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… 😞
It’s like UAE told Del Toro to stick to Carapaz’s wheel during the prerace bus meeting. And then UAE and Del Toro just stayed the course despite everything.
A+ for sticking to the plan, F- for adaptability.
Del Toro’s sprint at the line was cringe to watch. Like, bro, burn that energy earlier when it mattered.
Yeah, but then its majka’s job to be the road captain and give new instructions. I can just imagine the convo when majka joined del toro in the valley…
RM: “YOU LET YATES TAKE HOW MANY MINUTES???”
IDT: “DS told me to stay with carapaz…”
RM: “OK, we close the gap now. Brandon and i will pace you up the final climb”
IDT: “nah, i’m good fam…”
Everyone is able to do a 5 second flat sprint no matter how tired… It doesnt mean you didnt empty the tank on a climb…