Porte is 3rd in GC (+ 3'29'') 45 seconds in front of Lopez (+4'04''). Pogacar bike change took 5 seconds
I'm pretty sure they had both scenarios covered in their plans.An unplanned bike change could be a mess though.
Not that much...Seems like switching bikes is the right strategy. Dumoulin losing a lot.
# | RIDER | TIME | BEHIND | AVG. SPEED |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | VAN AERT Wout | 16:52.450 | 16:52 | 20.979 |
2 | BILBAO Pello | 17:15.490 | 0:23 | 20.512 |
3 | MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe | 17:19.760 | 0:28 | 20.428 |
4 | CARAPAZ Richard | 17:22.890 | 0:31 | 20.366 |
5 | SOLER Marc | 17:24.680 | 0:33 | 20.332 |