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2024 Tour de France: Romain Bardet wins Stage 1, full race results
Bold racing from France’s Romain Bardet and the Netherlands’ Frank van den Broek paid off as the pair got their storybrook ending to win Stage 1 of the 111th edition of the Tour de France on Saturday.
In his final year before retirement, Bardet will finally wear the coveted yellow jersey. Bardet had previously won three Tour de France stages from 2015-2017, but this opening stage win will surely be the sweetest.
After his win, Bardet told the media that the yellow jersey was the last goal of his decade-long career.
“I’m finally myself, I’m at a loss for words,” Bardet said.
Bardet was joined at the finish line by teammate van den Broek, who helped the team leader all the way to the finish line, highlighting the importance of teamwork throughout the 21-stage race.
Stage 1 of the 2024 Tour de France featured an unprecedented Grand Départ in Italy to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Ottavio Bottecchia's historic 1924 victory as the first Italian to win the Tour. Riders completed a challenging 205 km (128 miles) hilly route with seven categorized climbs and over 3,600m (11,800 feet) in elevation gain. Originating in Florence, Italy, cyclists rode through San Marino and the Apennine mountain range to reach the Italian city of Rimini on the Adriatic coast.
Bardet and van den Broek broke away from the peloton with approximately 40km to go. Although the field faced a strong headwind down the flat road into Rimini, the pair managed to withstand an encroaching peloton armed with the field’s best sprinters with just a few meters to spare.
A group of the best climbers broke away for most of the race, but Norway’s Jonas Abrahamsen did enough to earn the King of the Mountains classification and will wear the polka-dotted jersey used to recognize the best climber.
Temperatures over 90 added to the difficulty of this stage and team Astana Qazaqstan paid a heavy price. Team leader Mark Cavendish appeared to struggle with heat-related issues and dropped from the peloton early on. His teammate, Michele Gazzoli of Italy, who also seemed affected by the heat, became the first man to withdraw from the race.
Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, the favorite to win the 2024 Tour de France, set himself up well with a fourth-place finish, while Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard proved he is certainly healthy enough to be in the mix as he pursues a three-peat after sustaining serious injuries in a crash in April.
Here’s a full list of results from Stage 1:
2024 Tour de France Stage 1 results
Place | Name | Team |
1 | BARDET Romain | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
2 | VAN DEN BROEK Frank | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
3 | VAN AERT Wout | Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
4 | POGAČAR Tadej | UAE Team Emirates |
5 | VAN GILS Maxim | Lotto Dstny |
6 | ARANBURU Alex | Movistar Team |
7 | PEDERSEN Mads | Lidl - Trek |
8 | EVENEPOEL Remco | Soudal Quick-Step |
9 | BILBAO Pello | Bahrain - Victorious |
10 | BETTIOL Alberto | EF Education - EasyPost |
11 | PIDCOCK Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers |
12 | BERNAL Egan | INEOS Grenadiers |
13 | VAN WILDER Ilan | Soudal Quick-Step |
14 | CAMPENAERTS Victor | Lotto Dstny |
15 | HINDLEY Jai | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe |
16 | VINGEGAARD Jonas | Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
17 | GEE Derek | Israel - Premier Tech |
18 | VLASOV Aleksandr | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe |
19 | SKUJIŅŠ Toms | Lidl - Trek |
20 | THOMAS Geraint | INEOS Grenadiers |
21 | CRAS Steff | TotalEnergies |
22 | CARAPAZ Richard | EF Education - EasyPost |
23 | JORGENSON Matteo | Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
24 | JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland | Uno-X Mobility |
25 | MARTIN Guillaume | Cofidis |
26 | MAS Enric | Movistar Team |
27 | HAIG Jack | Bahrain - Victorious |
28 | RODRÍGUEZ Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers |
29 | ONLEY Oscar | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
30 | EIKING Odd Christian | Uno-X Mobility |
31 | CICCONE Giulio | Lidl - Trek |
32 | LANDA Mikel | Soudal Quick-Step |
33 | KULSET Johannes | Uno-X Mobility |
34 | ROGLIČ Primož | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe |
35 | DE PLUS Laurens | INEOS Grenadiers |
36 | YATES Simon | Team Jayco AlUla |
37 | AYUSO Juan | UAE Team Emirates |
38 | BARGUIL Warren | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
39 | COSTA Rui | EF Education - EasyPost |
40 | HARPER Chris | Team Jayco AlUla |
41 | GALL Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
42 | ARMIRAIL Bruno | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
43 | ALMEIDA João | UAE Team Emirates |
44 | SIVAKOV Pavel | UAE Team Emirates |
45 | YATES Adam | UAE Team Emirates |
46 | ROMO Javier | Movistar Team |
47 | BUITRAGO Santiago | Bahrain - Victorious |
48 | MEINTJES Louis | Intermarché - Wanty |
49 | KWIATKOWSKI Michał | INEOS Grenadiers |
50 | HEALY Ben | EF Education - EasyPost |
51 | POWLESS Neilson | EF Education - EasyPost |
52 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
53 | BERNARD Julien | Lidl - Trek |
54 | VERONA Carlos | Lidl - Trek |
55 | MADOUAS Valentin | Groupama - FDJ |
56 | VERVAEKE Louis | Soudal Quick-Step |
57 | GIBBONS Ryan | Lidl - Trek |
58 | FORMOLO Davide | Movistar Team |
59 | TRATNIK Jan | Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
60 | JUNGELS Bob | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe |
61 | ABRAHAMSEN Jonas | Uno-X Mobility |
62 | TEJADA Harold | Astana Qazaqstan Team |
63 | BEULLENS Cedric | Lotto Dstny |
64 | OLIVEIRA Nelson | Movistar Team |
65 | PAGE Hugo | Intermarché - Wanty |
66 | LAURANCE Axel | Alpecin - Deceuninck |
67 | LAPEIRA Paul | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
68 | PACHER Quentin | Groupama - FDJ |
69 | RODRÍGUEZ Cristián | Arkéa - B&B Hotels |
70 | GRELLIER Fabien | TotalEnergies |
71 | GENIETS Kevin | Groupama - FDJ |
72 | VAN MOER Brent | Lotto Dstny |
73 | KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren | Alpecin - Deceuninck |
74 | FUGLSANG Jakob | Israel - Premier Tech |
75 | NEILANDS Krists | Israel - Premier Tech |
76 | GOOSSENS Kobe | Intermarché - Wanty |
77 | KÜNG Stefan | Groupama - FDJ |
78 | SOLER Marc | UAE Team Emirates |
79 | GRÉGOIRE Romain | Groupama - FDJ |
80 | MOHORIČ Matej | Bahrain - Victorious |
81 | CASTROVIEJO Jonathan | INEOS Grenadiers |
82 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Cofidis |
83 | HERRADA Jesús | Cofidis |
84 | HOULE Hugo | Israel - Premier Tech |
85 | MOSCON Gianni | Soudal Quick-Step |
86 | VANHOUCKE Harm | Lotto Dstny |
87 | VERMEERSCH Gianni | Alpecin - Deceuninck |
88 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu | Alpecin - Deceuninck |
89 | BENOOT Tiesj | Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
90 | LEMMEN Bart | Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
91 | LUTSENKO Alexey | Astana Qazaqstan Team |
92 | CORT Magnus | Uno-X Mobility |
93 | TILLER Rasmus | Uno-X Mobility |
94 | STUYVEN Jasper | Lidl - Trek |
95 | ARNDT Nikias | Bahrain - Victorious |
96 | DE LIE Arnaud | Lotto Dstny |
97 | GRIGNARD Sébastien | Lotto Dstny |
98 | WELLENS Tim | UAE Team Emirates |
99 | WÆRENSKJOLD Søren | Uno-X Mobility |
100 | EEKHOFF Nils | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
101 | DÉMARE Arnaud | Arkéa - B&B Hotels |
102 | DENZ Nico | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe |
103 | DEGENKOLB John | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
104 | POLITT Nils | UAE Team Emirates |
105 | DUJARDIN Sandy | TotalEnergies |
106 | RUSSO Clément | Groupama - FDJ |
107 | DECLERCQ Tim | Lidl - Trek |
108 | JEGAT Jordan | TotalEnergies |
109 | NAESEN Oliver | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
110 | TURGIS Anthony | TotalEnergies |
111 | PETERS Nans | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
112 | VAN DEN BERG Marijn | EF Education - EasyPost |
113 | GODON Dorian | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
114 | BISSEGGER Stefan | EF Education - EasyPost |
115 | PRODHOMME Nicolas | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
116 | SOBRERO Matteo | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe |
117 | GHYS Robbe | Alpecin - Deceuninck |
118 | TURNER Ben | INEOS Grenadiers |
119 | LAPORTE Christophe | Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
120 | WRIGHT Fred | Bahrain - Victorious |
121 | BAUHAUS Phil | Bahrain - Victorious |
122 | GIRMAY Biniam | Intermarché - Wanty |
123 | PEDERSEN Casper | Soudal Quick-Step |
124 | QUINN Sean | EF Education - EasyPost |
125 | GESCHKE Simon | Cofidis |
126 | VAN POPPEL Danny | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe |
127 | DURBRIDGE Luke | Team Jayco AlUla |
128 | MARTINEZ Lenny | Groupama - FDJ |
129 | ZIMMERMANN Georg | Intermarché - Wanty |
130 | BURGAUDEAU Mathieu | TotalEnergies |
131 | JUUL-JENSEN Christopher | Team Jayco AlUla |
132 | ALLEGAERT Piet | Cofidis |
133 | TEUNISSEN Mike | Intermarché - Wanty |
134 | POELS Wout | Bahrain - Victorious |
135 | COQUARD Bryan | Cofidis |
136 | GAUDU David | Groupama - FDJ |
137 | WILLIAMS Stephen | Israel - Premier Tech |
138 | BOIVIN Guillaume | Israel - Premier Tech |
139 | VAUQUELIN Kévin | Arkéa - B&B Hotels |
140 | MEZGEC Luka | Team Jayco AlUla |
141 | STEWART Jake | Israel - Premier Tech |
142 | BENNETT Sam | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
143 | HALLER Marco | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe |
144 | MATTHEWS Michael | Team Jayco AlUla |
145 | MÜHLBERGER Gregor | Movistar Team |
146 | ACKERMANN Pascal | Israel - Premier Tech |
147 | LAZKANO Oier | Movistar Team |
148 | CHAMPOUSSIN Clément | Arkéa - B&B Hotels |
149 | GARCÍA PIERNA Raúl | Arkéa - B&B Hotels |
150 | DRIZNERS Jarrad | Lotto Dstny |
151 | DILLIER Silvan | Alpecin - Deceuninck |
152 | REINDERS Elmar | Team Jayco AlUla |
153 | CAPIOT Amaury | Arkéa - B&B Hotels |
154 | RENARD Alexis | Cofidis |
155 | GACHIGNARD Thomas | TotalEnergies |
156 | GROENEWEGEN Dylan | Team Jayco AlUla |
157 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | Alpecin - Deceuninck |
158 | LAMPAERT Yves | Soudal Quick-Step |
159 | REX Laurenz | Intermarché - Wanty |
160 | KRISTOFF Alexander | Uno-X Mobility |
161 | MCLAY Daniel | Arkéa - B&B Hotels |
162 | HIRT Jan | Soudal Quick-Step |
163 | THIJSSEN Gerben | Intermarché - Wanty |
164 | VERCHER Mattéo | TotalEnergies |
165 | GAVIRIA Fernando | Movistar Team |
166 | MOZZATO Luca | Arkéa - B&B Hotels |
167 | ZINGLE Axel | Cofidis |
168 | FEDOROV Yevgeniy | Astana Qazaqstan Team |
169 | BALLERINI Davide | Astana Qazaqstan Team |
170 | RICKAERT Jonas | Alpecin - Deceuninck |
171 | MØRKØV Michael | Astana Qazaqstan Team |
172 | WELTEN Bram | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
173 | BOL Cees | Astana Qazaqstan Team |
174 | CAVENDISH Mark | Astana Qazaqstan Team |
175 | JAKOBSEN Fabio | Team dsm-firmenich PostNL |
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Tour de France 2024: Stage 1 results, Romain Bardet wins, standings
