2022 Vuelta a Burgos (2/8 - 6/8)

[Ilmaestro99]

Almeida looking very good for the Vuelta, where I always expected him to be one of the favourites. Lopez and Van Wilder really good too and Ineos looking strong. Landa going backwards is sadly no surprise.

Landa is just chilling, he's not trying to win the race.

 

[groogster]

Almeida building up form so looking a strong contender for a Top 3 in La Vuelta. Still amazes me how he climbs, he looked like he was on the verge of being dropped through out the entire last climb and still managed to drop them one by one and finish it against a looking good Superman

 

[Red Rick]

Almeida building up form so looking a strong contender for a Top 3 in La Vuelta. Still amazes me how he climbs, he looked like he was on the verge of being dropped through out the entire last climb and still managed to drop them one by one and finish it against a looking good Superman

Strava should be very interesting today.

That said, I think he overperforms on steeper/irregular climbs because of this strategy because I suspect a lot of riders tend to have >2000 VAM stretches on climbs with steep pinches and these turns of speed aren't very good for overall climbing performance.

He'll probably kill it on Sierra Nevada though

 

[Mayomaniac]

Strava should be very interesting today.

That said, I think he overperforms on steeper/irregular climbs because of this strategy because I suspect a lot of riders tend to have >2000 VAM stretches on climbs with steep pinches and these turns of speed aren't very good for overall climbing performance.

He'll probably kill it on Sierra Nevada though

The steeper gradients also suit his climbing at your own pace style more because at the lower speeds you don't benefit from drafting, so following attacks becomes pointless.

 

[Red Rick]

The steeper gradients also suit his climbing at your own pace style more because at the lower speeds you don't benefit from drafting, so following attacks becomes pointless.

Yes.

And in cases where there's longer flats inbetween steep pinches where the group in front of you is actually drafting at >30km/h with domestiques pacing while you're eating wind because you refused to over 420W 1 minute earlier.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Superman would have won this race overall easily if he rode a bit more with his brain. Actually, all he had to do was follow Sivakov, and it would have been a wrap

 

[Netserk]

Superman would have won this race overall easily if he rode a bit more with his brain. Actually, all he had to do was follow Sivakov, and it would have been a wrap

He was quite close to making it back to him after the descent, but he ran out of legs before he made the bridge.

 

[Red Rick]

Superman would have won this race overall easily if he rode a bit more with his brain. Actually, all he had to do was follow Sivakov, and it would have been a wrap

I'm just glad he's back and in good shape before the Vuelta.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Superman would have won this race overall easily if he rode a bit more with his brain.

Why change the habit of a lifetime?

 

[Valv.Piti]

Why change the habit of a lifetime?

I guess its more fun that way, but when you have won 2 races throughout the year (Im talking about Astana, not Lopez!), you might wanna try to win the races youre actually capable of winning.

Of course, Lopez could channel his inner Santi Perez and take off on Sierra Nevada, gaining multiple minutes, and winning the Vuelta, but my bets are he gets pulled due to his business with the Medellin-cartel, throws a tantrum because Nibali is riding well or gets DQ'ed because he wasn't too fond of a random spectator and decided to live up his nickname.

 

[groogster]

Is it his highest altitude win?

Not high altitude but not exactly low either.

The Stage of Boí Taull at Catalunya had a 2049m of altitude

 

[Red Rick]

How accurate are 4 minute Strava segments for VAM? I'm asking cause Van Wilder uploaded and his ride has a 4 minute 2200 VAM segment in the first half of the final 3km, only to go like 1570 VAM after that.

 

[CHGJ2000]

How accurate are 4 minute Strava segments for VAM? I'm asking cause Van Wilder uploaded and his ride has a 4 minute 2200 VAM segment in the first half of the final 3km, only to go like 1570 VAM after that.

As accurate as the computer being used I guess. Sivakov's showed that as well. To be honest, I think Rodriguez massively overdid it pace wise and Sivakov felt obligated to follow, hence a few guys having super high VAM while in the wheel of the front group then dropping at the end. Sivakov and MAL then massively paid for it at the end imo.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Strava should be very interesting today.

Depends on who will upload. So far Van Wilder has a very strong final 2.5k section.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

7s faster than Sosa in 2018, for the final 3.2k of the climb.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1555940370185441282

View: https://twitter.com/NaichacaCycling/status/1555940370185441282

 

[Samamba]

7s faster than Sosa in 2018, for the final 3.2k of the climb.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1555940370185441282

View: https://twitter.com/NaichacaCycling/status/1555940370185441282

The real question is, wth happened to Sosa...

 

[Zoef-Lightning]

Vuelta top 5.

Maybe, but probably not in that order. If Roglic were to participate, I see him regaining good form during the second half of the Vuelta. Then he can even win.

 

[Valv.Piti]

The real question is, wth happened to Sosa...

If your a pure climber who adds absolutely nothing in other races, and then cannot climb anymore, we might suddenly have a problem...