- Norwegian wins in Nice ahead of Mads Pedersen
- Thibaut Pinot, Nairo Quintana and Pavel Sivakov fall
Alexander Kristoff of Norway became the first yellow jersey wearer in this year’s Tour de France after a chaotic opening stage in Nice was partially neutralised when almost every rider in the peloton was involved in a crash at one point or another.
The veteran sprinter Kristoff emerged from the melee, and avoided another huge crash in the final three kilometres, to hold off the current world road race champion, Mads Pedersen of Denmark, and claim the stage victory and overall race lead.