“I am incredulous. It’s something unique”. A page of cycling history, a page of the history of Tour de Francea British man who ate the Cannibal Eddy Merckx. Marc Cavendish won the fifth stage of the Tour de France 2024, the Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne-Saint Vulbas for a total of 177.4 km. For the British sprinter of the Astana Qazaqstan Team it is a historic success since it is the 35th victory to the Great Loop. A recordovertaking Merckx who won 34 stages in the French race.
Cavendish was keen to experience a moment like today, a objective which as the days went by was becoming almost an obsession to be achieved at all costs. Cavendish suffered terribly at the beginning of the Tour, losing more than half an hour in the first stage with arrival at Riminibut he didn’t give up. Because the date of the July 3rd was circled in red on the calendar: “Today was the day we had set our sights on,” Cavendish continued. “I know how to prepare for a Tour, I knew we would have had an opportunityI knew it would end like this. The boys did Exactly what we wanted to do.”
A long-awaited success, a collective joy for all the runners who experienced the Cavendish sprint almost as if it were a liberationas if he were the captain of all. For a day Tadej Pogacarstill in the yellow jersey, remains on the sidelines of the news from France even if the Slovenian risked being involved in one of the two falls which marked this stage which came after the efforts of the Galibier. It was supposed to be a quiet stage, it has become a page of cycling history. The Tour continues, tomorrow the sixth stage is scheduled Macon-Dijon of 163.5 km.
The article Marc Cavendish surpasses the Cannibal Eddy Merckx: in a sprint he takes his 35th victory at the Tour de France comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.
2024-07-03 16:35:13
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