ANALYSE – The last two winners find themselves at the start in a face-to-face which seems unbalanced, the defending champion heading off into the unknown after his serious fall in April.
Winner of the last two editions but engaged in a race against the clock since his fall in the Basque Country on April 4, Jonas Vingegaard is well and truly at the start to defend his title. The Visma-Lease a Bike team announced his presence only 9 days before the three shots in Tuscany. A leap into the unknown for the Dane who gives the impression of starting his 2024 season this Saturday in Florence. The complete opposite of his opponent Tadej Pogacar, red hot this season with a victory at the Giro, the Tour of Catalonia, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Strade Bianche. The Slovenian is aiming for the Giro-Tour double which has not been achieved for three decades. The match between the two favorites in the race for the yellow jersey promises to be sumptuous. Provided that “Pogi” does not kill the suspense this weekend.
Vingegaard displays 37.2 in the morning but without any guarantee for the future because his body will have to respond to the intensity of the race from the first days with the crossing of the Apennines and the…
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