Le Tour 2023 – Stage 3
Amorebieta-Etxano > Bayonne
Distance: 193.5 kilometers.
This is a Flat stage with 4 Category climbs that exit Spain. It ends with a group sprint in the Atlantic Pyrenees of France.
- Côte de Trabakua 13.8 km (Cat 3: 4.1km @ 5.4%)
- Côte de Milloi 32.8 km (Cat 4: 2.3km @ 4.5%)
- Col d’Itziar 70.9 km (Cat 3: 5.1km @ 6.3%)
- Côte d’Orioko Benta 102.0 km (Cat 4: 4.6km @ 6.3%)
The intermediate sprint is 65.7 km from the start at Deba.
Adam Yates (UAD – 019) [Yellow] 13h 52′ 33″
Victor Lafay (COF – 125) [Green] 80 Points
Neilson Powless (EFE – 046) [Polka Dot] 18 points
Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 011) [White] 2 +00h 00′ 06″
Stage winner: Jasper Philipsen (AFC – 106)
Combative: Laurent Pichon (ARK – 178) [Tan numbers]
Team: Team Jumbo-Visma (TJV – 001-008) [Yellow numbers]
Top 10 below the fold
1 Adam Yates (UAD – 019)
2 Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 011)
3 Simon Yates (JAY – 161)
4 Victor Lafay (COF – 125)
5 Wout van Aert (TJV – 006)
6 Jonas Vingegaard (TJV – 001)
7 Michael Woods (ISN – 151)
8 Jai Hindley (BOH – 071)
9 Carlos Rodríguez (IGD – 027)
10 Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (LIT – 083)
Note: Wikipedia has a simple article on the Mountain classification used on the Tour. The basic fact is that climbs fall into five types, with the four numbered types decreasing in difficulty as the numbers get larger, and then there is the Hors Catégorie, literally “without category”, which generally makes you look for an elevator or Sherpas.
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