Piacenza, 01 July 2024 – An oceanic crowd has invaded Piacenza to live the experience of Tour de France and greet the yellow caravan that will leave theEmilia Romagna and tomorrow also Italy.
The start of the Tour de France in Piacenza: all the passion of the city for the passage of the yellow caravan, which thus leaves Emilia-Romagna
The Big loop leaves the region after three days of this historic Great Departure of the Tour in Italy which even the stage cities will remember for a long time, not only for the party but also for the invasion of the race vehicles, with related traffic jams even for those who were on foot.
And Piacenzaor as the Tour dubbed it ‘Plaisance’, there was the start of the stage which will then arrive in Turin and start tomorrow Pinerolo the French caravan will return to their homeland.
Malta Avenue it was covered with people as was the adjacent car park where the team buses were parked, the village behind the stage where the signature sheet show was staged.
In front of a few thousand people here the runners appear and the champions arrive directly on stage by bike and take the applause. The last to appear were the holders of the leader’s jerseys: the white jersey of the young riders Remco Evenepoelthe polka-dotted one Madouasthe green of Abrahamsen and finally lots of applause for the yellow jersey on the shoulders of Pogacar.
Meanwhile, in the bus area behind, other champions don’t shy away from taking more photos, especially when it’s children who call them. It is the case of Primoz Roglicwho in the standings is only 21″ behind the leader but who triumphs in the hearts of the people, stopping several times for photos and selfies with children. Lots of applause “behind the scenes” also for the world champion From Der Poelthe affection shown to Cavendish and for the acclaimed tricolor Bettiola rare Italian pearl at the start of the Tour.
And between the buses of the Tour of France there was also the one from the Italian national team, who arrived in support of the Intermarche-Wantywho had some problems with his.
It is 11.10 when the start flag is lowered, for the longest stage of the 2024 editionwith 230.8 km to cycle to get to Torino with a possible sprint.
Cyclists attach looks to the pedals and they say goodbye to the city with a walkway in the center. From the yellow of the race to the typical blue of Guercino, they pass alongside the Duomo with the dome frescoed by the genius from Cento, and shortly before, in the square where the statue of stands out Farnesealso a special tribute to France, with the tour Eiffel decorated not with baguettes but with the typical bread of the area. “Welcome to Plaisance” says some handwritten banner that appeared smiling at the name change at the hands of “friends” from beyond the Alps.
