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In the midst of the frenetic pace in which the first stage of the Giro d’Italia-2024in which the Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narváez (Ineos) gave the surprise by beating the Slovenian in the sprint Tadej Pogacar (UAE), the Colombian runners had an outstanding performance.
The best national representative positioned in the 140-kilometer section of the route from Venaria Reale and Turin was the Cundinamarca native Daniel Felipe Martínez (Bora), crossing the finish line in 13th place, ten seconds behind the winner.
For their part, with the same difference, Esteban Chaves (EF Education), in box 18, and Éiner Rubio (Movistar), in box 21, finished.
Besides, Nairo Quintana (Movistar) gave up more ground by finishing 35th, 57 seconds behind.
On the South American side, Jhonatan Narváez won the applause. He managed to follow the wheel of Pogacar, who 3 kilometers from the finish line attacked four times to hunt down the fleeing men and when he was looking for his first victory in the Giro the Ecuadorian appeared to defeat him at the finish line.
Pogacar, the great candidate for the general victory on May 26 in Rome, was third in the fraction. The German Maximilian Schachmann (Bora) finished second.
This Sunday the Giro will have its first high finish of its 107th edition after traveling 161 kilometers between San Francesco al Campo and the Sanctuary of Oropa.
