Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Mark Cavendish and Fabio Jakobsen crossed the end line of the opening stage of the Tour de France effectively throughout the time restrict. The sprinters from Astana Qazaqstan and DSM-Firmenich PostNL had a tough day via Italy, however in the end had ten minutes left earlier than the time restrict expired.
Cavendish was the primary sprinter to be dropped on this tough opening stage, after which he was met by many teammates. Amongst them, Michele Gazzoli dropped out, as a result of he was overcome by the warmth and needed to abandon because of sickness. In the long run, Cav crossed the end line within the presence of Yevgeniy Fedorov, Davide Ballerini, Michael Mørkøv and Cees Bol.
Cavendish’s group picked up three extra riders alongside the best way, as a result of Fabio Jakobsen additionally had a tough time alongside the best way. He later dropped away, however finally – along with teammate Bram Welten – fell again into the final bus. Jonas Rickaert (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was additionally using round there. He fell exhausting final week on the BK, however was nonetheless capable of begin, though it was not a chunk of cake for the Belgian.
Finally the time restrict was 49.11 minutes, however it was not a sport of seconds in Rimini. The group with Cavendish and Jakobsen completed ten minutes earlier than time.
