On the slowest stage imaginable, Frenchman Arnaud Demare provided the fastest sprint with a late surge to deny Australia’s Caleb Ewan in a photo finish in Stage 6 to Scalea. Launching himself from the slipstream of Ewan and Britain’s Mark Cavendish, Demare expertly took the long way round to secure his second win on the bounce and strengthen his grip on the maglia ciclamino
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Tadej Pogacar denied Stefan Kung a maiden Tour de France stage win with a barnstorming victory in the Stage 5 time trial as Mathieu van der Poel dug deep to hold onto the yellow jersey in Laval. Dutchman Van der Poel now leads the Slovenian defending champion by eight seconds after posting the fifth-best time in the 27.2km race against the clock.
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Emotions ran high on the Tour de France as Mark Cavendish rolled back the years by sprinting to Stage 4 glory at Fougeres to take over the green jersey from teammate Julian Alaphilippe. It was the Manxman’s first win on the Tour for five years and saw him take his tally to 31 – just three shy of Eddy Merckx’s all-time record.
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Tim Merlier won a dramatic stage three of the Tour de France as a string of crashes caused chaos in the final 10 kilometres. Geraint Thomas and Primoz Roglic both suffered painful tumbles and lost time, defending champion Tadej Pogacar was held up by an incident inside the last four kilometres, while both Mark Cavendish and Caleb Ewan were denied the opportunity to contest the stage.
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Attila Valter held on to the pink jersey after a dramatic and eventful Stage 8 of the 2021 Giro d’Italia but the day belonged to France’s Victor Lafay who grabbed a groundbreaking victory to cement his status as one of the top young riders in the world. The 25-year-old produced an inspired finish to take the win from Francesco Gavazzi.
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