If you love watching cycling with crosswinds and headwinds and gorgeous bridges, today's second Tour de France stage was made for you. How great was it watching the peloton move across the Great Belt Bridge? Too many crashes in today's stage, though, including on the bridge and within a few kilometers of the finish line. Fabio Jakobsen timed his sprint in great position to just edge Wout van Aert by half the width of a wheel. Two stages, and two second-place finishes for van Aert, but he'll wear the yellow jersey tomorrow. I once again took a photo of the finish.
We had a great prediction today.
- Stage 2: 4h 34' 35" (actual), 4h 32' 29" (prediction), 02' 06" fast (-0.76% error)
I'll take the first two stages predicted to better than 1%! Check out Jakobsen's winning average speed.
- Stage 2: 12.27 m/s (44.18 kph or 27.45 mph)
Tomorrow's Stage 3, the final Denmark stage, commences in Vejle and ends in Sønderborg. The 182-km (113-mi) flat stage should have another great sprint finish. Our prediction is given below.
- Stage 3: 4h 08' 46" (prediction)
We could be a tad slow if headwinds aren't a problem. Hard to predict weather effects! I can't wait to see more of Denmark and more great racing!
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