Here is the situation after 3 days of apathy and hospitalisations in Bulgary:

General time classification

It was only determined by the punchy 2^nd^ stage and a couple of time bonuses.

1. Guillermo Silva 🇺🇾 Astana
2. Florian Stork 🇩🇪 Tudor: +4″
3. Egan Bernal 🇨🇴 Ineos: '
4. Thymen Arensman 🇳🇱 Ineos: +6″
5. Julio Ciccone 🇮🇹 Lidl-Trek: '
6. 29 riders: +10″ ... and about the same number at 1′

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Points classification

1. Paul Magnier 🇫🇷 Soudal-QS: 105 pts
2. Jonathan Milan 🇮🇹 Lidl-Trek: 64
3. Tobias Andresen 🇩🇰 Decathlon: 42
4. Madis Mihkels 🇪🇪 EF: 32
5. Diego Sevilla 🇪🇸 Polti: 28

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Mountain classification

1. Diego Sevilla 🇪🇸 Polti: 42
2. Manuele Tarozzi 🇮🇹 Bardiani: 12
3. Jonas Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma: 9
4. Mirco Maestri 🇮🇹 Polti: 8
5. Allessandro Tonelli 🇮🇹 Polti: 6

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Teams classification

1. Astana 🇰🇿
2. Tudor🇨🇭 '
3. Uno-X 🇳🇴 '
4. Movistar 🇪🇸 '
5. RB Bora 🇩🇪 '
6. EF 🇺🇸 '

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Stages

Stage 4, Tuesday 12

138 km, low difficulty (50 pts), 5 km sprint zone, 3″ splits

An even shorter course than stage 1, with the same profile as stage 3, but a nastier last mile. A sprint is to be expected again, favouring the sprinters who can handle an uphill finish; even though a breakaway could have its chances in theory, as the line is closer to the climb than it was in stage 3.

finish map and profile

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Stage 5, Wednesday 13

203 km, medium difficulty (25 pts), 3km sprint zone, 1″ splits

This stage is made for breakaways or punchers-climbers, but will they take their chance this time?

finish map and profile

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Stage 6, Thursday 14

141 km, no difficulty (50 pts), 5 km sprint zone, 3″ splits

After the long stage on Wedneday, this is again a short one, purely for sprinters, that arrives in Napoli.

finish map and profile

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Stage 7, Friday 15

244 km, high difficulty (15 pts), no sprint zone, 1″ splits

This is the most difficult stage of the week. Before the long and difficult top finish at the Blockhaus, there is a series of shorter and smoother climbs without too much flat over 60 km or more, and the whole is packed inside a 244 km course! Good luck...

finish map and profile

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Stage 8, Saturday 16

256 km, medium difficulty (25 pts), no sprint zone, 1″ splits

A short costal stage for punchers, with all climbs packed inside the last 60 km, long after a start with a few turns and false-flats to help a breakaway to form.

finish map and profile

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Stage 9, Sunday 17

184 km, high difficulty (15 pts), no sprint zone, 1″ splits

Another finish on top this week after the Blockhaus 2 days earlier, but this time without much difficulty before the final climb and a regular length.

finish map and profile