Tour de France sets off from Bilbao FMTNews FMTSports
BILBAO: The Tour de France started in Bilbao today, embarking on a 3,404km race to Paris with the first three of the 21 stages in the Spanish Basque Country.
“There’s a great fervour for cycling among the Basques and the way this stage has been designed it will feel like one of the one-day classics,” said French star Thibaut Pinot just ahead of the Grand Depart. A massive dormant volcano on stage nine and an unusually mountainous route lends Vingegaard an edge after he vanquished the two-time champion Pogacar in the mountains in 2022.
The 20km descent to the coastal resort of San Sebastian on Stage 2 might attract difficult questions after Swiss rider Gino Maeder’s death following a crash on a downhill run during the Tour of Switzerland last month.
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