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French rider Paul Lapeira received stage two of the Tour of the Basque Nation on Tuesday after two falls within the closing kilometres break up the peloton on a wet 160km run from Irun to Kanbo.
This was a 3rd win thus far in 2024 for the 23-year-old AG2R rider Lapeira, who screamed with pleasure on the end line.
“That is nice. My first actually massive win….
French rider Paul Lapeira received stage two of the Tour of the Basque Nation on Tuesday after two falls within the closing kilometres break up the peloton on a wet 160km run from Irun to Kanbo.
This was a 3rd win thus far in 2024 for the 23-year-old AG2R rider Lapeira, who screamed with pleasure on the end line.
“That is nice. My first actually massive win. I went from 1.5km and so they reeled me in, and I went once more at 200m and it labored,” stated Lapeira.
Slovenian veteran Primoz Roglic retained the general 10-second lead he earned on the opening day time trial forward of Mattias Skjelmose and Remco Evenepoel.
However on this hilly six-day race British rider and former Giro champion Tao Geoghegan Hart was amongst the fallers.
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Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard is the shape rider on a begin record that features all the highest contenders for the Tour de France besides Tadej Pogacar.
Whereas most the most important general contenders are current, nearly not one of the sprinters are and this stage was the one actual probability for a sprinter to win on the hilly terrain of the Basque Nation.
Stage three on Wednesday has six climbs and is the longest on the race that finishes Saturday with seven blockbuster climbs.
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