La Vuelta 2026 ***Spoilers***

[mididoctors]

This one will be on the Visma vista, so I guess it depends if they want it, and have the legs for it, or not.

111k to go as live TV arrives.

Cofidis and visma riding. Deja vu

 

[rich p]

Not sure if I'm being unfair but Ethan Hayter seems to have been a bit more proactive than usual in this race.
Can't help wondering if it's because his contract is up this year

 

[wakemalcolm]

Not sure if I'm being unfair but Ethan Hayter seems to have been a bit more proactive than usual in this race.
Can't help wondering if it's because his contract is up this year

You're not alone there. I think of him as an archetypal Picnic rider so he needs to up his game to attract the likes of Tudor or Q36.5.

 

[mididoctors]

Echaleons but it came back together

 

[mididoctors]

Snooozin peloton on this climb

 

[wakemalcolm]

Proper stage tomorrow, hopefully.

 

[mididoctors]

Few sprinters lossing it 1.6 k to top of climb

 

[mididoctors]

Some splits can't see which sprinters are out

 

[MadMalx]

Not sure if I'm being unfair but Ethan Hayter seems to have been a bit more proactive than usual in this race.
Can't help wondering if it's because his contract is up this year

Combative prize today

 

[mididoctors]

Visma saved that

 

[MadMalx]

Visma bossed that
(Edit - after mucking up 2km out)

 

[MadMalx]

Didn’t think that u turn was so bad - called for different strategies, but contenders seemed to cope

 

[mididoctors]

Didn’t think that u turn was so bad - called for different strategies, but contenders seemed to cope

Enough distance to the line for one more reorganization

 

[wakemalcolm]

Think they were lucky it was dry. Maybe in rain the rest of the course would have been more selective.

Almost looked like Visma had a practice drill for the lead out about 3kms out, knocked it in the head then came back in the last k.

Haven't seen an overhead but it looked fairly comprehensive from the finish line camera.

 

[Blazing Saddles]

Today confirmed what I thought yesterday. Brennan is currently head and shoulders the best sprinter, so Visma should go with him at every opportunity. Meanwhile Wout can secure the points jersey.
Yesterday’s finish left them short of Laporte, otherwise it today could have been number four.
I also saw a middle hour of the ToB.