All-Piedmontese stage for the Tour de Francewhich today has made tribute to another great protagonist of Italian cycling, Fausto Coppialso passing through his Tortona in the fraction that closed in Turinthe longest of the 2024 Tour, with its 230 kilometers mostly flat. So today’s day of the yellow race was dedicated to the sprinters, who had the opportunity to unleash all their power on the finish line in the Piedmontese capital.
The enthusiasm of the Italian public
The greatest spectacle on the Tour roads today was offered by the Italian publicwhich once again ennobled the choice of the French organizers to start from Italy for this edition of the Grand Boucle. The race, however, said very little while waiting for the final sprintwith the sprinters’ teams ensuring that no escape took shape. Only the Frenchman Grellier stuck his nose out for about thirty kilometersmanaging to gain half a minute as a maximum advantage, only to be caught with 28 km to go.
New yellow jersey
However, with 13 kilometres to go, Jasper Philpsen, one of the most anticipated protagonists, complicated his mission for the day’s success. A group crash disrupts the game at minus twoagain involving Philipsen. The sprint starts with a small group, and Biniam Girmay takes advantage of the opportunitywho gets the better of Pedersen. The yellow jersey passes to Richard Carapaz.
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