Bonjour le Tour! Hello and welcome to live coverage of stage 16 of the Tour de France - an out-and-back loop through the Gard from Nimes to Nimes. And it's going to be a scorcher...

No change in the general classification with the exeption of Denmark's Jakob Fuglsang disappearing from the top 10 after his withdrawal. Uran moves into ninth and Porte back to 10th. Thanks for joining me today and be sure to return to the Astana party tomorrow in Stage 17.

The top 10 completed by Matthews, Trentin, Stuyven, Kristoff and Pasqualon.

It looked like Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-QuickStep) had that one but the Australian came through late to snare his second win of the race with Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) third and Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) fourth.

Victory for Caleb Ewan of Lotto Soudal!

Matthews, Ewan and Sagan are all there, with Viviani on a good train...

Jumbo-Visma anmd Lotto are back on the front ahead of the flamme rouge, and Andre Greipel, still yet to crack the top 10 in a sprint, is up there, too.

Nairo Quintana is among a large group of riders who have been dropped.

All over for the break, who are reeled in after yet another roundabout.

Katusha now on the front of the pack with Bora. The gap is still 10 seconds as the peloton pass the magic 3km marker.

Bora-Hansgrohe take things up for Peter Sagan. Sunweb will be going with Matthews, probably, after Bol's crash.

More roundabouts and tight corners as the peloton really strings out. Still 10 seconds for the five leaders.

Another crash! A rider from UAE has gone down, and Ben King from Dimensikon Data, who swaps bikes with a teammate and gets back on his way. That will make this finale even more nervy. Remember, Thomas and Fuglsang have both gone down today - the latter forced out of the race.

Just 10 seconds now for the break as the news trickles through that Alexis Gougeard has been named the most combative rider today. The Frenchman was the first to attack, so that's fair enough.

Katusha-Alpecin have now sent a few riders to the front. They don't really have a sprinter but the likes of Marco Haller and Nils Politt often get in the mix.

Entering the final 10km now and Matteo Trentin has edged up. The Italian has been in decent nick in the sprints and will hope to add a fourth win for Mitchelton-Scott following Daryl Impey's Bastille Day victory and Simon Yates' brace. The break has just 17 seconds now.

Kasper Asgreen now on the front for Deceuninck-QuickStep. Their priority will be keeping Alaphilippe in yellow but they won't say no to a second Viviani win. The gap is 27 seconds.

The temperature is 36 degrees at the moment so it's a scorching afternoon in France. But look at those views... if only the riders could appreciate them.

So, who's going to win today? Groenewegen and Ewan are the big favourites, Viviani has a good chance also to double up, then there's Sagan, who can never be discounted, and Kristoff, who often comes good in the final week...