Tour de France - stage ten in pictures

Polka dot jersey wearer Pierre Rolland of Team Europcar jokes with his team-mate Jerome Cousin before stage ten begins Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

The 197km stage is largely a flat one, but the scenery is lovely nonetheless Photograph: Christophe Ena/AP

Here, the peloton passes along the coastline Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images

Members of the Ecole Speciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr watch the cyclists race past Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images

Spectators watch from a nearby tank Photograph: Laurent Cipriani/AP

Looks like a scorcher of a day Photograph: Jean-paul Pelissier/Reuters

Chris Froome is well positioned, here, among his Team Sky team-mates at the front of the peloton. But a breakaway group featuring Luis Mate Mardones, Jerome Cousin, Lieuwe Westra, Julien Simon and Juan Jose Oroz have opened up a four minute gap Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images

Having reached the coastline, Froome and the peloton reel them in with 10kms to go Photograph: Yoan Valat/EPA

The race hots up through the streets of Saint Malo Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

Marcel Kittel of Germany, left, sprints in the last 200 meters ahead of third place Mark Cavendish - the Manxman having just skittled Tom Veelers with a controversial barge into his rival's shoulder Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

Kittel crosses the finish line ahead of second place Andre Greipel of Germany, with Cavendish trailing behind Photograph: Laurent Cipriani/AP