Hello and welcome to live coverage of stage 20 of the Tour de France - the all-important short and sharp 110.5km ride from Modane to Alpe d'Huez. The riders tackle two monster climbs - the Croix de Fer and the famous 21 hairpin bends of Alpe d'Huez, the Dutch Mountain.

Tour de France

Stage 20 | Mountain | Men | 25.07.2015

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ModaneAlpe d'Huez

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Updated 25/07/2015 at 17:01 GMT

45km

Froome took 8pts over the Croix de Fer in the KOM competition while Bardet took none - so the yellow jersey is also the polka dot jersey with 95 points to Bardet's 90 ahead of the final climb. There's a maximum of 50 still left up for grabs today.

48km

Here's a video of that earlier attack by Quintana...

51km

So the top four of the race have come together at the start of this descent. It's perfectly poised.

52km

Quintana and Valverde crest the summit 2:17 down on the lone leader, with Nibali and Froome just five seconds back.

53km

Nibali has a dig and edges clear of the Sky pair... but Froome closes the gap. Porte has now been dropped.

54km

The likes of Bardet and Gesink have al been dropped. It's just Froome, Porte and Nibali in pursuit - and they're closing in on the two Movistar riders. Valverde is clearly tiring and Quintana is already looking over his shoulders.

54.5km

Alexandre Geniez goes over the top to take 25 KOM points for FDJ.

55km

Porte is doing a brilliant job for Froome, reducing the yellow jersey group to just five riders: the two Sky men, plus Contador, Nibali and Pinot.

55.4km

Quintana has joined Valverde and the two Movistar riders have a small gap.

55.5km

Porte leads the chase for Froome, but Roche has blown. Bardet and Contador are there, and Nibali a bit further back.

56km

No reaction from Sky as Quintana catches and passes Jose Serpa of Lampre-Merida. What scenes!

56.5km

ATTACK: Nairo Quintana has bounded clear!

57km

Geniez is the lone leader, with Navardauskas in pursuit. Edet and Bak are further back, while Valverde trails by 3:10. The Spaniard has 35 seconds on the pack, which is being driven by Roche, Porte and Froome.

57.5km

Scarponi is leading the chase for Astana team-mate Nibali, who is in a battle for third place on the podium with Valverde. Also, Nico Roche has managed to get back with Froome and Porte, which will be a bonus for the race leader.

58km

ATTACK BY VALVERDE! The Spanish national champion pings off the front and there's no response.

58.5km

Froome has lost all his team-mates except Richie Porte. Thomas appears to be having another off-day...

59km

Movistar and Astana have come to the front of the peloton to pile on the hurt - and they've caused a bit of devastation with ridders popping all over the shop.

60km

More on today's stage and yesterday's controversies - plus the win by Nibali - in today's Bonjour Le Tour. Click link below for more...

60.5km

Attack by Alexandre Geniez of FDJ! The Frenchman has decided to go from distance in his bid to become the third consecutive French victor atop Alpe d'Huez. Will he do it? Probably not. In fact, almost certainly not.

61km

Warren Barguil has been dropped by the pakc and is currently being nursed along by his Giant-Alpecin team-mate Simon Geschke, the victory at Pra Loup last week.

62km

The lead of the four escapees is down to just 4:05 now on this, the penultimate climb of the 102nd edition of the Tour.

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