The first step of the Tour de France 2024 was won by Frenchman Romain Bardet (DSM) this Saturday in Rimini (Italy). This is his 4th stage victory in the history of the race. The Grand Départ of the 111th edition was given at midday in Florence, 260 km away.
The 33-year-old rider from Auvergne also took the yellow jersey for the first time in his career. He finished second overall in 2016 and third the following year. After a violent crash on stage 14 last year, This year he is competing in his last Grand Boucle.
Under a blazing sun, the peloton took the fictitious start at 12pm to first make a long forty-minute parade in the magnificent Tuscan city. This first day was very difficult with seven climbs listed and up to 35 degrees in the shade.
The essential
- Romain Bardet wins the first stage and takes the yellow jersey
- This is the first yellow jersey of the Frenchman’s career.
- The Italian Michele Gazzoli (Astana), teammate of Mark Cavendish, has given up
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Romain Bardet’s incredible number
This Italian victory is the epilogue of an extraordinary number on Italian roads. Coming out of the peloton 50 kilometers from the finish, the DSM climber won in front of his teammate Frank van den Broeck, with only five seconds ahead of the group of favorites who failed to catch up with the two fugitives. .
In this very tough stage, run in scorching heat, Bardet and Van den Broek put on a fantastic double act. Present since the beginning of the day in the breakaway which also included the Frenchman Valentin Madouas, the young Dutchman, 23, first waited for his leader when the latter pulled away from the peloton to swallow up the escapees one by one.
He then pulled huge relays to take him to the long flat part in the finale towards Rimini, on the shores of the Adriatic Sea. And resist the return of the peloton in the traditional game of cat and mouse which often ends badly for the breakaways.
Rankings and jerseys
- Top 5 of the stage and the general classification
1. Romain Bardet
2. Fran Van den Broek
3. Wout van Aert
4. Tadej Pogacar
5. Max Van Gils
– Yellow jersey: Romain Bardet
– Green jersey: Fran Van den Broek
– Polka dot jersey (best climber): Jonas Abrahamsen
– Best young person: Fran Van den Broek
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The profile of the 1st stage
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