2024 Tour de France Stage 1 Results & Recap
Stage 1 of the 2024 Tour de France is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Bardet claims first yellow jersey
Frank van den Broek (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) was part of the breakaway from the start. His teammate Romain Bardet joined him within the last 45 kilometers, and together they pushed on. The young Dutchman took the experienced Frenchman under his wing and they made it all the way to the line.
Bardet won the stage and the yellow jersey, while Van den Broek took the young rider's jersey.
Attacks were flying from the start, and eventually, the breakaway got clear at kilometer 12. Ion Izagirre, Valentin Madouas, Matej Mohoric, Frank van den Broek, Clément Champoussin, Sandy Dujardin, and Mattéo Vercher were the initial attackers, while Ryan Gibbons and Johan Abrahams bridged across on the Colle de Valico Tre Faggi. Vercher lost contact on the climb.
The breakaway riders had a maximum lead of six minutes on the climb before Izagirre won the KOM sprint at the top. Abrahamsen took the most points at the CĂ´te des Forche.
Dujardin won the intermediate sprint before he was dropped on the CĂ´te de Carnaio. Champoussin lost contact also. At the summit, Izagirre won the KOM sprint ahead of Abrahamsen. The same scenario unfolded on the Barbotto climb.
On the Côte de Barbatto, the lead of the breakaway dropped to under three minutes as Tadej Pogačar’s team ramped up the pace in the peloton. Izagirre lost contact with the leading group, while David Gaudu was dropped from the peloton. Mathieu van der Poel couldn't follow the pace either, while Abrahamsen pocketed most points at the summit.
The lead group was down to Abrahamsen, Madouas, and Van den Broek on the CĂ´te de San Leo as Romain Bardet attacked from the peloton. Van den Broek waited for his teammate, and the two rejoined the leaders. Moments later, Abrahamsen was dropped from the front. Meanwhile, Ben Healy had also set off in pursuit.
The Bardet/Van den Broek combo got rid of Madouas on the climb to Montemaggio before they crest the CĂ´te de San Marino with a 1.30-minute lead over Healy. The peloton reached the summit 15 seconds after the Irishman.
The teammates led into the flat final phase with a 1.20 minute advantage over the peloton, which consisted of fifty riders. The gap was down to 20 seconds inside the last 3 kilometres.
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