2024-07-01 13:37:47
The younger hope of French biking, Kevin Vauclin of Crew Arcea received the second stage of the Tour de France.
Thus, for the primary time since 1968, the primary two levels of the most important biking race on the planet had been received by French riders, after Romain Bardet from DSM turned the winner of the primary stage on Saturday.
It’s curious that the successes of Bardet and Vauclin got here on Italian territory, the place this yr are the primary three levels of the Tour de France. The 23-year-old Vauclin, who’s making his debut within the race, lined the 199.2 kilometer distance from Cesenatico to Bologna in 4 hours, 43 minutes and 42 seconds. In doing so, he achieved his first stage win in a grand tour, and in addition the primary victory for Arcea within the Tour de France.
There’s a new chief within the normal classification. The holder of the yellow jersey is the two-time champion Tadej Pogachar. The Slovenian, who rides for the United Arab Emirates, arrived 2:21 minutes behind winner Voclen.
Pogacar, who earlier within the season received the Tour of Italy, made a really sturdy assault on the second move of the San Luca hill in Bologna round 11 kilometers earlier than the end. He was adopted solely by the champion of the final two years within the “Tour” Jonas Vingegaard. The Dane didn’t permit Pogachar to make any distinction and within the final two kilometers the 2 positively decreased the tempo. This allowed Olympic champion Richard Karapas (Eq) and Remko Evenepool (Bel) to meet up with Pogacar and Vingegor on the ultimate straight.
Thus, within the normal classification, the 4 presently have an equal time, with which they share the primary place.