Welcome to live coverage of stage 17 of the Tour de France, a 32km mountain time trial between Embrun and Chorges near the picturesque Lac de Serre Poncon in the Alps. Race organisers say this is one of the hardest race against the clock that they have come up with - and it features both two climbs and two descents.

Tour de France

Stage 17 | Flat | Men | 17.07.2013

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Updated 17/07/2013 at 15:28 GMT

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Highlights

16:30

Froome now leads Contador by 3:34 on GC with Kreuziger now third place.

16:28

Top three today: 1. Froome 55'33, 2. Contador +9, 3. Rodriguez +10.

16:25

Froome is all smiles - he's won his third stage and extended his lead over second place. It will take a disaster for him not to loose this Tour de France now.

32km

Here comes Chris Froome and he will win this one - but it will be close. Nine seconds! His third victory on the Tour to date.

32km

Mollema crosses the line two minutes down for 10th place and so will lose his second place to Contador today.

16:22

Bauke Mollema rides into the barrier on the same corner that took down Peraud! He didn't come off his bike, but slammed into the barriers - and that sums up his day really.

16:21

Froome is estimated at riding 3 seconds ahead of Contador... we will soon see.

16:20

It is raining very heavily now, so that may save Contador and act to Froome's disadvantage. The British rider looks to be taking things very carefully.

32km

Contador grits his teeth as he sprints for the line - and he just pips Rodriguez by one second over the line! But will it be enough? Froome is on a TT bike but has a 11-second deficit to make up...

16:18

TV replays of Jean-Christophe Peraud's crash were horrible: the Frenchman slipped on a tight bend and fell directly onto the right collarbone which he broke only hours earlier while doing a recon of the course.

32km

Second best time for Roman Kreuziger at the finish, 13 seconds down on Rodriguez. Just four more to come.

32km

Third best time for Quintana at the finish - and ahead of his white jersey rival Kwiatkowski.

20km

Fourth best time for Froome at the third check, 11 seconds down on Contador. BUT he changed his bike before the check point and was comfortably ahead. He may well now ride to the win on his TT bike - remember, Contador did not change his bike.

20km

Mollema is having a shocker - 1'53 down on Contador at the third check.

32km

Joaquim Rodriguez crosses the finish line to set the new best time, 20 seconds clear than compatriot Valverde. Could this be the first stage win for Spain on the 2013 Tour?

20km

Best time for Contador at the third check! Six seconds ahead of Rodriguez - but he was 23 seconds clear at the previous check...

16:02

Jean-Christophe Peraud has crashed 2km from the finish! The Frenchman crashed on the same descent in the morning and broke his collarbone. This second crash has ruled him out of the race... sad news.

20km

Second best time for Kreuziger at the third check atop the second climb, 3 seconds down on Rodriguez. He has not changed onto a TT bike though, unlike the Spaniard.

20km

The white jersey Nairo Quintana gets over the second climb in the third best time, 37 seconds down on Rodriguez, before changing his bike and continuing on his way to the finish.

20km

Ten Dam, with slobber and spittle hanging from his mouth like Beethoven the St Bernard, is a huge 1'41 down at the third split. He may drop further down the top ten today.

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