudal) - 105

7. Alexander Kristoff (Nor/UAE Team Emirates) - 95

8. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra/Deceuninck-Quick-Step) - 82

9. Michael Morkov (Den/Deceuninck-Quick-Step) - 77

10. Cees Bol (Ned/Team Sunweb) - 72

So this is very much a day for the green jersey competition rather than the general classification, barring any unexpected splits in the race.

Sam Bennett regained the green jersey off Peter Sagan yesterday and it looks like this will be an intriguing battle between the two all the way to Paris.

Here is what Mitchelton-Scott's Adam Yates had to say about today's route in his stage-by-stage guide for BBC Sport...

"Not much for the bunch to contend with in terms of climbing today and it is one of the last opportunities for the sprinters.

"We won't get too heavily involved on the pure flat stages because there are other stages that suit us better later in the week, but my team-mate Luka Mezgec is a fast finisher and will no doubt have a go in the final if it works."

Lone leader Matthieu Ladagnous has been allowed to extend his advantage to just over three minutes now.

The sprinters' teams will not be worried about that as bringing back one rider is much easier than a strong breakaway group.

Just the one minor category four climb today on this largely flat run from Chatelaillon-Plage to Poitiers.

The peloton will have to be wary still of course - there were several crashes yesterday on a stressful day, though fortunately there is less road furniture on this route.

And there is also less chance of crosswinds that could split the race up.

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We have a lone leader on the road after just over 30km of racing today.

Groupama-FDJ's Matthieu Ladagnous has a lead of 1min 46secs over the peloton.

A counter-attack of six riders tried to bridge the gap but Deceuninck-Quick-Step, working for Sam Bennett, shut that down and brought them back.

Welcome to live coverage of stage 11 of the 2020 Tour de France.

A rarity in this year's race - a second stage in a row for the sprinters.

And it's a chance all the leading sprinters will want to take, with this one of the last flat stages remaining for the fast men - indeed it looks like their next opportunity after this may be stage 19.

Can Ireland's Sam Bennett make it two wins in a row after his maiden stage victory yesterday?