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.

 

[Jan the Man]

Jonas looks really good. In regards Giro, realistically if he stays upright he looks class apart. Obviously the Tour will have a Pog presumably in top shape so will be a different matter. Hoping for a closer Tour than recent years in any event, but difficult to judge competitiveness vs Pog at the Tour against what he’s doing this Spring.

 

[Red Rick]

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)

The gaps are very similar to the very similar stage to Porte Aine that Pogacar won in 2024, and arguably against stronger opposition.

Gaps are smaller than Valmenier 1800 last year, but that stage had completely cuckoo gaps.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

The gaps are very similar to the very similar stage to Porte Aine that Pogacar won in 2024, and arguably against stronger opposition.

Gaps are smaller than Valmenier 1800 last year, but that stage had completely cuckoo gaps.

Pogacar had a gap of 1'23'' on Vallter2000 but the weather was cold there.

 

[Red Rick]

Pogacar had a gap of 1'23'' on Vallter2000 but the weather was cold there.

That's why I discarded it completely.

 

[Peyresourde]

The gaps are very similar to the very similar stage to Porte Aine that Pogacar won in 2024, and arguably against stronger opposition.

Gaps are smaller than Valmenier 1800 last year, but that stage had completely cuckoo gaps.

As I posted in another thread, Vingegaard seems to have a similar level to Pogacar in Catalunya 2024 (and himself in Tirreno 2024).

If I just analyzed his attack, the Index might even be a bit higher. But Pogacar in Catalunya 2024 was not yet close to the Pogacar from the 2024 Tour onwards.


(Aine was Pogacar's worst performance that race (79), tomorrow we have the same stage as in 24 so the comparison will be easier.)

 

[Krzysztof_O]

As I posted in another thread, Vingegaard seems to have a similar level to Pogacar in Catalunya 2024 (and himself in Tirreno 2024).

If I just analyzed his attack, the Index might even be a bit higher. But Pogacar in Catalunya 2024 was not yet close to the Pogacar from the 2024 Tour onwards.


(Aine was Pogacar's worst performance that race (79), tomorrow we have the same stage as in 24 so the comparison will be easier.)

That's true, Pogacar in Catalunya (and even in the Giro) was a weakling compared to the Tour.
Obviously Vingegaard has a lot of time but he'll need to perform this kind of leap (or larger) as well.
Anyway, I'd like to see how Pogacar performs in a stage race this year to have some data points (I am not doubting he's at the peak of his powers though).

 

[Red Rick]

Only watching the finale now. This is camerawork unworthy of the WT.

 

[Lequack]

Can someone compare the watts to his previous performances?

https://twitter.com/x/status/2037604276449501638

View: https://x.com/ammattipyoraily/status/2037604276449501638

 

[Alexandre B.]

Felix Gall has to take more time on Remco tomorrow, because I fear Montjuic will be a bloodbath.

 

[awavey]

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

60kph crash the picture isnt of the crash that Tom was sharing, thats just the corner he went straight on at as obviously if the camera bike was there theyd have known what happened

https://twitter.com/x/status/2037613369897697369

View: https://x.com/lucasaganronald/status/2037613369897697369

 

[AmRacer]

60kph crash the picture isnt of the crash that Tom was sharing, thats just the corner he went straight on at as obviously if the camera bike was there theyd have known what happened

https://twitter.com/x/status/2037613369897697369

View: https://x.com/lucasaganronald/status/2037613369897697369

Trying for a shortcut down.

 

[Red Rick]

60kph crash the picture isnt of the crash that Tom was sharing, thats just the corner he went straight on at as obviously if the camera bike was there theyd have known what happened

https://twitter.com/x/status/2037613369897697369

View: https://x.com/lucasaganronald/status/2037613369897697369

Hilarious.

Next time a rider dies doing the same thing everyone will be crying, wonder how this could happen, and blame the UCI