You can add today’s Tour de France finish to the list of the closest ever

Marcel Kittel won stage seven of the Tour de France in what must be one of the closest finishes in race history.

Marcel Kittel won stage seven of the Tour de France in what must be one of the closest finishes in race history.

German Kittel (Quick-Step Floor) edged out Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Dimension Data) by the narrowest of margins after making a huge lunge to the line, with Team Sunweb’s Michael Matthews coming home in third.