Mark Cavendish became only the second British rider to win two stages of the Tour de France in the same year, with a searing sprint finish in Toulouse.
A long-standing breakaway was caught with 3km to go, and Cavendish timed it perfectly to add to his Stage 5 win.
Led out by team-mate Gerald Ciolek, the Team Columbia sprinter powered from several lengths back in the last 100m.
"It was brilliant, you saw how well the team worked," said Cavendish.
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Cavendish followed his maiden win on Wednesday with an outstanding display of power in the driving rain and in doing so ended a 25-year wait for a British rider to match the achievement of Barry Hoban.
(BBC)
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