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You Can Turn Back Time TDF21-25
I amused myself with this title. And now I have Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time" stuck in my head. But it is worth it just to see Cav take another stage in the Tour de France. Apparently, Mark Cavendish's (Alpecin-Fenix) dress rehearsal in the intermediate was a good omen for the end of the stage. Cav last one a stage in the Tour three years ago, and on this very finishing straight six years ago. Chapeau to one of the good guys. It was a treat to watch most of the peloton congratulate the new Maillot Vert as they came across the line (if they could fight their way through the press scrum surrounding the stage winner). As in the intermediate sprint, it is Nacer Bouhanni (Arkea-Samsic) taking second with Michael Matthews (BikeExchange) in third. Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) is still on the outside looking in, but he is there or there's about.