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

[Landeirovic]

Waste of energy when you are so much better than the others

aah oke... he waste a lot of energy by sprinting 50m for 2 seconds...

 

[AmRacer]

Who's the most combative today?
Someone who's pulling the peloton?

 

[Rob5091]

Brollys up! Hummm ....

 

[wirral]

I think Carr went down on one of the first two stages.

 

[search]

Who's the most combative today?
Someone who's pulling the peloton?

it's up to you

https://twitter.com/x/status/1787484152217956811

View: https://twitter.com/giroditalia/status/1787484152217956811

 

[Landeirovic]

it's up to you

https://twitter.com/x/status/1787484152217956811

View: https://twitter.com/giroditalia/status/1787484152217956811

Ballerini for me

 

[Berniece]

Yes, now he will lose the Tour because of that effort.

Right, that's what I said, or implied

 

[JosefK]

Rain.

 

[Berflamand]

I think you need a maths lesson. Pog gained two seconds, Thomas one. The gap is the same as if Pog had won the sprint and Thomas had come second.

I think for Thomas the gap to the other GC riders might be more important than the gap to Pogacar...

And because of Swift he lost an additional second to all other GC riders while, as you said, the gap to Pog would have stayed the same.

EDIT: also if I'm not mistaken, tobydawq gets quite a lot of maths lessons. He even gives them.

 

[RedheadDane]

TV directors just randomly deciding to scare the commentators by showing a crash... from yesterday.

 

[tobydawq]

Right, that's what I said, or implied

Yes? If it was a waste of energy, it implies that he needed to be conserving energy for something.

 

[AmRacer]

TV directors just randomly deciding to scare the commentators by showing a crash... from yesterday.

The most exciting thing today, so far.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

The most exciting thing today, so far.

You clearly have not watched the stage, man.

 

[Samamba]

So Carr knee pain, seems like half the peloton has had it last 2 years.

 

[AmRacer]

You clearly have not watched the stage, man.

Nope, what did I miss?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Nope, what did I miss?

After the first intermediate sprint the group of 25 with almost all the sprinters was ahead by 1.5 minutes. Polti, Movistar and Bahrain had to chase full gas for 40 kilometers, in so doing splitting the bunch, with Uijdtebroeks, Lutsenko and Chaves behind, making their teams chase for about 15 kilometers until it all came back together.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Always hate having to leave the house right before the finish...

I don't know where he is right now but vamos, Fabio!

 

[RedheadDane]

Always hate having to leave the house right before the finish...

What unfortunate situation are you in for that to be necessary?

 

[Didinho]

Time for Ganna to do a Vino.

 

[Rob5091]

Nope, what did I miss?

Pogi got 2 bonus seconds!

 

[Tim Cahill]

UAE are lucky Pogacar's positioning is pretty good, they're nowhere

 

[ppanther92]

UAE are lucky Pogacar's positioning is pretty good, they're nowhere

Indeed. Why is Bjerg on the back on such a stage and not shielding Pogacar? Really a chaos team for all the money...

 

[samhocking]

Not much marginal gains for Ineos with that

To make it a 4 man sprint with a strong sprinter and the result is then more likely to be only a 1 second risk rather than potentially 3 seconds. Thomas & Swift grew up on the track, this is one way to race an intermediate for points, they just turn it to seconds that's all.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Honore, Pogacar, Thomas attacking

 

[Didinho]

They’re going for it! I love the Giro.