Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2026, February 4-8

[red_flanders]

Remco on a road bike. Hilarious.

 

[Cycling111]

If Sheffield finishes in the top3 in this time trial, then he's not that dangerous . The poor guy has a thousand crashes in time trials.

 

[red_flanders]

Did McNuggets ride a road bike too?

 

[Berflamand]

New best time after new best time now at the intermediate.

Vacek in the lead.

 

[RedheadDane]

Did McNuggets ride a road bike too?

They're all riding road bikes.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Remco not going for a Sunday ride, quite the opposite

 

[Cycling111]

Always had huge potential in TTs. Former Danish champ and U23 WC podium. This mostly flat one suits him perfectly. And perhaps Movistar wasn't the best team in which to realize his TT potential.

Movistar doesn't seem like such a bad team for the time trial. Or at least not to make such a drastic change.

 

[Berniece]

Looking forward to his post-race interview. He wasn't happy with the decision, maybe the adrenaline will show that during the interview

 

[houtdffan]

If they didn't want the GT be decided in the time trial, they would have designed a route like in previous years.
Don't start seeing another anti-Remco conspiracy.

remco wasn't supposed to even ride this until well after the route was announced

 

[Cycling111]

Looking forward to his post-race interview. He wasn't happy with the decision, maybe the adrenaline will show that during the interview

The decision was agreed upon by the teams.

 

[Cycling111]

Remco on a road bike. Hilarious.

Everyone started on a road bike. That's what they agreed on.

The decision not to record times and bikes was made jointly by the teams and the organizer.

 

[red_flanders]

Abad complaining about the stupidity currently.

Hatch referring to it as “refreshing honesty”.

 

[red_flanders]

Everyone started on a road bike. That's what they agreed on.

The decision not to record times and bikes was made jointly by the teams and the organizer.

My point just was that it just looks funny.

 

[Squire]

Movistar doesn't seem like such a bad team for the time trial. Or at least not to make such a drastic change.

Wouldn't really call it a drastic change. He is still over half a minute behind Vacek. The bigger surprise is how rarely Norsgaard has shown his obvious TT prowess in recent years. But there aren't really that many pan-flat TTs where he can shine, either. He was raving about how Lidl-Trek is so much more professional in a recent interview, so the change is likely to be good for him in any case.

 

[Rou]

Romeo complaining. From what I hear some riders were complaining and it probably had an effect on the neutralization?

 

[Netserk]

riders and teams should never have a say

organiser and uci should just apply the rules

 

[Squire]

riders and teams should never have a say

organiser and uci should just apply the rules

Yes. The place where riders and teams should have a say is when and where the rules are made. Not when they are being applied.

 

[red_flanders]

Romeo complaining. From what I hear some riders were complaining and it probably had an effect on the neutralization?

He was complaining about how bizarre the decision was not to count the times.

 

[Didinho]

Remco 8” faster.

 

[Cycling111]

McNulty gave it his all, his time trial was mediocre by his standards, or now is Vermeers a better time trialist than him?

 

[red_flanders]

Girmay full gas…

 

[Netserk]

contract year for vlasov

 

[Cycling111]

Girmay full gas…

Girmay will finish as leader after today's time trial .

 

[RedheadDane]

Yes. The place where riders and teams should have a say is when and where the rules are made. Not when they are being applied.

So... what are the rules? That seems to be the problem; nobody never decided any rules.

 

[Squire]

McNulty gave it his all, his time trial was mediocre by his standards, or now is Vermeers a better time trialist than him?

All time trials are not created equal. Like with our Norsgaard discussion, Vermeersch's 15 extra kgs over McNulty do mean something in a flat, windy TT. McNulty is world class in the more lumpy time trials.