Tour de France: Frank van den Broek and Romain Bardet foiled the sprinters on stage 1(Image credit: Getty Images)
In what is due to be his final Tour de France, Romain Bardet (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) rolled back the years to take the most stunning win of his career on stage 1 of the 2024 race, surviving a charging peloton by the barest of margins to net him a first-ever stint in the yellow jersey.
![Tour de France - Figure 1](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/j0riqebpsw1715769462.png)
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