Hello and welcome to live coverage of stage 18 of the Tour de France - a 186.5km ride over seven mountains from Gap to Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in the Alps.

So, with two days of the Alps left Froome leads Quintana by 3:10 and Valverde by 4:09. With his win, Bardet moves into 10th place on GC.

There'll be no change among the main players of this Tour - they all come home together in a group of around 10 riders 3:02 down on Bardet, led over the line by Barguil.

The remnants of the break are arriving in dribs and drabs ahead of the main pack...

Winner Anacona (Movistar) leads a chasing group over the line 59 seconds down for third place.

Pierre Rolland (Europcar) crosses the line 33 seconds down for second place.

First victory in the Tour de France for the Ag2R-La Mondiale rider.

Victory for Romain Bardet! He cannot believe it! What scenes...

It's a pretty cruddy road surface, to be fair, but even that won't stop Bardet today. He's already punching the air...

Under the flamme rouge for the lone leader... and the French crowds are loving it!

Bardet still has 40 seconds with 2km remaining. Only a disaster will stop the youngster take the biggest win of his career.

Our two leading Frenchman are on the flat run into the finish now. Rolland knows that he can only win if Bardet comes a cropper. His head is down, but he's still giving it his best shot.

Bardet still has three minutes over the pack as he nears the bottom of the descent. He and Pinot messed it up at Mende, but unless he makes a right hash of it, the win should be his in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne.

Bardet is yet again descending like a demon. The 24-year-old has 45 seconds and he should really rein it in a little because he's risking everything. It's Rolland who is chasing behind, ready to pounce should his countryman come a cropper. Either way, it's another stage win for France today - at last.

Nibali pushes on near the summit - but his rivals, plus Geraint Thomas and Robert Gesink, all have his wheel. Sanchez, Mollema and Barguil pass through about 20 seconds down.

Meanwhile, it's stalemate with the Big Four: Froome, Contador, Nibali and Quintana are all there with their court jester, Valverde.

Bardet crests the summit of the Lacets de Montvernier to take the points for the KOM competition - but he won't care about that. He's in it for the stage win, and his gap is about 40 seconds over the chasers now.

Gesink and Contador lead the main group, from which Majka has just dropped back after his pace setting for the Spaniard.

Bardet emerges from the penultimate hairpin - he has 2:42 over the yellow jersey pack. Closer behind, Fuglsang has caught Rolland and Anacona. Jungels has fought back too, but there's no Gautier.

Rolland and Anacona have dropped Gautier and Jungels. These bends come thick and fast - at a rate of one every 150 metres. The road is so narrow, making it hard for any attacks to come because the pack is very stretched out. The 'pack' is just about 12 riders now, anyhow.

Rafal Majka is leading the yellow jersey group - but is he working for himself or Contador?