VALENCE, France — Mark Cavendish won the 10th stage of the Tour de France in a mass sprint Tuesday, putting himself within one win of Eddy Merckx’s record haul of 34 at cycling’s biggest race.
Tadej Pogacar kept the race leader’s yellow jersey.
Back in the race for the first time since 2018, Cavendish has been dominating the sprints this summer, having already claimed three stages.
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The sprinter from the Isle of Man enjoyed a perfect lead-out from his Deceuninck-Quick Step teammates and comfortably edged Wout van Aert and Jasper Philipsen.