Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta 2025 ( February 19 - February 23)

[pelotonIQ]

Wtf? If you can produce the watts, you can produce the watts. How can you be lucky doing that? It's not like Niklas Märkl sometimes at random features at the business end on an MTF or suddenly wins a bunch sprint out of nowhere.

I can tell you've never raced or understand racing if a factor such as wind never crosses your mind.

There are plenty of other examples where Pog couldn't shed him like in the Basque opening of the '23 Tour, where everyone else was immediately dropped.

The argument was about Vingegaard not having ''an explosive acceleration that instantly splits open gaps.'' I dont understand why you involved Pogacar, but I'd love to see a race where Vingegaard opens a gap on Pogacar when attacking him from a bunch or from the peloton.

 

[tobydawq]

The argument was about Vingegaard not having ''an explosive acceleration that instantly splits open gaps.'' I dont understand why you involved Pogacar, but I'd love to see a race where Vingegaard opens a gap on Pogacar when attacking him from a bunch or from the peloton.

Lol, great, now I have to prove that he is more explosive than Pogacar in order to say that he can drop riders generally with an acceleration.

It's true that not many examples spring to mind where he himself launches an explosive attack and drops everyone because of that (rather, he just ups the pace and everyone is already almost dead and thus drop), but what I was saying is that given the fact that he has been able to follow explosive Pogacar attacks (and given that he is likely the most explosive GC rider and his biggest rival that should clue you in as to the thing you say you don't understand), he probably is quite explosive himself. You wouldn't see Mikel Nieve or Tejay Van Garderen following those.

 

[pelotonIQ]

Lol, great, now I have to prove that he is more explosive than Pogacar in order to say that he can drop riders generally with an acceleration.

It's true that not many examples spring to mind where he himself launches an explosive attack and drops everyone because of that (rather, he just ups the pace and everyone is already almost dead and thus drop), but what I was saying is that given the fact that he has been able to follow explosive Pogacar attacks (and given that he is likely the most explosive GC rider and his biggest rival that should clue you in as to the thing you say you don't understand), he probably is quite explosive himself. You wouldn't see Mikel Nieve or Tejay Van Garderen following those.

You brought Pogacar upon yourself. I can agree with you that it has happened that he's been able to immediately stick to Pogas wheel but seldom. I understand that you want to place Vinge up there with Pogacar in terms of explosivity when launching an attack off of possibility and I disagree off of probability.

 

[Salvarani]

Also, what's up with cycling this year? How can a stage like this not be predictable? Is that something we will have to get used to again?

Poor showing from the domestics in Visma and Redbull here I think.

It opened up the finale pretty early. Strange attacks from both Roglic and Vinge, but they were out of doms. Riders being able to counter-attack and get away.

UAE guys all riding their own race, which worked out perfectly for them here.

No other team interested or having the strength to control. Set a pace.

It was entertaining though. One of the best Foia stages that I can remember.

 

[carolina]

Video of Almeida's attack:

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[Red Rick]

Video of Almeida's attack:

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It misses the attack but he has a bigger gap there than he had at the finish. Also pretty sure that's super close to the finish in the first place.

 

[Netserk]

It misses the attack but he has a bigger gap there than he had at the finish. Also pretty sure that's super close to the finish in the first place.

Almeida is 5th on the road in that video with a short gap to Vingegaard with Bardet in his wheel.

 

[Red Rick]

Almeida is 5th on the road in that video with a short gap to Vingegaard with Bardet in his wheel.

Ah, I thought Christen was Almeida and actual Almeida was random UAE signing #61.

In that case I'm actually surprised Roglic only lost the 3 seconds.

 

[Netserk]

Ah, I thought Christen was Almeida and actual Almeida was random UAE signing #61.

In that case I'm actually surprised Roglic only lost the 3 seconds.

It was with 400 m to go:

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Looks like Almeida attacked just after the corner.

 

[wirral]

One Scot amongst a sea of Portuguese in today's break.

 

[E_F_]

Bonus points for ignoring wind and a pretty average gradient.

Yeah, yeah, Vingegaard had no team, a headwind, shallow gradients, a short climb, an easy stage, no altitude camp, sure, but Rick, I just want to feel something, why won't you just let me feel something.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Nice bridge and now nature reserve!

27km to go

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Bardet down

 

[Lequack]

Darn, a crash for Bardet.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Darn, a crash for Bardet.

Looks like it'll be a DNF, and now confirmed.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Vingegaard sickness?

 

[YavorD]

The argument was about Vingegaard not having ''an explosive acceleration that instantly splits open gaps.''

Well, that argument is wrong because Vingegaard immediately drops everyone not called Pogacar (and a few times Pogacar himself) for the majority of the last 2 years.

He certainly isn't Purito or Valverde but he has a good enough acceleration to open gaps.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Can you shoot the weird side of the road/footpath like Visma did? People stood there almost got clattered.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Crash in the final km

 

[Didinho]

Meeus wins the right sprint this time.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Meeus is looking sharp this season, was good on that steep finish last week

 

[RedheadDane]

Meeus wins.

That crash looked nasty. Hopefully nobody hit the wall too hard...

 

[carolina]

Leitão crashed

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Freaky sprint that looked more dangerous than usual, congrats to Meeus and Bora!

 

[search]

Great sprint by Meeus, from a fairly poor position into the final corner. Dainese may face a relegation for running over Oliveira, I guess.