La Vuelta 2025 ***SPOILERS***

[Pblakeney]

It's 12.4km, that's not short

That is factually correct but the first half is nothing more than a warm up for pro level cyclists.
Disclaimer that *any* climb is tough if raced hard enough.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Some delay confirming the finish timings, for some reason, says the Quest highlights.

The times are up now. Pidders and Vingo +10s plus bonifications of 6 and 4 respectively

 

[Blazing Saddles]

That is factually correct but the first half is nothing more than a warm up for pro level cyclists.
Disclaimer that *any* climb is tough if raced hard enough.

Km 5 to 6 averages 1.6%. Other than that, none of it is easy.
Three of the first four kms average over 8%

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

Angliru is short for the elevation gain while climbing it, should be much closer to 20Km!🤣

 

[mjr]

Who is "they" here? Vuelta organisation or UCI?

I meant the Vuelta organisers, but the UCI could also have made rules to prevent this, like they have for Russia and Belarus.

Under what rule or regulation could the Vuelta organisation remove IPT from the race?

2.2.010 bis. It's not guaranteed but it is possible to try. They haven't, so should have been ready to cope with the likely protests.

 

[Pblakeney]

Km 5 to 6 averages 1.6%. Other than that, none of it is easy.
Three of the first four kms average over 8%

That’s my point. The first half is nothing special and the second half is reasonably short but very punchy. It suits someone who likes short and punchy over someone who prefers a long grind.

 

[Dogtrousers]

It might just be my general Eeyore party pooperism, and aversion to the premature adulation of the Breakaway on TV, but the thought crossed my mind that Jonas might have just been in energy saving mode due to the race situation and not gone all in to catch TP. (Which he did do anyway.)

If course the fact that a thought crossed my mind doesn't make it sensible. Quite the contrary.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

That’s my point. The first half is nothing special and the second half is reasonably short but very punchy. It suits someone who likes short and punchy over someone who prefers a long grind.

The record for the Angliru is 41’-55”. Not sure that I would consider that to be a short effort.
1300 metres vertical ascent is one heck of a long punch.

 

[mididoctors]

I meant the Vuelta organisers, but the UCI could also have made rules to prevent this, like they have for Russia and Belarus.


2.2.010 bis. It's not guaranteed but it is possible to try. They haven't, so should have been ready to cope with the likely protests.

I think the Russia ruling was a ioc thing ?

 

[Dogtrousers]

2.2.010 bis. It's not guaranteed but it is possible to try.

2.2.010 bis? No officer above the rank of mess sergeant is permitted to go into combat with pierced nipples.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

2.2.010 bis? No officer above the rank of mess sergeant is permitted to go into combat with pierced nipples.

2.2.010 Bis Though shalt not eat the plums which art in the icebox, though they be cold and sweet, for they hath been saved for the break of fast.

 

[mjr]

2.2.010 bis? No officer above the rank of mess sergeant is permitted to go into combat with pierced nipples.

I think you may be looking at the wrong UCI! The Union of Clandestine Insertionalists has not sent at team to the Vuelta for a few years. We think.

 

[mjr]

I think the Russia ruling was a ioc thing ?

Not according to the UCI rules. Of course, the IOC may have told them to change the rules or the Keirin gets it...

 

[mididoctors]

Not according to the UCI rules. Of course, the IOC may have told them to change the rules or the Keirin gets it...

Didn't the IOC make all russian athletes compete under a disavow flag and all olympic affiliated sports had to follow ? Happened super fast I remember . The UCI had no tuling themselves but could just apply the ioc ruling without any fingerprints on the decision. " Out of our hands "

OTOH my memory ain't great these days

 

[mididoctors]

2.2.010 bis? No officer above the rank of mess sergeant is permitted to go into combat with pierced nipples.

Smmmmmmmmeeeeeeggg heaaaaaaaaaaad