Jhonatan Narváez won the first stage of the Giro d’Italia! The Ecuadorian snatched the victory from the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar and the German Maximiliano Schachmann in a sprint and it is the first Maglia Rosa of the Giro 2024. The Slovenian dominated the race and dynamited in San Vito, beginning to mark territory in the first major of the year.
The Ecuadorian, who is the current champion of his country, achieved his 11th victory as a professional and the second in the Giro, the previous one had been achieved in stage 12 of 2020. Everyone expected Pogacar to win the stage because of how it turned out. the escape, however, The surprise was the sprint of the Ecuadorian who won against the slightest movement of Schachmann about the packaging.
The photo finish had to decide the second and third place between the German and the Slovenian, because they crossed the finish line at the same time, and after the review, the Slovenian, one of the favorites, was third. Tomorrow Narváez will change his national champion shirt for the pink jersey, bombshell news at the start of the Giro.
This is how the Colombians were in Stage 1
The best of the Colombians was the Bora-Hansgrobe cyclist Daniel Felipe Martínez who arrived in the first group 10 seconds behind the Ecuadorian and winner of the stage, Jhonathán Narváez. Esteban Chaves and Einer Rubio arrived with the same difference, while Nairo Quintana arrived about a minute later. The last two Colombians to cross the finish line were Fernando Gaviria and Juan Sebastián Molano.
CYCLIST POSITIONTEAMTIME1.Jhonathan NarváezIneos3:14:232.Maximiliano SchachmannBora – Hansgrohe”3.Tadej PogacarUAE Team Emirates”13.Daniel Felipe MartínezBora – Hansgrohe0:1018.Esteban ChavesEF Education – EasyPost”21.Einer RubioMovistar Team”35.Nairo Quintana |Movistar Team0:57154.Fernando GaviriaMovistar Team14:48166.Juan Sebastián MolanoUAE Team Emirates14:48
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