Mathieu van der Poel He took the victory in the second stage of the Tour de France and the yellow jersey was covered, thus signing the second consecutive victory for the team Alpecinafter the one achieved by Jasper Philipsen in the inaugural day.
The stage was marked by an intense end, in which Jonas Awesome and his team Comma They printed a strong rhythm with the intention of surprising the main candidates for the general. With the passage of the kilometers, the stress in the platoon was increasing.
Just over 50 kilometers for the goal, there was a moment of tension between Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) y Biniam Giram (InterMarché-Wanty) during the passage through the intermediate sprint. The Italian recriminated with angry gestures the maneuver of the erythre, and both cyclists engaged in a visible discussion against the cameras.
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At the end of the stage, Milan approached the Intemarché-Wanty bus to personally apologize to Girmay. “It was a career incident, but we clarified it immediately and we set our hands because we respected each other,” he explained Milan to TuttoBiciweb.
Gallay It also subtracted from the altercation before the start of the stage on Tuesday: “We had an intermediate sprint discussion. On television it seems worse than it was, but in reality it was not so much. It apologized and everything is fine,” said the erythrus, which is still looking for his first victory in this edition of the tour.
