Summary

  • Stage four of the Tour de France starts in Dax and ends in Nogaro

  • Bunch sprint expected at the finish of flat 181.8km route

  • Britain's Mark Cavendish would break Eddy Merckx's record for Tour stage wins with victory

  • Cavendish and Merckx currently tied on 34 wins each

  • Britain's Adam Yates in the leader's yellow jersey

  1. Cheeriopublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    That's me done... a chaotic finish to a very quiet day. You can relive all of stage four (if you really want to!) by scrolling back through this live page or switching over to our report.

    The Tour heads for the high mountains tomorrow and enters the Pyrenees, with a 162.7km route from Pau to Laruns. Lots to enjoy there, with Britain's Adam Yates still in the leader's yellow jersey - bye for now.

  2. 'It was a hectic final'published at 17:03 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    More from Jasper Philipsen, who has just won stage four of the Tour de France: “It was really an easy stage, I think everybody wanted to save their legs for the Pyrenees tomorrow and the day after but the final kilometres entering the circuit there were some crashes so I hope everybody is OK and safe.

    “It was a hectic final with the turns in the end I lost my team but in the final straight I found Mathieu van der Poel and he did an amazing pull to get me to victory. My legs were cramping and Caleb was coming close.”

  3. 'That was close'published at 17:01 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    "That was close in the end," Jasper Philipsen tells ITV. "I am glad they confirmed it (the result) quickly."

  4. No joy for Cavpublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    Mark Cavendish wasn't really in the race for the line, to be honest. He was well placed as they went on to the Nogaro motor-racing circuit with 3km to go and was on Wout van Aert's wheel, then Mads Pedersen, but did not get close to Jasper Philipsen in the final metres.

  5. Philipsen gets the glory, againpublished at 16:54 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    So, the same 1-2-3 as yesterday, but with Caleb Ewan and Phil Bauhaus trading places. Belgium's Jasper Philipsen gets the glory, again.

  6. The top five on stage fourpublished at 16:51 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    1. Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)2. Caleb Ewan (Lotto Dstny)3. Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorious)4. Bryan Coquard (Cofidis)5. Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazasqtan)

  7. Half a wheel in itpublished at 16:50 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    I've just seen a replay of the finish - Jasper Philipsen beats Australia's Caleb Ewan by half a wheel, to clinch his second successive stage win. Mathieu van der Poel delivered Philipsen again, with people crashing out behind them.

  8. Postpublished at 16:48 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    Mark Cavendish finished fifth

  9. Jasper Philipsen wins stage four of the Tour de Francepublished at 16:48 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    Wow. That was just madness.

  10. Postpublished at 16:47 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    100m to go

    Crashes all over the road, Philipsen and Ewan go for the line.

  11. Postpublished at 16:47 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    400m to go

    Alexander Kristoff is well placed and being led out - we've had another crash. Cav is on Pedersen's wheel.

  12. Postpublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    1km to go

    Wout van Aert has flown to the front and Cav is on his wheel.

  13. Postpublished at 16:46 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    1.5km to go

    Fabio Jakobsen has crashed. Mark Cavendish has lost ground.

  14. Postpublished at 16:45 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    2.5km to go

    Phil Bauhaus's team are taking over at the front and have stretched the front group right out.

  15. Postpublished at 16:45 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    3km to go

    Jumbo-Visma are at the front of the peloton now but Wout van Aert is still further back, something hasn't worked there - or has it? We are on the race track.

  16. Postpublished at 16:44 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    3.5km to go

    Wout van Aert is further back, 30 riders down. Mark Cavendish is well-placed at the moment. Phil Bauhaus, second yesterday, is up there too.

  17. Postpublished at 16:43 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    4.5km to go

    Mark Cavendish is working himself up to the front. Kees Bol is with him. We enter the motor-racing circuit at 3km.

  18. Postpublished at 16:42 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    5.5km to go

    A bit of road furniture disrupts the rhythm at the front of the race, and the DSM-Fermenich team have lost some of their men. Mark Cavendish has got numbers around him from his Astana team but they are not at the very front at the moment.

  19. Postpublished at 16:40 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    8km to go

    The pace is rising all the time. Kees Bol who is Mark Cavendish's lead-out man is trying to get up there with him.

  20. Postpublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 4 July 2023

    10km to go

    Mark Cavendish has drifted into the middle of the road and he's behind the Bora-Hansgrohe team now, who are one of those on the front. The pace is still steady, no-one has dropped the hammer yet.