The third stage of the 2024 Tour de France has been archived. In this beginning of the Big loop in the beautiful country, the Piacenza-Turin 230.8 km animated the scene. A sprint finish was expected and so it was, even if in a final part of the stage in which the fall of a group of riders had a significant impact on the progress.
The Eritrean won Biniam Girmaypreceding the Colombian Fernando Gaviria and the Belgian Arnaud De Lie. However, it was a great day for the EF Education – EasyPost. Thanks to the amazing work of Alberto Bettiolwith a spectacular leg in the final stages of the race, Richard Carapaz he tore the Yellow Jersey a Tadej Pogacardespite having the same overall time.
Carapaz, in fact, can boast a sum of the placings obtained in these three stages better than the Slovenian ace (46 for the South American and 56 for Pogacar). Sogreat satisfaction for EFas witnessed by Bettiol on RaiSport HD microphones: “The yellow jersey was a goal, it means a lot to our sponsors. We are not used to it like UAE, for us it is important. We are enjoying this historic yellow jersey. We worked well, we deserve it. We did not expect Carapaz to go so fast“, he told.
“I thank all the Italians who supported me, from the bottom of my heart. I’m living a dream. Today it seemed like the Milan-Turin, it’s a strange feeling to have the tricolor jersey“, the Italian runner concluded.
