Tour de France Tour de France 2024, Stage 3: Plaisance (Piacenza) > Turin (Torino), 230.8 km

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Insanely boring stage until someone tries on the last climb, before it all ends in a bunch sprint.

But while it is boring for us, I think it's a healthy sign, because it means every team in the peloton has specific goals and will not waste energy just to get on TV.

To me it is a sign cycling in improving.
 
Did he? His team said they don't care and won't be setting up a train for him, or anyhting.
"Het zou natuurlijk wel fantastisch zijn als ik effectief het geel zou pakken. Dus áls het zo is, ga ik er zeker van genieten", is what he said yesterday.

He normally is also far enough ahead of Carapaz to not need to sprint anyway. Usually the GC guys finish somewhere around ~25th, and I'd doubt that Carapaz can Top 10 a sprint.
 
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Pedersen before Philipsen, who was way too far back. Strange leadout from Alpecin. His acceleration is ready for a stage win though. Hope they stays safe in the first sprint, everyone will be fresh after this snoozefest.
 
Hushovd said that the final three men are likely to be Abrahamsen - Waerenskjold - Kristoff, so I guess Cort's part will come fairly early on

That would make sense, he can definitely pull from say 5K to 1K, but he has no business being part of the actual final K train - that's why he never really became a sprinter, despite being fast enough.
 
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There would be a decent break if the stage was 160kms.
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Is this a stage where the last 3km rule is changed to 4 or 5km? Can’t find the post anymore.
5 km from the finish: