Pre-stage updates and first part of the race
13.06 There will be five kilometers to cover before kilometer zero.
13.03 The Italian hopes are obviously on Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain-Victorious) who has not hidden his ambitions to make the rankings.
1.00pm The group begins to move towards kilometer zero, a lap in the velodrome and then goes towards the center of San Francesco al Campo.
12.59 To highlight the first retirement of the Corsa Rosa: Robert Gesink of Visma | Lease a Bike.
12.56 We will start in the velodrome of San Francesco al Campo, which is precisely near Ganna, where he took his first steps in cycling. Meanwhile the group is positioning itself in view of the departure.
12.53 “We have to defend the pink jersey, Narvaez is in excellent shape. I hope there will be other teams that can give us a hand if they aim for victory. Today is a day of rest for me, let’s hope for good weather.” This is how Filippo Ganna expresses himself on Rai’s microphones.
12.50 This is the general classification after the first stage:
1 NARVÁEZ Jhonatan INEOS Grenadiers 20 10″ 3:14:13
2 SCHACHMANN Maximilian BORA – hansgrohe 7″ 0:03
3 POGAČAR Tadej UAE Team Emirates 4″ 0:06
4 BAUDIN Alex Decathlon AG2R The World Team 0:16
5 CARUSO Damiano Bahrain – Victorious 3″ 0:17
6 CONCI Nicola Alpecin – Deceuninck 2″ 0:18
7 HERMANS Quinten Alpecin – Deceuninck 0:20
8 VANSEVENANT Mauri Soudal Quick-Step ,,
9 TIBERI Antonio Bahrain – Victorious ,,
10 VALTER Attila Team Visma | Lease a Bike,,
11 THOMAS Geraint INEOS Grenadiers,,
12 GANNA Filippo INEOS Grenadiers,,
13 MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe BORA – hansgrohe ,,
14 UIJTDEBROEKS Cian Team Visma | Lease a Bike,,
15 DUNBAR Eddie Team Jayco AlUla,,
12.47 “A little disappointed not to have won but yesterday was a day to understand the form and understand who the opponents are. Today we’ll see how the other teams will behave, it’s a good opportunity to win. We understand how the race will develop.” These are the words of Tadej Pogacar to the Rai microphones.
12.44 But we know how important it is to get to the last stage in pink. Already today Pogacar can distance himself from his main rivals in the ranking, perhaps not by ‘killing’ the competition but by creating a bit of a margin. But obviously his opponents don’t want to go out beaten.
12.41 The first pink jersey belongs to Jhonatan Narvaez of Ineos-Grenadiers, who yesterday won ahead of Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) and the very favorite Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates). For the Slovenian there is no chance of equaling Gianni Bugno, who in 1990 had the pink jersey from the first to the last stage.
12.38 Over 90 fairly calm kilometers, then the rumba begins until the finish line. Oasi Zegna (5.5 km at 5.2%) and Nelva (5 km at 5.5%) are preceded by a couple of climbs not classified as GPM which will cause difficulty for the runners. Then the final climb, 11.8 km at 6.1% but which will see several sections in double figures of gradient.
12.35 Good morning everyone and welcome to the LIVE LIVE of the second stage of the Tour de France 2024! We are already at the first uphill finish, that of the Sanctuary of Oropa!
Our updates will begin at 12.40pm.
