HAIL TO THE GOAT

ark Cavendish’s fairytale return to the top of the sprinting hierarchy at the Tour de France finished with him claiming four stage wins, the green jersey The 36-year-old Manxman, who hadn’t won a Tour stage for five years and was making his first appearance at the race since 2018, could have beaten the record on the final stage, but found himself boxed in and finishing third on the Champs-Elysées as Jumbo-Visma’s Wout van Aert sprinted to victory, the Belgian’s third of the race.