The Tour de France began in 1903, and the first edition ever was won by Frenchman Maurice Garin. In the modern era, one can only imagine the kind of hardships those early Tour riders must have faced.Stages were well over fifteen hours long and crossed unpaved mountain passes,

The Mauritian national champion had already made history as the first African rider to wear the leader’s yellow jersey and both reclaimed the lead and won the stage on Wednesday

Team SD Worx-Protime’s Lorena Wiebes out-sprinted Team Visma Lease-A-Bike’s Marianne Vos to win Stage 4 of the Tour de France Femmes, her second victory in as many days. Wiebes was able to secure her eighth Tour de France stage success, taking her to 109 career wins in total, but had Vos on her wheel the whole way in to Poitiers.