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11.58am BST
165km to go: Jerome Cousin and Pierre Rolland take up the cudgels and start a breakaway. And are joined by Matteo Trentin as a 12-man group forms that includes Peter Sagan and Sam Bennett, with points on the board for the intermediate sprint. The contenders for the green jersey are at close quarters. Also in the group is Benoît Cosnefroy, the king of the mountains classification leader, but they can’t stay away.
Julian Alaphilippe takes it up and leads the field. He is looking for decent company for the breakaway. He clearly fancies staying out front for the day but is struggling to form a group. It isn’t really happening.
11.50am BST
The peloton goes past Olympique Lyonnais’ stadium which I can tell you is nowhere near Lyon. It’s home to the current and multiple Women’s Champions League winners, and also the men’s team that forced Pep Guardiola into a brainfart last month in Lisbon. And they are off. François Lemarchand, still standing in for Christian Prudhomme waves them off. Continue reading...