"How long does he have?" asks one fan to another, waiting outside the Astana-Qazaqstan team bus on the promenade in Rimini. "25 minutes have gone," the second replies. "I think he's going to make it."
Mark Cavendish was not expected to be the story on stage one of the Tour de France. But after dropping from the peloton early, appearing to vomit, and lagging deeper behind on time, a worry began to sprout.
