The Flemish, launched by Van der Poel, dominates the sprint … by detachment on the Eritrean Girmay and the Norwegian Werenskjold. Evenepoel and Milan at 39 “. Ganna retires after two falls
In Lilla, Jasper Philipsen is not wrong and it is the first yellow jersey of the 112nd Tour de France: the Flemish of the Alpecin-Deceuninck, launched by Van der Poel, dominates the sprint … by detachment on the Eritrean Biniam Girmay (inter-wearing) and on the Norwegian Soren Werenskjold (one-X), Quinto Matteo Trentin (Tudor). Philipsen, 27 years old, Belgian from Mol like Tom Boonen, won the Milan-Sanremo 2024 thanks to a splendid work by Van der Poel on the Poggio: today he conquers the tenth stage on the tour (it was the green shirt of the points ranking in 2023), which means the 54th career victory. “The yellow jersey could only dream of it and today is mine,” says Philipsen, moved. He is Tadej Pogacar’s best friend, often attend Montecarlo with their respective companions. But on the most beautiful day of Philipsen, Vingegaard and Pogacar earn 39 “on Eventapoel and Roglic for the fans born in the final: not bad. After all, the Slovenian had said it: attention to the first stages, many pitfalls and pitfalls, you can lose minutes.
the range
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The inaugural day of the tour gives electricity and emotions at every moment. 16.7 km from the arrival Vistma of Vingegaard brings out the range that breaks the group. The Danish, in particular, is very careful and spuries energy in every moment, he also deserves a yellow jersey for how he ran. And Pogacar has never lost sight of him, so much so that 3.7 km from the arrival find themselves in the head. Under the impulse of Jornson and Benood, Scudieri di Vingegaard, make a hellish rhythm, shared by the Van der Poel and Philipsen Alpecin, by Trentin’s Tudor and the Uno-X, plus our Trentin, Albanian and Ballerini: in front remain in 37, including Pogacar and his partner Wellens (National Belgian champion), O’Connor and O’Connor. Mas, and at the finish line Evenepoel, Roglic and all the other sprinters, such as Merlier and Milan, can no longer return. Wind at 30 per hour, with gusts at 40, laterally, vingegaard at the head of the group several times. It goes to 65 per hour. At 13 km, they are 20 “ahead, at 11.6 are 26”, at 10 km 32 “. At 6 km they are 40”. At 5 km are 40 “, the 37 in command go to 61 per hour. Pogacar and Vingegaard in the lead alongside each other. This ending is a show in Lilla. Jonathan Milan, highly anticipated on the debut on this tour, has the pride of making the sprint of the group of beaten, and wins it clearly: 39 ° to 39”. It will make it back in two days.
news
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A stressful day, as could be expected, from the first part of the stage, when the wind blows strongly laterally and the big ones, protected by the Gregars, fear the fans. Who do not start because the teams do not want. An opportunity that would have cost effort, of course, mental and physical, but would have done very badly to the group. We had already in the Indian row, the runners “waved” like flags in front and behind, and it would have been very little to create a mess. In a stage of the race where the wind had recently changed and the platoon was leading like crazy. They have Simon Yates problems, the Pink Giro shirt, Polytt, Lenny Martinez, Bissegger (another favorite for the time trial on the fifth day): total stress. Then the group calms down. Shortly after another signal comes from Jonas Vingegaard, the Danish who never slips beyond the tenth position from the head of the group, and on top of the second fourth category GPM, the Mont Noir 45 km from the arrival, passes first in front of Sivakov, Gregario di Pogacar. As if to say: give me a real climb and show you who I am.
ganna
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Very loving first stop for Pippo Ganna. The Olympian, who had focused everything on the tour and skipped the lap, falls to km 52 with Sean Flynn, in a curve on the right. It was a moment of pure electricity of the group, because the wind blew strong lateral and the big teams feared the fans. Ganna breaks a shoe, remain on the ground a few moments, changes it, is assisted by the doctors of the race, resumes the bike, loses two minutes and returns like a frantic. Then the Piedmontese detaches again when the race faces the Mont Cassel, a hill in pavé: Ganna slips back, puts her hands on the back, cannot keep her straight and retires 62 km from the conclusion. What a pity: the Olympian had prepared the tour with great attention, waited for the fifth stage (the CARO DI CAEN) for the duel with Eventapoel and Pogacar, and then there were stages like that of tomorrow and the seventh that will turn into small classics in the North, and therefore very suitable for Ganna, who had focused a lot on the races of a day: according to the Sanremo, third in Harelbeke, Flanders and 13th at Roubaix. At this point Ganna’s season is all to be reinvented, considering that the World Cup in Rwanda, both the time trial and the online test, are for climbers. The European Championships in France remain and then the World Cup in Chile in October.
plan
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Tomorrow second stage, Lauwin Planque-Bougne Sur Mer, 209.1 km: difference in altitude 2550 meters, for attackers, three stars. It is already one of those stages where we will see the great ranking in action. We go to the North Sea, with the risk of rain and fans, but above all there are three climbs in the last 29 km that will break the group. The last is a wall of 800 meters to 8.8% average 5 km from the arrival. Remember what happened in the first stage of the Delfinato, a month ago, with the Vingegaard attack on a 5%hill? Well, tie your belts: Pogacar, Vingegaard and Evenepel already on the attention in a day that winks at Van der Poel and Van Aert. The final straight of 1200 meters pulls 4%upwards. At Boulogne Sur Mer, the most important fishing port of France, in 2012 there was the first victory in France of Peter Sagan.
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