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Standings after week 3
General classification:
- Del Toro (๐ฒ๐ฝ UAE)
- S. Yates (๐ฌ๐ง Visma) at 1'20''
- Ayuso (๐ช๐ธ UAE) at 1'26''
- Carapaz (๐ช๐จ EF) at 2'07''
- Gee (๐จ๐ฆ IPT) at 2'54''
- Caruso (๐ฎ๐น Bahrain) at 2'55''
- Tiberi (๐ฎ๐น Bahrain) at 3'02''
- Bernal (๐จ๐ด Ineos) at 3'38''
- Arensman (๐ณ๐ฑ Ineos) at 3'45''
- Roglitch (๐ธ๐ฎ Bora) at 3'53''
Mountain classification:
- Fortunato (๐ฎ๐น Astana) 197 pts
- Ayuso (๐ช๐ธ UAE) 54
- Tarozzi (๐ฎ๐น Bardiani) 50
- Double (๐ฌ๐ง Jayco) 36
- Scaroni (๐ฎ๐น Astana) & Del Toro (๐ฒ๐ฝ UAE) 31
Points classification:
- Pedersen (๐ฉ๐ฐ Lidl-Trek) 240 pts
- Kooij (๐ณ๐ฑ Visma) 135
- Van Uden (๐ณ๐ฑ Picnic) 88
- Del Toro (๐ฒ๐ฝ UAE) 80
- Van Aert (๐ง๐ช Visma) 78
Intermediary sprints:
- Tonellii (๐ฎ๐น Polti) 64 pts
- De Bondt (๐ง๐ช Decathlon) 51
- Pedersen (๐ฉ๐ฐ Lidl-Trek) 50
- Epis (๐ฎ๐น Arkรฉa) 44
- Tarozzi (๐ฎ๐น Bardiani) 36
Breakaways:
- Tarozzi (๐ฎ๐น Bardiani) 406
- Tonellii (๐ฎ๐น Polti) 368 km
- De Bondt (๐ง๐ช Decathlon) 302
Redbull KM:
- Del Toro (๐ฒ๐ฝ UAE) 33
- Tarozzi (๐ฎ๐น Bardiani) 30 pts
- Tonellii (๐ฎ๐น Polti) 19
Teams:
- UAE๐ฆ๐ช
- Bahrain๐ง๐ญ at 22'56''
- Astana๐ฐ๐ฟ at 31'23'
- Visma๐ณ๐ฑ, Bora๐ฉ๐ช & Movistar๐ช๐ธ between 35 and 40 minutes
NB: I didn't have to use a single French flag while writing down any of those multiple classifications... ๐
Stage 19: Bielle โ 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 โค 30 km/h; 17% if โค 34 km/h; 18% otherwise. Expected average speeds: 33 km/h โ 51'41'', 35 km/h โ 51'30'', 37 km/h โ 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 (๐ฎ๐น Astana) has got 355 points, his teammate Scaroni๐ฎ๐น 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 (๐ฉ๐ฐ Lidl-Trek) is 141 points ahead of Kooij. There are still 152 points for grab in theory, but that would require Kooij (๐ณ๐ฑ 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). ๐ 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. ๐ด ๐คฃ