La Vuelta 2025 ***SPOILERS***

[No Ta Doctor]

Pidcock putting *checks notes* 3 seconds into Hindley

 

[mididoctors]

Pidcock saved by Stage shortening I think

 

[Adam4868]

It's been the whole team doing it. I can't work out if they don't like Almeida, have decided he can manage without their help so better to rack up the stage wins or have accepted he isn't going to beat Jonas and again have decided to target stage wins to break that record number of wins in the year.

As a armchair fan UAE have been by far the best team to watch....I think with the original ITT course today Almeida would of had a good chance at top step on the podium...still has a chance I guess.
But 7 stage wins and even a second place on the podium ain't too shabby.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Jonas loses 10s to Almeida. No biggie

 

[Adam4868]

Chapeau Ganna and Pidders

 

[Pross]

Wow, Pidcock beats Hindley.

I still don't know why everyone assumed it would be different, their time trialling results seem to be very similar on paper.

 

[wakemalcolm]

What's Vine's deal: he can climb with the best and time trial too.
Can he just not put it together consistently, is he not cut out for leadership, or does he just like snorting the big spondulics for de luxe domestiquing with the Arabs?

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Danish commentators talking up the promise of wind tomorrow in an interview with Jesper Mørkøv (Michael's brother, DS for Visma). Campanerts might be badly missed

 

[No Ta Doctor]

What's Vine's deal: he can climb with the best and time trial too.
Can he just not put it together consistently, is he not cut out for leadership, or does he just like snorting the big spondulics for de luxe domestiquing with the Arabs?

One from the top, one from the middle and one from the bottom please Carol

 

[wakemalcolm]

I still don't know why everyone assumed it would be different, their time trialling results seem to be very similar on paper.

Probably because Hindley's shmoked him in 6 of their last 7 time trial rendezvous.
My only memory of Jai trialling was the Giro '20, so I was with you until I read that stat.

 

[Adam4868]

Jonas loses 10s to Almeida. No biggie

If only it would have been 27k 🙄

 

[Pross]

Probably because Hindley's shmoked him in 6 of their last 7 time trial rendezvous.
My only memory of Jai trialling was the Giro '20, so I was with you until I read that stat.

But Pidcock was probably nowhere near the podium on those. As I said yesterday, non-specialists tend to perform far better when GC positions are up for grabs, when they aren't they just take it easy as there's nothing to gain by smashing themselves.

 

[Adam4868]

Pidders has over performed this whole Vuelta....fingers crossed I don't jinx him but he's been worthy of a podium here.
Still has a 30 second gap on Jai..it should be enough to hold on.

 

[Pross]

Pidders has over performed this whole Vuelta....fingers crossed I don't jinx him but he's been worthy of a podium here.
Still has a 30 second gap on Jai..it should be enough to hold on.

Big time gaps can open in a short time on Bola del Mundo though and he lost quite a chunk on Angliru. He also needs to be aware of crosswinds tomorrow as Hindley has a stronger team to look after him.

 

[No Ta Doctor]

Big time gaps can open in a short time on Bola del Mundo though and he lost quite a chunk on Angliru. He also needs to be aware of crosswinds tomorrow as Hindley has a stronger team to look after him.

The wind factor seems to have been overplayed according to the forecasts I've seen. While it will be W or maybe WNW in the finale (which could give a cross-tail at points) the max I've seen forecasted is 5m/s (that's 18km/h) which isn't really enough to do anything with.