Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) completed collectively in Turin, respectively thirty eighth and fortieth, with Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) behind within the mass bunch in 68th place, preferring to keep away from sprinting to the road and combating for placings on stage 3 of the Tour de France. The marketing campaign allowed Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) to complete forward of them and so take the yellow jersey because of better-accumulated stage placings.
The stage was disrupted by a crash with 2.2km to go and so Pogačar, Evenepoel and Vingegaard may calmly journey to the end in central Turin, understanding they’d be given the identical time as stage winner Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty).
They put security earlier than combating for the yellow jersey and remained on the identical time however Carapaz wears the yellow jersey.
Their main rivals akin to Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), the Ineos Grenadiers trio of Carlos Rodriguez, Egan Bernal and Tom Pidcock, and others, all completed in the primary group and remained at 21 seconds.
Pogačar and his UAE Team Emirates squad had made it clear that defending the yellow jersey so early within the Tour de France was not a precedence, along with his general battle with Vingegaard, and finally general victory, shaping their three-week race technique.
It was a second of amnesty earlier than Tuesday’s fourth stage over the Col du Galibier to Valloire. Pogačar and Evenepoel appeared completely satisfied to let Carapaz take over the yellow jersey, in order that his EF Education-EasyPost squad must defend it through the intense 139.6km stage.
Losing the yellow jersey meant that Pogačar now not had any post-stage podium and media obligations, and so was capable of disappear onto the UAE Team Emirates group bus and rapidly start his restoration.
Evenepoel stored the perfect younger rider’s white jersey but it surely appeared to not have the burden of the yellow jersey on his shoulders earlier than the primary mountain stage of the 2024 Tour de France.
“I did not must do something right this moment,” he instructed the Belgian media on the end. “I wished to return in relaxed, effectively, figuratively talking. That was successful. The mission of the day was successful.
“I did not take into consideration yellow. I completed with none accidents and hopefully it’s going to keep that approach. Others have fallen significantly and that is not good to see.”
Evenepoel was initially not conscious that crashes had not directly affected him regardless of his warning. Young teammate Casper Pedersen crashed at velocity with 15 kilometres to go and the Dane suffered a collarbone fracture that compelled him to desert the Tour regardless of ending the stage.
Evenepoel is concentrated on stage 4, when assaults over the Galibier may spark important time gaps between the general contenders.
“It’s essential however it isn’t a very powerful day of the Tour. It won’t be probably the most tough stage,” he mentioned, enjoying a protracted sport.
“There could also be variations, however not the largest variations. We must be prepared for battle after which we’ll see what can come out of it.
“We’re simply going to attempt to comply with and never waste time. If there’s a battle for victory, I’ll attempt to take part, but it surely may effectively be that the breakaway wins once more.”
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