Tour de France | Liveblog stage 2 – Pogacar and Evenepoel in motion in basic finale round Bologna

On this dwell weblog we are going to maintain you knowledgeable of the most recent developments in the course of the 2024 Tour de France. Consider this text as a dwell abstract to scroll previous the highlights. Our commentators Jan Hermsen and Bobbie Traksel additionally summarize the day thus far. We do the identical right here, together with movies. You actually will not miss something, particularly when you select to stream each minute of the Giro on HBO Max!

French social gathering!

The Tour de France 2024 turns right into a French social gathering much more every single day. The place yesterday Romain Bardet managed to win the stage, as we speak Kevin Vauquelin received! Evenepoel and Carapaz handle to hitch Pogacar and Vingegaard simply earlier than the end. The 4 enter on the similar time. The yellow goes to the Slovenian. Bardet loses 21 seconds to the 4 favorites.

Pogacar goes!

Tadej Pogacar throws out a gear on the San Luca. And who reacts instantly? Jonas Vingegaard!

Kevin Vauquelin alone within the lead

The French are going loopy. Kevin Vauquelin takes off alone from the remaining leaders on the second Côte de San Luca. Is a second stage victory in a row for a Frenchman within the making?

Standing Quo in and on San Luca

The peloton went very quick in direction of the foot of the Côte de San Luca, however as soon as on the climb there was no actual progress. The distinction with the leaders stays at 3.5 minutes and with 25 kilometers to go the query stays the place the winner is. Within the main group or within the peloton?

Campenaerts within the lead

The lads of Lotto Dstny consider in Maxim Van Gils. Victor Campenaerts will increase the tempo within the peloton and inside 15 kilometers 4 minutes disappear from the lead. Is it doable that the winner remains to be within the peloton? That can actually not be Mathieu van der Poel. The world champion has to let the peloton go on the Côte de Montecalvo.

Main group extends once more

Because the crash of Van Aert, De Plus and Jorgenson, the pace has gone out of the peloton. The place the main group nonetheless had a lead of 5 minutes on the time of the crash, the distinction shortly will increase to 9.5 minutes with 60 kilometers to go. The winner appears to be on the entrance.

Wout van Aert crash

A crash within the peloton simply earlier than the intermediate dash. Laurens De Plus, Matteo Jorgenson and Wout van Aert are mendacity on the bottom. All three can shortly proceed their manner, however the torn trousers reveal that injury has certainly been sustained.

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Public on the sidelines

The wind is blowing, the tempo within the peloton is excessive and each centimeter of the asphalt is used in the course of the second stage of the Tour de France 2024. It usually occurs that spectators stand too near the highway throughout these race situations. The one sufferer of this contact between a rider and a spectator is the phone that’s tapped from the arms.

Tour de France | Spectator stands too near highway and loses telephone after contact with rider

Time for the altitude meters

After a quiet begin it’s time for the altitude meters. On the Côte de Monticino, the servants of the classification males take over from DSM-firmenich PostNL and the tempo is elevated. The 8-minute lead has already shrunk by virtually two minutes after one climb. The bus with Cavendish and Groenewegen, amongst others, additionally seems simply earlier than the highest. The course is slowly beginning to take form.

Pidcock’s free roll

Tom Pidcock hopes to make a bid for the stage win within the second stage of the Tour de France 2024 and with that the yellow jersey. The Briton of INEOS – Grenadiers signifies within the interview earlier than the beginning that he doesn’t have to stick with Rodriguez all day, however can go for his personal probabilities.

Tour de France | Pidcock hopes for each day success: “I’ve a free function as we speak”

10 kilometers for main group of 10 males

It would not take lengthy earlier than the breakaway of the day is fashioned. The person within the polka dot jersey Jonas Abrahamsen was very energetic and is in a position to stick with us once more along with: Quentin Pacher, Axel Laurance, Hugo Houle, Nelson Oliveira, Kevin Vauquelin, Cristian Rodriguez, Hardol Tejada, Jordan Jegat, Bram Welten and Mike Teunissen. Michael Matthews and Brent Van Moert trip between the main group and the peloton. A chasse patat within the making?

Not Mathieu’s day?

Mathieu van der Poel was for a lot of an outsider for the yellow jersey or a stage win within the opening weekend of the 111th version of the Tour de France. The world champion needed to let go comparatively early within the first stage and simply earlier than the beginning of the second stage he was additionally adamant in direction of the Eurosport digicam: “In the present day isn’t for me”.

Tour de France | Mathieu van der Poel adamant about his personal probabilities: “In the present day isn’t for me”

Cavendish has recovered nicely

Mark Cavendish has recovered nicely from his efforts the day earlier than. For a very long time it regarded like he wouldn’t attain the end, however underneath the steerage of just about the whole crew, the Briton managed to succeed in the end in time. The possibility for that thirty fifth victory stored him going. Eurosport spoke to Cavendish earlier than the beginning of the second stage.

Tour de France | Cavendish prepared for brand spanking new stage: “With my expertise I understand how to proceed”

tour dell’emilia

Whoever says Bologna and San Luca, says the Giro dell’Emilia. And whoever says Giro dell’Emilia, says Primoz Roglic increasingly lately. The Slovenian, now employed by Crimson Bull-BORA-hansgrohe, was the most effective 3 times within the final 5 editions.

Rogla even has such an excellent relationship with the Santuario Madonna di San Luca that he received the opening time trial of the Giro d’Italia there in 2019. Though the main target on this stage will primarily be on riders who can excel within the largest one-day races, akin to Remco Evenepoel and Tadej Pogacar, Roglic will definitely not be delay by the course.

Giro dell’Emilia | Primoz Roglic can cheer – Slovenian clearly the strongest

cavendish has horrible opening day

For Cav, this Tour was in fact about doing that final quest for stage victory quantity 35 another time; In spite of everything, he and Eddy Merckx at the moment are joint first on the listing of most each day successes within the Tour de France.

How completely different it regarded for the Brit from Astana Qazaqstan Group between Florence and Rimini. Already on the climb to Valico Tre Faggi, the 2011 world champion needed to let go shortly, after which he even threw up quite a lot of occasions within the descent. It’s hoped that issues will enhance bodily for The Manx Specific within the coming days.

Tour de France | Mark Cavendish throws up on bike – in large bother on stage 1

Get pleasure from and luxuriate in on steep strips

The 2 hairpin bends on the foot are full of followers: true biking fans soften once they learn or hear the identify San Luca. It is all about that climb that’s on the course numerous occasions within the Giro dell’Emilia.

Earlier than we get there, 4 different climbs must be conquered. The variety of elevation meters is half of the primary stage, however this stage can nonetheless trigger extra variations within the rankings. If the riders need to race in fact…

Tour de France | San Luca robust choose in full ultimate – Preview Stage 2 to Bologna

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The Tour de France is on! From the primary meters in Florence to the final in Good, you’ll in fact comply with every part with us. Watch through Eurosport and HBO Max or Tadej Pogacar or Jonas Vingegaard can win a 3rd Tour and keep updated with the most recent information through WhatsApp. With Remco Evenepoel, Jasper Philipsen, Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel, the Belgians and Dutch are additionally in motion. Vive le Tour!