Vuelta 2024 discussion

[Jan the Man]

I wonder if they are going to try to turn him into a GT guy at some point. He showed a bit of climbing form at the Dauphine for a guy of his weight and size and they historically like doing this kind of stuff. They also need some good Brit to get back some media attention in

I’d have thought he could be very well suited to the cobbled classics

 

[Heston]

Landa will finally be freed!

Mas and Almeida for the the other 2 podium spots.

 

[Rou]

Mcnulty announced also. UAE with 6 leaders so far:

• DEL TORO Isaac
• SOLER Marc
• ALMEIDA João
• YATES Adam
• AYUSO Juan
• MCNULTY Brandon
• What is going on?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Mcnulty announced also. UAE with 6 leaders so far:

• DEL TORO Isaac
• SOLER Marc
• ALMEIDA João
• YATES Adam
• AYUSO Juan
• MCNULTY Brandon
• What is going on?

I guess they have a lot of climbers? Calling anyone who can get over a hill a leader is a bit ridiculous.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Mcnulty announced also. UAE with 6 leaders so far:

• DEL TORO Isaac
• SOLER Marc
• ALMEIDA João
• YATES Adam
• AYUSO Juan
• MCNULTY Brandon
• What is going on?

UAE taking 6 super-doms to drag overweight Teddy uphill in the first part of the Vuelta, after his vacation.

 

[scribers]

Mcnulty announced also. UAE with 6 leaders so far:

• DEL TORO Isaac
• SOLER Marc
• ALMEIDA João
• YATES Adam
• AYUSO Juan
• MCNULTY Brandon
• What is going on?

That right there is a compelling race by itself

 

[Statze2]

Mcnulty announced also. UAE with 6 leaders so far:

• DEL TORO Isaac
• SOLER Marc
• ALMEIDA João
• YATES Adam
• AYUSO Juan
• MCNULTY Brandon
• What is going on?

This is going to be fun. UAE with a lot of firepower and competitive in every stage as there are little sprint stages.
But who will keep the race together when they are wearing the leader jersey? No sprint teams will take over to bring breakaways back.

 

[will-10]

Tarling to win three stages: both ITTs and a 'WTF I thought this would be too hard for him' stage from a break somewhere in the middle.

 

[elguapo]

If Primoz would be really fit to race, he could be the runaway favorite in the Vuelta, otherwise it would be an open race, with slight advantage going to those who raced and completed the the Giro over those who raced and completed the Tour.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Mcnulty announced also. UAE with 6 leaders so far:

• DEL TORO Isaac
• SOLER Marc
• ALMEIDA João
• YATES Adam
• AYUSO Juan
• MCNULTY Brandon
• What is going on?

Hydra dominatus!

 

[Tim Cahill]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1818286959409897859

Peak cycling, unfortunately I don't think we will see the start but Carlton's eyes are going to light up when he sees this.

 

[Mayomaniac]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1818286959409897859

Peak cycling, unfortunately I don't think we will see the start but Carlton's eyes are going to light up when he sees this.

Carrefour ain't bad, so no complains from my side.
I expect Lidl-Trek to file a complain, because it hurts their sponsor.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

Can't wait to see someone beat out Mas and Landa for the win.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Can't wait to see someone beat out Mas and Landa for the win.

Why exactly?

 

[hfgon1]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1818286959409897859

Peak cycling, unfortunately I don't think we will see the start but Carlton's eyes are going to light up when he sees this.

Cats lining up seems quite dangerous with Tiberi at the start...

 

[Escarabajo]

Landa will finally be freed!

Mas and Almeida for the the other 2 podium spots.

Landa was freed in Col de la Loze once for 5 minutes. It didn't go well!

 

[Salvarani]

Mcnulty announced also. UAE with 6 leaders so far:

• DEL TORO Isaac
• SOLER Marc
• ALMEIDA João
• YATES Adam
• AYUSO Juan
• MCNULTY Brandon
• What is going on?

During pre-season, they were all told separately that they will get Vuelta leadership but they couldnt tell anyone until after the Tour.

 

[RedheadDane]

I expect Lidl-Trek to file a complain, because it hurts their sponsor.

What about Intermarché?

 

[staubsauger]

What about Intermarché?

It was on the parking lot of a Intermarche 8 year old me learnt from the French radio news that Marco Pantani had won the 1998 Tour de France taking 9 minutes from Jan Ullrich up towards Les Deux Alpes!

 

[Salvarani]

It was on the parking lot of a Intermarche 8 year old me learnt from the French radio news that Marco Pantani had won the 1998 Tour de France taking 9 minutes from Jan Ullrich up towards Les Deux Alpes!

Imagine if that happened today!

 

[yaco]

I expect this will be the tour of the breakaways - Take out the 2 ITT's, I have 3 sprint stages ( possibly two more for durable starters, possibly 4 significant GC stages and the rest are for the breakaway. Teams need to bring versatile riders to achieve the most from this route. For me the Tour of Norway could be akey lead up race as their stage profiles are similar to a numbe rof stages at the Vuelta.

 

[ice&fire]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1818286959409897859

Peak cycling, unfortunately I don't think we will see the start but Carlton's eyes are going to light up when he sees this.

Meanwhile, 10 years ago...

 

[cen]

Hydra dominatus!

Hydra was killed by Hercules as his second labor, the question is thus, who is the executioner.

 

[carolina]

Yates and Almeida will work together until the road decides who is better. Everyone else will fight for themselves.

It will be wonderfull to watch, we are in for some good laughs.

 

[Breh]

In a fantasy world, what would be the most disfunctional team you could conjure up?
I just want everybody riding for themselves, no fetching water or doing pulls. Bonus points if they don't get along on a personal level aswell.