Vuelta a España La Vuelta Femenina 2025 (May 4-10)

[Libertine Seguros]

Who is faster? Lippert or Ferguson?

For the moment I'd say Ferguson in a straight head to head, Lippert after a long or hard stage. That may change in time. Liane isn't going to win any true bunch sprints, but a reduced group or where there's solid gradient either to the line or within the final kilometre and she's very strong.

 

[yaco]

For the moment I'd say Ferguson in a straight head to head, Lippert after a long or hard stage. That may change in time. Liane isn't going to win any true bunch sprints, but a reduced group or where there's solid gradient either to the line or within the final kilometre and she's very strong.

It was madness to have Ferguson pacing the climb. Her job was to try to hold on like Gerritse.

 

[JR1012]

Major fail by Vollering! You must be on the wheel of your major competitor?

Mh, good question. I still believe that VdB can not hold on to Vollering, when Vollering goes on the attack on the final climb. We saw this is in Valenciana, Strade, Trofeo Alfredo Binda, and Liege (but VdB was probably not 100% fit in Liege because of illness).

I still think that Vollering will win the Vuelta with ease. Maybe VdB can go for the poduim.

Also very interesting about the final descent:
Bredewold and Gerritse were behind PFP when they started the descent but they closed down the gap to the front but PFP did not. And we all now that PFP, because of MTB, is very good down hill.

That PFP got distanced on the last climb, comfirmes my assumption, that PFP can't keep up on longer climbs. Similar case like Puck. On short climbs they can keep up, because in MTB the climbs are also not very long, but on long climbs they still lack of endurance (see Puck last year in final stage of the Tour).

 

[awavey]

First degree burns are equivalent to a normal sunburn. Also I don‘t think anything was broken, just some big hematoma probably. Still, respect for finishing with a hurting face.

surely they just mean road rash ? but dont have a medical term for road rash so call it first degree burn instead.

 

[JR1012]

PFP wont start today, not feeling well.

That would explain the time gap yesterday.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

PFP wont start today, not feeling well.

That would explain the time gap yesterday.

I also expected PFP to lose time today anyway, but I obviously wanted to see af air fight between the best riders. It was at least somewhat encouraging for Visma that Chladoňová was able to make it into the same group yesterday, but she lost too much time in the first stages to target the GC.

 

[Sciatic]

Crash. Yikes, right by her eye. She must have hit her face on the guardrail to get that gash

 

[Sciatic]

Starting the first significant climbs of this Vuelta

 

[RedheadDane]

Guazzini with an accidental attack.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Not a nice goodbye to the red jersey for Gerritse.

 

[Didinho]

Reusser looks good here. You got to love those Spanish climbs.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

This climb isn't a piece of cake for Kagevi and others. Some of them might come back in the descent.

 

[RedheadDane]

This climb isn't a piece of cake for Kagevi and others. Some of them might come back in the descent.

That was bad. That was really bad.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

That was bad. That was really bad.

Only way I know how.

Ostolaza surviving is a great surprise.

 

[Didinho]

Kerbaol time.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

That house had literally been on fire.

 

[Netserk]

FdJ so unimpressive here that they won't be able to control the later stages?

 

[Sciatic]

gradient increases abruptly with 4.5 to go

 

[Netserk]

Profile:

 

[RedheadDane]

Muzic setting the rhythm, but nobody is singing.

 

[Netserk]

Time for Vollering to get to the front and grind them down.

 

[dgodave]

Tiny road in the woods.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Should've let FDJ chase that one

 

[Didinho]

Demi solo. Looking good for her.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Great domestique work from van der Breggen