Saturday, June 29, 2024

Tour '24, Stage 1: Can It Be First & Second?


The short answer is, yes!  Romain Bardet and his teammate Frank Van Der Broek (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL) were able to hold off the charging peloton of sprinters by five seconds.  It means that not only did the break away succeed in the opening stage of the Tour, but Van Der Broek is now the best place young rider, and Bardet takes the lead.  It also means that Van Der Broek is the leader in the sprint competition as well.  Since Bardet will start in the Maillot Jaune, and Van Der Broek in the Maillot Blanc, the Maillot Vert will fall to Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) since he finished third on the stage.  Or you could say he won the bunch sprint behind the break away duo.

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"Can It Be First & Second? TdF24-5" (Original art by Greig Leach)

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