Euskaraz irakurri: 2024ko Frantziako Tourraren 3. stageren profila eta ibilbidea: Piacenza-Turin (230.5 km)
The third stage of the 2024 Tour de France is planned for the Monday July 1forks the longest of this 111th edition of the test. It will be held, one more day, in its entirety in Italy; the start, scheduled for 11:15 hourswill be held in Piacenzaand the finish line, whose line will be crossed by the first runner to do so between 4:57 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., it’s located in TurinIt is a flat stage, where victory could be decided by a sprint, and which is also characterised by the fact that, at 230.5 kilometres, it is the longest stage of this Tour.
After a race start, in the first two stages, with the middle mountains taking centre stage, this is a day that promises to be for sprinters and adventurers. However, those trying to get into the breakaway will not have it easy, because the teams of the fast men will try to control the peloton to play their cards.
There is three qualifying climbs, all three of them 4th category; they are short, they do not present excessive hardness (the one with the greatest slope, the Côte de Barbarescoreaches 6.5% on average), and are not close to the Turin goal, since the last one, the Côte de Sommariva Boltis 46 kilometers from the finish. The passage through the Tortone Coast, very close to a place where the legendary Fausto Coppi had his residence; The Tour de France, in this way, will pay tribute to one of its historical heroes, double winner of the Tour, in 1949 and 1952.
Turin will be the place where this third stage of the 111th Tour de France concludes, which We will be able to watch it live, with the EITB broadcast, through eitb.eus from 13:05 and ETB1 at 15:00.
STAGE PROFILE
Profile of stage 3 of the 2024 Tour de France. Image: letour.fr.
2nd stage profile | 4th stage profile
DATA SHEET
Stage: 3rd stage (July 1)
Route: Plaisance-Turin
Distance: 230.5 km
Cumulative upward gradient: 1,100 m
Closing hour: 11:15
Arrival schedule: 16:57 (43 km/h) | 17:12 (41 km/h) | 17:33 (39 km/h).
Mountain Prize: Côte de Tortone-Fausto Coppi (4th), at kilometre 70.5; Côte de Barbaresco (4th), at kilometre 155.8; Côte de Sommariva Perno (4th), at kilometre 181.1.
Source: Eitb
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