Spectacular show by Laurenz Rex at the Tour de France during the climb of San Luca in the second stage: surrounded by two wings of enthusiastic crowds, the young Belgian suddenly did a wheelie on his bike, staying on one wheel for an insane amount of time, smiling and overtaking his opponents.
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Show in the show at the Tour de France who after two stages is already telling incredible stories, both in the race and on the sidelines of the Grande Boucle. And so on the occasion of the second Italian stage from Cesenatico to Bologna there was also an unthinkable moment for everyone during the race when, on the legendary climb of San Luca, ridden twice, Laurenz Rex from Intermarché-Wanty He put on a pure show, driving the audience in attendance and the TV audience crazy, by doing a wheelie on his bike and staying on one wheel for what seemed like an almost interminable amount of time.
24 years old, professional since 2021 and included in the Team Intermarché-Wanty roster: Laurenz Rex is at his first Tour de France and he wanted to make his mark in his own waysince he will have very little chance of getting noticed in terms of the general classification or the day’s victories. And so he came up with a surprise move that immediately went viral, in the middle of the race, while the best were thinking about tactics, sprints, escapes and gaps. The Belgian, probably fascinated by the spectacular setting of the San Luca climb, with two wings of cheering crowd as the cyclists passed by, he improvised a surge that became epic.
Rex’s Show: On a Wheel Up the Tour
Obviously, what the Intermarché-Wanty cyclist did thrilled the many spectators on the roadside for the second Italian stage of the Tour de France, on an iconic climb, that of San Luca which was completed twice before the final in Bologna. But even on TV the show was no less when Laurenz Rex improvised his own show, lifting the front wheel and staying in a wheelie. Reaching a record time.
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As you can see from the second video, it was also timed and the time was spectacular: 1 minute and 13 seconds in total. Pedaling on a wheel with an enormous difficulty coefficient because – even if the section in question had gentler slopes – the climb even touched percentages of 10%. Rex did not worry about it: he pedaled on a wheel, almost suspended by an invisible thread given the ease of execution, while he also allowed himself to overtake some opponents, smiling in front of the delirious audience.
