The first rest day has passed and the Tour de France is back. After Sunday's brutal finale on the Puy de Dôme, the race stays in Auvergne for stage 10, set to the backdrop of the region's volcanoes.
I, Tom Davidson, will be bringing you updates of the racing throughout the day. I spent the last two weeks on the road, following the Tour from Bilbao to the Puy de Dôme. I was lucky to experience one of the best opening week GC slugfests ever from the roadside, but I'm calling a day for the breakaway today.
