2016 Tour de France

103rd edition: July 2 - July 24, 2016

Stage 1, Saturday, July 2: 
Mont Saint Michel - Utah Beach

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Stage 1, Saturday, July 2: Mont Saint Michel - Utah Beach/Sainte Marie du Mont, 188 km

Stage 1 photos | Stage 1 video

Mont Saint Michel

Organiser's stage preview:

The Mont-Saint-Michel! Who could have dreamt of a more spectacular Grand Départ to a Tour de France under the sign of esthetics? From there, it'll be a rather smooth start: flat terrain on all the stage. At the finish, the riders will have a meeting with history, arriving at Utah Beach, one of the beaches chosen on the 6th of June 1944 for the D-Day Landing operations. The sprinters should have the final word…

Rated ascents:

• Km 20.5: Côte d'Avranches, 1.2 km @ 5.7% - cat 4
• Km 39.0: Côte des falaises de Champeaux, 1.3 km @ 4.8% - cat 4

Weather: 1:45 local time at at Mont Saint Michel, partly cloudy, 17C (63F). Wind 21 km/hr (12 mph) WNW

The Race: All 198 riders started at 12:51 PM.

Here's the organiser's telling of the days racing.

Mark Cavendish claimed stage 1 of the 103rd Tour de France in Utah Beach as he outsprinted Marcel Kittel and Peter Sagan to take the first yellow jersey of his career. He previously led the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. This is his 27th stage victory at the Tour de France. Like in 2011, Alberto Contador crashed during stage 1 as 81 kilometers were yet to be covered. However, the Spaniard crossed the line in the same time as all the favorites.

198 riders started stage 1 of the 103rd Tour de France in front of the Mont-Saint-Michel. Leigh Howard (IAM Cycling) was the first attacker, followed by Jan Barta and Paul Voss (Bora-Argon 18). The latter rode away to take the two points up for grab in the King of the Mountains competition at Avranches (km 20) and falaise de Champeaux (km 39). At 40km, a group of five leaders was composed with the addition of two chasers, Anthony Delaplace (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) and Alex Howes (Cannondale-Drapac). The biggest deficit of the peloton was 4.30 after 30km of racing. Belgian riders Julien Vermote of Etixx-Quick Step and Thomas De Gendt from Lotto-Soudal led the peloton to set the pace and maintain the gap around three minutes for their respective sprinter Marcel Kittel and André Greipel.

87km before the end, crosswinds inclined a few teams, namely Cannondale-Drapac, Movistar and Etixx-Quick Step. Several riders were dropped, including Domenico Pozzovivo, Thomas Voeckler, Ruben Plaza, Daniel Teklehaimanot, Natnael Berhane, Nicolas Edet... They got back on after Alberto Contador crashed six kilometers further and the peloton slowed down. It helped the leading riders to contest the intermediate sprint without being caught too early. Only Voss was brought back with 75km to go. Contador rejoined the peloton and called the medical car for assistance. 57km before the end, Delaplace accelerated. Only Howes managed to follow him. The leading duo stayed away until 4.5km to go.

Several teams led their sprinter out. Katusha seemed to have it for Alexander Kristoff but Bernhard Eisel and Mark Renshaw put Cavendish in the right position just behind world champion Peter Sagan who opened the sprint. The Dimension Data rider proved that his famous speed doesn't belong to the past. After taking his 27th victory at the Tour de France, he'll ride stage 2 in yellow, a first in his brilliant career.

Tinkoff team leader Alberto Contador crashed 80 km from the finish in Utah Beach and admitted it was not the best possible start for his Tour de France.

“It's not the best way to start. I'm bruised all down along my right side from my ankle up but at least I don't have to go home. Hopefully I can get through the coming days and recover before the mountains. There are some positions where my shoulder gives me some doubts but I want to be optimistic and recover. I was well placed [at the time of the crash]. I came into the corner, there was a traffic island and my front wheel hit it and then I fell back on the curb."

Mark Cavendish was the day's fastest man

Complete Results:

Stage 1 photos | Video

188 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.3 km/hr

1	CAVENDISH Mark	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	4hr 14min 5sec
2	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
3	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF	s.t.
4	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
5	THEUNS Edward	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
6	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
7	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
8	KRISTOFF Alexander	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
9	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
10	HENDERSON Gregory	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
11	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
12	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
13	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
14	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
15	DEGENKOLB John	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
16	RENSHAW Mark	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
17	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
18	RAST Gregory	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
19	TIMMER Albert	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
20	RICHEZE Ariel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
21	SINKELDAM Ramon	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
22	BRESCHEL Matti	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
23	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
24	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF	s.t.
25	FROOME Christopher	TEAM SKY	s.t.
26	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
27	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
28	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	s.t.
29	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
30	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
31	WAGNER Robert	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
32	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
33	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
34	IRIZAR Markel	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
35	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
36	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
37	MARTENS Paul	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
38	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
39	CURVERS Roy	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
40	PORTE Richie	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
41	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
42	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	TINKOFF	s.t.
43	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
44	ARU Fabio	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
45	FONSECA Armindo	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
46	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
47	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
48	IMPEY Daryl	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
49	DUMOULIN Tom	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
50	HERRADA Jesús	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
51	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
52	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
53	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
54	MARTIN Daniel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
55	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
56	BARDET Romain	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
57	VACHON Florian	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
58	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
59	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
60	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
61	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
62	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
63	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
64	PAUWELS Serge	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
65	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
66	SCHÄR Michael	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
67	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
68	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
69	LINDEMAN Bert Jan	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
70	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
71	VANMARCKE Sep	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
72	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
73	KELDERMAN Wilco	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
74	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
75	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
76	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
77	HENAO Sergio Luis	TEAM SKY	s.t.
78	GENE Yohann	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
79	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
80	BOZIC Borut	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
81	FARIA Rui Alberto	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
82	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
83	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
84	KIRYIENKA Vasili	TEAM SKY	s.t.
85	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
86	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	s.t.
87	YATES Adam	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
88	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	s.t.
89	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
90	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
91	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	s.t.
92	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
93	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
94	ROELANDTS Jurgen	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
95	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
96	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
97	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF	s.t.
98	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
99	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
100	GESCHKE Simon	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
101	PREIDLER Georg	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
102	PIBERNIK Luka	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
103	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
104	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
105	STANNARD Ian	TEAM SKY	s.t.
106	ROSA Diego	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
107	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
108	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
109	FEILLU Brice	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
110	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
111	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
112	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	s.t.
113	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
114	LANDA Mikel	TEAM SKY	s.t.
115	PINEAU Cedric	FDJ	s.t.
116	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
117	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
118	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
119	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
120	SORENSEN Chris Anker	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
121	GUARNIERI Jacopo	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
122	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
123	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
124	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
125	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
126	STETINA Peter	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
127	HOWES Alex	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
128	BERHANE Natnael	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
129	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
130	MOINARD Amaël	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
131	POLANC Jan	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
132	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	s.t.
133	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
134	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
135	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
136	CARUSO Damiano	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
137	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
138	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
139	TEN DAM Laurens	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
140	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
141	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
142	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
143	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
144	BENNETT George	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
145	SCHLECK Frank	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
146	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
147	VOECKLER Thomas	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 22''
148	CUMMINGS Stephen	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
149	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
150	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
151	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
152	VAKOC Petr	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
153	WYNANTS Maarten	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
154	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
155	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
156	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
157	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
158	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
159	ZAKARIN Ilnur	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
160	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
161	RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
162	LOSADA Alberto	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
163	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 01' 33''
164	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
165	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
166	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
167	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
168	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
169	POELS Wouter	TEAM SKY	s.t.
170	NIEVE Mikel	TEAM SKY	s.t.
171	VICIOSO Angel	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
172	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
173	DELAPLACE Anthony	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
174	EISEL Bernhard	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
175	THOMAS Geraint	TEAM SKY	s.t.
176	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
177	ROWE Luke	TEAM SKY	s.t.
178	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 00''
179	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	s.t.
180	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02' 11''
181	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02' 18''
182	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
183	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
184	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02' 20''
185	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	+ 02' 21''
186	JEANNESSON Arnold	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
187	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 02' 48''
188	DENNIS Rohan	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
189	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
190	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF	s.t.
191	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
192	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 03' 07''
193	MORKOV Michael	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
194	HALLER Marco	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
195	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03' 32''
196	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 04' 05''
197	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 04' 33''
198	ROOSEN Timo	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.

GC after Stage 1:

• GC leader: Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data)
• Points classification leader: Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data)
• Mountains classification leader: Paul Voss (Bora-Argon 18)
• Young rider classification leader: Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo)
• Team classification leader: Lotto-Soudal

1	CAVENDISH Mark	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	4hr 13min 55sec
2	KITTEL Marcel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	@ 4sec
3	SAGAN Peter	TINKOFF	+ 00' 06''
4	GREIPEL André	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 00' 10''
5	THEUNS Edward	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
6	LAPORTE Christophe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
7	COQUARD Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
8	KRISTOFF Alexander	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
9	MC LAY DANIEL	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
10	HENDERSON Gregory	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
11	ENGER Sondre Holst	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
12	STUYVEN Jasper	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
13	BARGUIL WARREN	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
14	ALAPHILIPPE Julian	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
15	DEGENKOLB John	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
16	RENSHAW Mark	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
17	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
18	RAST Gregory	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
19	TIMMER Albert	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
20	RICHEZE Ariel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
21	SINKELDAM Ramon	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
22	BRESCHEL Matti	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
23	GROENEWEGEN Dylan	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
24	KREUZIGER Roman	TINKOFF	s.t.
25	FROOME Christopher	TEAM SKY	s.t.
26	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
27	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
28	GATTO Oscar	TINKOFF	s.t.
29	OLIVEIRA Nelson	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
30	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
31	WAGNER Robert	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
32	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
33	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
34	IRIZAR Markel	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
35	CHAVANEL Sylvain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
36	LEMOINE Cyril	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
37	MARTENS Paul	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
38	BURGHARDT Marcus	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
39	CURVERS Roy	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
40	PORTE Richie	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
41	GRIVKO Andriy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
42	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael	TINKOFF	s.t.
43	NIBALI Vincenzo	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
44	ARU Fabio	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
45	FONSECA Armindo	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
46	GERRANS Simon	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
47	NAESEN Oliver	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
48	IMPEY Daryl	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
49	DUMOULIN Tom	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
50	HERRADA Jesús	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
51	CRADDOCK Lawson	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
52	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
53	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
54	MARTIN Daniel	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
55	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
56	BARDET Romain	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
57	VACHON Florian	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
58	SABATINI Fabio	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
59	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
60	SOUPE GEOFFREY	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
61	CIMOLAI Davide	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
62	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
63	GALLOPIN Tony	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
64	PAUWELS Serge	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
65	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
66	SCHÄR Michael	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
67	ELMIGER Martin	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
68	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
69	LINDEMAN Bert Jan	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
70	DUCHESNE Antoine	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
71	VANMARCKE Sep	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
72	PERICHON Pierre-Luc	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
73	KELDERMAN Wilco	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
74	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
75	IZAGUIRRE Gorka	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
76	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
77	HENAO Sergio Luis	TEAM SKY	s.t.
78	GENE Yohann	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
79	KOREN Kristijan	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
80	BOZIC Borut	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
81	FARIA Rui Alberto	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
82	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
83	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
84	KIRYIENKA Vasili	TEAM SKY	s.t.
85	CANCELLARA Fabian	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
86	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	s.t.
87	YATES Adam	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
88	TOSATTO Matteo	TINKOFF	s.t.
89	TIRALONGO Paolo	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
90	MATTHEWS Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
91	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	s.t.
92	HAYMAN Mathew	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
93	ALBASINI Michael	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
94	ROELANDTS Jurgen	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
95	SIEBERG Marcel	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
96	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
97	BODNAR Maciej	TINKOFF	s.t.
98	GAUTIER Cyril	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
99	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
100	GESCHKE Simon	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
101	PREIDLER Georg	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
102	PIBERNIK Luka	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
103	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
104	CLEMENT Stef	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
105	STANNARD Ian	TEAM SKY	s.t.
106	ROSA Diego	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
107	MOLLEMA Bauke	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
108	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
109	FEILLU Brice	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
110	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
111	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	s.t.
112	REICHENBACH Sébastien	FDJ	s.t.
113	VICHOT Arthur	FDJ	s.t.
114	LANDA Mikel	TEAM SKY	s.t.
115	PINEAU Cedric	FDJ	s.t.
116	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
117	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
118	GOUGEARD Alexis	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
119	GASTAUER Ben	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
120	SORENSEN Chris Anker	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
121	GUARNIERI Jacopo	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
122	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
123	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
124	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
125	DURBRIDGE Luke	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
126	STETINA Peter	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
127	HOWES Alex	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
128	BERHANE Natnael	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
129	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
130	MOINARD Amaël	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
131	POLANC Jan	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
132	ROUX Anthony	FDJ	s.t.
133	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	s.t.
134	BONNET William	FDJ	s.t.
135	NAVARRO Daniel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
136	CARUSO Damiano	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
137	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
138	LANGEVELD Sebastian	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
139	TEN DAM Laurens	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
140	PETIT Adrien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
141	ANACONA Winner Andrew	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
142	BONO Matteo	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
143	BREEN Vegard	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
144	BENNETT George	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
145	SCHLECK Frank	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
146	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
147	CUMMINGS Stephen	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
148	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
149	POZZOVIVO Domenico	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
150	SLAGTER Tom Jelte	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
151	VAKOC Petr	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
152	WYNANTS Maarten	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
153	COPPEL Jérôme	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
154	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
155	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
156	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
157	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
158	ZAKARIN Ilnur	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
159	MARTIN Tony	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
160	RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
161	LOSADA Alberto	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
162	BARTA Jan	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
163	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
164	NIEVE Mikel	TEAM SKY	s.t.
165	VICIOSO Angel	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
166	EISEL Bernhard	TEAM DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
167	THOMAS Geraint	TEAM SKY	s.t.
168	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
169	ROWE Luke	TEAM SKY	s.t.
170	KEISSE Iljo	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
171	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	s.t.
172	BENNETT Sam	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
173	ARCHBOLD Shane	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
174	JEANNESSON Arnold	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
175	MORKOV Michael	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
176	HALLER Marco	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
177	VOECKLER Thomas	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 32''
178	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 01' 43''
179	FUGLSANG Jakob	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
180	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
181	VAN BAARLE Dylan	CANNONDALE DRAPAC TEAM	s.t.
182	POELS Wouter	TEAM SKY	s.t.
183	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
184	DELAPLACE Anthony	FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
185	EDET Nicolas	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02' 21''
186	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02' 28''
187	VOSS Paul	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02' 30''
188	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	+ 02' 31''
189	BOOKWALTER Brent	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 02' 58''
190	DENNIS Rohan	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
191	HOWARD Leigh	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
192	MAJKA Rafal	TINKOFF	s.t.
193	IZAGUIRRE Ion	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
194	VERMOTE Julien	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 03' 17''
195	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03' 42''
196	TULIK ANGÉLO	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 04' 15''
197	BAK Lars Ytting	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 04' 43''
198	ROOSEN Timo	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Video, final kilometer:

Stage 1 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Mont Saint Michel, where the 2016 Tour started

Another shot of MSM

Vincenzo Nibali and Alberto Contador at the the start. That should be Nairo Quintana cut off on the right.

Peter Sagan, Christopher Froome and Fabio Aru wait for the stage to begin.

UCI boss Brian Cookson

TDF manager Christian Prudhomme (light blue shirt) helps cut the start ribbon

The riders set out for the mainland

Mark Cavendish brought his "A" game to the 2016 Tour.

Alberto Contador finished much worse for the wear.

And gets the yellow jersey as his reward.

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