Post by account_disabled on Jan 10, 2024 9:36:00 GMT 1
The Colombian Fernando Gaviria (Quick Step) once again showed himself to be intractable in the sprint, in a very competitive finish, and signed the double in the Tour de France, overcoming the opposition of Peter Sagan in the finish line of the fourth stage held between La Baule and Sarzeau, 195 kilometers, in which the Belgian Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) retained the yellow jersey.
Gaviria, 23, is the fittest sprinter in the peloton. In his debut in the Tour he won in Fontenay Le Comte, fell in the second stage and the third option signed the double with a display of strength against rivals such as Peter Sagan (Bora) and the German André Greipel (Lotto Soudal), second and third , all with a time of 4h.25.01, in a day that ended at an average of 44.15 km/hour.
The cyclist from La Ceja (Antioquía), nervous a few Binance App Users Data days ago about his debut, is following the path shown last year in the Giro d'Italia, where he won 4 stages in his debut. The concern does not affect the Colombian, who has strongly requested that he not be called by the nickname "missile" due to the warlike connotations of the term.
There was no lack of the usual scare, because 5 kilometers from the finish there was a pileup that trapped Mikel Landa and the Colombian Rigoberto Urán, but both managed to link up with the group and suffered no damage, unlike the Russian Ilnur Zakarin, who left one minute.
There were no changes in the general classification and Van Avermaet will be able to watch the World Cup semi-final between his country and France with the Tour leader's jersey. The BMC classicomaniac is a great football fan, not in vain he was Beveren's goalkeeper, but in the end he leaned towards cycling.
Favorites unchanged. First of all is the Dutchman Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb), seventh, with Landa, Valverde and Froome more than 40 seconds behind. The last among the candidates is Nairo Quintana, 2.08 behind the leader and 1.13 behind his number one rival, Chris Froome.
It was a day for sprinting no matter what, flat terrain and an endless final stretch of 4 kilometers, a journey between the Loire-Atlantique to the southern limit of Brittany, a frequent region in the Tour, although the race had never reached the Gulf of Morbihan before. , specifically to the town of Sarzeau, with an illustrious mayor, none other than David Lappartient, president of the International Cycling Union.