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Unbelievable scenes as Ireland’s Dan Martin wins Tour de France stage

Published 17:17 12 Jul 2018 BST

Updated 17:28 12 Jul 2018 BST

Conan Doherty
Unbelievable scenes as Ireland’s Dan Martin wins Tour de France stage

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Ireland's Dan Martin has won Tour de France Stage Six. Three years after finishing second to Alexis Vuillermoz at Mûr-de-Bretagne, the UAE Team Emirates rider won the queen stage of Brittany ahead of another AG2R-La Mondiale, Pierre Latour, to score his second Tour de France stage win five years. https://twitter.com/Pedriove/status/1017434934246543360 170 riders started Stage 6 but it was Martin who triumphed despite taking an almighty gamble to sprint for the front. He had accelerated from 19 to 30km/h on a 10 per cent gradient and he went for it with a kilometre to go to the finish line. https://twitter.com/letourdata/status/1017440578626351106 After the race, Martin admitted that he had gone for it a bit early but it was a risk he felt that was worth taking. Dream big and dare to fail. https://twitter.com/LeTour/status/1017443369214205953 Tour de France Stage 6 results 1. Dan Martin 2. Pierre Latour 3. Alejandro Valverde 4. Julian Alaphilippe 5. Rafal Majka

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