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Alexander Kristoff won the first stage of the Tour de France and is the leader, disputed this Saturday over 156 kilometers, starting and finishing in Nice, fraction in which the 10 Colombian cyclists did not present difficult problems and were freed from the falls.
Egan Bernal, Nairo Quintana, Rigoberto Urán saved the day, although with many risks.
The day was very complicated. It was because of the weather, the rain and the wet floor that brought danger to the 176 cyclists who started the first stage.
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Nairo Quintana was one of those affected in a curve, but he stopped quickly and returned to the group. But everything did not stop there. And later it was López who tried to control the bicycle, but it went against a traffic signal.
Julian Alaphilippe, Pavel Sivakov and Tom Dumoulin were some of the harmed, not only for having lost time and having to chase to reach the group, but there were some sequels.
Climate action made leaders like Egan Bernal, Primoz Roglic, Nairo Quintana, Tadej PogAcar and others were protected by their respective gregarious, who were in charge of protecting them and avoiding danger.
After the wet floor and the difficult route, the riders calmly took the route, both, that Alaphilippe, Sivakov, and others returned to the group, after chasing.
The stage had a leak. It was integrated by Fabien Grellier, Michael Schär and Cyril Gautier, who came to have a difference of more than three minutes.
57 km from the finish line, the break was over and the action began in the group, in which Jumbo Visma took the lead.
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Then, after the Lopez incident, in which Astana proposed a fight, the group slowed down seeking the protection of integrity.
When the lot entered the last 3 kilometers there was a fall in which the local Thibau Pinot took the worst part, although he finished the fraction.
No one who was in the incident wasted time, since the regulation protects them for having presented the fall in the final 3 kilometers.
The second stage will be this Sunday over 186 kilometers, also with departure and arrival in hoist and the mountain looks out.
The journey will have three mountain passes, two of the first category and one of the second category, so that with the rain and the wet floor it will bring consequences.
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