{"id":53065,"date":"2025-08-07T22:32:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T22:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/53065\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T22:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T22:32:06","slug":"discussion-pologne-stage-4-burgos-stage-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/53065\/","title":{"rendered":"DISCUSSION Pologne Stage 4 & Burgos Stage 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Once the stages finished, we asked some of our
\nwriters to share their thoughts and main takeaways about what happened today.<\/p>\n

F\u00e9lix Serna (CyclingUpToDate)<\/p>\n

I need someone to explain to me what Visma was
\ntrying to do today in Poland. The team (Kruijswijk) was pulling all day from
\nthe peloton. The strategy was clear: they wanted to fight for the victory with
\nOlav Kooij. Matthew Brennan was the backup plan in case Kooij could not handle
\nthe climb. In the end, every Visma rider made it past the last climb. But with
\n20 km to go, and two riders alone in front, they stopped setting a hard pace in
\nthe peloton, and let other teams take responsibility for chasing down the breakaway.<\/p>\n

It seemed like a risky move, relying on the other
\nteam\u2019s cooperation when they had so many riders in the peloton. In the end, the
\nbreakaway was chased, but no Visma rider did the leadout for Brennan, and the young
\nBrit could not find the space to sprint.<\/p>\n

Visma | Lease a Bike missed a great chance to
\nsecure another victory in the Tour de Pologne<\/a>. But after observing Magnier\u2019s
\nsprint, I doubt Kooij or Brennan could have matched his pace. It was a great
\nvictory for the Soudal rider.<\/p>\n

The Frenchman is in the perfect team to develop
\nhis full potential. He\u2019s still young, so there\u2019s plenty of room for
\nimprovement, and with Evenepoel leaving, the team will clearly shift its focus
\nto other goals, something that could benefit Paul Magnier\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n

Speaking about French riders, today was the
\nperfect day for French fans. Nicolas Prodhomme won the second stage of the Tour
\nde l\u2019Ain, and L\u00e9o Bisiaux, the French gem, delivered an outstanding performance
\nin Burgos. The D\u00e9cathlon rider is just 19 years old, and he outclassed two established
\nstars, Del Toro and Ciccone, to win a tough stage.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s now leading the general classification,
\nand we\u2019ll see how far he can go. Tomorrow\u2019s stage is fairly flat, and Saturday
\nbrings the queen stage, but judging by his current form, it wouldn\u2019t be a
\nsurprise if he ends up winning the overall.<\/p>\n

Jorge Borreguero (CiclismoAlD\u00eda)<\/p>\n

In Tour of Pologne, I don’t have much to say beyond how happy I am to see Paul Lapeira competing after yesterday’s accident. We’ll see if he can defend the yellow jersey in Friday’s mountain stage, or if it’s just a fluke due to his victory in stage 2.<\/p>\n

In Vuelta a Burgos, however, there is a lot to talk about. First, L\u00e9o Bisiaux and French cycling. Despite not having won the Tour de France for many years, it must be said that France continues to produce talent in the sport, and the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale rider has made his debut in style, defeating two of the fittest cyclists of the moment (Isaac del Toro and Giulio Ciccone) to take the lead in the overall classification. If he manages to keep the purple jersey, keep an eye on the future star that the French team may have on their hands.<\/p>\n

Finally, as a Spaniard, I would like to mention the total collapse of the Movistar Team. The World Tour team has been in the doldrums for months, and in the Vuelta a Burgos the drama is huge. It was hoped that Javier Romo would at least be able to compete for the top 10 in the general classification and restore some hope for the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a (as Enric Mas will not be racing due to injury).<\/p>\n

But in stage 3, he finished more than 5 minutes behind the winner, even though it was not a particularly demanding day. Not to mention Nairo Quintana, who finished 12 minutes behind and has been out of form for over a year. He should leave Movistar Team this season, and the worst thing is that, not only does it not look like he will, but the reward for his very poor performance will, barring any surprises, be to ride the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a.<\/p>\n

And you? What are your thoughts about what
\nhappened today? Leave a comment and join the discussion<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Once the stages finished, we asked some of our writers to share their thoughts and main takeaways…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-53065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}