Norway's Kristoff outsprinted Danish world champion Mads Pedersen after 156 km around Nice. Colombian Nairo Quintana, twice a Tour runner-up, fell earlier while Pavel Sivakov, one of defending champion Egan Bernal's key lieutenants, hit the ground twice. Organisers postponed the start of the Tour de France by several weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pinot, one of the title contenders behind favourites Roglic and Bernal, sustained a bump on his knee and multiple bruises. But we have to go through this for the good of everyone and the fact that the Tour is starting is already a good thing," triple world champion Peter Sagan told reporters.

Source: The Star August 29, 2020 16:22 UTC