Volta Ciclista a Catalunya 2024 (March 18-24)

[Salvarani]

hmmm why are Pogacar pulling?

Feeling very good.

Soler got a breather. Now back to normal.

 

[Brullnux]

Yeah Soler has really proven himself as a key domestique this Volta. Almeida a bit less so but I don't think through arrogance/ego or the like, just his yo-yo vibe means he's too far back in the group

 

[KZD]

Ivan Sosa is growing to absolute beast form towards Asturias.

Getting ready to challenge Del Toro there.

Movistar as a team is looking really good here.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Pogacar was pulling on the climb ???

no one staying with him today

 

[iBanesto]

hmmm why are Pogacar pulling?

He's working for the team leader Almeida.

 

[Gigs_98]

Really hoping they can find a good way to use this climb in the vuelta in the future. It's one of the most inzeresting passes in all of Spain but so hard to connect to other decent climbs. Maybe something like todays stage for an all or nothing attack would actually work.

 

[Netserk]

Pradell new favourite climb of Libertine. The Kuss killer.

 

[Squire]

Another good performance from Tiberi – best climbing we've seen from him as a pro?

Looks very comfortable descending as well. Has used the descent to move up from almost last place in the group to sitting just behind UAE.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Yeah Soler has really proven himself as a key domestique this Volta. Almeida a bit less so but I don't think through arrogance/ego or the like, just his yo-yo vibe means he's too far back in the group

Soler has been a great signing overall for UAE, been a fantastic servant for Pogacar throughout last year as well.

 

[AmRacer]

1:05 to VLBAB!!!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Them looking to the side and seeing a 4 kilogram over race weight Geriant Thomas who hasn't started his season yet is pretty funny.

 

[AmRacer]

VLAB cannot keep up with UEA pace.

 

[search]

Looks very comfortable descending as well. Has used the descent to move up from almost last place in the group to sitting just behind UAE.

he is a good descender, yeah. Was on the attack together with Landa on some stage last year as well, if I remember it correctly.

 

[Brullnux]

1:25... every rider here is probably desperate to get to the bottom of Queralt in this group

 

[ice&fire]

Pradell new favourite climb of Libertine. The Kuss killer.

There's an additional reason for Pradell to be a favourite of @Libertine Seguros

 

[Offline]

VLAB cannot keep up with UEA pace.

VLAB couldn't keep up with their own pace.

 

[Squire]

Classification leaders' jerseys in this race are absolutely horrible. Three guys in mainly white jerseys in this group.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Sk is the strongest yet he is doing the pulling

 

[Offline]

WTF is Movistar doing?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Pradell new favourite climb of Libertine. The Kuss killer.

Eh, it's steep enough, but it's not worth riding on, it's not the last climb of the day.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Sk is the strongest yet he is doing the pulling

RaboFail in multiple ways

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Sk is the strongest yet he is doing the pulling

As hes 15 minutes down in GC it makes sense.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Coll de Pal isn't that far away. There's some other softish Cat 1 finishes as well.

My bigger questions is if you take Pradell entirely or if you go over Fumanya first and thus skip the first 2 steep KMs of Fumanya

You could finish at Jaciments de Fumanyà, doing a loop, or you can continue on to somewhere like Port del Compte or Tuixent-la Vansa.

There's also Rasos de Peguera.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

If I'm perfectly honest I don't even remember when he said that? Was it after Lusette?

Yep, the interview that started it all.

 

[noob]

Is this the stage Kuss designed?