This Saturday the 111th edition of the Tour de France begins. Four Colombian cyclists will compete in it, Egan Bernal (Ineos), Harold Tejada (Astana), Fernando Gaviria (Movistar) and Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain)the latter, departs as the leader of his squad.
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Florence, Italy, will be the place that marks the beginning of the Big Boucle and, after 206 kilometers and 3,700 meters of elevation gain, The platoon will arrive in Rimini, where the first wearer of the yellow amillot will be known. The day will surely be spent, due to arduous heat.
Weather forecasts predict that the thermometer will it will be around 35 degrees for a good part of the day, which will undoubtedly have an impact on the development of the first stage.
The sawtooth profile of the day, almost without rest, promotes the formation of escapes, which predicts that the first leader of the general will be a daring cyclist capable of successfully completing one of them.
Between the capital of Tuscany, birthplace of Dante, Da Vinci, Michelangelo and Machiavelli, and the Adriatic coast, where Federico Fellini was born, The cyclists must overcome seven second and third category mountainous difficulties, The last of these, the Cota di San Marino, with its summit located 26 kilometres from the finish, is constantly descending to Rimini.
It is a 7.1 kilometer climb with a slope of 4.8%, but it comes after having chained together three other mountain passes over 50 kilometres, the Cotta de Barbotto, the San Leo and the Montemaggio, which will encourage breakaways.
The Tour starts strong this edition of marked Italian accentsince the next day will also have mountainous difficulties and on the fourth day we will face the ascent to Galibier.
UAE takes the lead in the pack
The UAE takes the lead, imposes a high pace and continues to score points on the run. They are already 3:30 difference.
Three of the four Colombians travel in the majority platoon. Gaviria dropped off and marched in a third group about 8 minutes from the head of the race.
EF Education-EasyPost regains the lead of the pack
Seven troops from the American team start shooting to contain the advantage of the breakaway. It is now only 4:30 difference over the breakaway, it is progressively reduced.
