1st stage
1 July 2023
Bilbao-Bilbao
182 km
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Adam Yates wins the 1st stage kf Tour de Frajce 2023.
8,3 km
On the descent the Yates twins are riding themselves in the leadimg position. Will be a double victory (1st and 2nd place) for them today?
9,5 km
Pogacar crossed the ascent first.
10 km to go
Adam Yates just totally destroyed the peloton within a few hundred meters.
Exactly at 10 km, Pogacar attacks, only Vingegaard and Victor Lafay go with him.
11 km to go
Now UAE is pushing. Actually, Marc Soler is pushing to hard, there is a little gap between him and the rest of the peloton. Hey where is everyone?
Behind Soler, Tiesj Benoot leading the bunch. Right behind him is Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard is in the third position in this group.
20 km to go
Jumbo-Visma is pushing the race, UAE Team emirates behind them.
It looks like Enric Mas is going to abandon the race.
22 km to go
Crash: Enric Mas and Richard Carapaz are involved.
27 km to go
Nekson Powless took the climb.
28 km to go
Riders are dropping form the peloton on the 2nd category climb. With some surprising names among them.
50 km to go
The five breakaway riders has been caught, now it's gruppo completto.
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