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Stage 1
Winner Romain Bardet (FRA) 33 and Frank van den Broek (NED) 23 on DSM-Firmenich Post NL (Dutch) come across the line 1 & 2 after holding on to a very small lead the end of the race.
Romain Bardet riding his last Tour and Frank van den Broek riding his first Tour.
Amazing. Just 2 guys with a very small lead with a long flat finish and a long way to go. The leaders always get caught by the Peloton in this situation.
Romain's 4th career stage win and 1st time wearing the Yellow Jersey.
Romain spent most of his career with AG2R (FRA) and always in the mix on the climbs. It will be great to see Romain wearing the Maillot Jaune for the first time. Good for him!
"The accelerations of Ineos Grenadiers, Lidl-Trek and EF Education-EasyPost (who had reeled Healy back to help) on the Côte de San Marino (Cat 3, km 179.7) barely reduced the advantage of the dsm-firmenich duo to 1'35” at the top of the seventh and last categorised climb of the day. The chase was on, with Van den Broek and Bardet grinding hard over the mainly flat final 25 km. At 5 km from the finish in Rimini the leading duo maintained a 30” advantage, despite the efforts of the teams behind them. Together they managed to win the fight to keep the chasing group at bay and achieve a remarkable victory."
Winner Romain Bardet (FRA) 33 and Frank van den Broek (NED) 23 on DSM-Firmenich Post NL (Dutch) come across the line 1 & 2 after holding on to a very small lead the end of the race.
Romain Bardet riding his last Tour and Frank van den Broek riding his first Tour.
Amazing. Just 2 guys with a very small lead with a long flat finish and a long way to go. The leaders always get caught by the Peloton in this situation.
Romain's 4th career stage win and 1st time wearing the Yellow Jersey.
Romain spent most of his career with AG2R (FRA) and always in the mix on the climbs. It will be great to see Romain wearing the Maillot Jaune for the first time. Good for him!
"The accelerations of Ineos Grenadiers, Lidl-Trek and EF Education-EasyPost (who had reeled Healy back to help) on the Côte de San Marino (Cat 3, km 179.7) barely reduced the advantage of the dsm-firmenich duo to 1'35” at the top of the seventh and last categorised climb of the day. The chase was on, with Van den Broek and Bardet grinding hard over the mainly flat final 25 km. At 5 km from the finish in Rimini the leading duo maintained a 30” advantage, despite the efforts of the teams behind them. Together they managed to win the fight to keep the chasing group at bay and achieve a remarkable victory."
Yellow for Bardet in Rimini - Tour de France 2024
On a historic day in Italy it was Romain Bardet who grabbed the Stage 1 victory on the Rimini seafront, securing the Yellow Jersey with a fine performance for T
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