“It’s a long, flat stage, certainly a bit throbbing, which offers an ideal scenario for the sprinters’ teams. It’s easy to control with good roads,” explains Thierry Gouvenou, the architect of the Tour to AFP. The first two days are extremely tough, it gets the Tour de France off to a good start but we mustn’t go overboard either. There we risk getting a bit bored, but we had to get to Turin.” OK, so we should come down a bit in terms of enthusiasm +++, after this fanfare start to the Grande Boucle this weekend, and the superb French victories of Romain Bardet and Kévin Vauquelin.
Oops, sorry, it’s a reflex. Yes, we arrive in Turin, and that’s the first thing that came to mind. She was easy. A bit like this third stage of the 2024 Tour de France which will be much flatter than the previous two, even if the riders will have to tackle more than 230 km this Monday. The sprinters should therefore be at the party in Piedmont with, in the lead, Jasper Philipsen, who will arrive with a beautiful sign on his back. We will have a close eye on Wout van Aert, Mads Pedersen, Arnaud De Lie and Arnaud Démare, back on the Grande Boucle after two years of absence.
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