The Norwegians Abrahamsen and Kulset attempted to escape in the 3rd stage of the Tour de France, Piacenza-Turin, but despite having an advantage of a minute and a half they decided to stop and wait for the group. I didn’t like that decision.
The third stage of the Tour de France is taking place in Italy, the Piacenza-Turin of 230 kilometres, the longest stage of the entire Grand Boucle 2024. Something incredible happened at the start, something happened that is rarely seen or perhaps never seen. Two cyclists break away and a few steps from the intermediate finish line, despite a good margin, decide to stop and wait for the large group. Many people were angry about that stop and harshly criticized the two Norwegians.
The Brief Escape of Abrahmsen and Kulset
When the stage begins there is immediately an escape attempt. I’m trying it Jonas Abrahmsen and Uno-X Mobility teammate Johannes Kulset, the youngest rider in the Tour of 2024. They leave and run away. The two Norwegians accelerate, but don’t fully believe it. Because despite having a minute and a half lead, at a certain point they decide to stop. Stop, they stop to wait for the group. It is not known why they decided to act in this way, perhaps they did not want to go more than two hundred kilometers in flight, perhaps they knew they would be caught or perhaps they did not believe it. Perhaps they decided to play a joke on everyone. The fact is that the scene that came out of it was almost ridiculous, with the two Norwegians deciding to stop on the side of the road to wait for the group.
The furious reactions on TV for the interrupted escape
The story is also immediately commented on by Head of household, former cyclist, who is the manager of Uno-X, the team of Abrahamsen and Kulset. Hushovd is very hard on his riders: “This is just nonsense. It wasn’t necessary. They’re just b******s. Maybe they stopped because they got boredmaybe they wanted to play some joke. They won’t do it again.”
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The stop by the Norwegians Abrahamsen and Kulset, who stopped to wait for the group, also made a legend like Laurent Jalabert turn up his nose, who said in a TV comment: “If they wanted to put on a show it was better to stay in the group, it was a big joke. Better to stay in a group than to be clowns”. While the former French cyclist Thomas Voeckler he was even much harsher by saying that the Tour deserves respect: “I didn’t like this situation either”.
