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Bonjour le Tour! Hello and welcome to live coverage of stage 6 of the Tour de France - and the first summit finish of the race. I'm Felix Lowe and I'll be taking you through all the thrills and spills of an undulating day in the Vosges mountains.

Tour de France
Stage 6 | Mountain | Men | 11.07.2019
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MulhouseLa Planche des Belles Filles
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Updated 11/07/2019 at 16:02 GMT


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Here it is - the provisional top 10 on GC.
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And we're also hearing that Alaphilippe is out of yellow! Giulio Ciccone is the new yellow jersey because of those six bonus seconds he picked up for second place - the slenderest of margins!
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So, it's Thomas who takes the final bonus second for third place, while Pinot just catches Alaphilippe for fourth, with the other riders coming home in drips and drabs. The likes of Nibali, Bardet and Martin will lose time today...
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Behind, Alaphilippe has ridden clear! But Thomas is in pursuit and catches him before the line.
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The Belgian rides clear of Giulio Ciccone to take a maiden Grand Tour stage win.
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Victory for Dylan Teuns of Bahrain Merida!
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Teuns leads Ciccone as they hit double figures on this savage finale. Meanwhile, Julian Alaphilippe now comes to the front behind! What panache! And Bardet has been dropped!
Landa catches Wellens after that ramp and ahead of the dust track, but the pack is just behind. They won't catch the leaders, though.
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The leaders pass under the flamme rouge ahead of the strade bianche section. There's nothign separating them. Landa is in pursuit while Pinot has Gaudu working for him as they ride up a ramp with his name written on it multiple times.
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The two leaders are onto the 20% ramp which precedes the usual finish. But the climb continues up that gritty track for another 900m afterwards.
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Fabio Aru, a winner here a few years ago, has been dropped, while Barguil is struggling too.
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Pinot now comes to the front with a Groupama teammate. But surely he's left it too late? Barguil has been caught, Martin is still there, but Valverde has now been dropped. Landa is 15 seconds up the road.
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We haven't seen the leaders for a while - ah, here they are, and Teuns and Ciccone trade pulls on the front. They have 2'40" and so should contest the win - although the yellow jersey is now beyond the Italian.
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We're hearing that Dan Martin is struggling. Meanwhile, just as Barguil catches De Gendt from the break, both riders are passed by a far superior Mikel Landa, who rides clear effortlessly.
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Attack by Warren Barguil! The French national champion has his radio hanging loose as he darts clear in a bid for glory. He has 2'40" to make up over the next three-odd kilometres.
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Valverde comes back to the front as if he's affronted by the slow pace. He has some words with Kwiatkowski and then slips back, so things can't be too strenuous out there. That said, Alaphilippe is really grimacing now - although he's still right up there behind the three Ineos leaders on the front.
Team Ineos are now on the front with Kwiatkowski leading out Bernal and Thomas. But Aaphilippe is still in the mix as the gap comes down to under three minutes.
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Wellens now starts to falter. Ciccone, looking every bit a young Tyler Hamilton, drives the pace ahead of Teuns and Meurisse. Then Meurisse feels the pinch...
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Movistar's holy trinity of Valverde, Landa and Quintana continue to set tempo - until the world champion hits the wall and goes backwards.
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The four leaders are already cat-and-mousing as Ciccone drops back intentionally because he feels Teuns is the danger man and not pulling his weight. This forces the Belgian to come forward, and then the Italian slips into his wheel. They have to be careful because their gap is down to 3'20".