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′

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

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

Teams classification

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

Stages (TODO: I shall add them progressively)

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.

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?