Le Tour Stage 4: Back to the Future
A stunning win on the Tour's first real sprint stage
The fourth stage of the 2021 Tour de France served up an absolutely stunning win by Mark Cavendish, who wound back the clock to overcome a fading Jasper Philipsen and hold off a surging Nacer Bouhanni to get his 31st career Tour de France stage win, and first since the 2016 season.
However, a sacrifice to the cycling gods needed to be made, and that cam…
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