Tour de France Tour de France 2023, stage 3: Amorebieta-Etxano - Bayonne/Baiona, 193.5k

[Scarponi]

Feels like a let down after the first 2 stages

 

[Valv.Piti]

We are leaving the Basque Country and it has been a great couple of days. If you still want more, consider this documentary by Jørgen Leth about the Basque sport Pelota.

 

[EddyMazzoleni]

Liquigas will drill the hills for Sagan

Man i feel old now.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Man i feel old now.

Liquigas will drill the hills for Pozzato. So will Mapei for Bettini!

 

[Danskebjerge]

I like the way the favourites have been very visible in the beginning of this Tour. However, the sprinter teams must be hungry now, and since there are not too many flat stages in this stage race, I expect those teams to try to control as much as they can on stage 3 - and on the other flat stages, too. That can make it hard for the breakaway riders - we have already seen the breakaways be annihilated on the two first stages.

 

[Panda Claws]

I can't see WvA winning this. His sprinting has followed a pattern rather similar to Boonen and Sagan who went from governing bunch sprints to sprinting for the podium. He just doesn't seem to have that speed this year.

Cavendish for the win but I also actually rate Girmay for this. He probably doesn't have the top speed of Philipsen or Jakobsen but he's got that young explosiveness.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

If Vineggaard tucks WVA into bed on time tonight and turns the light off properly, then maybe he can win the stage tomorrow.

 

[SHAD0W93]

So Cav not 100% confident that this stage is sprint

Said "you got that Michael Berg going hard on the climbs" so who knows

But Cav is being diplomatic with Cofidis

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[Monte Serra]

We are leaving the Basque Country and it has been a great couple of days. If you still want more, consider this documentary by Jørgen Leth about the Basque sport Pelota.

Bayonne/Baiona is still in the Basque Country, isn't it?

Thanks for the Leth doc! Always enjoy his films.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I can't see WvA winning this. His sprinting has followed a pattern rather similar to Boonen and Sagan who went from governing bunch sprints to sprinting for the podium. He just doesn't seem to have that speed this year.

Cavendish for the win but I also actually rate Girmay for this. He probably doesn't have the top speed of Philipsen or Jakobsen but he's got that young explosiveness.

Van Aert has participated in exactly two proper bunch sprints this year - a Tirreno and a Suisse where he was underwhelming outside of the sprints too. Far too early to say, especially given that he finished in the top-3 of literally every bunch sprint he did in 2022. Also, Sagan still won a pan-flat stage in the 2018 Tour, the last year before he started to decline, so isn't the best example either.

 

[Tim Cahill]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1675620261406580736

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[Libertine Seguros]

Complementary bottle of Izarra for the winners, por favor.

One of the best things about Iparralde.

 

[Gratemans]

I'm rooting for Cavendish now.
Because reasons.

 

[Panda Claws]

Van Aert has participated in exactly two proper bunch sprints this year - a Tirreno and a Suisse where he was underwhelming outside of the sprints too. Far too early to say, especially given that he finished in the top-3 of literally every bunch sprint he did in 2022. Also, Sagan still won a pan-flat stage in the 2018 Tour, the last year before he started to decline, so isn't the best example either.

Yeah after Groenewegen and Gaviria left.

 

[Kaptain Kool]

If Vineggaard tucks WVA into bed on time tonight and turns the light off properly, then maybe he can win the stage tomorrow.

IIRC that's exactly what Triki Beltran did for the original Pozzato the night before 2007 TdF Stage 5.

 

[Izzyeviel]

This tour is two stages old & its already provided more action & drama, and more feel good moments than the past two Giros.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Yeah after Groenewegen and Gaviria left.

Incorrect, he won the second stage as well.

 

[shalgo]

Liquigas will drill the hills for Sagan

Man i feel old now.

Who’s better, Sagan or EBH?

 

[tobydawq]

10 guys DQ'd half an hour after the finish cause they changed lane like Skjelmose and Bettiol today.

It wasn't only because they changed lanes, it was because both almost made Rodríguez crash.

 

[Aimar16]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1675620261406580736

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The Astana guys are praying that this dude cracks and finishes outside the time limit as soon as possible so they don't have to babysit him

 

[laarsland]

Complementary bottle of Izarra for the winners, por favor.

One of the best things about Iparralde.

checking whether this was available in Norway, I stumbled across a selection of Gorka Izagirre-wines. Have you sampled these?

 

[SHAD0W93]

The Astana guys are praying that this dude cracks and finishes outside the time limit as soon as possible so they don't have to babysit him

They’d be even happier with a stage win or more.

 

[RedheadDane]

They’d be even happier with a stage win or more.

Get a stage win, and then he can OTL, or just DNS/DNF.
But he'll probably try really hard to make it to Paris.

 

[Jagartrott]

So Cav not 100% confident that this stage is sprint

Said "you got that Michael Berg going hard on the climbs" so who knows

I think this should be read as 'Cavendish not 100% that he will be there to sprint'.

 

[MrTea1976]

Cavendish taking number 35 is arguably bigger than JV winning again.