After Saturday’s round of skating in Nice, many teams had to lick their wounds. Lotto-Soudal was hit the hardest, but had no ambitions in the rankings.
Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) was also there on the opening day, but finished on Sunday among the favorites.
His right hand David Gaudu got into trouble in the first kilometers yesterday, but reached the finish in 96th. His backlog was admittedly 17’45 “.
Wout Poels (Bahrain-McLaren, 25’47 “) and David de la cruz (UAE Emirates, 28’55 “) continue their journey between Nice and Paris with cracks and fractures: their possible aspirations for a good classification have also been destroyed.
Also Pavel Sivakov (Ineos) survived the second stage. He settled in the bus: 28’15 “.
Bennett, Aru, Kuss, Martinez, Kämna, Benoot, Martin,…
The second stage had (much) fewer sliders in store, but many riders were already presented with a hefty bill.
Domenico Pozzovivo (NTT) en George Bennett (Jumbo-Visma) were inconvenienced after their tumblers on Saturday and gave up 1’16 “.
Fabio Aru (UAE) in Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) had to go overboard quite quickly on the last nod, where Alaphilippe attacked: 2’09 “at the finish.
Daniel Martinez (EF Pro Cycling), winner of the Dauphiné, went down in the last hour of competition. The Colombian may also make a cross over it: 3’38 “.
Who sneak something Ilnur Zakarin (CCC), Mikel Snow (Mitchelton-Scott) of Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic) already knows what time it is: 4’25 “for the trio.
At Bora-Hansgrohe they have also lost a trump card: Lennard Kämna, stage winner in the Dauphiné, did not recover from an uphill fall and came in at 10’19 “.
Who still on Tiesj Benoot (Sunweb) or And Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation) had calculated: the bill is 17’45 ”.
