Ang Italy is spinning said goodbye to Hungary this Sunday. After a first stage solved masterfully by Mathieu van der Poelwhich continues as the carrier of ‘pink jersey’ and won the time trial this Saturday Simon Yateall suggest that sprinters will have their first chance to fight for victory on stage in a race with few chances for them to shine a priori.
They are waiting on third day 201 kilometers starting at Kaposvár and ending at Balatonfüred, where it will be the first of four stages of the race that will exceed two hundred kilometers. It will be in a day flat profilewith a short fourth-category climb of only thirteen kilometers from the finish that would unexpectedly cause reductions and two previous intermediate sprints at kilometers 69 and 147.
It was, in other words, a marked day on the roadmap of sprinter teams, but it was also a day for candidates for the general classification and their teams to add weariness but relax their legs after two difficult first days. In your sights is the demanding day on Tuesdayafter the rest day this Monday and with ascent of Etna as one of the burning points of the current edition of the race.
To get to that day without any surprises, the favorites will have to finish this third stage without complications, which will run in the Balaton region. It’s a day to avoid problems and, a priori, to leave a break that forces teams of sprinters to expend energy and be the center of the race stage. men want Mark Cavendish (Quick step), Caleb Evan (Lotto Soudal), Fernando Gaviria (KAU) o Arnaud Demare (Groupama), among others, will have their first time putting out their win counter, always not forgetting what a player is capable of. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin) which, without a ‘sprinter’ to be used, is as ambitious as it is versatile.
Fewer resources need to be invested in the favorites stage. van der Poëlcertainly, will bring ‘pink jersey’ and he’s the top favorite to keep it after the stage. Any disaster, however, could change the roadmap and the key people were already positioned themselves in the first two stages to fight the race general. Simon Yateeleven seconds behind the Dutch, and Tom Dumoulinat sixteen, follow the Alpecin cyclist in sorting and want to keep a few seconds ahead of the other favorites before the the threat of Etna to reverse the race.
Source: La Verdad
I am an experienced and passionate journalist with a strong track record in news website reporting. I specialize in technology coverage, breaking stories on the latest developments and trends from around the world. Working for Today Times Live has given me the opportunity to write thought-provoking pieces that have caught the attention of many readers.
