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By Chris Bevan

1446: Here come the Bouygues Telecom boys, who have had an, er, eventful day. They're the slowest of the five finishers so far - three minutes down on Katusha.

1442: Carlos Sastre, last year's Tour winner, is about to begin too. The Cervelo rider is 21st overall at the moment, one minute and six seconds behind maillot jaune Fabian Cancellera.

1439: Quick Step are the next team to start. Lampre have just become the latest team to finish - there were only five of them left together and they came home two minutes and one second slower than Katusha, who remain the fastest team so far.

1437: Terrible start for Silence-Lotto. Jurgen van den Broeck touched wheels with the man in front of him and tasted tarmac - the Belgian did well to roll out of the way and he is back on his bike.

1434: BBC Sport's Phil Sheehan on Twitter: "Bouygues are all over the shop. They're going to struggle to finish together on the same day!"

1432: Silence-Lotto are on the road, I'll keep a close eye on how they and Cadel Evans get on. Further along the course, more problems for Bouygues Telecom - they managed to regroup after that spectacular smash but Pierre Rolland has come off again, and has been dropped for good this time.

1428: Cadel Evans' Silence-Lotto team will start in the next few minutes. "The TTT course is not that technical," the Austalian said this morning. Will he think the same in 45 minutes time?

1426: BBC Sport's Phil Sheehan on Twitter: "Agritubel have gold time-trial helmets. Nothing like a bit of pressure."

1424: Those six Katusha riders have just completed the course and are our new leaders, with a time of 38 minutes and 41 seconds. And Denis Menchov's Rabobank have finished 57 seconds down.

1422: Ouch. More trouble for the Bouygues Telecom team. Four of them just lost the road on a curve and a couple, rather painfully, found the dirt - although they have now remounted. Only five of them left together up ahead, and they are in big trouble. Katusha, by the way, have dropped three riders now, and are down to six.

1420: tgsgirl on 606: "The roads look terrible for a TTT. Narrow, twisting, terrible surface. Not the best move by Mr Preudhomme and his friends, it's almost a disgrace."

1417: Caisse D'Epargne, who were the first team to start the team time trial, have just completed the 39km course in 47 minutes 58 seconds. The Spanish squad are the fastest of the early departers so that's a useful marker for the bigger teams who are yet to go out.

1413: An early problem for Bouygues Telecom Laurent Lefevre, who needs a change of bike already - think he hit a big pot hole. AG2R and Skil-Shimano, who featured prominently in yesterday's breakaway, are on the road now too.

1409: From Simon in Halesowen, via text on 81111: "(Re 1357) Mention Alberto Contador. Then Lance can be Astana's main man and win the tour."

1405: Riders getting dropped all over the place. Danilo Napolitano has lost touch completely with his Katjoesja team. Just to clear things up, individuals have to finish within 25% of the fastest team's time to continue in the Tour.

1402: Im_partial on 606: "Poor Menchov. He tries too hard and makes silly errors."

1400: Not surprisingly, Denis Menchov's early crash has affected Rabobank's progress. They were 53 seconds behind Caisse D'Epargne at the 10km checkpoint.

1357: I'm going to have to stop mentioning individual riders - I'm turning into a bit of a curse. Alessandro Ballan has just crashed on the same bend that Menchov went over on. He's back on his bike now, though, and trying to rejoin his team-mates.

1355: The first couple of teams, Caisse D'Epargne and Katusha have passed the first checkpoint at 10km. Caisse are the fastest of the two, posting a time of 12 minutes and 35 seconds.

1352: Lampre are next to go. Alessandro Ballan, the reigning world road race champion, is their main hope this year and is their top man in Le Tour so far too - he's in 23rd place overall, one minute 10 seconds behind Fabian Cancellara.

1348: There are nine men in each team and, if you are dropped, you have to finish within 25% of the fastest team's time to continue in the Tour. A bad day here could prove very costly. Menchov is back with the rest of the Rabobank squad, however, let's hope that crash won't affect him any further...

1346: Arghhh! Looks like Denis Menchov and time trials just don't mix this year (see 1339). He brakes too hard at an early left-hand turn and eats tarmac. The Russian is back on his bike, but is now trying to catch up with the rest of his team. A terrible start.

1343: By the way, if you've got any questions about today's stage, or the entire Tour, then post them on 606, where 5 Live's Simon Brotherton and Graham Jones are waiting to answer them.

1342: Ah. If you give this page a manual update you'll get the correct start times for the big-hitters. Sorry about that...

1339: It's fair to say that Rabobank's Denis Menchov had a nightmare in the individual time trial on day one in Monaco - he'll hope he can make up a bit of lost time here.

1336: A few twists and turns for the Caisse d'Epargne riders to negotiate in the first few miles. Oscar Pereiro, the 2006 Tour winner, is in their ranks. Russian outfit Katjoesja have just set off, next to go are Rabobank...

1330: And we're off. Caisse d'Epargne get the team time trial under way. The sun is out in Montpellier - no surprise there!

1326: Spanish team Caisse d'Epargne will get us under way at 1330 BST. Here's some of the other teams to look out for, and their start times:

Silence-Lotto (Cadel Evans, Charlie Wegelius) 1433 BST
Cervelo (Carlos Sastre) 1447 BST
Garmin (Bradley Wiggins, David Millar) 1522 BST
Saxo Bank (Fabian Cancellara) 1529 BST
Columbia (Mark Cavendish, Tony Martin) 1536 BST
Astana (Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador) 1543 BST

1319: From Jack in London, via text on 81111: "A fantastic schedule for Mark Cavendish - he can act as a domestique for Tony Martin today and recover in time for tomorrow and another final sprint victory before the Pyrenees."
Let's hope so Jack!

1317: I've just seen the order in which the teams will go - it's the reverse of the standings of the team classification, which means Astana will go last. How to track their progress? There are three checkpoints today before the finish line - Grabels at 10km, Murveil-Les-Montpellier after 19.5km and Pignan (Pres) at 30.5km.

1315: Back to today, and I should explain how the team time trial will work - the format is that the finishing time of each team's fifth rider will count, so they have to stay together. There are also no limits to any time losses that are suffered today, which is another reason the course is relatively short, the shortest since 1991 (36km) in fact.

1314: Contador's take on Astana's politics after losing time on Armstrong:
"I'm not going to evaluate the team strategy because everyone will draw their own conclusions anyway. In any case, the Tour won't be decided by what happened."

1313: Lance Armstrong on the time he gained on Astana team-mate and fellow maillot jaune contender Alberto Contador yesterday:
"It was not my objective but I turned around and was surprised that there was a split. On days like that - for good or bad - you can make a difference. I have tried to stay out a little bit of the debate about, 'who is the leader?'. I have won the Tour seven times, so I think I deserve a bit of credit,"

1311: Lots of chat about the Astana camp and who their team leader is after yesterday - Lance Armstrong or Alberto Contador. Expect that one to run and run - but the team should be united today...shouldn't it!?

1310: Team Columbia rider Michael Rogers commenting on stage three: "That was awesome! That was the best team effort I've been apart of in 10 years as a pro. Cav did what he's best at...Winning"

1307: tgsgirl on 606: "I wanna see if Columbia will drop Cavendish to try to get Martin in yellow. They'll need to go all out to beat Astana and Saxo Bank (and Garmin, but they're not a General Classification threat) and out the whole team, Cav is probably the worst TT'er. Lose Cav halfway down the line, perhaps together with Mark Renshaw for some protection and try to get Tony Martin in yellow for a double Columbia jersey tomorrow."

1305: Team Columbia showed what they are made of yesterday with that surge that split the peloton. Manx missile Mark Cavendish got the glory with the stage win but will the efforts of his team-mates leave them jaded today? Tony Martin, currently second overall, will hope there is a bit more left in the tank...

1303: There are 20 teams in this year's Tour and the first is due to roll out to start the team time trial at around 1320 BST, the last one at 1543 BST. It should take them 45 minutes to get round Montpellier. By the way, we'll have streamed live coverage from 5 Live for the climax to the day, starting at 1500 BST.

1301: Astana's strength means they will figure strongly today, and there had been hopes that Bradley Wiggins could challenge for yellow too - but he was one of those to lose time in yesterday's dramatic finish and has a minute to make up on Cancellara - a big ask for his Garmin team. Expect them to do very well though...

1300: prakhar1 on 606: "I think that Cancellara might just retain the yellow jersey today although not by much. The gap between him and Lance will be narrowed down. Expect Astana to take the yellow jersey in the mountain stages in the form of either Armstrong or Contador."

1258: By all accounts, today's course is a tough and technical one - lots of tight bends at the start, followed by some steep ascents and descents. Wind will be a factor too, so the best organised teams will be the biggest winners. Those who can't stay together will lose the most...

1256: Seven-time Tour champ Lance Armstrong on Twitter: "Did a lap of the course with the boys. We're ready. What I thought was up/down/left/right is now up/down/left/WINDY! Important day..."

1254: Yep, welcome to stage four, the first team time trial to feature in Le Tour since 2006. The route is a short 39km hop around Montpellier but could make a big difference to the top of the general classification - if Armstrong's Astana squad finish more than 40 seconds faster than current maillot jaune Fabian Cancellara's Saxo Bank team, the Texan will be back in his favourite colour tonight.

1252 BST: Zut Alors! Lance Armstrong back in the yellow jersey? It could happen today folks...

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