Hamilton, Haig notch best stage finishes so far in Tour de France

Riding in the tour for the first time, Hamilton finished 89^th in the hilly 171.5km stage four from Dunkerque to Calais.

Hamilton, who is riding for Team DSM, completed the stage, which was won by Belgium's Wout Van Aert, in 4:01.44.

The 27-year-old now has stage finishes of 103rd (stage 1), 141st (stage 2), 170th (stage 3) and 89th (stage 4).

Overall, Hamilton was in 123^rd in the general classification.

Meanwhile, fellow Bendigo cyclist Jack Haig was in 65^th position in the general classification after four stages.

Haig also had his best stage finish in stage four when he finished 35^th.

* Tour de France general classification after four stages:

Wout Van Aert - 13:02.43

Yves Lampaert - 13:03.08

Tadej Pogacar - 13:03.15

Mads Pedersen - 13:03.19

Mathieu Van Der Poel - 13:03.21

Jonas Vingegaard - 13:03.23

Primoz Roglic - 13:03.24

Adam Yates - 13:03.31

Stefan Kung - 13:03.31

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