DIRECT. Giro 2024: a 3rd stage for Alaphilippe? The race

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DIRECT Giro 2024 a 3rd stage for Alaphilippe The race

The 3rd stage of the Giro this Monday, May 6 seems to be promised to sprinters or punchers with a rough finale.

The essential

  • The 3rd stage of the Giro this Monday, May 6 is 166 kilometers long between Novara, the second largest city in Piedmont after Turin, and Fossano.

  • The stage should be the first opportunity for the sprinters to shine, even if the last 70 kilometers, which are quite hilly, may smile on a puncher like Julian Alaphilippe. Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quick Step), Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) and Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) remain the favorites of the day.

  • Sunday May 5, Tadej Pogacar has already splashed this Tour of Italy with his talent by winning solo and taking the leader’s pink jersey.

Live

12:10 – The fall of Pogacar in video

Before winning the stage yesterday, Pogacar suffered a scare in a fall while suffering a puncture

11:45 – Bardet in difficulty

Already 2 minutes 31 behind Tadej Pogacar, Frenchman Romain Bardet is having a difficult start to the Tour of Italy. Sick during the first event, he lost time again yesterday on the Oropa ramps.

11:11 – Alex Baudin best youngster

The young Decathlon AG2R-La Mondiale rider Alex Baudin is in good shape at the start of the Giro. He managed to attack yesterday 9 kilometers from the finish, and even if he was caught, he is currently 13th in the general classification, 1’38 behind Tadej Pogacar.

11:02 – Pogacar already in pink

With his victory yesterday at the top of Oropa, the ultra favorite Slovenian Tadej Pogacar has already seized the pink jersey of leader of the general classification. He is 45 seconds ahead of Geraint Thomas and Daniel Martinez, and 54 seconds ahead of Cian Uijtdebroeks.

11:01 – The profile of the 3rd stage

On the program this Monday for the 3rd stage of the Giro, 166 kilometers between Novara and Fossano, on flat terrain. A stage therefore surely promised to sprinters despite the last twenty more hilly kilometers which could bring surprises.

11:00 – Start of live

Hello everyone, welcome to this live stream of the 3rd stage of the Giro 2024, which will start at 1:25 p.m. from Novara.

The Giro classification

The Giro d’Italia will follow the spring season and start on May 4. Arrival is scheduled three weeks later, on May 26.

The start of the Giro 2024 took place in Venaria Reale in the suburbs of Turin, near the Juventus Stadium. The arrival will be in Rome. Here is the list of steps:

Here is the route map for this Giro 2024:

What are the results of the Tour of Italy?

Here are the results of the last 15 years of the Tour of Italy, called Giro d’Italia.

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