La Vuelta 2025 ***SPOILERS***

[wakemalcolm]

Vingegaard virtual red - don't think he was looking for it and thought Træen would have held it a while yet

Has VLAB got anyone pacing Traeen back?

 

[mididoctors]

Vine unstoppable

 

[mididoctors]

Big regroupment ,... Exciting but bugger all happened really

 

[mididoctors]

Jay vine demonstration tour

 

[Blazing Saddles]

You can understand why Ayuso is miffed, when he’s expected to work for Almeida yet Vine seems to have carte blanche.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Big regroupment ,... Exciting but bugger all happened really

Today turned out exactly as I thought Sunday would go.

 

[mididoctors]

I enjoyed that

 

[Adam4868]

Class ride again by Vine....guess it takes the pressure of a touch when you're not in it for GC.
Pidders with a good ride there....dare we dream of the podium ?

 

[No Ta Doctor]

You can understand why Ayuso is miffed, when he’s expected to work for Almeida yet Vine seems to have carte blanche.

For a young rider (he's still only 22) it does feel like they've mismanaged him. I don't know what his career progression was supposed to look like but it doesn't feel like it's been clear and agreed by him and the team - but they've got a lot of cooks at UAE and Pog doesn't always leave leftovers for the other GC riders, and when he does it's sometimes short notice.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Mads & Jonas and a cameo from Bjerg being interviewed together is hilarious

 

[wakemalcolm]

More of this please. It humanises Jonas.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Nice of them to give us a midweek stage with gun to tape live coverage.
A pity we now have two!!!

 

[mididoctors]

STAGE 11 mads has to score here .

 

[No Ta Doctor]

STAGE 11 mads has to score here .
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He's said he's going to give it a go, but Danish coms are saying it's a lot harder than the profile suggests. Could well be GC action if the break doesn't stay away

 

[Blazing Saddles]

He's said he's going to give it a go, but Danish coms are saying it's a lot harder than the profile suggests. Could well be GC action if the break doesn't stay away

If you look at the profile, three of the first four climbs have short descents in them. So, those average gradients are misleading and the climbing will be significantly steeper.
Those last three climbs are just steep.