Tour de France 2022 Stage 16 LIVE - No change in top three as Hugo Houle lands emotional win in Foix for Canada

Christian Prudhomme waves his flag from the sunroof of his Skoda - and the third and final week of this Tour is under way. No attacks at first but it's another hot day and there's a blustery side-tailwind and so potential for some early splits if you're not paying attention.

With the riders rolling out of Carcassonne currently and towards the official start, here's a quick glimpse at current top 10.

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma)
2. Tadej Pogacar (UAE) +2:22
3. Geraint Thomas (Ineos) +2:43
4. Romain Bardet (DSM) +3:01
5. Adam Yates (Ineos) +4:06
6. Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) +4:15
7. Louis Meintjes (Intermarche) +4:24
8. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) +4:24
9. Thomas Pidcock (Ineos) +8:49
10. Enric Mas (Movistar) +9:58

After the third rest day, the final phase of the Tour gets underway with a swelter-slog through the foothills of the Pyrenees to the fortified town of Foix. The tried-and-tested combo of the Port de Lers and Mur de Peguere will be the perfect battlefield for the yellow jersey and stage spoils alike ahead of a fast downhill run towards Foix, where Warren Barguil memorably won on Bastille Day back in 2017.

So, here we are - the scenario we all dreamed of: Tadej Pogacar has given Jonas Vingegaard a 2'22" handicap ahead of the Pyrenees. But with the teams of both white and yellow down two men, they'd be crazy not to keep an eye over their shoulder for Geraint Thomas, whose Ineos Grenadiers team have their full quota of riders ahead of these three stages in the Pyrenees. On three occasions in the last four years, Ineos have come from behind to win Grand Tours in the final week and that could yet happen - even if Pogacar and Vingegaard are individually far stronger than the Welsh 2018 winner.