Oh my. Mikel Landa and Simon Yates go down in another crash near the back of the leading bunch. Yates looks okay but can't get his chain back on.

He is fourth on GC and could lose some serious time here.

Anthony Turgis can't stay clear and picks up the combativity prize for today. Scant reward compared to a stage win but better than nowt.

Nathan van Hooydonck is emptying the tank on the front of the peloton. Jumbo-Visma going all in for Wout van Aert here,

The gap is now 20 seconds as they fly up the final climb the Cote de Condat-sur-Vienne.

Jumbo-Visma and Lidl-Trek are leading the main bunch as it sweeps towards Limoges. They are about 40 seconds off the leader.

Anthony Turgis attacks on the short punchy climb up the Cote de Masmont.

Tim Declercq has now answer to that kick and Anthony Delaplace is really toiling.

The French classics specialist is going solo at the front of the race, looking for a stage win.

Kasper Asgreen is reeled in.

Giulio Ciccone has been spat out of the back of a rapidly moving peloton now. The Italian lost a heap of time in the Pyrenees to torpedo any GC hopes he had and was pulling on the front of the peloton a little earlier.

His race is very much about going stage-win hunting moving forward.

Kasper Asgreen's struggle to get away is a pretty big deterrent to anyone else that fancies making the jump.

The Jumbo-Visma train are very much driving the main bunch to give Wout van Aert a decent chance of victory later.

Tim Declercq isn't rotating in the breakaway now as he waits for Kasper Asgreen.

The peloton look in complete control here to be honest.

Kasper Asgreen is a strong rider but has only been able to eke out 15 seconds so far.

Kasper Asgreen attacks and heads off up the road in pursuit of the leading trio and his team-mate Tim Declercq.

The leaders have just a fraction over two minutes and 30 seconds on the main peloton.

That feels like such an unfair way for Mark Cavendish to end his Tour de France career.

With 34 stage wins and twice a green jersey winner, he must go down as the greatest sprinter in the history of the race.

The Manxman is the fifth rider to abandon the 110th edition of the Tour after Enric Mas, Richard Carapaz, Jacopo Guarnieri and Luis Leon Sanchez.

All of those were due to crashes.

This is the seventh time that Mark Cavendish won't reach Paris.

He'll remains the joint record holder for stage wins with Belgian legend Eddy Merckx on 34 and had his gears not been playing up yesterday that would likely be in his sole possession.

What a terrible 24 hours for Cavendish.

An extremely despondent Mark Cavendish is on his feet but is being helped into the back of an ambulance. His Tour de France looks to be over.

It is, there is the official confirmation that his 14th and final Tour is over.

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That was all very innocuous. There was nearly a coming together of riders in the main bunch and as everyone slowed down behind, Mark Cavendish went over and looks like he may have injured his collarbone.

Ouch!published at 62km to go

62km to go

Mark Cavendish is down. He is holding his shoulder.

Anthony Turgis takes two mountain points at the top of the Cote de Champs-Romain with Tim Declercq hoovering up the other.

Meanwhile, the gap to the peloton drops further to around three minutes.

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Anthony Delaplace, Anthony Turgis and Tim Declercq hit the first climb of the day. Their lead is down to three minutes and 30 seconds.

The leading trio plough on with seemingly no realistic prospect of winning this stage. Their advantage holds at around four minutes but will almost certainly start to evaporate shortly.