Tour de France: Pavé pros beaten by time trial specialist

The fourth stage of the 2015 Tour de France, a mini-edition of Paris-Roubaix, was expected to be a showdown between the pavé specialists and the Grand Tour riders. A time trialist rode away with victory and yellow, however, when Tony Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) soloed away in the final kilometres.

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