The Tour de France set off from the Italian city of Florence in searing heat on Saturday with Tadej Pogacar gunning for a historic Giro-Tour double, while champion Jonas Vingegaard seeks a third straight title.- Giro-Tour double - Winner of the 2020 and 2021 Tour de France, Pogacar won the Giro d'Italia with supreme ease in May and is gunning to become the first rider since Marco Pantani in 1998 -- the year Pogacar was born -- to win the rare combination of a Tour-Giro double.
The tragic rise and fall of the controversial Italian cycling legend will be celebrated in stage two start in Cesenatico
The England winger was left with grazes after falling off his bike during a recovery bike ride.