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

[ManicJack]

Listen. I’ll let you win this one in the spirit of neutralization

Not trying to win anything, unlike most posters here. 🙄

 

[red_flanders]

What was Remco complaining about when he crossed the line?

He was gesturing to Pogi about the EF rider.

Remco now apparently the #1 Pogi stan.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Abrahamsen is still in green, going well.

 

[AmRacer]

Yeah very likely, but in any case, Remco will probably get the yellow after the TT on stage 7

It depends on what happens tomorrow. Tadej Merckx and Jonas Extraterrestrial will go full gas.

 

[Salvarani]

He's always complaining. Maybe someone smiled at him at the wrong time.

He is hangry probably.

 

[will-10]

What was Remco complaining about when he crossed the line?

he was wondering what Healy was doing, as if the yellow jersey wasn't going to be decided on combined placings.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Listen. I’ll let you win this one in the spirit of neutralization

I think the question was within 5k of the finish line.

 

[topcat]

Won't the 5k rule neutralize the yellow jersey battle?

No

 

[Izzyeviel]

Another joyous result for cycling fans. Well the ones still awake at least.

 

[yaco]

Gronewegen is quite possibly the worst sprinter I have ever seen when he comes to positioning

What. He was in good position but got blocked on the barriers. In saying that if he got a clear run he may have got third.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Given the racing was pretty meh, these first three stage winners are as good as it gets. Not only in terms of likeable riders but also a welcoming change with smaller teams winning stuff.
EF getting the yellow jersey like that is kinda hilarious and I'm really looking forward how this gets covered in the Netflix series next year. I need extensive slow motion of Carapaz sprinting backwards in between a bunch of 1,90m giants while Vaughters jumps up and down his chair giving us great metaphorical quotes what this means for the team.
Jokes aside, cool to see Carapaz adding a yellow jersey to his collection, has to be one of the very few people to have a leaders jersey from every GT as well as an Olympic gold medal, no?

Side note: Pedersen being quite a bit up on Jakobsen in the Green jersey competitions is a very good development for this Tour given how many otherwise boring sprint stages there are this year. Might be at least some battle to look forward after a few years where the competition was decided super early.

 

[RobertCrawley]

What. He was in good position but got blocked on the barriers. In saying that if he got a clear run he may have got third.

He should not be complaining about putting guys in barriers.

 

[search]

he was wondering what Healy was doing, as if the yellow jersey wasn't going to be decided on combined placings.

while van den Berg forgot to pull the brakes, and finished one spot ahead of Carapaz.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

That's nice 3 different yellow jerseys
in the first three stages
(that's already more than in the Giro!)

 

[yaco]

Why. What did he do?

He went from 5 or 6 wide to on the barriers.

 

[Boehmand]

Except for there was a GC placement change. So it’s not a complete free pass

But isn't that just on placement?

Officially they are still all given the same time.

 

[tobydawq]

Cavendish sure has some interesting facial expressions in the interview

 

[Boehmand]

For those wondering:

Carapaz was 14th across the line and Evenepoel was 40th.

 

[Miha81]

Except for swerving in every direction you can find on a compass every sprint.

It looked clean today but always hard to judge from camera angles.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

What was Remco complaining about when he crossed the line?

He's always complaining. Maybe someone smiled at him at the wrong time.

Healy, for no reason, wants to wiggle in between Evenepoel and Pogacar to cross over in front of Evenepoel to the other side of the road, to "sprint" ahead of their bunch while they were freewheeling towards the finish. Evenepoel simply thinking WTF is this guy doing.

 

[Boehmand]

Except for swerving in every direction you can find on a compass every sprint.

It's because he grew up close to the equator

 

[RobertCrawley]

Netflix is working overtime today.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Mark is the best sprinter and give us awesome interviews!

 

[scribers]

But isn't that just on placement?

Officially they are still all given the same time.

the question is if the rule would neutralize the yellow jersey battle. If nothing changes between now and day 21 carapaz wins because of what happened within 5k today

 

[Slavique Nuke]

Cavendish sure has some interesting facial expressions in the interview

He looked drunk