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- No other top riders, but a group of 7 B-listers couldn't keep up with him even on the descents and flats. Too bad we'll never know if Ayuso could have managed, but even on form he would have been pressed. Pog looms out there somewhere, but this was impressive for now.
- Headline is a bit overblown. Sure Jonas is in good form. But it is no shocker that he can attack and ride away from all the riders left in the race. The only thing that was in doubt was whether he could beat Ayuso and unfortunately Ayuso had terrible luck yesterday
- Missed the split yesterday plus a crash so presumably not tip top today
- I thought Oscar Onley was supposed to be the big deal for 2026, but he's already down 11 minutes on GC. Or wasn't he the assigned GC leader for this race?
- Agree. Impressive podium for Giulio. Sprinting to 2nd in that group is not nothing.
- Gogl was taking off his jacket (in the curve! very reckless), fell and the motorcycle behind him hit his arm.
- Good to see Wout right up there. He's certainly getting back in shape. Still missing a bit from the injury. Let's hope that he can finally win a monument this season.
- The recent narrative has been all about how Pogačar Pogačar Pogačar is breaking records blah blah blah and is heading into the classics super strong.
What about Mathieu?
Last year, he won Le Samyn, went into Tirreno in good shape, achieving podiums in two stages. He then won Milano-Sanremo, E3 and Paris-Roubaix, and podiumed in De Ronde van Vlaanderen.
This year, he's won Omloop, shattering the field, and two stages of Tirreno (and he might win more) already.
With Pogačar all we have are numbers which are certainly fake, but with Mathieu his results are significantly better this year (of course Tirreno's route is more favourable this year, but it's still a much better performance).
- Giulio (personally my favourite rider) into blue! He and Isaac swap jerseys.
Del Toro now has an Italian to chase down for the second time this season, although this time it's not climbing ability that's made it so but rather explosivity.
In terms of sprinting, I think Giulio actually looks stronger - his sprint was more powerful on Stage 2 but he timed it wrong, and here it was certainly more powerful. We'll see climbing wise. Primož is also on great form and is on the podium.
Concerning Ruben Silva's words "Pellizzari is not explosive and can't sprint"... erm
Red Bull Bora hansgrohe brought 3 cards to Tirreno. So far, two are succeeding, but Jai Hindley is not. Of course they wanted to test out co-leadership with him and Pellizzari, but with this terrain that's not really possible. It'd have been far better to send him to Paris-Nice. Maybe then the Red Bull TTT on Stage 4 would have had a greater chance of challenging Vingegaard
- I never thought much about the longs. Why all the fuss? It was wet and cold and the sensible thing to wear in those conditions. If you ride where I live in Scotland you "might" get a chance to wear shorts in July for couple of days!
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