Romain Bardet is the first yellow jersey of the Tour de France 2024 after an exhibition by Frank van den Broek and the DSM team on stage 1 finishing in Rimini. However, the man of the day was Mark Cavendish with a legendary puking show coming in 40 minutes behind the winner, while his Astana teammate Michele Gazzolli abandoned totally exhausted just 2 years after being sanctioned for doping for Tuaminoheptane in a Portuguese village race. Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard will challenge each other on the San Luca climb in stage 2.