Tour de Pologne, 30 July - 5 August, 2.UWT

[limak_]

Just took a selfie and had a quick chat at the start of today's stage with Cav, Alex Dowsett, Formolo, Stybar and Demare.

All of them are suuper nice guys. Didn't manage to catch Carapaz, but I took a closer look at his bike and now it's actually golden, not like the previous copper/bronze version. And Formolo is really that positive weirdo as he seems to be

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Well done, SH!

 

[Zoophonic]

Sergio Huguita wins stage 3 from Pello Bilbao and Quintin Hermans

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Higuita wins stage three, nice punchy finishing hill.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Higuita wins on his 25th Birthday

 

[roundabout]

somehow even the murito finish ended up being seemingly boring

top 13 on the stage s.t.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

somehow even the murito finish ended up being seemingly boring

top 13 on the stage s.t.

No way they scored that s.t. Complete BS scoring by the organizers.

 

[Samamba]

Hayter and Cras both rode a ridiculous climb starting from all the way back and not losing time in the end.

EDIT: just saw Higuita also started way back, by far the strongest.

 

[Samamba]

No way they scored that s.t. Complete BS scoring by the organizers.

There were literally no gaps?

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

There were literally no gaps?

I thought I saw gaps, I’ll take a look in a bit.

 

[yaco]

There were no gaps - Looking at the GC if things stay the same in the next days Hayter and Sobrero must be strong favourites - Sobrero will be suited by the ITT.

 

[search]

There were no gaps - Looking at the GC if things stay the same in the next days Hayter and Sobrero must be strong favourites - Sobrero will be suited by the ITT.

probably, but even Cavagna lost only 19s today

 

[Mayomaniac]

There were no gaps - Looking at the GC if things stay the same in the next days Hayter and Sobrero must be strong favourites - Sobrero will be suited by the ITT.

Yeah, hard to look past those 2.

 

[tobydawq]

Carapaz and Higuita will probably do one of their famous attacks from the gun tomorrow and Wednesday.

 

[tobydawq]

Also, what happened to Jonas Abrahamsen? That must be the worst ever defence of a leader's jersey in a WT stage race. He came home with a teammate, dead-last, 21 minutes after Higuita, 6 minutes behind the third last rider.

 

[search]

Also, what happened to Jonas Abrahamsen? That must be the worst ever defence of a leader's jersey in a WT stage race. He came home with a teammate, dead-last, 21 minutes after Higuita, 6 minutes behind the third last rider.

yeah, even worse than Vingegaard's

But he probably left a lot on the road the past two days, and two of his team mates (Tiller & Johannessen) already fell sick and abandoned, so maybe he is affected as well.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

apparently

 

[tobydawq]

yeah, even worse than Vingegaard's

But he probably left a lot on the road the past two days, and two of his team mates (Tiller & Johannessen) already fell sick and abandoned, so maybe he is affected as well.

Ha, I was actually thinking about writing even worse than Vingegaard in my post

Johannessen didn't crash in the massive fall on stage 1? I didn't know he was sick but yeah, maybe that would be the explanation.

 

[Red Rick]

I always like that Poland mixes in very long stages.

Today is a nice stage, but the rest of the route is underwhelming. Would be better if the hills today and the finish were seperate stages.

 

[search]

Johannessen didn't crash in the massive fall on stage 1? I didn't know he was sick but yeah, maybe that would be the explanation.

yeah, he was involved in the crash, but the Uno-X DS tweeted about him abandoning because of sickness (if the automatic translation didn't play me tricks)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1553766421959786496

View: https://twitter.com/leonardsnoeks/status/1553766421959786496

 

[RedheadDane]

yeah, he was involved in the crash, but the Uno-X DS tweeted about him abandoning because of sickness (if the automatic translation didn't play me tricks)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1553766421959786496

View: https://twitter.com/leonardsnoeks/status/1553766421959786496

I don't think it says anything about Abrahamsen DNFing. But that after Tiller and Johannesen had to DNF because of sickness, the team worked a bit of magic, and got Abrahamsen into the yellow jersey.

 

[search]

I don't think it says anything about Abrahamsen DNFing. But that after Tiller and Johannesen had to DNF because of sickness, the team worked a bit of magic, and got Abrahamsen into the yellow jersey.

yeah, "he" was supposed to be Johannessen there. We had left Abrahamsen behind the post before already

 

[RedheadDane]

yeah, "he" was supposed to be Johannessen there. We had left Abrahamsen behind the post before already

So much for me getting to brag about my awesome Norwegian deciphering skills!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So much for me getting to brag about my awesome Norwegian deciphering skills!

I thought you were going to comment on them using magic. I doubt that is allowed.

 

[RedheadDane]

I thought you were going to comment on them using magic. I doubt that is allowed.

I guess sometimes, you need to twist the rules to get those Norwegian Jonases a day in the limelight...