What a lovely amuse-bouche of a stage. It was classically boring for the most part, which felt refreshing after several straight stages of end-to-end crashes and/or breathless attacks. Then we were treated to one of the closest sprints you may ever see. Here's the aerial shot at the line:

Caleb Ewan, on the far left, crossed the finish first by a whisker over Peter Sagan (white) in second, Sam Bennett (green) in third and Wout van Aert (yellow) in fourth. Bennett gave Ewan a fistbump as they coasted across the line, repaying the love that Ewan showed him when he won his first Tour stage Tuesday. Van Aert, meanwhile, showed Sagan a ... less welcoming gesture.