Romain Bardet wins gruelling first stage of Tour de France

Romain Bardet wins the first stage of the Tour de France, between Florence and Rimini in Italy, ahead of Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL team-mate Frank Van Den Broek. Photograph: Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty ImagesRomain Bardet won a thrilling stage one of the Tour de France in Rimini to take the yellow jersey as Mark Cavendish’s pursuit of a record-breaking 35th stage victory was put into question by an apparent illness.

Cavendish had been dropped on the opening climb, and appeared to be vomiting as he struggled in intense heat, with his team-mates pouring bottles of water over him.Matt Williams: French Top 14 fast becoming what English Premier League is to soccerEuro Zone: Sunak v Starmer can’t compete with Georgia’s stunning victory over Portugal

He will have had Monday’s stage three into Turin circled as the first of the “five or six” sprint opportunities he sees in this year’s Tour but, even if it was only a temporary bug or the effects of the heat, this day may take some time to recover from. With the gap to the front down to around two minutes, Bardet launched a move out of the peloton still with three of the categorised climbs to be crested, and soon got on to the wheel of dsm-firmenich PostNL team-mate Van den Broek who helped him move clear.

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