Ruta del Sol – Vuelta Ciclista a Andalucía 2026, February 18-22

[Tim Cahill]

Entire Visma team behind, loads of Q36.5 and UAE, group of about 35 up ahead

'Nah lets just not ride'

 

[Samamba]

2'40 for Leknessund and Romeo is no joke

And they have a 3rd one to help a bit

 

[Netserk]

gc teams have to react if the gap doesnt come down soon

only pinarello contribute

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Lets go Romeo......

 

[Squire]

Alfred is back on the graphics!

 

[Rou]

Pidcock playing with his jacket close to Christen....
Careful, mate...

 

[Samamba]

Did they just throw away the GC here? What a weird move to just give 2 strong riders that gap

 

[Berniece]

Did they just throw away the GC here? What a weird move to just give 2 strong riders that gap

Depends on how much time they'll have at the finish, but I would expect that on the last hill of stage 5 if the likes of Pidcock, Wellens, Vlasov go all out, they gain some time on these two.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Campenaerts done....

 

[Netserk]

wellens only has sivakov left to pull for him?

or are they both working for the illegitimate one

 

[Tim Cahill]

2/3rds of the rest is downhill, and they are against Ivan Romeo, the medium mountain plateau specialist.

The problem was they can only go as fast as Laporte can climb, and UAE don't seem to be too bothered about this.

 

[Squire]

2/3rds of the rest is downhill, and they are against Ivan Romeo, the medium mountain plateau specialist.

The problem was they can only go as fast as Laporte can climb, and UAE don't seem to be too bothered about this.

UAE seem a bit bothered. They've spent Cosnefroy and Sivakov has been working for most of the climb. They just don't have enough guys. Visma and Q36.5 are also lacking a bit in domestiques.

 

[Samamba]

Depends on how much time they'll have at the finish, but I would expect that on the last hill of stage 5 if the likes of Pidcock, Wellens, Vlasov go all out, they gain some time on these two.

They will have ton of time, they completely messed it up. Last stage is really not hard enough to make up lots of time.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Leknessund not too comfortable on the descent. Lets see what Romeo can do on the Malaha descent.

 

[Tim Cahill]

UAE seem a bit bothered. They've spent Cosnefroy and Sivakov has been working for most of the climb. They just don't have enough guys. Visma and Q36.5 are also lacking a bit in domestiques.

I got the impression they were saving guys, only riding at the pace of their 4th rider, which would be fair with a normal route but the gap seems to be terminal with the tepid stages to come.

 

[Netserk]

only hermans pulls with sivakov

ngmi

 

[Netserk]

benoit returned

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Winner up front, but I expect a pretty small gap.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

If it wasn't for the sierra in the background you would think this was a belgien race

 

[Samamba]

If there's enough doms left they could make up time in those last more uphill kilometers, but front group obviously wins. We'll have to see with how much time, but last stage is also not that hard as UNO X and Movistar will stay with their leaders and will be able to control till last climb.

If I'm someone who wants to win GC here, I start working myself in the end.

 

[Tim Cahill]

It's like they watched Mark Donovan's domestique work the other day and though hmm yes yes of course, though it's coming down a bit now. Not sure who is fastest, Leknussend has some good wins but afaik all from the breaks, same with the boy.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Whats left in the peloton? 70-80?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

If Jan cristen wants it to come back together it will come back together

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Jan Christen - The peloton's strategist.

 

[Netserk]

wellens has to launch it on the hill here