Tadej Pogačar (UAE Workforce Emirates) moved into the lead of the Tour de France on stage 2 to Bologna, attacking on the ultimate ascent of the punishingly steep Côte de San Luca and distancing in a single day chief Romain Bardet (Workforce DSM-Firmenich-PostNL).
Whereas breakaway rider Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Lodges) received the stage, all eyes had been on the assault from Pogačar behind. When he leapt away, solely Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) might observe.
Nonetheless, Pogačar and Vingegaard had been joined by Richard Carapaz (EF Schooling-EasyPost) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quickstep). Carapaz sprinted in for tenth place however as a result of there have been no extra time bonuses left on the road, the yellow jersey moved onto the shoulders of Pogačar due to the tie-breaking guidelines, and his fourth-place end on stage 1.
Evenepoel is now second general, whereas Vingegaard sits in third place forward of Carapaz, all of them on the identical time as Pogačar.
Bardet dropped to fifth place general at six seconds, simply forward of a giant group of Tour de France contenders who’re all 21 seconds down on Pogačar.
Belgian Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dstny) slipped to sixth general whereas from the identical group, Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious), Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) and Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) rounded out the highest 10.
Primož Roglič (Pink Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) additionally completed within the group and is outdoors the highest 10 however nonetheless solely 21 seconds behind Pogačar together with teammate Aleksandr Vlasov, Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla), Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers), Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) and extra.
Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) misplaced 1:11 on the stage as did Laurens De Plus (Ineos), who crashed throughout the stage. Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty) suffered extra, dropping 2:31.
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Tour de France 2024 classifications
This is a rundown of all the continuing competitions on the Tour de France. Click on right here for a extra complete explainer, together with minor competitions such because the intermediate sprints prize and the preventing spirit prize. Talking of prizes, click on right here to learn how a lot the riders can win throughout the Tour de France.
Yellow Jersey/Maillot Jaune – The yellow jersey is worn by the general race chief on the overall classification who has accomplished the phases up to now within the lowest amassed time.
Inexperienced Jersey – The inexperienced jersey is the factors classification. Riders accrue factors at one of many two intermediate sprints throughout phases and in addition at stage finishes, and the person with essentially the most factors leads the rating.
Polka Dot Jersey – The crimson and white polka dot jersey is the mountain classification. Factors are handed out to the primary riders over sure hills and climbs throughout the Tour de France, with the toughest mountains giving essentially the most factors. As soon as once more, the person with essentially the most factors leads the rating.
White jersey – The white jersey is the perfect younger rider classification. It really works the identical approach because the yellow jersey, however solely riders aged 25 or below are eligible to win.
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Tour de France 2024 schedule
Date
Stage
Begin-finish
Distance
Begin/End occasions (CET)
29-Jun
Stage 1
Florence – Rimini
206km
12:00 – 17:34
30-Jun
Stage 2
Cesenatico – Bologna
198.7km
12:15 – 17:06
1-Jul
Stage 3
Piacenza – Turin
230.5km
11:15 – 16:57
2-Jul
Stage 4
Pinerolo – Valloire
139.6km
13:05 – 17:05
3-Jul
Stage 5
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – Saint-Vulbas Plaine de l’Ain
