The Sprint for Supremacy: What Olav Kooij's Tour de France Win Reveals About the Peloton's New Order The dust has settled on stage five of the Tour de France, but the implications of Dutch debutant Olav Kooij's surprise victory are only just beginning to take shape.
On a chaotic day when the established order was turned on its head, Kooij emerged as the unlikely hero, outpacing a star studded field in a frenetic sprint finish.
The crash that scattered the peloton just over five kilometers from the line left lead out teams scrambling to regroup and salvage what little they could of their momentum.