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THE CHRONICLE OF TODAY’S STAGE
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16.45 Our LIVE LIVE ends here. Thanks for staying with us, now we give you an appointment tomorrow with Mont Ventoux.
16.42 It should be noted that a very good Alessandro Covi also arrived with the leading group, while Fabio Aru lost 19 ″ from Ballerini.
16.40 Let’s recap what happened in the final: Alaphilippe hooked up with Vlasov and fell at the entrance to the last kilometer. Davide Ballerini, therefore, made the sprint for the Deceuninck Quick-Step and won in front of an excellent Giulio Ciccone.
16.38 It should be noted that Alexander Vlasov, one of the favorites for the final success, lost 2’36 ”.
16.36 THE TOP-10 OF THE STAGE. Four Italians among the top ten. Gianni Moscon and the increasingly convincing Stefano Oldani were also good.
01 Davide Ballerini Deceuninck-Quick Step 04:21:49
02 Giulio Ciccone Trek-Segafredo + 00
03 Alex Aranburu Astana-Premier Tech + 00
04 Dylan Teuns Bahrain Victorious + 00
05 Patrick Konrad BORA-hansgrohe + 00
06 Alexey Lutsenko Astana-Premier Tech + 00
07 Gianni Moscon INEOS Grenadiers + 00
08 Stefano Oldani Lotto Soudal + 00
09 Sven Erik Bystrøm UAE Team Emirates + 00
10 Bauke Mollema Trek-Segafredo + 06
16.34 Second place for Giulio Ciccone, the only one capable of competing, in the sprint, with Ballerini.
16.32 The Deceuninck Quick-Step wins despite Alaphilippe’s fall. Moreover, in the final, there was another fall.
16.32 DAVIDE BALLERINI NEEDS THE BIS!
16.30 A RUNNER FROM ASTANA FALLS AND DRAGS JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE ON THE GROUND!
16.30 LAST KILOMETER!
16.28 Two kilometers to the finish, the Astana pulls for Lutsenko. The climb begins.
16.27 3 kilometers to the finish, now the men of the UAE have also arrived in the first positions.
16.25 Jorgenson and Vermeersch rise to -4.
16.23 Six kilometers to the finish line, ten seconds of margin on the pursuers for Vermeersch and Jorgenson.
16.22 7.5 kilometers to the finish. The two in command are two young and strong walkers, but the group leaves no room.
16.20 The young American Matteo Jorgenson is the Movistar rider.
16.19 There is a risk that the group will fracture further now in descent. Meanwhile Florian Vermeersch of Lotto Soudal tries to stretch with a man from Movistar. Ten kilometers to the finish!
16.16 Stybar leads the group downhill, while the rain falls stronger and stronger.
16.13 Philip gets up now. Meanwhile, the rain gives the runners no respite.
16.12 We are at -17 from the finish, the group has now put Conca in its sights.
16.09 Deceuninck is back to pulling and Filippo’s advantage quickly dropped below 40 ″. Meanwhile, in the first positions, we also see the Astana of Lutsenko and Vlasov.
16.07 1’05 “advantage for Conca. The blue, at the moment, resists well.
16.04 21 kilometers to the finish, Bahrain Victorius and Arkea are now working at the head of the group. Lotto-Soudal tries to slow down the chase.
16.01 Conca’s advantage falls 1’15 “.
15.58 25 kilometers to the finish, the group has caught up all the fugitives with the exception of Filippo Conca who still has an advantage of 1’25 ”.
15.55 The Deceuninck-Quick Step is pulling very hard and the platoon is crumbling now.
15.54 Conca’s advantage over the platoon now falls below two minutes. The first pursuers, on the other hand, are at 50 ″.
15.51 30 kilometers to the finish, now there is also the Ineos at the head of the group. Moscon, Swift, but also Bernal and Dunbar, the British undoubtedly have several cards for today’s arrival.
15.48 Conca is doing a great action. He already has 46 ″ on the other fugitives, while the group is still more than two minutes away from him.
15.45 35 kilometers to the finish for Conca. The group is 2’20 ”from the blue. The other fugitives, on the other hand, are 28 ″ from Filippo.
15.40 In the meantime there was a fall in a roundabout, as a result of which the group broke up. The situation, in any case, immediately recovered.
15.38 At the top of the group, at the moment, there are the Deceuninck Quick-Step, the Lotto-Soudal and the Delko of the Eritrean enfant prodige Biniam Girmay which, on today’s arrival, could surprise.
15.35 Conca attacked and slightly detached the other treads.
15.32 41 kilometers to the finish line, 2’35 ”seconds ahead of the group for the five leaders.
15.28 We recall the names of the five leaders: Filippo Conca (Lotto Soudal), Baptiste Bleier (St-Michel-Auber 93), Samuel Leroux (Xelliss-Roubaix Lille Métropole), Eduard Grosu (Delko) and Jerome Cousin (Total Direct Energie).
15.24 46 km to the finish and 2’30 ”for the fugitives.
15.21 Very bad day of rain and cold for this second stage of the Tour de la Provence.
15.16 The race is on a slight uphill stretch.
15.12 The advantage of the fugitives goes back to 3 ‘.
15.09 Eduard Grosu goes first to the intermediate sprint. We entered the last 60km of running.
15.04 Now we are in a stretch of very light descent.
15.01 The escape is approaching the intermediate sprint of Gréoux-les-Bains.
14.58 Extremely stretched group driven by Deceuninck in front of the UAE Team Emirates of Matteo Trentin, one of the favorites of the day.
14.53 The breakaway advantage seems to have settled at 2’40 “.
14.49 Lots of cold on the run. Only 6th.
14.44 Great collaboration between the five fugitives.
14.39 Immense work of the Deceuninck-Quick Step of the race leader Davide Ballerini. The Belgian squadron never gave up on the head of the group.
14.35 More rain on the race when we are 80 km from the end. The breakaway has a 2’55 ”advantage.
14.30 Always the Deceuninck-Quick Step to make the pace at the head of the group.
14.25 92 km to the finish and 2’17 ”for the fugitives.
14.20 So let’s focus on the final race, where there are two GPMs, the Col d’Imbert and the Con Montfuron. A descent will follow that will lead the group to the finish line, placed on top of a 2000 meter stretch.
14.15 39.1 km / h the average of the second hour of racing.
14.11 We remember the names of the treads: Filippo Conca (Lotto Soudal), Baptiste Bleier (St-Michel-Auber 93), Samuel Leroux (Xelliss-Roubiax Lille Métropole), Eduard Grosu (Delko) and Jerome Cousin (Total Direct Energie).
14.06 95 km to the finish line and 2’30 ”for the escape.
13.58 Yves Lampaert and Remi Cavagna walk.
13.53 Always the Deceuninck-Quick Step at the head of the group.
13.49 Rain on the race.
13.44 But the group does not want to give too much space to the fugitives, whose advantage has fallen below 3 minutes. There are still 120 km to the finish.
13.40 We are experiencing a fairly quiet phase of the race. In fact, the advantage of the five treads has risen to 3’30 ”.
13.35 While below you can relive the chronicle of the first stage:
13.30 In the meantime we relive together the wonderful victory obtained by Davide Ballerini in the opening stage of the Tour de la Provence:
VIDEO Davide Ballerini’s lavish sprint in the first stage of the Tour de la Provence 2021
13.25 Filippo Conca was the first to cross the top of the Grand Caumet.
13.20 All with the Deceuninck-Quick Step of the race leader Davide Ballerini at the head of the group.
13.15 The blue Filippo Conca (Lotto Soudal), Baptiste Bleier (St-Michel-Auber 93), Samuel Leroux (Xelliss-Roubiax Lille Métropole), Eduard Grosu (Delko) and Jerome Cousin (Total) got the better of the group Direct Energie).
13.09 This stage, characterized by four GPMs along the entire route, was immediately characterized by several attacks.
13.05 Today the riders will have to face 170.6 km from Cassis to Manosque, for a fraction that could offer some surprises.
13.00 Hello everyone and welcome to our LIVE LIVE of the second stage of the Tour de la Provence 2021.
The chronicle of the first stage – The video of Davide Ballerini’s triumph
Hello everyone and welcome to our LIVE LIVE of the second stage of the Tour de la Provence 2021. The Cassis – Manosque, of 170,6 km swill be a day divided between a fairly easy first part, with only one GPM of the third category, the Grand Caumet, and a decidedly second move, which could favor some attack from afar between the Col d’Imbert and Con Montfuron. A descent will follow that will lead the group to the finish line, placed on top of one tear of 2000 meters.
No obvious sprint for today, given the decidedly tortuous finish. Hence, it is undeniable that the leader of the general Davide Ballerini, protagonist in yesterday’s stage of a superlative triumph in the sprint, given his qualities as a resistant man, as a classic, he will do everything to keep the record holder shirt tight. Certainly his Deceuninck-Quick Step he will definitely show a fight, and he could even play the world champion card Julian Alaphilippe, given the ending to him congenial.
Having gone on the run in yesterday’s stage, the Musketeer could find himself again next to two men like Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo) e Gianni Moscon (Ineos Grenadiers); and it shouldn’t be underestimated either Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates). Among other men, we can mention Alex Aranburu, Gorka Izagirre (Astana Premier Tech), Philippe Gilbert (Lotto Soudal), Lilian Calmejane (AG2R Citroen Team) e Dylan Teuns (Bahrain Victorius).
OA Sport will offer you the LIVE LIVE text of the second stage of the Tour de la Provence 2021 from 13.00. Good fun!
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