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Will be an interesting to see if one of the top riders without a GT title and take advantage of this opportunity to finally snag one. Might be the rare chance when there’s no Pog-Ving-Remco riding and Roglic’s condition is unknown.
If Roglic goes and is in good shape he should be the favorite and winner. If his shape is poor or he doesn’t go it’ll be a fight between Roglic (if present), Almeida, Adam, Landa, Mas (if he improves like usual for Vuelta), and a surprise rider. I think UAE is going to repeat what Visma did last year winning all GTs. Hope Quintana, TGH, Carapaz, and C Rod find the shape to challenge for the win. Kuss best placing is fifth. If Cian goes it’ll be an interesting team battle.
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Dno about Oliveira, but I expect Pelayo, Nairo and Rubio to be really good this race and hunt for stages and help Enric. Maybe one of them can even get to stay in the top-10.
Curious about Riccitello after his performance in Tour de Suisse. Should be ready to test himself as a GC rider in the Vuelta.
I wouldn't mind Carapaz being in shape and having no mishap early. He was a safe bet for a GT podium until 2022, then had all kind of problems since joining EF.
Skjelmose has set this Vuelta as his main 2024 target a long time ago so we should get a better idea of his future as a three week rider.
UAE, Roglic and Mas are favorites for the jersey but it could be a more open race than what we've seen in recent times.
I wouldn't mind Carapaz being in shape and having no mishap early. He was a safe bet for a GT podium until 2022, then had all kind of problems since joining EF.
Skjelmose has set this Vuelta as his main 2024 target a long time ago so we should get a better idea of his future as a three week rider.
UAE, Roglic and Mas are favorites for the jersey but it could be a more open race than what we've seen in recent times.
This is Joao Almeida chance to win a GT!
I'm also sure there will be a lot of portuguese fans on the road.
I'm also sure there will be a lot of portuguese fans on the road.
Im kinda down for Almeida, seems like a good lad and he has been quite good in GTs for a number of years now, even coming relatively close in 2023.
Carapaz looked so good in the final week of the tour ...could be he went too deep though. Landa and Almeida could be good contenders but again wondered if they left alot on the road in the Tour as were essentially riding both GC and as a Dom
I think Mas though will do a good Vuelta
Roglic will be Roglic and good
I think Dani Martinez is also a very good option..if allowed
Hard to know if Kuss has recovered ...I hope so
As for UAE not letting Ayuso ride the Vuelta ......sounds like revenge for his Tour
But seeing that with Pog not going to the Olympics to represent his country cos Slovenia didn't pick his girlfriend I am not surprised
I think Mas though will do a good Vuelta
Roglic will be Roglic and good
I think Dani Martinez is also a very good option..if allowed
Hard to know if Kuss has recovered ...I hope so
As for UAE not letting Ayuso ride the Vuelta ......sounds like revenge for his Tour
But seeing that with Pog not going to the Olympics to represent his country cos Slovenia didn't pick his girlfriend I am not surprised
Almeida peaked at suisse tour. No guarantee he can peak again the same season
Pogacar peaked from start March to late July. Anything's possible man -especially at UAE!
God, I can't wait for this race to start. Who cares about the Olympics honestly.. Im really interested in watching Del Toro, he might do an Ayuso/Pog and podium his first GT!
Pogi is the outlier on peaking. His tour form is his best for sure. But the rest of the season looks like 80-85% which is good enough to win a lot of things
I was a bit surprised about his TdF. If you see for example Landa, then you wonder about the difference to Mas (who is in best GC GT age).
Movistar Team is so professional and all. Now Enric has to wait for TdF 2025, and Vuelta 2024…
I'm already in the zone, football, sevens , archery, handball et Al.
So social media seem to suggest Pogi should participate. Will social media again influence the outcome of this race?
UAE will send a strong team to this race. Should be interesting to see on how they will perform without Pogi. Will they still look strong and in control or only a shadow of that. Same can be said for Visma, without Jonas.
I‘m looking forward to seeing Tiberi in the Vuelta. He came out super of the Giro, but was exhausted and burned out at the Dauphine. The break afterwards certainly did him well. He‘s a candidate for Top 3 or 5 in GC, but I don‘t want to make pressure here.
I wish him a great joyful Vuelta
I wish him a great joyful Vuelta
Beautiful editions.
P.S. As for GT triple and all the talks about it. In my opinion it's mostly BS and neither Pogi or Jonas will win a GT triple in their carers. As this two seem to suggest they can.
Lol. The two worst Grand Tours of the modern era...
Sure. One was building up to be one of the greatest last stage performances ever. Second one was one of the greatest stage race performances ever.
They surely don't stand out, historically speaking.
May I guess that your opinion stems from the fact that Primoz Roglic won one of them? And that the other won was similar but you have to also rank that highly so as to feign consistency in your posting?
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