Giro 2022 - Stage 3: Kaposvár – Balatonfüred 201 km ***Spoilers***
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Stage 3: Kaposvár – Balatonfüred 201 km
Sunday, May 8th, 11:25 BST
A stage around Lake Balaton, the Hungarian sea. The landscape is called the Provence of Hungary.
It is predominantly flat, with a few undulations along the way and a single, minor climb Tihany (GPM4, 2.7 km at 2.5%). A bunch sprint is next to certain.
The stage will be one of the longest in the race at 201km. At first, the route approaches the lake on mildly rolling roads. Past Nagykanizsa, the route heads markedly towards the Balaton, undulating all the way to the shore. Skirting along the lakeshore for the final 50 km, the route takes in one last, short climb by the Tihany Abbey. The stage finale is mostly straight, with just a few mild bends.
Final kms.
The climb tops at 12.6 km to go, but should just barely be noticed by the peloton. The final kilometres are virtually flat. The final 500 metres rise almost imperceptibly all the way to the home straight, on tarmac.
What to expect
A very small breakaway and a very fast finish. Not much else to be said, other than the scenery around the lake should be nice.
Favourites 3rd stage 2022 Giro d’Italia
Caleb Ewan took two sprint vitories in last year’s Giro before he dropped out on stage 8 with a knee injury. The others sprints were won by Tim Merlier and Giacomo Nizzolo. He has 4 Giro stages to his name, Mark Cavendish has 5...
***** Caleb Ewan, Mark Cavendish
**** Arnaud Démare, Fernando Gaviria
*** Giacomo Nizzolo, Phil Bauhaus, Matthew van der Poel
** Biniam Girmay, Jakub Mareczko, Cees Bol, Alberto Dainese
* Edward Theuns, Simone Consonni, Davide Cimolai, Magnus Cort, Andrea Vendrame
Kaposvár
Only 1.5 hours by car from Lake Balaton, Kaposvár is considered one-of-a-kind throughout Europe in terms of architecture and guarantees you’ll not have a moment without being surrounded by magical sights in its city centre, which boasts more than 220 eclectic and Secessionist buildings. It is unrivaled on the continent in terms of the number of fabulous historical sites packed into such a small area.
Balatonfüred
Balatonfüred is a resort town in Veszprém county, in Hungary, with a population of 13,000, situated on the northern shore of Lake Balaton. Lake Balaton is a freshwater lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations. The Zala River provides the largest inflow of water to the lake, and the canalised Sió is the only outflow.
Fried hake
Eating fish in general is popular near basically any body of water, but for some reason, hake has become the most popular fish at Lake Balaton. The dish is very simple: the hake is coated in flour then fried in oil. It is easy to eat because it has relatively few and small bones.
Balaton holds an annual Beach Food of the Year contest.
The Discovery of the Year award:Tortizza
A cross between a waffle and a latkes potato pancake. The dough is grilled in a waffle iron and topped with Emmental and goats' cheeses, dried tomatoes, a dollop of sour-cream mousse, then sprinkled with sausage crumbs and duck crackling.
Sunday, May 8th, 11:25 BST
A stage around Lake Balaton, the Hungarian sea. The landscape is called the Provence of Hungary.
It is predominantly flat, with a few undulations along the way and a single, minor climb Tihany (GPM4, 2.7 km at 2.5%). A bunch sprint is next to certain.
The stage will be one of the longest in the race at 201km. At first, the route approaches the lake on mildly rolling roads. Past Nagykanizsa, the route heads markedly towards the Balaton, undulating all the way to the shore. Skirting along the lakeshore for the final 50 km, the route takes in one last, short climb by the Tihany Abbey. The stage finale is mostly straight, with just a few mild bends.
Final kms.
The climb tops at 12.6 km to go, but should just barely be noticed by the peloton. The final kilometres are virtually flat. The final 500 metres rise almost imperceptibly all the way to the home straight, on tarmac.
What to expect
A very small breakaway and a very fast finish. Not much else to be said, other than the scenery around the lake should be nice.
Favourites 3rd stage 2022 Giro d’Italia
Caleb Ewan took two sprint vitories in last year’s Giro before he dropped out on stage 8 with a knee injury. The others sprints were won by Tim Merlier and Giacomo Nizzolo. He has 4 Giro stages to his name, Mark Cavendish has 5...
***** Caleb Ewan, Mark Cavendish
**** Arnaud Démare, Fernando Gaviria
*** Giacomo Nizzolo, Phil Bauhaus, Matthew van der Poel
** Biniam Girmay, Jakub Mareczko, Cees Bol, Alberto Dainese
* Edward Theuns, Simone Consonni, Davide Cimolai, Magnus Cort, Andrea Vendrame
Kaposvár
Only 1.5 hours by car from Lake Balaton, Kaposvár is considered one-of-a-kind throughout Europe in terms of architecture and guarantees you’ll not have a moment without being surrounded by magical sights in its city centre, which boasts more than 220 eclectic and Secessionist buildings. It is unrivaled on the continent in terms of the number of fabulous historical sites packed into such a small area.
Balatonfüred
Balatonfüred is a resort town in Veszprém county, in Hungary, with a population of 13,000, situated on the northern shore of Lake Balaton. Lake Balaton is a freshwater lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the region's foremost tourist destinations. The Zala River provides the largest inflow of water to the lake, and the canalised Sió is the only outflow.
Fried hake
Eating fish in general is popular near basically any body of water, but for some reason, hake has become the most popular fish at Lake Balaton. The dish is very simple: the hake is coated in flour then fried in oil. It is easy to eat because it has relatively few and small bones.
Balaton holds an annual Beach Food of the Year contest.
The Discovery of the Year award:Tortizza
A cross between a waffle and a latkes potato pancake. The dough is grilled in a waffle iron and topped with Emmental and goats' cheeses, dried tomatoes, a dollop of sour-cream mousse, then sprinkled with sausage crumbs and duck crackling.
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The fish is coated not just with flour but also good amounts of paprika powder, thus its reddish colour when cooked.
Filippo Tagliani (DH) and Mattia Bais (DH) have been joined by Samuele Rivi (EOLO)
These starts are absolutely riveting!
That was a seriously long sprint. A lot of time in the wind for Cav but no one else looked like they could get to him.
Mareczko manages 5th, but had Theuns and Consonni in 6th and 7th.
(Cav's just said in interview that he went with 300 metres to go.)