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We're approaching the first and only climb of the day. It's the Côte des Granges-le-Roi, and it's 1.3km at 4%.
It's very much been a day for catch-ups so far. Here's Primoz Roglic giving out ski jumping tips to Rohan Dennis.
133km remaining
A nature break for the Armée and De Bondt brings their lead down to three minutes, where it has stabilised, with Deceuninck-QuickStep setting the tempo in the bunch.
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37.3km covered in the first hour of racing. That's for the lead duo, so even less for the peloton. The race give three predicted time schedules for each stage and today's slowest is 42km/h, so it's been a sleepy start.
Here's a first shot of our breakaway duo
155km to go
The gap rises to 4:20. It's Deceuninck-QuickStep, defending the leader's jersey of Sam Bennett and looking to set him up for another sprint victory, who are setting the pace in the peloton.
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Three minutes now for the leading duo.
Images just in suggest why Belgian champion De Bondt decided to break away. Edward Theuns there with the 'bantz'.
Armée and De Bondt quickly take their advantage out towards the two-minute mark.
168km to go
Finally, after 20km, we have a breakaway. Sander Armée (Qhubeka Assos) and Dries de Bondt (Alpecin-Fenix) have clipped off the front of the peloton.
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Still no breakaway as everyone in the bunch seems content to tick off these early kilometres at only a shade above 35km/h.
It's a calm start today, with the peloton still together and not many attacks.
160 riders have started today. One man down, and that's Richie Porte, who abandoned yesterday on his debut back at Ineos Grenadiers. More on that here.
We're off!
After all that time behind the race director's car, the riders are let off the leash. The flag has been waved and here come the first attacks.
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Here's race leader Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-QuickStep) in the yellow jersey. He won the opening stage with a mighty sprint, and you can catch up on all of yesterday's action here.
The 160 riders roll out of Oinville-sur-Montcient. We have a rather lengthy neutralised zone today, so a little while longer before the flag drops and the racing begins.
Here's the map for today's stage.
We have 188km in the saddle today. It's pretty much pan-flat, with just one very minor climb that's almost not worth categorising. However, the wind could be the key factor today. Echelons have been a staple of the early stages of Paris-Nice and, after the circular opener, this stage starts to take us south, into the exposed countryside. We have a north easterly wind, meaning a cross-tail - perfect for splitting the race. The only question: is it blowing hard enough?
The riders have all signed on for the stage and are making their way towards the start line. Not long now until we're underway.
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