Wout van Aert takes second victory of Tour de France 2020 on frantic stage seven

The Belgian rider won from a reduced bunch sprint after the race split into echelons

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Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) took his second victory of the Tour de France 2020 in a reduced bunch sprint after a fast and frantic stage seven.

The Belgian accelerated on the right-hand side of the road in the final 100m from a group of 41 riders that had split away with about 35km to go. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NTT) was the first rider to launch his sprint quite early, with Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) and Bryan Coquard (B&B Hotels - Vital Concept) coming through the centre of the road. Van Aert was able to ride in the slipstream of Boasson-Hagen before powering past them all to take his second victory of the race after winning on stage five.

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