Florence, 26 June 2024 – “I am very happy with this one first big start” from Italy, “as you know it had never happened before in the history of the Tour de France”, and “I saw that the rain of the last few days is behind us and that we will have beautiful sunshinethe beautiful sun of Florence, which adapts very well to Grand Depart”. She stated it Christian Prudhommegeneral manager of Tour de Franceguest of the Becycle salon at Pitti Immagine in Florence.
On Saturday the tour will start from the Tuscan capital to stop first in Emilia Romagna and then in Piedmont. “I’m very happy to see side events like this,” he said the worlds of culture and the Tour de France mixand obviously I can’t wait to watch first brawls from Florence to Rimini and then obviously from Cesenatico to Bologna, passing through the San Luca climb, and then the third stage for the sprinters”.
Speaking further about Becycle, Prudhomme said he was very impressed by it memorabilia collection cycling themed, from jerseys to vintage magazines, by the English designer Paul Smith. “I knew, obviously,” he noted, “that he was madly in love with cycling. The collection is absolutely remarkable. You can tell he’s a real enthusiast, and meeting people who have had success in fashion, even though he originally wanted to be a racing cyclist , it’s really very beautiful: I’m impressed by his collection.”
