Tour de France takes trip into ‘the unknown’

Dan Martin kept his powder dry on yesterday’s flat stage seven of the Tour de France, the Irishman crossing the line as part of the main bunch thus losing no time to his main rivals for the yellow jersey.

Tour de France takes trip into ‘the unknown’
Sat, 08 Jul, 2017 - 01:00
Brian Canty

The 213-kilometre stage from Troyes to Nuits Saint Georges was won in a photo finish by Marcel Kittel of QuickStep Cycling who has now claimed a hat-trick of wins this week.

The German just edged Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) with Michael Matthews (Team Giant Sunweb) rounding out the stage podium.

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