The sprinters await their first chance at the third stage of the Giro

He Italy is spinning live this Monday third stage which aims to give cyclists a little break, if that exists in the best races in the world. But after a great start, with two brilliant days to launch the race, it promises to lower the heart rate to give continuity to its first week.

Wait a flat day, 166 kilometers between Novara and Fossano, with a fourth category port only in Lu, before sixty kilometers of the race. A good point to allow a breakaway expected to give a pulse to a peloton prepared for the first sprint finish. Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step), Fabio Jakobsen (DSM) or Movistar Fernando Gaviria They are some of the men waiting for their turn.

The favorites will have to reserve their strength in a very long race that has not even started its first full week. They aim to reach that goal in the next four days, at heading to the Perugia time trial on Thursday called to make a difference.

But to achieve this it is important to go through each day without problems and this Monday is an example of this. In Tadej Pogacar and the UAE Emirates As unmistakable race patterns from day one, any fear or problem can give life to any rival at any time.

Placement will be critical, with the GC men’s teams keen to protect their leaders. Especially, it will come in a final part with a small slope just over three kilometers from the finish line and some dangerous curves to launch the last kilometer, during which it is expected that the teams of sprinters will be in full control.

So far that has kept the UAE in the race, plus a Pogacar that in just two days of racing has already gained a lead of forty-five seconds over Geraint Thomas and Daniel Felipe Martínez. But days like this Monday are also important: they are not called to be decisive in the general classification, but saving them without setbacks is an obligation to aspire to success.