Le dernier vainqueur sur le Tour d'Italie 2023 se nomme Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan Team) ! Pour l'ultime journée de sa carrière sur le Giro, le champion de Grande-Bretagne s'est imposé à Rome ce dimanche à l'occasion de 21e étape, signant ainsi son premier succès depuis onze mois. Aidé notamment par son ami Geraint Thomas (INEIOS Grenadiers), qui lui a donné un coup de main dans le final, celui qui a décroché sa 17e victoire sur le Tour d'Italie a largement devancé les surprenants Alex Kirsch (LUX, Trek-Segafredo) et Filippo Fiorelli (ITA, Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) à l'issue d'un sprint massif marqué par une grosse chute à une cinquantaine de mètres de l'arrivée. Entouré par ses coéquipiers de la Jumbo-Visma, Primoz Roglic a quant à lui vécu une ultime journée de course sans embûche - même si le final a été très tendu - et remporte donc le 106e Giro !
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00:00 Mark Cavendish said he was grateful to some friends today for his win. Have you made him a winner?
00:07 I was there and saw it was only Louis Leon with him so why not do a bit of a pull for an old mate?
00:18 I predicted he'd win on What's Occurring, my podcast, so I had to do my bit to help out.
00:23 Is it solidarity between experienced riders or riders of the same nationality?
00:29 Same nationality, friends. For me, my job was done so I helped a brother out.
00:42 24 hours later, where are you at with the disappointment of not winning the Giro d'Italia?
00:49 It still hurts. When you see Primoz riding around in pink and you think what could have been?
00:54 I think we should still be extremely proud of how we raced as a team, how we dealt with losing Pipo, who was a class rider at the start.
01:04 Then Teo with such a really bad injury and then Pavel.
01:08 But we all stuck together, we all stayed strong, we all kept morale high and everyone backed me 100%.
01:14 Not just the riders but all the staff here. It's been an incredible team effort.
01:19 That was the main reason I was so disappointed yesterday, to lose it at the end.
01:24 I think it's a great team and we'll keep going.
01:31 It's the lows that make the highs even sweeter. When they do come around, it'll be even better.
01:37 Will you be back?
01:39 Don't know. Never say never.
01:41 Thank you.
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