Giro d'Italia Giro d‘Italia 2024 Stage 3, Novara-Fossano, 166 km

[Tricycle Rider]

Ballerini looks like he doesn't even want to be in the front, unfortunately for him the peloton looks like it has no interest in catching up.

It's gonna be a looooong day.

 

[search]

the Merlier family is waiting at the finish today, but it may be bedtime for his son before they arrive.

 

[pastronef]

dear me, Bardiani Polti Tudor, what did RCS give you a wild card for! missed chance today. Cofidis too, come on!

 

[Samamba]

Tudor

They have someone who can top 10 GC and someone who can win sprints with a bit of luck. There's plenty of WT teams here that are worse than them.

 

[samhocking]

That's actually pretty wild, where do you suppose they found the trippy, every shade of pink fabric for the shorts? I don't think even grandma would have curtains or a sofa like that...

Back then the shorts were down to the team kit supplier iirc, only the jersey was official so all sorts of design disasters used to happen haha!
Looks to me like RCS had a size/supply issue for Pogacars speedsuit and they had to use the maglia ciclamino supply.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I think this is the fiercest points jersey battle I remember seeing.

 

[Samamba]

They should just keep riding honestly...

They have a full minute on the peloton?

 

[tobydawq]

Are they really going to do this?

Rolf Sørensen's biggest dream coming true?

 

[Samamba]

They might actually be gone; Who's gonna close this. UAE don't care.

Which sprinters missed it? Bauhaus and Vernon? Jakobsen not there but DSM has Andresen who has more chance here anyways.

 

[KZD]

This is interesting to say the least.

Sprinters group with a 1:20 minute gap over the peloton.

 

[Netserk]

A shame no one in the top-20 of GC are up there.

 

[Samamba]

Polti and Movistar realized it...

 

[tobydawq]

I guess this is the wet dream for all those whose only reaction to a flat stage is 'I just hope nobody crashes'.

 

[Tim Cahill]

May aswell just go, group is big with strong roulers

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Not watching, are PCS correct in saying Storer is up front?

 

[search]

A shame no one in the top-20 of GC are up there.

Storer is in there

 

[Landeirovic]

Storer g1 can take pink

 

[Netserk]

Not watching, are PCS correct in saying Storer is up front?

I haven't seen him, but that would be fabulous!

 

[tobydawq]

Brian Holm must be the only guy who calls a situation 'classic' when it literally never happened before...

 

[titan31]

Wonder will Bahrain work behind since Bauhaus isn't there

 

[Tim Cahill]

Tudor have 3 big guys with Storer, could drill it to take pink or could go for the win

 

[AnotherArmChair]

if I were Roman Bardet i'd go for the intermediate sprints and get in the resulting breakaway..

 

[search]

normally it'll come back together, as those sprinters ahead are unlikely to want to waste much energies before the finish

 

[Netserk]

It has been a pretty good Giro so far. If Ineos had played ball yesterday, it'd be the best start of a GT.

 

[search]

looks like it isn't Storer but Froidevaux. At least according to the tv graphics