Rome, 16 June 2024 – The first of the two preparatory races for the Tour de France 2024The Tour of the Dauphiné 2024had seen success (albeit with the final thrill provided by Matthew Jorgenson) Of Primoz Roglic: a nice message to the number one favorite Tadej Pogacarwhich from the second race to keep an eye on in view of the Big BoucleThe Tour of Switzerland 2024collects some very heartening feedback from her UAE Team Emirates.
The details
After years spent receiving accusations of weakness in the face of the then domination Jumbo-Visma and the other squadrons (above all Ineos Grenadiers), in recent times the trend has clearly reversed: now it is precisely theUAE Team Emirates to scare beyond the presence on the roster of the Slovenian champion, fresh winner (and dominator) of Giro d’Italia 2024. Yet another proof comes from the Swiss race, which curiously ended on the first anniversary of the death of Gino Maderwho died after the terrible fall that occurred along the descent of the Albula Pass: there were many commemorations for the very unfortunate Swiss runner, the most evocative and emotional of which came at the end of the stage 4with the dedication of Torstein Traeentoday right at Bahrain Victoriousafter winning on Gotthard Pass. That very day the signed domain had begun UAE Team Emirateswith Adam Yates to win a yellow jersey taken from the retired rider Alberto Bettiol (for him a fall without major consequences) and in fact never left again: in the middle, just to reiterate the concept of the Emirati monologue, 2 wins of the British e 2 Of Joao Almeida, curiously reported every other day. Both Saturday 29 June they will be on the way Florence to fill the role of lieutenants of Pogacarwhich from Swiss he therefore collects excellent signals about the goodness of his team. Indeed: he knows what in the end Tadej he doesn’t have to ‘fear’ friendly fire any more than other rivals, including perhaps the revived one Egan Bernalfourth after losing the third step of the podium in the last time trial Mattias Skjelmose.
The other races
If the Giro d’Italia 2024 spoke Slovenian, the Tour of Slovenia 2024 continues to speak Italian thanks to the victory of Giovanni Aleottiwho precedes on the podium Pello Bilbao And Giulio Pellizzari: a year ago, however, it was the one who imposed itself Filippo Zana, confirming a race that was very friendly to the blue colours. The Giro Next Gen 2024 instead he saw the dominion of Jarno Widarthe classic name, yet another of the fruitful Belgian school, which we will hear about in the future: the best Italian in the general ranking was instead Florian Samuel Kajaminiseventh, while Lorenzo Nespoli he consoled himself by winning the ranking reserved for climbers. If these are the heartening notes, there is a statistic that does not allow the Italian movement, just recovering after dark years, to sleep peacefully: no Italian has won any stage in this edition of the Tour of Italy reserved for Under-23s.
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