Welcome to live coverage of stage 11 of the Tour de France - a 33km individual time trial from Avranches to Mont-Saint-Michel. This is the first of two races against the clock for the riders, with the second coming next week at the business end of the Tour.

Philippe Gilbert is going strong - just 25 seconds down on Martin in 5th place at the first check.

And fifth time for Jonathan Castroviejo at the finish too - the Spaniard coming home 1'52 down on Martin. Jeremy Roy is currently the fourth best rider, 1'43 down.

Fifth best time for Castroviejo at the second check, 1'24 down on Tony Martin.

Green jersey Peter Sagan is on the road too - he's a tidy time triallist, plus very competitive, so expect quite a fast time from the Slovakian.

Philippe Gilbert is on the road now - and it's strange seeing him in normal BMC gear. As he is only the road race world champion, the Belgian is not allowed to wear his usual rainbow stripes.

OPQS manager Patrick Lefevere has confirmed that a bottle of urine was thrown at Mark Cavendish during his ride, although hastens to add: "I don't know what urine tastes like". Pretty shameful, that.

Teak Sky's Edvald Boasson Hagen, the Norwegian national time trial champion, rolls down the ramp. He'll be looking to post a top ten today on a rare stage where he can focus on himself - and not his team-mate Chris Froome.

David Millar is consistent in his ITT, taking the seventh best time at the second check and then the seventh best time at the finish, 2'34 down on the current leader Tony Martin, who will take some beating.

Castroviejo sets the seventh best time at the first check, seven seconds down on Martin's target time. Britain's David Millar has the eighth best time, the Garmin-Sharp rider crossing the check at 15 seconds from the lead.

Tony Martin's average speed of 54.3kmh will be hard to beat today - even by an in-form Christ Froome in yellow. Remember, Martin is the world champion - plus took silver in the Olympic Games, with Froome taking the bronze.

Spanish national time trial champion Jonathan Castroviejo rolls down the ramp. He rode really hard for Movistar team-mates Alejandro Valverde and Nairo Quintana on Sunday's second stage in the Pyrenees, so it will be interesting to see how he's recovered.

Thomas De Gendt and Tony Martin have both finished their ITTs and top the new leader board. It's the German OPQS chrono specialist with the best time, coming home in the shade of Mont-Saint-Michel in a new target time of 36'29. Belgian De Gendt, of Vacansoleil-DCM, is in second place 1'01 in arrears, 34 seconds quicker than Svein Tuft, who drops to third place.

Thomas De Gendt crosses the second check point for the fastest time but moments later Tony Martin passes to leap-frog the Dutchman at the top. Martin leads at 22km with a time of 24'42, with De Gendt second at 39' and Tuft third at 53'. De Gendt is getting faster though - he was one second down on Tuft at the first check, but made up 15 seconds over the second phase.

NEW BEST TIME: Tony Martin, as expected, roars through the first time check with 22 seconds over Boom and Tuft. The German's time of 10'21 is the new target at the 9.5km mark.

Lars Boom clearly went off too hard today - the Dutchman comes through the second check and he's 48 seconds down on Tuft now. It's the third best time at the check.

Tony Martin is down the ramp to start his time trial - he's the big favourite today, although it remains to be seen how he rides with all those scrapes and bruises from the opening stage.

It's not nice to have to report this, but according to his Omega Pharma-Quick Step team-mate Jerome Pineau, Mark Cavendish was wolf-whistled today, plus had spectators throw bottles of urine at him during his ride... "Yesterday, I was proud with all the support but today I am ashamed."

BOOM! Dutchman Lars Boom (Belkin) posts the same time as Svein Tuft at the first check, crossing the point in a time of 10'43. We have a race on our hands...

An average speed of 52kmh for Svein Tuft is quite an incredible time for a 36-year-old riding into a headwind. That said, as Jack Bauer mentioned, the first section of this course is slightly downhill and fast. It will be interesting to see how quick the main men go - the likes of world time trial champion Tony Martin and the yellow jersey Chris Froome.

Britain's Mark Cavendish has just come home with the 25th best tome, 3'56 down on the leader Tuft.

Garmin-Sharp's Jack Bauer completed the ITT with the current third-best time, 1'42 down on leader Svein Tuft. The New Zealander said afterwards: "The first 12km are very fast but then there's a very strong headwind, especially by the sea. It will be interesting to see what happens with the wind later today. The trick is to conserve energy for the second part of the course, because to start with it's slightly downhill."