Tour de France 2024: stage one from Florence to Rimini – live
29 June 2024 09:40
Updates from the 206km opening stageCavendish relishing one final tilt at stage recordTeam-by-team guide | Get in touch! Email TomHere’s a look at today’s stage, Saturday 29 June: Florence to Rimini, 206km, with William Fotheringham’s preview.A first Grand Départ in Italy, ironically when cycling talent in this traditional heartland is vanishingly scarce. There will be barely any Italians on the start list and there is zero prospect of a repeat of Italy’s last overall win, Vincenzo Nibali in 2014. A dramatically hard opening stage is suited to the punchy talent of Giulio Ciccone; however, with three second category climbs, who would bet against Tadej Pogacar trying to gain an early advantage? Continue readingread full article
