Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 1 - Nice Moyen Pays to Nice - France - August 29, 2020. UAE Team Emirates rider Alexander Kristoff of Norway celebrates after winning the stage. Pool via REUTERS/Thibault Camus
NICE, France (Reuters) - Alexander Kristoff won the opening stage of the Tour de France while Thibaut Pinot, who is hoping to end the home nation's 35-year wait for a local champion, was one of several riders to take a tumble during a rain-hit ride on Saturday.
Norway's Kristoff outsprinted Danish world champion Mads Pedersen after 156 km around Nice. Pinot trailed by some distance but was credited with the same time as the winner since the massive crash occurred within three kilometres of the finish line on the Promenade des Anglais.
