Five years on from his 30th, Mark Cavendish claimed a 31st stage win on the Tour de France.
The Manx rider got the better of a sprint finish into Fougères in Brittany.
Cavendish only got the nod to ride for Deceuninck Quick-Step on this year's Tour, after Ireland's Sam Bennett withdrew days before the start of the race.
It was stage 14 of the 2016 Tour when Cavendish last took a stage victory. The win also saw Cavendish collect the green points jersey.
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) retains the leader's yellow jersey, with an eight-second advantage over Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck Quick-Step).
"I didn't think I'd get to come back to this race," Cavendish said after the stage.
🤩 A symbolic win for the Wolfpack!
🤩 Un succès symbolique pour le Wolfpack !@MarkCavendish 💪#TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/ymY5QmYZAr— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) June 29, 2021
"I thought I was never coming back to this race.
"When you come to Deceuninck-QuickStep, they have the best riders in the world, so it wasn't even a though to come here."
Earlier in the day, the peloton staged a protest against what they believe are dangerous racing conditions.
After about a kilometre of riding, the riders stopped and got off their bikes for one minute, before carrying on.
Caleb Ewan was forced with withdraw from the Tour after sustaining a broken collarbone in a fall that also took down Peter Sagan yesterday.
While Geraint Thomas suffered a dislocated shoulder, and Primoz Roglic escaped with bad wounds in a separate incident.
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