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Unsurprisingly, with the intermediate dash the subsequent impediment on the highway, Alpecin-Deceuninck and Visma-Lease a Bike are the groups pulling within the bunch.
There’s not a lot separating them at present, however Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) leads Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) within the factors classification, with 158 factors to the Australian’s 145. Pavel Bittner (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) sits in third with 81.
130km to go
The final time Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale held a Grand Tour chief’s jersey was on the 2009 Tour de France with Rinaldo Nocentini. The Italian held the jersey for a 3rd of the race earlier than finally ending thirteenth on GC.
8:16 for Isasa now. We surprise how lengthy the peloton are going to present the 22-year-old.
Not solely did Ben O’Connor placed on a Grand Tour chief’s jersey for the primary time because of yesterday’s win, however he additionally accomplished the set of Grand Tour stage wins.
145km to go
And one other British prospect has joined Ineos as they give the impression of being to regular themselves amidst administration modifications.
The Olympic highway race silver medallist turns into the most recent rider to maneuver from Jumbo-Visma to Lidl-Trek.
There may not have been many breakaway strikes right now in Andalusia however there’s been loads of switch strikes this Friday.
The tempo has actually gone out of the peloton, with Isasa now holding a 5 minute benefit.
Archidona, unsurprisingly, proved to be an incredible setting for a stage begin.
The best first day within the GC lead for Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale with a sole chief to chase down.
The hole has prolonged to 2 minutes for our lone chief, it could possibly be an extended day for the person from Urretxu.
170 km to go
Isasa was the final survivor from a four-rider break on stage three.
It is a acquainted face to make the primary transfer right now as Xabier Isasa (Euskaltel-Euskadi) accelerates from the bunch.
180km to go
It is marginally cooler to this point right now, simply 33.2 °C.
The beginning city of Archidona is a picture-postcard vacation spot within the area.
And the riders are rolling out from the neutralised begin!
There’s loads of Australian followers firstly in Archidona displaying their help for Ben O’Connor on his first day within the crimson jersey.
It is Ben O’Connor’s first-ever day in a Grand Tour chief’s jersey right now, so a contemporary bike is simply proper!
When there are winners, there are usually losers too. Here is how the Pink Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe camp reacted after they let the maillot rojo slip yesterday.
Earlier than we crack on with right now’s racing, here is a reminder of what occurred yesterday!
Some information from the beginning this morning is that each Andreas Kron (Lotto Dstny) and Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Victorious) will not begin in Archidona.
The neutralised begin is roughly half an hour away, so let’s check out right now’s route.
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