Englishman Mark Cavendish won the fourth stage from Redon to Fougeres (150.4 km) of the 108th edition of the Tour de France.
For him this is the 31st victory in the 'yellow race'.
The British rider got the better of the Frenchman Nacer Bouhanni and the Belgian Jasper Philipsen in the sprint.
In the general classification, the yellow jersey remains on the shoulders of Matthew Van Der Poel.
The stage was characterized by the protest of the runners for too many falls: immediately after the start the group stopped and the 177 cyclists still in the race left the pedals for a minute and set their foot on the ground.
In the front row the main leaders of the race.
The riders of the 108 / o Tour de France expressed their dissatisfaction with the multiplication of falls in recent days, getting off the pedals for 1 'in protest, 500 meters after the start of the 4th stage, scheduled today from Redon in Fougères. In a slow-motion platoon, the 177 riders still in the race, with the main leaders in the front row - Mathieu Van der Poel in the yellow jersey and Julian Alaphilippe in the green one - the riders staged a sort of procession, before finally stopping a few hundred meters further on, on the initiative of the sprinter André Greipel. With their feet on the ground, but without getting off their bikes, the riders remained stationary for 1 ', before resuming the race. According to Radio Tour, "the runners have stopped and are slowly pedaling to ask for a dialogue on safety to be established with all parties involved in the Grande Boucle, UCI, organizers of the French stage race, teams and runners. "From the start, on Saturday, the race it was characterized by violent and spectacular falls, due to multiple reasons, causing retirements and many ailments .. 150.4 kilometers long, the last Breton stage of the Tour does not include any ascent.last Breton stage of the Tour does not include any ascent.last Breton stage of the Tour does not include any ascent.
With the victory in the fourth stage Mark Cavendish is targeting Eddie Merckx's record of 34 wins at the Grande Boucle.
The English sprinter thundered everyone at the finish in Fougeres, in Brittany.
In the sprint he got the better of the Frenchman Nacer Bouhanni and the Belgian Jasper Philipsen.
He hadn't been able to win a stage of the Tour for five years: the last time, on July 16, 2016, in Montélimar-Villars les Dombes he had settled Sagan and Kristoff at the sprint.
Now the champion of the Deceuninck Quick Step, born in 1985, is only three victories from the primacy of the 'cannibal'.
The fifth stage is on Wednesday 30 June: it is a 27.2 kilometer time trial, from Changé to Laval, in the department of Mayenne (region of the Pays de la Loire).