Standings after week 3
General classification:
- Del Toro (🇲🇽 UAE)
- S. Yates (🇬🇧 Visma) at 1’20’’
- Ayuso (🇪🇸 UAE) at 1’26’’
- Carapaz (🇪🇨 EF) at 2’07’’
- Gee (🇨🇦 IPT) at 2’54’’
- Caruso (🇮🇹 Bahrain) at 2’55’’
- Tiberi (🇮🇹 Bahrain) at 3’02’’
- Bernal (🇨🇴 Ineos) at 3’38’’
- Arensman (🇳🇱 Ineos) at 3’45’’
- Roglitch (🇸🇮 Bora) at 3’53’’
Mountain classification:
- Fortunato (🇮🇹 Astana) 197 pts
- Ayuso (🇪🇸 UAE) 54
- Tarozzi (🇮🇹 Bardiani) 50
- Double (🇬🇧 Jayco) 36
- Scaroni (🇮🇹 Astana) & Del Toro (🇲🇽 UAE) 31
Points classification:
- Pedersen (🇩🇰 Lidl-Trek) 240 pts
- Kooij (🇳🇱 Visma) 135
- Van Uden (🇳🇱 Picnic) 88
- Del Toro (🇲🇽 UAE) 80
- Van Aert (🇧🇪 Visma) 78
Intermediary sprints:
- Tonellii (🇮🇹 Polti) 64 pts
- De Bondt (🇧🇪 Decathlon) 51
- Pedersen (🇩🇰 Lidl-Trek) 50
- Epis (🇮🇹 Arkéa) 44
- Tarozzi (🇮🇹 Bardiani) 36
Breakaways:
- Tarozzi (🇮🇹 Bardiani) 406
- Tonellii (🇮🇹 Polti) 368 km
- De Bondt (🇧🇪 Decathlon) 302
Redbull KM:
- Del Toro (🇲🇽 UAE) 33
- Tarozzi (🇮🇹 Bardiani) 30 pts
- Tonellii (🇮🇹 Polti) 19
Teams:
- UAE🇦🇪
- Bahrain🇧🇭 at 22’56’’
- Astana🇰🇿 at 31’23’
- Visma🇳🇱, Bora🇩🇪 & Movistar🇪🇸 between 35 and 40 minutes
NB: I didn’t have to use a single French flag while writing down any of those multiple classifications… 😞
Stage 18 : Morbegno – Cesano Maderno, 144 km (Thursday 29, dep. 13:50-14:00, ETA 17:00-17:20)
Very short stage.
Stage without difficulties, 50 points to the winner.
The ‘3 km’ rule applies for falls/incidents within 5 km from the finish.
Only splits larger or equal to 3 seconds are counted.
Delays : 7% if ≤ 40 km/h; 8% if ≤ 45 km/h; 10% otherwise. Expected average speeds: 43 km/h ⇒ 16’05’‘, 45 km/h ⇒ 15’22’‘, 47 km/h ⇒ 18’18’'.
Despite its classification, this stage contains several difficulties, though none in the last 60 km.
Standings after stage 17
General classification:
During the breakaway, one Jayco tried to break from the big group after several mountain tops / intermediate sprints, with the guys who disputed the points. But each time, all refused: they just wanted to get back inside the big group, from which they just popped now and then to grab the points.
Denz (🇩🇪 Bora) had shown he was strong(er) earlier: he wasn’t originally in the group of 8 or 9 which managed to separate from the big group. He had to jump solo, as one or two others guys, to catch up with the new group.