Volta a Catalunya, 23-29 March 2026

[Red Rick]

Serious wind, lots of it head or crosswind. Level not so high

Can't say anything about level, only that conditions were atrocious for fast climbing times.

And now it's showing 6.2 W/kg, which is like a painfully 2022 time.

 

[Lequack]

Pogacar

Can he though? Vinge will ride into form by riding the Giro as well.

 

[Miha81]

Can he though? Vinge will ride into form by riding the Giro as well.

Pogacar is form

Seriously I am hoping for some exciting TDF action after couple of years.

Giro will probably be one sided affair.

 

[Extinction]

Can he though? Vinge will ride into form by riding the Giro as well.

Vingo has never done Giro-Tour before, so it might make him super or tired.

 

[AmRacer]

Vingo has never done Giro-Tour before, so it might make him super or tired.

Tour - Vuelta - Giro - Tour

 

[Berniece]

Vingo has never done Giro-Tour before, so it might make him super or tired.

He did do TDF + Vuelta, and his numbers were better in Vuelta.

 

[Old-school]

Is the Tour already over? Who can even beat Vingegaard in this form?

IDT, Ayuso, Seixas, correct me if I forget someone ?

 

[Old-school]

Vingo has never done Giro-Tour before, so it might make him super or tired.

Or it might make him nothing......

 

[RedheadDane]

Could Vingegaard - once again - risk winning the KoM jersey "by accident"?

1	1	-	Veistroffer Baptiste	Lotto Intermarché	39
2			Ciccone Giulio	Lidl - Trek	35
3			Vingegaard Jonas	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	26

 

[Peyresourde]

Solid victory for Vingegaard today. The pace in the first half of the climb was very slow, so the total w/kg today are not that impressive. But not everything has to be looked through a w/kg lens. He already won Paris Nice and is well on his way to win the next one week race.

This would be a great spring and if you see the level of the competition, it is hard to see a future where he does not win the Giro. (I watched E3 afterwards and Pidcock seems to have vanished from the face of the earth??)

Jonas Vingegaard | 81 (+4): 6.13 W/kg for 38:25 on Coll de Pall (Catalunya 2026 Stage 5)

 

[Tim Cahill]

Pidcock fell down into a big ravine, lucky to be ok, finished the stage.

 

[Unchained]

Pidcock seems to be DNF?

Probably makes Montjuic very winnable for Evenepoel

Thom wasn't terrific today, Amnesia sub par, Soler burned himself, Carapaz couldn't, Martinez rolled along.. Ciccone good showing.. No 100k winds. Landa looks like he has been nibbling pizza pretty frequently..
Remco might ride his binary self, either on or off, nothing in between..

 

[Oldman]

Can't say anything about level, only that conditions were atrocious for fast climbing times.

And now it's showing 6.2 W/kg, which is like a painfully 2022 time.

Cold headwinds definitely do not inspire solo climbing efforts. Even with a moto sitting in front of you.