Greig Leach

The first stage win for Biniam Girmay! The first stage win for Intermache-Wanty! And the first stage win by a rider from Eritrea! Oh, and it was the first mass sprint of the 111th Tour de France, too. Girmay came up the barriers at an incredible speed to get around the fading Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek). Neither Fernando Gaviria (Movistar) nor Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Dstny) could match the speed of the Eritrean but they did take second and third on the stage respectively. Sadly, we didn't get to see Mark Cavendish factor in the first sprint stage of the Tour, nor Jasper Philipsen for that matter either. Still, there are another five chances for the magical number 35.