Tour de France stage 4: Tadej Pogacar outduels Mathieu van der Poel and Jonas Vingegaard on hotly-contested sprint finish in Rouen
Briefly

Tadej Pogačar achieved the 100th victory of his career during stage 4 of the Tour de France, demonstrating his sprinting prowess against race leader Mathieu van der Poel. The two cyclists faced off again on a 5% slope, where Van der Poel initiated the sprint, but Pogačar surged from the outside to claim the win. Meanwhile, Jonas Vingegaard finished third, earning six bonus seconds, and is now 12 seconds behind Pogačar, who is tied on time with Van der Poel, the current yellow jersey holder.
Tadej Pogačar sprinted to the 100th victory of his career on stage 4 of the Tour de France, outpacing race leader Mathieu van der Poel.
Following a similar showdown on stage 2, the pair went head-to-head once again on the 5% slope to the line.
Van der Poel launched the sprint before Pogačar came around the outside to take the win with a sharp finishing acceleration.
Jonas Vingegaard rounded out the podium and shed six bonus seconds to his great GC rival, lying 12 seconds off Pogačar.
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