The Tour de France got underway in picturesque Yorkshire today although the home fans probably left a bit disappointed following the news that Mark Cavendish's Tour de France could be over for 2014 after he was involved in a nasty crash with Australian Simon Gerrans in the sprint to the finish in Harrogate.
Cavendish sustained a dislocated shoulder and was in a considerable amount of pain after the race - it would be a big shame for the Tour and for British cycling fans, if the injury was enough to end his Tour effort after only just one etape.
Cavendish's great rival, the German Marcel Kittel won to become the first rider to take the yellow jersey this year ahead of another great sprinter and arch nemesis of the podium girl, Slovakia's Peter Sagan and Jack Bauer's Garmin-Sharp teammate from Lithuania, Ramunas Navardauskas.
Jack himself stayed away from the carnage to finish in the pack - he's classified 56th with the same time as Marcel Kittel. So a good solid start from Takaka's finest.
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