- Mark Cavendish finishes second in Bordeaux sprint finish
- Jasper Philipsen wins his third stage of this year’s Tour
If Mark Cavendish does not become the record-breaking stage winner in the Tour de France this July, the finish of the 2023 Tour’s visit to Bordeaux is likely to haunt him.
Thirteen summers after he last took a Tour stage on the banks of the Garonne, Cavendish still had the speed to win, but a mechanical mishap, his second of the day, crushed his hopes.
Written by Jeremy Whittle in Bordeaux
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