145km to go: We are approaching the first official climb of this year’s Tour, the category-four Cote de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. It’s 1km at 7.6% average gradient, so unlikely to disrupt the race too much, but it’s an early one for the sprinters’ teams to guide their fast men over. The breakaway is still stabilised at around two minutes up the road.

Italian rider Jonathan Milan won Stage 8 of the Tour de France on Saturday with a perfectly timed sprint to the finish, while defending champion Tadej Pogačar kept the yellow jersey after finishing in the main pack.