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[Music] win a race in his teams. I I don’t think he’s been the wins have been sparse in his team te teams anyway. Matt, he he already has eight wins this year, but he turns 20 on Wednesday, so his last chance today maybe. Yeah, I think uh he he has a nice chance today and uh be uh like I say, it’ be interesting when we get down to that final who who they sprint for. Um whether they go for Brennan or or for Coy. Sorry, Matt. First intermediate sprint point of the day. Just caught me off guard there as we look up. Let’s see who goes for this. There’s 32 and one bonus seconds plus the points for the point the sprinters classification. I no idea. I think it might have been Lasven. I’d have to ask Glowen down as probably the best sprinter of these four. I think the Alpha Cinder man’s got that. But being stage one being might be raising his hand in the air to make sure the commisser back there saw it was him. Hoping they might have a camera on that. But looking like last Ben on number 11, but Alpas Kernik getting that. Not the best of shots this one from behind, but you can just see Ben in the gray of Alpine Kernik on the left. I think he’s just about got that. So let me explain to people what that means. It does of course mean he’s the virtual leader on the road now because he has 3 seconds. There are 32 and 1 seconds available at each of these intermediate sprint points and uh the Dutchman Boven there appears to have got that one although we’ll wait to confirm it for you on the screen. Um those points by the way are for the most active riders jersey the Mar jersey. It’s a kind of blue inky blue jersey in this race separate from the points classification. While we talk about the points classification, I’ll point out by the way that um the the points classification is sponsored by a company called Lang Team. So if any of you on the screen see team points classification, you think what on earth is the team points classification now? Uh it isn’t a team points classification. It’s a sponsor called Lang Team and it’s the points classification standard for the most um consistent finisher. Basically, it’s a white Lang Team jersey. But what you’ve just seen as a sprint for the most active riders jersey, the lotto most active riders jersey just to confuse a bit more. Dark blue jersey, current leader in that is last bo and he’s also now the virtual leader on the road because he has a 3 second time bonus unless I’ve missed it while I’m looking down my notes there. They haven’t confirmed that on the screen did with us did they Matt? No, no uh no confirmation of the sprint. I think just uh to talk to you a little bit about Lang Team that you mentioned that’s actually the the organizing company. after this race for a long long time now and they’re uh yeah one of the the members of of Lang team it’s a a family business he’s actually part of the UCI management committee and they do quite a lot for cycling um in the in the European area so organize a few motifs and uh and things as they go through the year. So, like you say, it’s a nice idea, promotes also their their brand and uh yeah, keeps keeps their name out there rather than the uh like you say, ASO. Everybody knows the organized with the tour to France and the RCS, the organizers, the Dejiro and the Italian races. It’s good to uh give them a little bit of promotion. There is confir confirmation of it. last both in getting the three points and the three seconds and Grodan in second and there Patrick Stosh of the Polish national team in the white and red getting the final 1 second one point. Four riders in the break which means that every time we go through one of the intermediate sprint points I know it’s obvious mathematically it means one of them will get nothing. Uh if they survive out there long enough they might even survive to that mountains point in Prooit. I hope they survive the whole stage in court, of course. But this being a sprint Control. fight for position, but the roads are quite good as as we run down towards the finish. Two-lane roads, kind of plenty of space in there. So, yeah, I think it’s a at the moment, I would say it’s uh a 50/50 chance of survival. The Pelaton has this breakaway already well under control. And yeah, it’s uh they they’ll be able to bring them back when they when they want. Matt, you mentioned you’ve been here on the ground uh working for the team at the race on two occasions, I think you said, at the Tour of Poland. Um tell us about your experience of both like the race as it unfolded and how it went for you as a sports director, but also of the country as well. It’s not actually a country I’ve been to in person either, so I’m keen to learn more about it as well. Yeah, I think it’s uh the the race is is a really nice race and the organization’s on a on a really high level. Um so it’s one that the teams do look forward to going to and got some nice accommodation there. Um which is always always helpful. Um but yeah, it’s a a really nice country. I’ve been uh to Poland many times for for other races as well. Um they organize or they certainly used to a few years ago when I worked for British team. They organized a lot of races uh in Poland, UCI races as it looks like a ride from Israel Premier Techch deciding to go back to the Pelaton. Oo yeah, this is now for Iceberg and he’s got a puncture or something by the looks of it. They’re wet roads, so that might be the case. Um not not a good look for him. He’s slowed right down as well. I’m presuming they’ve had enough time, Matt, to bring up a team car for each of them. If not, I guess he’ll be relying on neutral service. Yeah, mate. Yeah, it could be a puncture there. Um he should have his team car behind him, I would imagine, now at this point. Um especially with the gap over two minutes, but maybe he’s uh decided when it’s two minutes. Um yeah, I’ll just stop, take a natural break and uh and wait for the pelon. Um but yeah, we’ll we’ll soon find out whether it was puncture or or not. That would be a strange one. Why would he why would he do why would he sit up and um if it’s not a puncture, why would he decide to take himself out of the brake? I think when it when it’s as controlled as it this is at two minutes and yeah, you’ve got two or three sprinters teams riding on on the front, then you know that the the chances of survival are limited. Obviously, he’s just taken away a big big chance of this breakaway, any sort of survival. But it it’s a long it’s a long stage. It’s a long week and to to put yourself in the breakway for 200 kilometers um when he’s missed out already on that first intermediate sprint then he’s yeah most likely thinking I can do uh I can do more later in the week and stage four can be a breakaway day when you look at it it’s the last chance for the sprinters but it can also be a breakaway they finish with uh three laps of a of a finishing city and now if you’re in a breakaway that has a minute when you enter that finishing circuit it’s always really difficult to ride people down. So maybe he’s going to save himself and uh and wait for stage four or maybe he’s going to come back from a puncture. We’ll uh we’ll find out. Yeah, indeed. That does make sense though. As you say, he didn’t score any points at that first intermediate sprint point. He did he did go for it. All four of them went for it. You may as well once you’re there, but um it does look like he’s sat up now. And it would have made sense for him to possibly be stopping at the road and having a nature break as well while he’s still got the time as well. It is a long stage and as you say, quite a long race. I often talk Matt about one week stage races and I often use that to refer from anything between four and eight days or something like that but seven days at this stage um yeah is fairly long we don’t we don’t have I mean you’ve got um Ramen D and races like that that maybe extend to this kind of time parise of course as well but uh there aren’t actually that many full 7-day races now maybe to do with the way television works and that kind of thing. What’s your ideal length, Matt, for a I tell you what, this is the question I think I’ve asked nearly every one of my co- commentators over the years, and I’ve not had a chance to ask you, of course. Here’s a question for you as a DS, but also as a fan of the sport, I guess, as well. If stage races could only have three lengths, so you know, your longest might be obviously a grand tour at 3 weeks, but what would your three lengths be? Do you see what I mean? Three different lengths of stage races. That’s the only length you can have in terms of days. Um, that’s a an interesting question. I’ve been asking this question for about 10 years now, so I’m chucking it your way. Okay. It’s uh it’s not even lunchtime yet and now you got me thinking. So, uh, you get the coffee in. Obviously, I I I think the the grand tours are are great. They’re 21 days. So, I would I would definitely keep that then. I think you could have uh I think you’re Heaven. In the last few years, I haven’t haven’t commentated on a split day in a stage race in an awfully long time. And I like them. I think it’s had something different to it. You get a shorter, often more explosive road stage, and then chucking a time trial in for good measure is always nice as well. So, um, what was the last split stage you can remember being involved in, Matt? Keeping your mind going again? I think Copy Bartley. Uh, but that was back back in 2017, I think. Um, so yeah, not really. Uh, like you said, they’re dying out a little bit. I’ve got to wonder whether it might be to do with television coverage as well. It’s tricky to put it into things with two broadcasts in a day, maybe. Not that I’m blaming us. So, we now see, as we so often do at the start of expected sprint stages, the teams who are, if you like, um, whacking their, how do I say, Hang was a bad analogy, putting their putting their necks on the block, sticking a finger in the air and going, “Yep, we’re up for this one today.” And those teams as you can see from the front suit quick uh well um T-Rex quick step for Paul Manu also there of course the yellow jerseys of Vizmissa bike for one of or even both of who knows Matty Brennan and Olaf Koi also jerseys represented there Coffidus and they’ll be thinking about Stalis and Yulcowski of course their Polish sprinter who might be I don’t know what you think Matt but he might be the best option for at least a podium finish for a Polish rider this week unless some of the the Polish national team get into breakaway but survive maybe. Yeah, I think he’s a he’s a good shout and like you say confidence put their hands up already and uh looking to help control the race there for him. Um so he’s obviously feeling quite good and they’re they’re confident and they uh yeah like you say they put their finger in the air and uh get a guy in the chase. Matt, you’re a sports director. That’s a that’s a a sentence I need to stop using this week because everyone knows that we know it and that’s why I’m asking you these probing questions, but I I regularly in my commentary and I’m normally sat along either alongside either ex- riders or or exports directors as well quite often. So I’m I’m often asking in representative but I want to know from you do do I I I often place quite great prominence on that that thing of looking early on at who’s setting the pace and that idea that they are I know it doesn’t work like this but sort of buying themselves space for the final sprint making it really clear to the other teams we are all in for Kban Tyson as we’re looking at right now we’re not seeing onto Maronty on the front so do they need to assert themselves early on as if to make a statement at the front to say we’re going to add a couple of guys to this because we are all in for Gan Tyson today or is that just a a myth? Does it not really matter? I think it it doesn’t matter so much. I I think kind of the the real favorites, the the guys that really want to back themselves will ride. Some sprinters don’t like it when their team rides. It maybe adds them a little bit more pressure and a bit more stress. They’d rather hold the guys back a little bit for for later and to be part of the lead out. Um but also sometimes just for purely for positioning work. So if you if you have a ride in in the chase or on the front of the pelaton normally then the the gentleman’s agreement is that the team goes and sits a little bit behind in in order so you can keep your team safe. So you see it a little bit with the the GC teams. They might they might go and start riding on the front just for that positioning. And on day one of a stage race as well there’s no hierarchy almost. So the the teams will just sit where where they want. Whereas if you’re if you’re riding on the front, then you can uh have your team a little bit further forward. Matt, in your recent estimation, are those gentleman’s we so often talk in in commentary and and the fans talk about gentleman’s agreements, the unwritten rules of cycling. Are they are they still intact in the modern era? Um I’d say they’re getting less and less. Um it’s uh yeah it used to be very very hard on the hierarchy and people would assert that dominance but since I guess co it’s become less and less interesting. You are watching the opening stage of this 82nd edition of the Tour of Poland, the Tour to Polonia with me, Jess Cox, and Matt Winston. As we watch the opening stages of setting things up for a potential expected sprint finish, we have now three riders up the road. We’re looking in at one of the former winners of this race, and that is Mihal Kiadkosski of Inos Grenaders. Um, winner of the general classification and two stages back in 2018. Katkosski is one of three former general classification winners here in the race this year. They include him, Raphael Micah, who retires at the end of this season. He was the winner in 2014 and he’s won three stages as well, the Polish rider of course, and Ethan hater, the 2022 winner. Another of those who made the most of the the time trial on that occasion in particular. unre remarkably for him as a rider Matt um Ethan hater who’s won so many of these what we were just talking about oneweek stage races remarkably though he hasn’t won a stage so when he won the overall he did so without winning a stage just riding consistently as well and um I wonder whether he might put that right this year there’s not quite as many of the explosive uphill finishes that we’ve seen before though a little bit more draggy I think yeah it’s like you say it’s an interesting kind of way to win a race and you don’t see it so often normally kind of the someone wins the stage and they take the jersey as part of that and like you say to to win a a classment without taking a stage is is unusual but it also then just shows you are the most consistent guy across the the whole of the week which is uh yeah is a is nice um and I think he’ll be uh yeah he’ll be hunting around obviously we’ve got the time trial later in the week where he can uh also get a good result, but it’s certainly a nice race for him in the tour of Poland and he’ll be looking to try and repeat that success, I’m sure. Yeah, he’s certainly in good form of late as well. Uh recent dominant victor in the British Time trial championships. He’ll be in that time trial skin suit much to the delight of Dr. Michael Hutchinson who will be alongside Matt Winston on Sunday. And that final time trial is around or it starts in and then finishes not I say in alongside uh the Zitzka salt mine. It is the salt mine time trial just north of where the road stage is finished. Uh the um bunched road stage is finished the day before in Buo Va Tasinska. And I’m going to keep using all my Polish pronunciations Matt because I have been practicing and practicing. The first of our intermediate sprint points today was at Ki Rosi. I think I’ve got that right. The next one which is coming up with 155k to go. So that’s about 15 km time. It is at Schroda Schlonga. Finnish today is in Legit. We’ll keep going with my Polish pronunciation along the way. Just gradually learning things as we go. um looking down on the the Pelaton and some fantastic field art alongside the road as well as they ride in between these first two intermediate sprint points. An opportunity and a kind of a carrot dangling up the road for these riders to go for in terms of being in the day’s breakaway. Last year had a lot more of those punchy uphill sprint finishes and no surprise because he was in the field arguably the best guy at short uphill sprint finishes. TBase took multiple stages. three in total in fact in car patch on stage one he won the opening stage took over the race lead the following day as I mentioned was the individual time trial which has now been moved to the final day Tim Wellins was the winner there but Jonas Vineor in second um then went on to to win the race overall based on the time gaps proven in there and him surviving the climbs throughout the rest of the race really well Koy won stage four last year into the following day another sprint stage age into Kath was won by Timolia Tibes then took his third stage win in Bukavina at the resort in Bukavina where we go in this year’s race as well on stage six and then the final stage was another stage win second last year for Olaf Koi who has two four stages in this race from the last couple of years his team are on the front looks like the uh the broad shoulders of Steven Krybike on the front And that was last year’s race. Uh pretty small gaps as well. So bonus seconds are important in this race. Diego Elissi was second last year. Wiler told him third. Best returner from last year is Diego Elissi. Uh second last year to Yaspinor and he’s back again this year. And he just doesn’t stop does he Matt? He’s a remarkable rider. He’s won a professional bike race in every year of his pro career. And I don’t think anyone would be surprised to see him take another win. although he’s in a different team now of course riding for Aana but he is he’s pretty remarkable isn’t he? Yeah he certainly is and uh he’s had a fantastic career so far. So another nice name to have on the on the sheet and uh like you say he’ll be uh he’ll be looking to see what he can do here as as this race progresses. I think there’s some stages that that suit him quite well and um yeah, they’re obviously having a a really good year XDSA. So, uh give me look he’s trying to get himself in and around that that top five on the GC I would say. Yeah, let’s let’s come back to sprinters. Maybe think a little bit about the GC. Mentioned last year’s top 10. In 10th place last year was Oscar Onley, your rider of course, reminding us how good his potential was as a stage as a stage racer. Tell you what, let’s deal with it now. Matt, what a an incredible uh breakthrough tour to France for the Scotsman Oscar. I was on the ground at the Tour of Britain last year when it finished in Keelso and there was such a big Oscar. I mean, I went for a run in the morning. I was there on the ground working for British cycling and um I went for a run in the morning and I was blown away by the onley love I saw everywhere you know field art front of people’s houses full of Oscar only stuff signs everywhere out for him um in Kelso and uh and he went and did it so so close to the podium of course at the tour to France but I’m presuming you must be absolutely delighted. Yeah, he did a fantastic tour of France as did the the whole team and everyone really stepped up and rallied around Oscar. We we kind of didn’t go into the race talking about a GC. We we focused on a few stages and and what we could do there. And to be honest, by the time we came out of that first week, he’d done he’d hit the the targets for those stages that we’ we’d kind of penciled. And from there, he was in a good GC. So, we we didn’t look to lose any time along the way. and we came quite close on that final weekend of of going towards the podium. Uh but I think at the end of the day it was a it was a a fair result. Fourth overall, second in the in the white jersey competition and the next step in in Oscar’s development where he’s you know he shown consistently in one week races that he can be in the top top five riders and he he kind of has transferred that now towards a grand tour which is is fantastic for a guy that’s only 22 years old. Yeah, a lot of um lot of excitement as well amongst our colleagues here at the home of cycling at TNT Sports as well. Brian Smith getting very excited about it. He’s been I’ve been commentating with Brian for years and for years he’s been saying when are we going to get the next Scottish GC rider? Well, I think it’s happened. Well, it has happened with air already. Pipper York likewise calling and wondering the same thing. And it just seems to have happened so quickly as well. So, um that’ll be exciting. I won’t bang on about picnic post NL all the time with you Matt but I have to confess I am rather excited this week and I want to get your thoughts on this maybe to see how Max Pool goes here as well. He had a fantastic uh finale finale to last year’s season. I got to commentate in fact on his to Lancawi. It was to Lancawi that he won at the end of last year was if I remember I’m remembering top of my head it was um and I’m quite intrigued to see how he’ll go. I don’t want you to give anything away. Of course, I’m not trying to get too much insider information, but I think he will be an exciting maybe leaving it there with all the British riders, but an exciting rider to watch this week. Yeah, I think uh we I’m also interested to see how he goes. I think u we uh yeah, he’s uh he’s one of the guys that kind of is is preparing for this uh second part of the season and uh come down off the the altitude camp. So, it’s always uh an interesting one. you don’t know exactly how your form is and and how you’re going to go. Um so it it’s also for for Max going to be a week where he’s looking to test his form and see where he comes by the end of it. He has the the welter also on his program. So a busy a busy six weeks coming up for for Max and a few of the guys that are over there in Poland this week. Yeah. Uh Matt there has mentioned the welter coming up. We have got a few riders in here. I’ll go through them gradually, but on the provisional start list for the Ga, we’ve got quite a lot in this field. There’s about 15 20 of them in total. Of course, that’ll change in the coming weeks, but um we do also have three riders who did start the tour to France in this field. They are Moran Van Marion Vandenberg, Yasper, and Jack Hade. All three of them did not finish. Of course, Jack Hay had that big crash on stage seven, and he’s back. Hopefully, he’s back fully sparky enough for it. We are seeing the aforementioned Rapal Micah, the Polish national road race champion, fairly newly crowned, having an adjustment made probably by the looks of it, Matt, to maybe his radio or some wiring down his down his tummy. Yeah, it looks like a radio there. Um Oh, he’s got a zip issue. He’s got a zip issue. Oh dear. Yeah, I think he’s got a zip. I think the zips on those kit open from both the bottom and and from the top. And it looks like the the bottom zip there is uh yeah, maybe a little bit stuck or caught on something. So uh trying to uh get that issue sorted otherwise he’s going to have a cold stomach by the end of the day. Yeah, looks like he’s done. He looks like he’s done. I’m sure the mechanics have all done their zip training as part of their they get asked to do a bit of everything, don’t they? Unfortunately. Oh, when you’re in the back of the car, then uh you never know what your next task might be. No, indeed. And Raphael might get back in. I’m absolutely certain there’ll be at least one day this week where we see him at it. This looks like Magnus Sheffield if I’m not mistaken. Um making his way back in. Yes, it is. Fifth on general classification last year. One of those returners from the top 10. And with the time trial at the end of the week should be a good week for Sheffield as well in a pretty strong looking Inosad team this week. I have to say uh Matt looks good to me this this team they’ve got. Yeah, they uh like you say, it’s a it’s a nice team and I think kind of we got some uh young talents in there that’ll be also looking to uh go go the distance. Magnus Sheffield um is a rider that’s kind of really uh been developing well over the past couple of seasons and they’re they’re going to be looking to uh try and support the 23 year old it to the best result possible. Sorry Matt, I can’t watch this. This has got a very large pair of scissors. Um, not quite sure what you cut of the zip. It doesn’t look like it’s It almost looks like intestinal surgery we have going on here. Umbilical umbilical. That mechanic, he’s ready to uh to work in the the the what do you call it? The the natal clinic of a hospital cutting off the umbilical cord. He’s already done the training for it. Poor old Rafa Micah. I’m not sure what you cut from a zip anyway. much to be honest makes me win a little bit that because uh you only have to hit a pothole or something and uh can go drastically wrong. So yeah, normally as well the the commissers don’t really allow the mechanics to lizard out a sea of passionate Get supporters who will push them to their limits. wearing it. But when the temperatures are they would normally but it’s it’s above 18° today even though it’s wet and also with a for a sun forecast later then uh they opt to to not use it. Um but yeah, in this situation now it’s difficult because that zip is uh definitely broken and uh some guys will uh oh dear. Yeah, just to interrupt our conversation there about a zip first crash of the race. Something we don’t ever want to see, but uh slight corner. It looks like there’s possibly a curb on the left hand side. That’s my suspicion is probably where it’s happened up against that curve. Yeah, it’s uh like say road doesn’t look like too big a corner there. Um just a little bit of a sweeping right bend, maybe a little bit of oil on the road or are coming together. Um it’s also when the Pelaton’s quite relaxed as it is 160 km to go. That’s where sometimes these sort of crashes happen and unfortunately the crash is where you see people do get injured from. But quite a few guys involved I think. Indeed. Kurban Kaisen we’ve just seen down and one of his teammates there as well. I’ve also seen Natal Tespasion off the right hand side down on the deck. Yes, a lot of riders involved in this. Everyone back on their feet though, which is uh is a good thing. Yes, indeed. Very quickly as well. The paramedics out as well. Running changes. That looks like it might be Maxim Vadil there getting a bit of help from two teammates. Maxim Vad Hills probably riding in the uh in the Tibonet style this week looking for some of the uphill finishes which we do have plenty but he’ll need to hang on a little bit deeper to make sure he’s making the most of them. So four of the Red Bull Bora Hasco riders is Van Hills on the left there despite the fact we can’t see his race number. He’s down in amongst them and we’ll be paced back in. Of course we’ve got 160k to go. So plenty of time. No great panic by the looks of it. No, no great panic at all and people will just take their time, get back on and uh yeah, they’ll uh they’ll not have any issues to come back to the pelaton here. Um it’s more probably quite a bit of frustration there for for some guys. It’s a a crash where yeah, it’s uh it’s just a touch of wheels coming together, a little bit of oil on the road, number of reasons it can happen and it’s one of those situations where there’s no danger in terms of what it’s going to do to your result. But it’s just frustrating to crash and take some skin off. Also extra work for the mechanics that in the evening there’ll be a few uh be at least one broken bike in there. I’m sure when the when you see that many number of riders come down and but the pressure on the front of the Pelaton still stays on a little bit cuz if you look at the time gap to the breakaway it’s only a minute it’s come down from 2 minutes 15 from when Sidal Quickstep really started to ride. Um yeah they ride from Little Trek there just asking the Vizma rider just to to knock it off a little bit and help Pelaton to regroup. Maybe he also wasn’t aware of the situation when all your riders were okay. who actually don’t know necessarily how big the crash is or what the crash looks like. So yeah, the rider there from Little Trek just saying, “Oh, can we knock it off for a couple of minutes? Let’s get everyone back in and uh and then we’ll continue. We’ve got enough time to catch this breakaway when it’s only a minute advantage.” Jacob Mossa was there for Le one of the older statesmen of the Pelaton. Much respected just trying to get Steven Kwight to knock it back a little bit. He’s interesting. I don’t think recall seeing any Bismalis bike riders down either. There’s at least three of them near the front there as well, including the big tall figure of Nichas Baron. So a bit you also see though the team cars have just started to come back and the the race dire the chief commissair car also only just got back to the pelon there. So it was quite a hold up in the road and there will be there’ll be quite some riders here two or three minutes behind. So, it’s a yeah, it’s a sensible decision. Just knock it off. And normally when there’s a a crash in the Pelaton like that, the the commisser will say in the radio tour, crash, big crash in the Pelaton. Um directly there, probably the sports director is asking, “Guys, are we all okay? There’s been a crash.” And when you hear, “Yeah, yeah, all okay.” Then he just continues. He doesn’t know if it’s one one rider or or 10 riders that come down. Um and yeah, that’s the kind of the communication process. Obvious when you have a teammate come down, then you know about it. Um because there’s discussion in the radio. Um this rider has crashed, I need a bike or bike’s okay. Um and the teammates will be talking to each other, making sure that they’re organized, especially if it’s a leader or or someone like that. Yeah. And um these three out front, they’ve probably heard about it, I guess, in their radios, but it needn’t worry them at all. They’ll just press on and look to And they are just gradually extending back up. has said they did have nearly 2 and a half minutes. They now have 118. It just dipped under a minute, under 60 seconds for a while and they’re just starting to extend a little bit more. We were talking earlier, Matt, weren’t we, about the unwritten rules, and I was asking you whether the the kind of gentleman’s agreement and the pelaton still exists there. It was kind of tested in front of our cameras a little bit with Steven Kwite being asked to knock it off a bit and it seems like it’s a sensible thing to do while these guys are particularly not that far. Yeah, exactly. No, there’s no stress there. And the the breakaway it’ll also not really affect anything that the breakaway does. They’ll just continue in their vein that they’ll win themselves 30 seconds. But when it’s three riders, they all they also know they’re only out there for scoring in the intermediates, picking up a jersey along the way, and uh yeah, seeing what what prizes they can take. Getting a lovely look there at Donovan Gromban’s Celeste Bianke. Super aggressive looking arrow machine, aren’t they? With a very very low kind of stack height to the stem with a great lift on it as well. Rafa I think might have a new jersey on there. That that Polish national champions jersey. They had a spare jersey. Could even be his rain jersey. I don’t know, but it looks like he’s he’s filled that hole, so to speak. potentially put a cape on or a gabber. we get we’re stuck indoors with you lot the whole time we don’t get to enjoy it but we will be seeing it on our screens as you all the way through to Sunday and um yeah we’ve mentioned how potentially measly the pelon is being with the break on this expected sprint stage and the one long line. Maybe maybe partly because of the crash, but also because of bit more tempo being scratched at the front of the pelaton. It’s it’s gone out into one one line by the looks of it. Yeah, it’s uh again it’s not really Sometimes you can see when the when the pressure is really on in the pelon and it goes one line. Other times the pelon can just be one line just because everyone’s just sitting in a wheel. On a day like this when it’s a little bit wet and it’s only kind of like around 18° there’s there is that I guess lull at this part of the race. Also probably why the crash happened where everyone’s just a little bit relaxed ticking by the kilometer. When they get to 70 60 70ks to go then the brain really switches on and and then you’re in the race. But you see that those right hand corners there? They’re approaching the next sprint point which I’ll let you talk through. But the you just see the corners and they’re a little bit greasy sometimes and that’s where you can get those in. This is the second of our intermediate sprint points as Matt has said and by the looks of it who wants this one. The Polish rider from the Polish national team who’s in the breakaway wants to make sure he might be in the Mar jersey, the most active riders jersey at the end of the day. It’s going to give him a run for his money has timed this one perfectly. Let’s see. 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