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Vuelta 2024 discussion

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Hopefully, he will win 6 stages.

There was a remarkable symmetry between the Giro and the Tour. Pogacar won 6 stages in each race. Two sprinters both won 3 stages in either race. And 9 riders won 1 stage in either race.

It's hard to see two sprinters winning three stages in a race with around two sprinting opportunities, though, so this will probably not happen again in the Vuelta.
 
I think it comes down to who pays for it. That option would mean only Lisbon municipality involved, while this way Oeiras and Cascais can also get in the party.

True!

That means we can have a Setubal-Arrabida-Cascais-Sintra-Lisbon city centre stage or classic one day ahaha.

Get all the municipalities in! Would be an incredible hilly classic. Just have to shut down April 25 Bridge for half a day...
 
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Brother he crashed out in 2023 on the first stage and was obviously not in great shape at all in the first part of Tour de France due to sickness and inability to train properly. He has showed this year that he still has the top-level to compete for a GT where the top riders are not present

He's definitely one of the favorites
Provisional ranking:

* * * * * - Yates, A.
* * * * - Rogla, Kuss
* * * - Landa, Mas, Almeida
* * - Carapaz, Carlito, Geoghegan Hart, Del Toro
* - Bernal, Uijtdebroeks, Skjelmose, Riccitello, Van Eetvelt
 
Provisional ranking:

* * * * * - Yates, A.
* * * * - Rogla, Kuss
* * * - Landa, Mas, Almeida
* * - Carapaz, Carlito, Geoghegan Hart, Del Toro
* - Bernal, Uijtdebroeks, Skjelmose, Riccitello, Van Eetvelt
I think Yates, Kuss, Mas, Landa, Almeida, Carapaz and Carlos are basically even. I could see all of them winning. Rogla is the big joker, and then you have a bunch of riders who can mix it up in the top-5.
 
Isaac del Toro is 20 years old, he’s no Pogacar that will ride podium on his debut.
For the health of cycling, I hope he will not turn in a new Pogacar. UAE would dominate cycling for the next 5 years. But don't forget Ayuso was 3rd in his Vuelta debut and he is not a superb GT rider. This year, the field is not great and UAE will be clearly the strongest team so he can surprise us.
 
Provisional ranking:

* * * * * - Yates, A.
* * * * - Rogla, Kuss
* * * - Landa, Mas, Almeida
* * - Carapaz, Carlito, Geoghegan Hart, Del Toro
* - Bernal, Uijtdebroeks, Skjelmose, Riccitello, Van Eetvelt
Not bad. Skjelmose and Del Toro are riders I can see either finishing top 3 or dropping entirely out of GC and switching to stage hunting or riding in support of teammates.
 
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More riders than usual that can top 10 who have specifically built their season with Vuelta as only Grand Tour and shown well in other significant stage races.

Del Toro/Lipowitz/Sjkelmose/Van Eetvelt/Poole/Riccitello

Odds seem favourable for at least one of that group to get a top 5 finish.
 
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2024 Team Jayco AlUla – La Vuelta line-up:

Alessandro De Marchi (ITA) – 6th appearance
Waley Hagos Berhe (ETH) – Debut appearance
Eddie Dunbar (IRL) – 2nd appearance
Felix Engelhardt (GER) – 2nd appearance
Chris Harper (AUS) – 2nd appearance
Mauro Schmid (SUI) – Debut appearance
Callum Scotson (AUS) – 4th appearance
Filippo Zana (ITA) – 2nd appearance

View: https://x.com/GreenEDGEteam/status/1822923490866925886
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