Tour de France: Cavendish isolated as Groenewegen pips Philipsen to stage six

Tour de France: Cavendish isolated as Groenewegen pips Philipsen to stage six

Mark Cavendish blocked out in final stages of sprintCrash takes down several EF Education EasyPost riders

Dylan Groenewegen of Team Jayco AlUla won stage six of the Tour de France from Mâcon to Dijon after Mark Cavendish was blocked out in the final km of the sprint on the Cours Général de Gaulle.

The Dutch sprinter, wearing bespoke sunglasses that feature an aerodynamic noise foil, or “beak,” as it has become known to the race convoy, edged out Jasper Philipsen of Alpecin Deceuninck, and stage three winner, Biniam Girmay, of the Intermarché Wanty team.

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