Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Mark Cavendish and Fabio Jakobsen completed the opening stage of the Tour de France effectively throughout the time restrict. The sprinters from Astana Qazaqstan and dsm-firmenich PostNL had a troublesome day in Italy, however finally had ten minutes ‘left’ earlier than the time restrict expired.
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Cavendish was the primary sprinter to be dropped on this troublesome 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 attributable to 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 way in which, as a result of Fabio Jakobsen additionally had a tough time alongside the way in which. He later let go, however in the end – along with teammate Bram Welten – fell again into the final bus. Jonas Rickaert (Alpecin-Deceuninck) additionally rode round there. He fell exhausting on the Belgian Championships final week, however was nonetheless in a position to begin, though it didn’t go easily for the Belgian.
Finally the time restrict was 49.11 minutes, however it was not a recreation of seconds in Rimini. The group with Cavendish and Jakobsen completed ten minutes earlier than time.
