Mark Cavendish: I didn't think I'd get to come back to the Tour de France

FOUGERES FRANCE JUNE 29 Mark Cavendish of The United Kingdom stage winner celebrates at arrival Mattia Cattaneo of Italy Julian Alaphilippe of France and Team Deceuninck QuickStep Green Points Jersey during the 108th Tour de France 2021 Stage 4 a 1504km stage from Redon to Fougres LeTour TDF2021 on June 29 2021 in Fougeres France Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Mark Cavendish celebrates with his Deceuninck-QuickStep team after winning stage 4 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Mark Cavendish rolled back the years to take victory on stage 4 of the Tour de France in Fougères, taking his first stage win at the race since 2016.

The Deceuninck-QuickStep sprinter beat Nacer Bouhanni (Arkéa-Samsic) and Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix) to the line in a win reminiscent of his 2015 victory against André Greipel on the same uphill, curved finish.

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