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

[tobydawq]

Never? The jersey (and potentially shorts) is worn by the next in line, if a rider is leading more than one ranking

(I guess you know that, but it seemed like you forgot in your quest for "ugly cycling clothes combination")

I do of course, it's just quite rare for a rider to be leading those two competitions exclusively. Especially a rider like Abrahamsen.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

So who is the hottest sprinter in the TdF right now?

Cav got quite hot the other day.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Kevin Vauquelin is from Bayeux, home of the Bayeux Tapestry. Is his win today a good omen for the only knight in the race?

Hope we can avoid this:

 

[Didinho]

Aero nose. Another 20W saved. Easy win today.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Look for Arnaud de Lie today, my friends.

 

[Rob5091]

Zero guys in the break today?!

 

[RobertCrawley]

Zero guys in the break today?!

A bizarre looking soft peddling start.

 

[yaco]

Who would have thought that if you have a 230km flat sprint early in the TDF, that no-one wants to get in the break and waste energy. Now if you had the same stage later in the TDF then you would have a break form.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Who would have thought that if you have a 230km flat sprint early in the TDF, that no-one wants to get in the break and waste energy. Now if you had the same stage later in the TDF then you would have a break form.

Same thing if its 160 km. Point being that sprint stages early on always are not just doomed, but extremely doomed

 

[KZD]

Aero nose. Another 20W saved. Easy win today.

This is getting a bit out of hand just like helmets.

I am going with Philipsen for today, the length of the stsge should also help him against other sprinters apart from De Lie and Pedersen.

 

[yaco]

Same thing if its 160 km. Point being that sprint stages early on always are not just doomed, but extremely doomed

There would be a decent break if the stage was 160kms.

 

[RobertCrawley]

The peloton has given itself a rest day, or maybe a 1/2 rest day. Can't blame them after the first couple of super hard and hot days.

 

[yaco]

This is getting a bit out of hand just like helmets.

I am going with Philipsen for today, the length of the stsge should also help him against other sprinters apart from De Lie and Pedersen.

Not if they are riding at 35kms phr.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

ASO may be regretting picking 39 km/h as the slowest time schedule for today...

 

[Rob5091]

Old school start today. The kids today are not used to multiple 200 km stages!

 

[Valv.Piti]

There would be a decent break if the stage was 160kms.

Maybe 2 or 3 riders from pro conti teams, yes, if thats what you call decent

 

[RobertCrawley]

The Tractor leading the group as he often does.

 

[DJO]

Going to be a long, long day. For riding, commentating, and most important of all for those watching the whole stage.

 

[JohnWayne]

The Tractor leading the group as he often does.

Was that to be considered a breakaway attempt? Seemed like he asked the Alpecin guy if he can go to a "break", and he got the go-ahead. Sadly, got caught.

 

[Lequack]

 

[RobertCrawley]

Going to be a long, long day. For riding, commentating, and most important of all for those watching the whole stage.

We're going to need a lot of castles in the tv feed today.

 

[Rob5091]

There would be a decent break if the stage was 160kms.

If there's no chance of a win, teams are not happy anymore to just get the TV time out front (unless riders are not sure of a contract for next year - making themselves "visible").

 

[Potomac]

So the big drama will be the sprint bonus seconds because *somebody* must want an extra second to take yellow.

 

[Potomac]

Surely the tour director must be on the phone to the invited teams.
To get invited, you would think they would promise to be in the break on days like this.

 

[Lequack]

Aero nose. Another 20W saved. Easy win today.

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