Bologna. Frenchman Kevin Vauquelin gained the second stage of the Tour de France on Sunday in Bologna, the place Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, the favorite for the title, already wore the yellow jersey of the final classification chief.
Vauquelin gained after leaving his breakaway companions behind on the second ascent of the fearsome San Luca climb to document the second French stage victory in two days of the Tour, after Romain Bardet’s Saturday win in Rimini.
The final time the primary two phases of the Tour had been gained by Frenchmen was in 1968, with two consecutive victories by Charly Grosskost.
At 23 years outdated, Norman Vauquelin is without doubt one of the nice hopes of French biking and not too long ago turned runner-up in his nation’s time trial.
After responding very properly on the demanding climb of San Luca, he flew to victory on the descent in the direction of Bologna, whereas the group with the principle favourites was about three minutes behind.
“That is loopy, yesterday I used to be at all-time low and right this moment I had an ideal day,” he stated.
As anticipated, Tadej Pogacar attacked on the finish of the San Luca climb. The one one capable of comply with him was the Dane Jonas Vingegaard, who continues to indicate constructive indicators of restoration after his accidents final April.
Pogacar took the yellow jersey of the final classification because of his fourth place in Saturday’s stage. Within the normal classification, the Slovenian has the identical time as different main names similar to Vingegaard himself, Belgian Remco Evenepoel and Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz.
The latter two managed to scale back their hole and meet up with Pogacar and Vingegaard on the descent in the direction of Bologna.
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– 2024-07-04 05:22:54
