STAGE 6

THURSDAY JULY 1

Tours › Châteauroux

160.4KM

The Loire valley is full of chateaux, many of which are largely ornamental, that were built might be at this year’s Tour de France, a decorative turret on a Deceuninck-Quick Step team without Sam Bennett. Yet the 36-year-old proved himself to be the best sprinter at this year’s race with his second stage win in a row, comfortably beating and in Châteauroux. It looked straightforward in the end, as Cavendish switched onto Philipsen’s lead-out train and then outpaced everyone else.