Mark Cavendish and his sprint adversaries will likely step to one side today, with the Tour de France fourth stage set to shake up the race for the yellow jersey.

RINALDO NOCENTINI claimed the yellow jersey on a day race favourite Alberto Contador flexed his muscles in the Tour de France’s first mountain stage.

SAMUEL DUMOULIN battled the conditions as well as his fellow riders to claim victory in the third stage of the Tour de France.

Samuel Dumoulin battled the conditions as well as his fellow riders to claim victory in the third stage of the Tour de France.