Romain Bardet won the first stage of Tour de France 2024the Florence-Rimini of 206 km and won the first yellow jersey. The French of DSM he beat his teammate to the finish line Frank Van Den Broek and Wout Van Aert of Team Visma | Lease a Bike. Bardet built his victory with an action that began on the climb of Saint Leo. From there a ride to the finish. The group’s attempt to return was in vain. The Tour today faced several climbs starting with Tre Faggi, the Forche between San Zeno and Galeata, the Carnaio pass taken from Santa Sofia, the Bardotto, San Leo and San Marino.
The challengers
Jonas Vingegaard will try to chase away Pogacar’s dreams of a double. The Danish rider, however, has just recovered from the terrible fall at the Tour of the Basque Country which caused him to suffer a pneumothorax and several fractures to his ribs and collarbone: he has not raced since then, his condition is the real question mark of this edition of the ‘ Big Boucle’. The Slovenian could also include compatriot Primoz Roglic, captain of a very competitive Red Bull-Bora, and Remco Evenepoel, who is tackling the Tour for the first time and starts more with the lights off given the form shown at the Tour of Dauphiné. Despite the ‘home’ start, the group of Italians (just eight) at the start is small: the hopes of obtaining at least one stage victory are pinned on Giulio Ciccone, who will try to defend the Polka Dot Jersey won last year, Alberto Bettiol – new Italian champion – and Davide Formolo.
