Tour, times and speed of the climbs of stage 2. Monstrous Pogacar on San Luca

In the stage in which he wins the yellow jersey, Pogacar also becomes the new 'KOM' of the ascent of San Luca according to the statistics offered by the Strava app

di GIUSY ANNA MARIA D'ALESSIO
30 June 2024

Tadej Pogacar (Ansa)

Bologna, 30 June 2024 - Il Tour de France 2024 in Italian style continues to offer emotions and breathtaking landscapes, but also very interesting data on the performances of its protagonists, called upon to experience a start to the race that was anything but easy, as happened in previous editions. In fact, in the first two stages, won respectively by Romain Bardet e Kevin Vauquelin, they had a good time 13 i GPM scaled, among other things all with excellent performance, as demonstrated by the data collected by the app Strava.  

Strava data and the best on the climbs

 The first of the 6 climbs of the day was that of Monticino (2 km with an average slope of 7,5%), followed by the Gallisterna (1,2 km with an average slope of 12,8%), where curiously the best time is the one recorded by Damian Caruso il 23 September 2020, And from Zocca box office (1,9 km with an average slope of 6,9%): in none of these ascents are the performances shown in the stage that led the caravan from Cesenatico (in honour of Marco Pantani) to Bologna. The music changes starting from the rise of Montecalvo (2,7 km with an average slope of 7,7%), where is the 'KOM' of the Tour de France 2024 He's the man you don't expect: Julien bernard, wingman of the Lidl Trek, which rose in 7'10 '', with a speed of 22,6 km/h. They follow closely Ben Healy with a time of 7'12 '', a speed of 22,5 km/h, 400 watts products and 169 bpm, Oscar Onlyy, which rose in 7'14 '', with a speed of 22,4 km/h, 376 watts e 169 bpm e Steven williams (7'14 '' of time, 22,4 km/h of speed and 382 watts): they also appear in the top 10 Wout van aert, climbed in 7'15 '' and with a speed of 22,3 km/h e Remco Evenepoel, 1 '' slower despite the same speed on the scoresheet. The highlight of the day, however, was the double climb towards San Luca (1,9 km with an average slope of 10,6% and maximum of 20%), which did not disappoint expectations regarding the show offered. To prove it, just take a look at the new 'KOM', which is not exactly a random name: Tadej pogacar he went up in 5'09 '', with a speed of 22,2 km/h, already digging a small big hole on its rivals. The second in the ranking offered by Strava, is Remco Evenepoel, who completed the climb in 5'20 '', with a speed of 21,4 km/h, with Maxim Van Gils third with a time of 5'28 '', a speed of 20,9 km/h e 464 watts: in the top 10 of San Luca, where curiously the evidence recorded by Vincenzo Nibali il 30 September 2017, also appear Matteo Jorgenson, climbed in 5'30 '', with a speed of 20,8 km/h, Felix Gall, climbed in 5'32 '', with a speed of 20,6 km/h ed Egan Bernal, who completed the climb in 5'38 '', with a speed of 20,3 km/h e 423 watts.

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