Tour de France 2024: Groenewegen pips Philipsen in photo finish to win stage six – live reaction
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Dutch national champion Dylan Groenewegen won on the throw from Jasper Philippsen, while Mark Cavendish wasn’t in the top 10 of today’s sprint finish
The roll-out has begun: The riders are making their way through the streets of Macon, still very much in the neutralised zone. Officially, they won’t start racing for another seven kilometres. Unofficially, they may not start for well over 140 kilometres, although today’s intermediate sprint is at the 33-kilometre mark.
There’s also one small speed-bump to negotiate this afternoon, which comes even sooner. The Category-4 Col De Bois Claire must be climbed about 10 kilometres into the stage. That aside, the stage could scarcely be more flat, so hopefully we’ll have some crosswinds to liven up proceedings.
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