Cycling: Unsung hero Teunissen grabs chance, and yellow jersey

BRUSSELS - When Dutchman Mike Teunissen woke up on Saturday morning the last thing he imagined was that a few hours later he would be presented with the Tour de France yellow jersey by the greatest rider in the history of cycling.

That is exactly what happened, however, as the 26-year-old grabbed the chance of a lifetime with both hands to claim a slender victory on the opening stage of the race and become the first Dutchman to wear yellow since 1989. He did just that on Saturday but when Groenewegen wiped out in a crash 1.6km from the finish he took matters into his own hands and beat two of the world’s best finishers, Peter Sagan and Caleb Ewan, in a thrilling battle to the line.

Then it was off to get the yellow jersey from Merckx who won the first of his five Tours de France 50 years ago.“Now I have this lovely jersey and no-one can ever take it away from me. I started cycling with these kinds of dreams.The last Dutch rider to wear the yellow jersey was Erik Breukink after the prologue in Luxemburg in 1989.

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