Hello and welcome to live coverage of stage 10 of the Tour de France. The race resumes after the first rest day - spend in Andorra - with this 197km ride out of the Pyrenees, through the Ariege and to the town of Revel. There's one big climb right at the start - the Cat.1 Port d'Envalira - but then we should see things regroup ahead of a bunch sprint finale. Although the Cat.3 Cote de Saint-Ferreol inside the final 10km could act as the ideal spring board for a counter...

Right, back in the house after that live Tour Facebook chat. PInot, Sagan, Majka and Nibali were part of a large 25-man group off the front but it was reeled in. Meanwhile scores of riders were tailed off the back of the peloton, including Pierre Rolland - so impressive in the opening week until he crashed on the descent of the Peyresourde on Saturday.

Just heading off to do a live Facebook chat about the race in general and today's stage in particular. Click the link below to join... A reminder that Pinot and Sagan are now part of a 19-man group out ahead.

STAGE PREVIEW: The Tour returns to France with a transitional stage that could reopen the door to the sprinters although perhaps better suits escape artists keen to exploit weary legs still in rest-day mode. The early climb of Port d'Envalira (where Alejandro Valverde triumphed in the 2003 Vuelta) is followed by a long descent and the rugged bluffs of the Haute-Garonne. If this baroudeur's bonanza is not enough to force a selection then the punchy Saint-Férreol climb near the finish should recall the heady exploits of Alexandre Vinokourov, who in 2010 soloed to victory in Revel – a 14th century 'bastide' town renowned for its antique furniture and mint liqueur.

Attack by Peter Sagan! The world champion clearly has the green jersey on his mind - and so ensure he takes it back, he'll want to pick up as many points as possible in the intermediate sprint, because Cavendish will be one of the favourites for the stage win tonight should it come down to the expected bunch sprint...

It was a fairly stellar break with the likes of Sagan, Slagter, Zakarin, Gougeard, Voeckler and Gallopin all present alongside Pinot. But it's come to nothing.

Thibaut Pinot, the current polka dot jersey at FDJ, is one of 17 riders out ahead. He won over the Tourmalet last week to take the Souvenir Jacques Goddet - now he's after the Desgrange prize... and the points that will extend his lead in the KOM competition.

We're straight onto the first climb of the day, the Cat.1 Port d'Envalira (22.6km at 5.5%) which is also the Souvenir Henri Desgrange as the highest point in the race.

They're off! The remaining 193 riders have got the show started. Brice Feullu (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) attacks from the gun...

Without further ado, let's head to Escaldes-Engordany in Andorra where the riders are about to get stage 10 under way...

Today we could see a shake up in the green jersey points standings, with Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) currently holding a slender seven-point lead over the man who has won this competition for the past four years - Peter Sagan of Tinkoff. It's a three horse race at the moment with Cavendish on 204pts, Sagan on 197pts and Marcel Kittel (Etixx-QuickStep) on 182pts. There are 50 points up for grabs today though so expect some action...

There are loads of talking points entering this second phase of the race - such as: Has Froome got this one in the bag? Why is Quintana not attacking? Is Cavendish favourite for the green jersey? Can Pinot save his Tour with the polka dot jersey? Will Contador ever be a force again in France? You can read all about these - and more - in my rest day Blazin' Saddles blog below...

Here's what today's stage looks like on the official profile - and it's worth noting that the race's highest climb this year is that ascent of the Port d'Envilara, at 2,403m.

Team Sky’s Chris Froome kept the yellow jersey after finishing alongside rivals Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange) on a day Spanish double Tour winner Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) withdrew from the race with a fever. Froome retained his 16-second lead over compatriot Yates at the top of the standings with Ireland’s Dan Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) leapfrogging Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) into third place, at 19 seconds, after the Spaniard was tailed off towards the end of the decisive climb. Colombia’s Quintana entered the rest day poised in fourth place just 23 seconds down on his rival Froome, with Rodriguez completing the top five at 37 seconds.

On Sunday, Britain’s Chris Froome maintained his overall lead in the Tour de France as Dutchman Tom Dumoulin broke clear of a large breakaway to win stage nine in apocalyptic conditions in the Pyrenees. Dumoulin soloed to a brilliant victory after a gruelling hors-categorie climb to the ski resort of Arcalis in Andorra at the sodden conclusion of the otherwise sweltering 184.5km stage from Vielha Val d’Aran in Spain. The Giant-Alpecin rider conquered a dramatic rain and hail-soaked ascent in the Pyrenees to take a first career stage win on the Tour by 38 seconds over Portugal’s Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) and Poland’s Rafal Majka (Tinkoff), who lost the polka dot jersey to Frenchman Thibaut Pinot (FDJ).