A rapid finish to cap off an extremely rapid day. Søren Wærenskjold stunned the established sprinters to win stage 11 of the Tour de France on Wednesday in what was, at an average of 50.91 kilometres per hour (31.67 mph), the fastest stage in the race’s 123-year history.Uno-X’s Wærenskjold — who came second behind Tim Merlier on stage seven – was the first rider to jump to Decathlon lead-out man Cees Bol who went clear of the pack with around 500m to go, before sprinting again and just holding on as Olav Kooij and Jasper Philipsen (who was relegated from third place after the stage) closed in as the line approached.Earlier, a four-man break comprising Anthon Charmig, Nelson Oliveira, Mathis Le Berre and Julian Alaphilippe eventually got clear, but as is the style at this Tour, were not permitted an advantage of more than 90 seconds. Alaphilippe dropped back with around 38km remaining; the other three held on until 6km to go.That was the cue for the sprinters’ teams to do what they do best and prepare for a battle royale, only to be outmanoeuvred by a six foot four Norwegian. Uno-X also completed the rare Tour double of stage win and most combative rider prize, with Charmig scooping up the latter award for his day in the break.