TURIN (ITALPRESS) – A reduced sprint after the first uphill shots. It was Jhonatan Narvaez who won the first stage of the 2024 Giro d’Italia, the 140 kilometer Venaria Reale-Turin: the Ecuadorian rider preceded the German Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-hansgrohe) and the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) , which immediately ignited the race in the final stages. The Ineos cyclist will therefore wear the first pink jersey of this 107th edition. “I felt good, we knew it could be a good stage for me, of course we had to follow one of the best riders in the world, in the end I managed to get ahead of Pogacar – the hot comment from Narvaez – The pink jersey? It’s incredible, I’ve always thought that there aren’t great opportunities for a runner with my characteristics to wear it. I had dreamed of it, but it took a lot of work to make this dream come true.” The first stage immediately offered many emotions with a breakaway that started from the first kilometres, with Nicola Conci (Alpecin-Deceuninck) who tried to snatch the victory, but the Italian was caught up at the end, finishing fifth. Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain-Victorius) was also eighth, ten seconds behind the stage winner. Tomorrow the second stage, the San Francesco al Campo-Santuario of Oropa (Biella) of 161 kilometres.
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