Il clôture le Tour d'Italie 2023 en beauté ! Mark Cavendish s'est imposé sur la dernière étape de ce Giro, sa première victoire depuis 11 mois ! Le Britannique a devancé ses concurrents, Alex Kirsch (LUX, Trek-Segafredo) et Filippo Fiorelli (ITA, Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè), après un sprint mouvementé. Une fois la ligne franchie, le coureur d'Astana Qazaqstan Team a fait part de son émotion, lui qui a annoncé lors de la journée de repos du Tour d'Italie se retirer des pelotons à la fin de la saison : "Mes gars ont fait un travail incroyable, et mes amis aussi ! J'ai vraiment eu des amis au top aujourd'hui, des amis de longue date. Je suis ému, pour être honnête. Gagner ici, à Rome, c'est vraiment beau. De sprinter devant le Colisée...Je suis tellement content", s'est-il réjoui devant les journalistes.
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00:00 - Mark, your very last stage of the Giro d'Italia,
00:03 and it's your first win of the year.
00:05 How exceptional is that?
00:06 - I'm very happy.
00:08 You've always got to put a negative little thing
00:11 on every question, don't you?
00:12 Like a little pessimistic thing,
00:14 that it's my first win.
00:15 I'm super happy.
00:17 Well, it was a long, hard slog to get here
00:21 to the end of the Giro,
00:23 but we felt close a couple of times before,
00:26 and my boys did incredible.
00:29 And my friends did incredible.
00:33 - Are you talking about Geraint Thomas?
00:35 - Just had some great friends today, you know?
00:38 Long time friends, and...
00:39 Well, it's pretty emotional, to be fair.
00:45 - The first one, the 17th victory,
00:47 the first one was 15 years ago.
00:49 How big is that, to still be here?
00:51 - My first Grand Tour victory was in 2008, in the Giro.
00:54 Down in Reggio Calabria.
00:59 To win here in Rome,
01:00 that was beautiful.
01:03 Like, that's a bucket list sprint to be able to do,
01:06 outside the Colosseum.
01:07 That's...
01:11 I'm so happy, so happy.
01:14 - Congratulations on the whole career.
01:16 - Thank you very much.
01:17 (whooshing)
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