Bonjour le Tour! Hello and welcome to this special shortened but still all-important penultimate stage of the Tour de France - a 59km ride from Albertville to Val Thorens.

The six leaders are: Dylan Teuns (Bahrain-Merida), Magnus Cort (Astana), Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates), Alberto Bettiol (EF Education First), Kevin Van Melsen (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) and Lilian Calmejane (Total Direct Energie). They have 25 seconds on a large chase group of 20-odd riders.

Here's the new-look stage profile...

Bonifazio was actually reeled in; the Total-Direct Energie rider in this break is Lilian Calmejane, who's there with Teuns, Cort, Costa, Bettiol and Val Melsen. But there are about a 20 riders trying to bridge over.

Now Vincenzo Nibali and Nils Politt are trying their luck, with many in pursuit. Alaphlippe was towards the back of the peloton so he's clearly not looking to get in any early move.

Denmark's Magnus Cort Nielsen (Astana) sparks a flurry of activity as five riders bridge across to Bonifazio.

Total-Direct Energie are one of 14 teams yet to win a stage - and Niccolo Bonifazio has zipped off the front from the gun.

They're off! The remaining 155 riders get this key stage under way...

It took them a while to work out the times over the top of the 'finish' on the Iseran yesterday, plus factor in the bonuses and what have you, but here's the top 10 with Bernal 45 seconds clear of Alaphilippe and 1'11" clear of teammate Thomas. Both Kruijswijk - at 1'23" - and Buchmann - at 1'50" - will still be dreaming of the podium in Paris.

Here's the magical moment that an emotional Egan Bernal, in yellow, broke down after it sunk in that he was one stage away from winning the Tour de France...

There was talk of today's stage being cancelled because of heavy rain and storms at the finish - but thankfully, the race goes ahead. The riders are currently in the neutral zone having rolled out of Albertville.

And the drama doesn't stop there: because of those landslides, two of today's scheduled climbs are unpassable, and so the organisers have been forced to tweak the route. Now the riders will head straight to the foot of the final 34km climb to Val Thorens...

If you had your head in the sand yesterday, then... Colombia’s Egan Bernal moved into the yellow jersey in controversial and chaotic circumstances after landslides and a catastrophic hail storm forced Tour de France organisers to cut short Stage 19 before the final climb to Tignes.