Arnaud Démare finally holds his victory on the Tour of Italy! The French won the sprint of the 10th stage on Tuesday in Modena. The sprinter of the FDJ has beaten the Italian champion Elia Viviani, the German Rudi Selig and the Australian Caleb Ewan at the end of the 145 kilometers. Démare removes his first stage success in the Giro, in which he participates for the third time. Winner of Milan-Sanremo in 2016, Picard has two stages in the Tour de France. He had not won since last August.
WHAT VICTORY OF ARNAUD DEMARE! The Frenchman of the Groupama-FDJ team wins his first stage victory on the Tour of Italy! # LequipeGIROpic.twitter.com / OhFROUc7V8
- the channel The Team (@lachainelequipe) May 21, 2019A new stage for sprinters on Wednesday
This stage of recovery, promised to the sprinters in view of the straight and flat line between Ravenna and Modena, gave rise to no attack, except a breakaway of two riders, the Japanese Sho Hatsuyama and the "local" Luca Covili. The duo, remotely controlled by the peloton, was joined 25 kilometers from the finish. On Wednesday, the sprinters have their second chance of the week in the 11th stage of 221 kilometers between Carpi and Novi Ligure. With, why not, a second victory for Démare.
The French victories in the Giro for 20 years:
1999: Richard Virenque (Rapallo), Laurent Jalabert (Terme Luigiane, time trial in Ancona, Lumezzane)
2005: Christophe Le Mével (Varazze)
2010: Jérôme Pineau (Novi Ligure), Damien Monier (Peio Terme)
2011: John Gadret (Castelfidardo)
2014: Nacer Bouhanni (Bari, Foligno, Salsomaggiore Terme)
2017: Pierre Rolland (Canazei), Thibaut Pinot (Asiago)
2019: Arnaud Démare (Modena)