The first week of 111th edition of the Tour de France It ends with a real challenge: the existence of the ‘sterrato’, stretches of terrain that have been in vogue for a long time, that some cyclists and especially many spectators like very much, but the future is always tinged with a mystery of stages.
The first week of the race could not have a more exciting and uncertain ending than on the gravel, in the second experience of the Tour in this format after the inaugural in 2022 in the women’s race.
In particular, there will be 14 sections, six of them in the final part for a total of 32 kilometers. The first stage, the 14th, is at kilometer 44.9 of the day, and the last ten kilometers from the finish line, with the addition that the peloton has to pass four hills.
Pogacar he has already shown what he can do in this type of terrain, just remember his amazing success in Strade-Bianche this year, where he already announced that he would attack 50 kilometers from the finish line and then keep his word. A scenario that might worry the Dane Jonas Vingegaard and even the Belgians Remco Evenepoel, second overall after Pogacar. It is enough to recall the statements of Remco’s Soudal team leader, Patrick Lefeverewhen asked about today’s stage: “It was a mistake and stupidity, done for the benefit of the public and not the runners.”
What is clear is that after Sunday’s stage a well-deserved break awaits the runners.
Source: La Verdad
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