The Tour de France obtained off to a searing begin with a brutally sizzling and hilly stage 1 by way of Tuscany that spelled the tip of the overall classification hopes of quite a few riders.
Romain Bardet (Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL) delivered a shocking stage victory to take the primary general lead of the Tour de France in Rimini on Saturday.
The Frenchman, in his last Tour, bridged throughout to the day’s breakaway to affix teammate Frank Van den Broek, then the pair fought their solution to the end, holding off the charging peloton by simply 5 seconds.
While UAE Team Emirates’ Tadej Pogačar, Primož Roglič (Bora-Hansgrohe), Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quickstep) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) stayed out of hassle and completed in the identical time, simply seconds behind Bardet, others weren’t so lucky.
David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) misplaced contact with the general Tour de France contenders’ group on the primary of 4 climbs within the last 70 kilometres.
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Here’s a rundown of all the continued competitions on the Tour de France. Click right here for a extra complete explainer, together with minor competitions such because the intermediate sprints prize and the combating spirit prize. Speaking of prizes, click on right here to learn the way a lot the riders can win through the Tour de France.
Yellow Jersey/Maillot Jaune – The yellow jersey is worn by the general race chief on the overall classification who has accomplished the levels to this point within the lowest gathered time.
Green Jersey – The inexperienced jersey is the factors classification. Riders accrue factors at one of many two intermediate sprints throughout levels and likewise at stage finishes, and the person with probably the most factors leads the rating.
Polka Dot Jersey – The purple and white polka dot jersey is the mountain classification. Points are handed out to the primary riders over sure hills and climbs through the Tour de France, with the toughest mountains giving probably the most factors. Once once more, the person with probably the most factors leads the rating.
White jersey – The white jersey is the very best younger rider classification. It works the identical means because the yellow jersey, however solely riders aged 25 or beneath are eligible to win.
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Tour de France 2024 schedule
Date
Stage
Start-finish
Distance
Start/Finish occasions (CET)
29-Jun
Stage 1
Florence – Rimini
206km
12:00 – 17:34
30-Jun
Stage 2
Cesenatico – Bologna
198.7km
12:15 – 17:06
1-Jul
Stage 3
Piacenza – Turin
230.5km
11:15 – 16:57
2-Jul
Stage 4
Pinerolo – Valloire
139.6km
13:05 – 17:05
3-Jul
Stage 5
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – Saint-Vulbas Plaine de l’Ain