Former champion Tao Geoghegan Hart was forced out of the race after a crash on a slippery descent with 70 kilometres remaining.

Geraint Thomas was skittled with his Ineos Grenadiers teammate but recovered to rejoin the peloton and stay in the tour lead.

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13 Apr: An unlicensed driver who ran over a motorcyclist before fleeing in Hastings will carry out a community-based sentence

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