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The Tour de France’s photo finish was closer than you can imagine

This ending was absolutely amazing.

by James Dator
James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

There are near finishes, photo finishes and then there’s this photo finish. A thin sliver of rubber will now re-define the idea of close endings with Matteo Trentin edging out Peter Sagan to win the 7th stage of the Tour de France.

To get a really good idea of how close this was all you need to do is take a closer look. Photoshop tells us that there were four pixels between the two tires. Four pixels.

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