The 2024 Tour de France kicks off on June 29 with a historic rollout from Florence, Italy. The first three stages of the race will run on some of the roads we’ve seen in the Giro d’Italia. With many of the national championships decided, teams have turned their focus to their selections for the Grande Boucle.
Andrea Vendrame (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) attacked a nineteen man break with about 25km remaining to take a solo win in Stage 19 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia. It is his second win of the 2024 Giro.
A shortened Stage 16 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia still served up some excitement. Julian Alaphilippe led for most of the stage but no one was stopping Pogacar in his domination of the race. He took his fifth stage win with what looked like little effort.
Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) has won Stage 10 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia, the 142km long Pompei-Cusano Mutri (Bocca della Selva). Romain Bardet (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL) and Jan Tratnik (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) finished second and third respectively.
Olav Kooij took his first Grand Tour victory in Naples in a thrilling finale, winning Stage 9 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia.
Tadej Pogacar notched his third stage win in the 2024 Giro d’italia, showing no mercy to breakaway riders and the other GC contenders as he sprinted to victory at Prati di Tivo ahead of a small group comprising runner up Dani Martinez.
Pelayo Sanchez (Movistar Team) has won Stage 6 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia, the 180km long Torre del Lago Puccini (Viareggio)-Rapolano Terme. Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal Quick-Step) and Luke Plapp (Team Jayco AlUla) finished second and third respectively.
After the classics of the last few months, Team Visma | Lease a Bike will be chasing stage wins in the 2024 Giro d’Italia.Sports director Marc Reef looks ahead.