176 runners divided into 22 teams set off on Saturday in the 2024 Grande Boucle departing from Florence in Italy. It was the young Frenchman Romain Bardet who won this first stage.
ADVERTISEMENTThe 111th edition of the Tour de France set off this Saturday from Florence in Italy under a blazing sun. A first in the history of the Grande Boucle. This year the 22 teams will have to cover some 3,500 km with a planned finish on July 21 on the famous Promenade des Anglais in Nice. Due to the Paris Olympics, the 2024 Tour will not stop in Paris.
On the menu this year: lots of mountains with four summit finishes and 27 passes to cross.
But until then, all eyes will be turned towards Italy (three stages in total until Turin).
This Saturday the peloton took a fictitious start for a long parade of forty minutes in the Tuscan city, before taking the real start and heading towards Rimini. 206 km in total.
And, cock-a-doodle-doo, it was the young Frenchman Romain Bardet who finally won this first stage. Closely followed by his teammate Frank Van Den Broek.
Two big favorites
This year again, the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar and the Dane Jonas Vingegaard, winners of the last four Tours de France between them, should once again make headlines. They have teams capable of taking up the challenge. But beware of outsiders!
Slovenian Primoz Roglic is one to watch, as is Adam Yates, Tadej Pogacar’s lieutenant in the UAE Emirates team.
And among the French? David Gaudu and Romain Bardet who has just taken the first yellow jersey of the 2024 edition.
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