Marcel Kittel back to winning ways on stage four of the Tour de France

Marcel Kittel takes his ninth Tour de France win on stage four and his first since the final day of the 2014 race

Marcel Kittel wins stage four of the 2016 Tour de France (Sunada)

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

Marcel Kittel (Etixx-Quick Step) took his first Tour de France stage win since Paris in 2014, nicking Bryan Coquard (Direct Energie) on the line in a second consecutive photo finish in Limoges.

Kittel and his team-mates were nowhere to be seen as the peloton strung out after a narrow roundabout entry, but the boys in blue found their way back to the front just in time.

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