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As was hoped by race organisation ASO before the start of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Criterium International, the three-stage race is still with all to play for ahead of the race's difficult hilly finale that will climax on the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Col de l'Ospedale.

A crash-marred bunch finish on stage 1 won by Florian Vachon (Bretagne-Schuller), followed by the afternoon time trial won by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Cadel Evans (BMC) has done l🤪ittle to separate the major contenders, and some 40 riders are still in with a chance to take out the race GC on Sunday.

Evans, who sits on equal time as🎀 compatriot Michael Rogers (Sky) said tꦓhat the sensations were good today, but tomorrow would be a whole different story.

"The old engine was taking a while to warm up," said Evans. "But it's a good sign of things to come. I wasn't as far behind in my preparation as I thought. Now I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Tomorrow is where the raღce is won or🎶 lost."

Sky's director Marcus Ljungqvis𝕴t, who will be trying to put Rogers into the top spot on GC said that things would be a challenge for any one team to control.

"It’s going to be a hard start with four climbs in the first 80km," said Ljungqvist. "It will be a tough day but they’ve changed it a little bit compared to last year - now we have that tougher start but then it ease൩s off a bit which means the chances are a bigger group will come to that final climb.

"But that's when it will really be 'game on'; the guys are i🤡n ꦯgood condition so we’ll try with everything we have."

Though no longer in the contention for the general classification after yesterday's stage Pierre Rolland (Europcar) says he still wants to chance🐼 himself on the Ospedale.

"The Ospedale pass suits me well. I’d like to stay with the be🍌st as far as I can, which I managed to do last year. But this time, I’ve spent almost a month out of the c♐ompetitive circuit."