Jasper philipsen, Belgian cyclist

Fougeres (France), June 29 British cyclist Mark Cavendish won his first stage at Tour de France in five years when he clinched Stage Four on Tuesday.The 36-year-old, who clinched his 31st stage at the Tour, took 3 hours 20.17 mins to complete the 150.4 km stage from Redon to Fougeres and finished ahead of Frenchman Nacer Bouhanni and Belgian Jasper Philipsen.As many as 177 cyclists took part in the stage.Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands kept the yellow jersey which is given to the overall leader."I do not know what to say, man. Just being here is special enough," said Cavendish, who is three stage wins short of former Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx's all-time record of 34."I did not think I would ever get to come back to this race. Fire man, just fire from the whole team. We did not know if we were going to get them," added Cavendish."So many people didn't believe in me, and these guys do and they did," he said further.Stage four results1. Mark Cavendish (GB/Deceuninck-Quick-Step) 3hrs 20mins 17secs2. Nacer Bouhanni (Fra/Arkea Samsic)3. Jasper Philipsen (Bel/Alpecin-Fenix)4. Michael Matthews (Aus/BikeExchange)5.Peter Sagan (Svk/Bora-Hansgrohe)Overall leaders after Stage 41. Mathieu van der Poel (Ned/Alpecin-Fenix) 16hrs 19mins 10secs2. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra/Deceuninck-Quick-Step) +8 secs3. Richard Carapaz (Ecu/Ineos Grenadiers) +31secs4. Wout van Aert (Bel/Jumbo Visma) Same time5. Wilco Kelderman (Ned/Bora-Hansgrohe) +38secsDisclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Home

City

Latest News

Cricket

LT Premium

National

International

Maharashtra

Opinions

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Nagpur

Entertainment

Photos

Business

Technology

Sports

Lifestyle

Social Viral

Lokmat Games

Health

Narendra Modi

Lok Sabha Election 2024

Heatwave In India

Mumbai Water Cut

Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election

IPL 2024

Jasper PhilipsenFOLLOW

Jasper philipsen, Latest News

Other Sports :Tour de France: Cavendish wins 33rd stage, nears Merckx's all-time record

Valence, July 6 British cyclist Mark Cavendish on Tuesday won his 33rd career stage at Tour de France ... ...

Other Sports :Tour de France: Cavendish wins first stage in five years

Fougeres (France), June 29 British cyclist Mark Cavendish won his first stage at Tour de France in five ... ...