Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard, 27, won the Tour de France last year for the second time in a row but this year all eyes are on his main rival Polish rider Tadej Pogačar, 25.
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00:00The Tour de France has finally kicked off.
00:06Thousands of enthusiastic fans and riders gathered in Florence ahead of the first stage
00:12of the 111th edition of the race.
00:16An estimated 800,000 fans were expected in the Italian city for the Grand Depart.
00:24The first time that Italy has hosted the start of the world's most famous cycle race.
00:32The riders finished the first stage in Rimini with Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar the favorite
00:38to win.
00:40It would be his third tour ahead of the defending champion Jonas Vingegaard.
01:06Doubts however remain over Vingegaard's fitness.
01:10He was hospitalized for nearly two weeks in Spain in April following a high-speed crash
01:16in the Tour of the Basque Country.
01:19He sustained a broken collarbone and ribs and a collapsed lung.