Phinney is 2 for 2 in terms of stage wins so far. He's also the top favourite to win today and win the GC in the process. Can anyone challenge him for the stage? And more improbably, the GC? Tune in to find out.
Favourites
FL
MO
HI
TT
ST
RS
AC
PL
Phinney
72
84
76
82
76
73
74
82
Wirtgen
73
78
75
82
76
75
72
80
Mullen
75
62
70
81
75
74
70
78
Dunbar
69
77
76
80
74
77
68
77
Ganna
76
69
73
80
74
81
73
82
Paillot
70
70
71
80
75
74
64
80
Lammertink
74
64
69
80
70
76
68
79
Viennet
72
54
67
80
75
75
64
80
Gonzalez Salas
70
57
60
80
74
76
54
80
Oliveira
70
70
72
79
76
72
72
79
Bjerg
75
64
68
79
73
77
70
79
Hepburn
71
64
66
79
74
77
69
79
Norsgaard
73
62
65
79
69
75
66
77
Beniusis
71
69
60
79
71
73
67
78
Atkins is the first rider we pick up as he ties the best time of 15'22" at the first intermediate, currently held by Marchewka.
Thomas sets the best time at the first split - 15'20".
Viennet betters it to 15'15".
Daniel betters it even further to 15'9".
Hepburn goes a second faster to clock 15'8".
Bjerg continues the trend to improve the best time another second to 15'7".
Exactly the same for Bissegger as his new best time is 15'6".
Brunel ties the best time of his teammate.
Beniusis is 5 seconds down.
Kung is two seconds off the pace so far.
Sterobo is 5 seconds down.
Dennis also ties the current best time of 15'6".
Fraille significantly improves the best time to 15'1".
McNulty is just a second off the pace at the moment.
Haig is also a second down.
Foss is 2 seconds slower.
Lammertink is 5 seconds slower at the intermediate.
Mullen is 2 seconds down.
I. Oliveira is also 2 seconds down.
Paillot ties the best time.
Ganna also ties the current fastest time.
Conci is a second slower.
Geoghegan Hart ties the best time as well!
Dunbar is the first to go under 15 minutes. His new best time is 14'55".
Bernal is 6 down at the moment.
Wirtgen improves the best time further to 14'49".
But Phinney is still in a class of his own and leads as everyone passes through the first split. His time is 14'43".
Here are the Top 10 times after the intermediate time check:
Name
Time
Phinney
14'43"
Wirtgen
14'49"
Dunbar
14'55"
Fraille
15'1"
Paillot
s.t.
Ganna
s.t.
Geoghegan Hart
s.t.
Bernal
s.t
McNulty
15'2"
Haig
s.t.
Conci
s.t.
Atkins sets the first sub 30 minute time to beat at the finish - 29'55".
Thomas betters that to 29'53".
Viennet significantly betters it to 29'40".
Daniel is 2 seconds off the pace at the finish.
Hepburn does improve it to 29'38".
Bjerg is the new leader with a time of 29'35".
Bissegger is a second slower today.
Brunel posts the same time as his teammate before him.
Beniusis is a further second slower.
Sterobo is just a second off the best time.
Dennis loses 3 seconds.
Fraille sets the best time at the finish! The new marker is 29'31".
McNulty is slower by 3 seconds.
Haig improves in the second sector to set the new best time of 29'28".
Foss loses momentum in the second half and is 8 seconds slower now.
Lammertink is 2 seconds down.
Oliveira loses 3 seconds.
Paillot is the new leader with a time of 29'22".
Munton loses 13 seconds.
Ganna improves it to 29'20".
Shikai loses 20 seconds.
Conci falls off the pace in the second half and loses 11 seconds at the line.
Geoghegan Hart has a similar fate and is 10 seconds off the pace.
Dunbar posts the new time to beat of 29'17".
Bernal is 7 seconds down.
Lopez expectedly loses significant time of 53 seconds today.
Wirtgen keeps his good run going and now holds the top time of 29'1".
Phinney though is in a class of his own. He is the only rider to go under the 29 minute mark and wins today's stage with a time of 28'52".
Today's winner - Taylor Phinney.
The top 2 in the GC after Stage 2 is also the top 2 today. Dunbar completes the stage podium.
Phinney comfortably wins the race by winning all three stages! Wirtgen is 2nd and Dunbar moves up to 3rd after his performance today.
Phinney and Lopez tie for the KOM with Valter in 3rd.
Phinney wins the Points classification as well. Wirtgen is 2nd with Bernal in 3rd.
Munton keeps the good race for his team going by winning the u25s. Hayter is 2nd ahead of Cemazar.
Ea Vesuvio wins the Team classification. Polar is 2nd with Cedevita in 3rd.
