Good morning and welcome to stage 10 of the Tour de France. It's Bastille Day and so expect a flurry of French attacks as the race hits the Pyrenees with the 167km stage from Tarbes to La Pierre-Saint-Martin.

We now have two leaders out ahead after Van Bilsen finally managed to bridge the gap to Fedrigo. They have a large 11:20 lead over the peloton so it's looking good - for now.

Fedrigo really means business today in his bid to become the first Frenchman in a decade to win on Bastille Day... the Bretagne-Séché rider now has a whopping nine minutes over the peloton, with Van Bilsen 55 seconds back.

After Fedrigo won in Tarbes for his second Tour stage win in 2009, I wrote this admittedly rather childish Blazin' Saddles blog as a reaction...

It's very much a case of 'chasse patate' out there for Kenneth Van Bilsen, who trails lone leader Fedrigo by 1:10 now...

Fedrigo is really forging ahead out there - the French veteran now has over five minutes on the peloton and he's increasing his lead over Van Bilsen.

Lone leader has 40 seconds on Van Bilsen and 2:25 on the peloton. He'd be advised to join forces with the young Belgian - it would certainly make things easier for the two escapees. They'll need a big advantage before those three Cat.4 climbs or they risk being mopped up by a second break.

Kenneth van Bilsen (Cofidis) is on the counter-attack in pursuit of Fedrigo. The young Belgian was in the break on stage six last week so he knows the drill.

There were a few counter attacks but nothing has stuck so far. Alexis Vuillermoz (Ag2R-La Mondiale) picked up a puncture but is back with the pack, which trails Fédrigo by 15 seconds.

Pierrick Fédrigo (Bretagne-Séché) has a dig and he's managed to open up a small gap. A quadruple stage winner on the Tour, Fédrigo's most recent scalp came at Tarbes back in 2009 so he has good memories of these parts.

It's a very fast start today. Being the 14th July - the biggest national holiday of the year in France - we can expect a fair few attacks from the local lads.

The stage is under way! 183 riders remaining from an initial field of 198. Bring on the mountains...

It's safe to say this will probably be Daniel Teklehaimanot's last day in the polka dot jersey: there are 50 points up for grabs for the winner of the stage, so whoever crosses the line first at La Pierre-Saint-Martin - and it won't be the Eritrean from MTN-Qhubeke - will also take the polka dot jersey. Teklehaimanot currently has 4pts in the KOM competition, with Alexis Vuillermoz and Joaquim Rodriguez - winners respectively at Mur-de-Bretagne and Huy - on 2pts.

There were two withdrawals over the rest day: Dutchman Lars Boom (Astana) went home because of an ongoing fever, while Italian veteran Ivan Basso (Tinkoff-Saxo) provided the shock of the rest day when telling the assembled media that he was suffering from testicular cancer and needed to return to Italy for prompt treatment. Full story below... Ivan - we wish you a full and speedy recovery!

It's a sunny day in the town of Tarbes in south-west France with a temperature of 23 degrees Celsius. The riders are currently rolling through the neutral zone ahead of today's stage, which will be the first of three back-to-back summit finishes in the Pyrenees.

BMC's win saw American Van Garderen close the gap to 12 seconds on Froome in the general classification, with another BMC rider, Greg van Avermaet, now third at 27 seconds. Peter Sagan - the white and green jersey - dropped to fourth at 38 seconds, one place higher than Tinkoff-Saxo team-mate Alberto Contador, who trails his rival Froome by 1:03.

Just to recap, before yesterday's rest day in Pau, BMC pipped Sky and Movistar in a very tight team time trial between Vannes and Plumelec. 0.62 seconds was the difference as Tejay Van Garderen's outfit beat Chris Froome's Sky in the demanding 28km race against the clock.