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

[tobydawq]

Wout needs a haircut.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Have you gone deaf?

Should've stayed at Movistar, or better yet, gone to Kern-Pharma. The ambience of NetApp - Endura doesn't suit him.

 

[tobydawq]

Have you gone deaf?

If he operates with the same time scale as RhD upthread, it sounds about right.

 

[tobydawq]

Should've stayed at Movistar, or better yet, gone to Kern-Pharma. The ambience of NetApp - Endura doesn't suit him.

Why on earth should he go to Kern Pharma?

 

[Tim Cahill]

Why on earth should he go to Kern Pharma?

It would be an entirely vibes-based transfer.

 

[YellowSocks]

In the Combloux ITT, Van Aert lost 39s on on the steep part of Domancy to Vingegaard, which is very similar to Malhao

Combloux cannot be considered as a benchmark for anything. Never. People there still eat iodine pills.

 

[RedheadDane]

If he operates with the same time scale as RhD upthread, it sounds about right.

The time scale were Bora is still called NetApp.

 

[Red Rick]

Combloux cannot be considered as a benchmark for anything. Never. People there still eat iodine pills.

You're right.

Van Aert was 3rd best today, which isn't a good reference for today. He will not be top 3.

 

[Lequack]

The new Almeida 2.0 should easily deal with hairy Roglic and sleepy Vinge.

 

[Red Rick]

Based on last year and extrapolating from apparent form it really should end up Almeida > Vingegaard > Roglic in GC

 

[tobydawq]

Interesting, Wout changed to a road bike.

It likely costs less time for him with all the practice from cross.

 

[Salvarani]

Good time from Tulett

 

[Froome]

Based on last year and extrapolating from apparent form it really should end up Almeida > Vingegaard > Roglic in GC

This ITT suits better Roglic. Short ITT with a steep climb in the end.

 

[Salvarani]

Tulett climbed fast especially

 

[Red Rick]

This ITT suits better Roglic. Short ITT with a steep climb in the end.

It's day 5, it's a ~30 minute ITT and in my view Vingegaard gets underrated quite a bit on short, steep climbs.

Also I think Roglic showed much more weakness than Vingo on Foia.

 

[Red Rick]

Tullet with a 7'16 Malhao split. Testing out pacing strategies?

 

[Unchained]

Wout needs a haircut.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/302656037432528942/

View: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/302656037432528942/

 

[Red Rick]

GC guys should go around 10'20 I think on the T1 to be in for the TT win

 

[Tim Cahill]

Is there a live timing site or just PCS?

 

[RedheadDane]

I did not expect to see a sprint in an ITT...

 

[Salvarani]

Good climb from Tiberi

 

[tobydawq]

Tiberi just four seconds slower than Wout.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Sniper Tiberi really good

 

[Salvarani]

Feel like the main GC guys could do a lot on the climb

 

[Tim Cahill]

Poole also looking quite good at T2