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 19: Bielle – Champoluc, 166 km (Friday 30, dep. 12:20-12:30, ETA 16:55-17:35)
Mountain stage with many long climbs.
Stage with high difficulties, 15 points to the winner.
The 3 km rule applies for falls/incidents in the finish.
Delays: 16% if ≤ 30 km/h; 17% if ≤ 34 km/h; 18% otherwise. Expected average speeds: 33 km/h ⇒ 51’41’‘, 35 km/h ⇒ 51’30’‘, 37 km/h ⇒ 58’06’'.
If I am not mistaken, this stage grants a maximum of 147 mountain points, and the next one 80 points. That’s 227 points. Fortunato (🇮🇹 Astana) has got 355 points, his teammate Scaroni🇮🇹 161, and the first non-Astana only 66. Therefore Fortunato has an advance of 289 points over the first non-Astana , which is already enough to ensure that the Blue Jersey will go to Astana.
For points classification, Pedersen (🇩🇰 Lidl-Trek) is 141 points ahead of Kooij. There are still 152 points for grab in theory, but that would require Kooij (🇳🇱 Visma) to win the 2 mountain stages on top of the final one and all the intermediate sprints (without Pedersen scoring more than a handful). 😁 So the Cyclamen Jersey will go to Pedersen.
The intermediate sprints classification, the Red Bull KM sprints classification, and the breakaway classification are still undecided.
‘Queen’ stages provide the best naps in the world. 😴 🤣