La Vuelta 2025 ***SPOILERS***

[steverob]

The likely lads wouldn't have gone on a football forum and clicked on an fa cup thread, would they?

But you can get spoiled even when you're not looking for them. I went on to Strava last month to look at a ride my friend had just uploaded but unfortunately Zwift decided it was a good idea to broadcast on the front page to everyone that followed their feed, that Pedersen had won Stage 1 of the Tour de France just moments after he crossed the line. I immediately unfollowed them so I wouldn't get spoiled for any future stages, but seeing that result wasn't something I'd gone to seek out and it came from an unexpected source - not like I was following an actual TdF feed or something.

And also the pedant in me should mention that it wasn't the FA Cup in the Likely Lads, but an International match .

 

[DeadCalm]

Anyway, just looked at the start list and Pidcock is fifth best sprinter according to pcs.

I guess it's a race to enjoy as a series of individual days.

Vingegaard is currently 14th best sprinter. Maybe he should prioritise green?

 

[mjr]

Google says Quest with be doing a highlights of the Vuelta this year at 7 pm every evening. But I cannot seem to find anything on Quest to confirm this .

Google cannot be trusted since it went AI. To be fair, Quest don't seem to consistently broadcast highlights even when they have confirmed it!

We may not know until a week before. The uncertainty probably increases TNT sales (the channel, not the explosive that could blow up discovery HQ) 😉

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Vingegaard is currently 14th best sprinter. Maybe he should prioritise green?

Five years ago, before they changed the points system he'd have been a shoe-in (Roglic won the green that year).

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Google cannot be trusted since it went AI. To be fair, Quest don't seem to consistently broadcast highlights even when they have confirmed it!

We may not know until a week before. The uncertainty probably increases TNT sales (the channel, not the explosive that could blow up discovery HQ) 😉

I switched to https://www.ecosia.org/
The results behind are powered by Google or Bing (you can choose) but you can turn the AI bullocks off.
It also does a load of good environmental stuff and it's a not for profit org.

Oh and lastly, because it's not actually Google, it can include a link to google maps search, which the EU removed from the Google search page as a monopoly abuse (this might not affect anyone in the UK of course...)

 

[No Ta Doctor]

But you can get spoiled even when you're not looking for them. I went on to Strava last month to look at a ride my friend had just uploaded but unfortunately Zwift decided it was a good idea to broadcast on the front page to everyone that followed their feed, that Pedersen had won Stage 1 of the Tour de France just moments after he crossed the line. I immediately unfollowed them so I wouldn't get spoiled for any future stages, but seeing that result wasn't something I'd gone to seek out and it came from an unexpected source - not like I was following an actual TdF feed or something.

And also the pedant in me should mention that it wasn't the FA Cup in the Likely Lads, but an International match .

Are you up to date now? I think I have another spoiler for you regarding that result.....

 

[matticus]

Are you up to date now? I think I have another spoiler for you regarding that result.....

You see, THIS is the kind of politeness I had hoped to find on CycleChat!

 

[ColinJ]

You see, THIS is the kind of politeness I had hoped to find on CycleChat!

I feel totally ashamed - I have mentioned numerous times on the forum that I was inspired to take up cycling again by watching a certain result in a certain race but this is the only time that I have remembered to...

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Greg Lemond beat Laurent Fignon by 8 seconds in the 1989 Tour de France