Vuelta a España Vuelta 2025, stage 20: Robledo de Chavela - Bola del Mundo - Puerto de Navacerrada (164.8 km)

[AnotherArmChair]

Almeida just said he has been sick and on the limit all day

I do think there is a GT win in him (ex Pog and Vinge) and I hope he gets the chance

I'm now a fan

 

[Izzyeviel]

Procyclingstats has crashed!!!
LOL!

it hasn't crashed. It died this morning.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

"Now I don't have to drink a disgusting recovery shake"

Lmao Pidders

Now see him miss a split tomorrow and lose 31 seconds to Hindley.

 

[Netserk]

Sounds like Almeida has also been a bit ill?

 

[burning]

Probably the worst Vuelta I have watched. Glad its over!

I'd actually say that the 2003 Vuelta (from your avatar?) was the worst GT ever I have ever seen even though Kelme Valverde was very impressive

 

[RobertCrawley]

Must have been by far the most boring and annoying GT I have ever watched.

It's not the end of a race in the CyclingNews forum until someone makes this comment.

 

[topcat]

Brailsford surely is happy.

Brailsford to re-sign Pidcock and make him a tour de france winner?

 

[theyoungest]

Ah... To be so young...

Yeah, people say this on this forum after about every GT

 

[Danskebjerge]

Must have been by far the most boring and annoying GT I have ever watched.

If a gap of less than a minute between number one and two in the GC before stage 20 is boring, then it must be hard for you to find a grand tour that isn't boring. Or is it a matter of personal preference regarding the top riders?

 

[Heston]

It's not the end of a race in the CyclingNews forum until someone makes this comment.

According to this forum, every GT in the past 10 years is the worst GT ever.

 

[RobertCrawley]

Almeida just said he has been sick and on the limit all day

I do think there is a GT win in him (ex Pog and Vinge) and I hope he gets the chance

I'm now a fan

I am too. He was impressive in this race. It would have been closer if his team put in a unified effort in support.

 

[ice&fire]

Beautiful view of Madrid. That looks like quite a hike up that hill.

The straight path from the town of Navacerrada is a hard hike that will get you exhausted after 900m of climbing, but the views from the top are well worth the effort.

 

[Red Rick]

Sounds like Almeida has also been a bit ill?

Eyebrows are known to protect from upper respiratory infections

 

[RobertCrawley]

The straight path from the town of Navacerrada is a hard hike that will get you exhausted after 900m of climbing, but the views from views from the top are well worth the effort.

We didn't spend a lot of time in Madrid except to have dinner and catch a plane. Need to get back and spend some time there!

 

[theyoungest]

If a gap of less than a minute between number one and two in the GC before stage 20 is boring, then it must be hard for you to find a grand tour that isn't boring. Or is it a matter of personal preference regarding the top riders?

Let's be honest, it was not the most exciting race. But the Vuelta almost never is, it's always a bit of an afterthought. And like I said, people on this forum are almost never satisfied, so the comment "most boring race ever" is essentially meaningless.

 

[noob]

He got the jerseys mixed up again

"the ye- the red jersey, sorry"

 

[Netserk]

Yeah, people say this on this forum after about every GT

It can always get worse.

 

[RedheadDane]

He got the jerseys mixed up again

Hopefully he didn't ask about the blue jersey...

 

[theyoungest]

I am too. He was impressive in this race. It would have been closer if his team put in a unified effort in support.

Today and on Angliru they did support him, but arguably on these days it didn't make much of a difference. Without them Visma would probably have done the same.

Ultimately this race was won on a finish where they were caught napping, and that's what happens to them quite regularly.

 

[GroupDK]

Only 1 rider on the globe can beat Vingegaard on grand tours (at least for the moment) and he ain't here..

Reckon its positive that they close the final 1km today, as it's gotta throw a wrench into one's motivation, not least on a final like this.
Imagine being stopped on this turf with acid from top to toe and everything is cooking on you, & you have to wait for the road to be cleared, and then trying to get the momentum going again, - and it sadly goes without saying' that Vingegaard would be one of the favorites for such actions, as it would equal max publicity doing it on the leading one.

So when he could see the no-spectator free area, and had some assurance.. he took it..Deserved win.

 

[topcat]

I've been sick all day, so my performance on the forum hasn't been my best. It is what it is.

 

[theyoungest]

Only 1 rider on the globe can beat Vingegaard on grand tours (at least for the moment) and he ain't here..

Reckon its positive that they close the final 1km today, as it's gotta throw a wrench into one's motivation, not least on a final like this.
Imagine being stopped on this turf with acid from top to toe and everything is cooking on you, & you have to wait for the road to be cleared, and then trying to get the momentum going again, - and it sadly goes without saying' that Vingegaard would be one of the favorites for such actions, as it would equal max publicity doing it on the leading one.

So when he could see the no-spectator free area, and had some assurance.. he took it..a very deserved win.

Acid? Did I miss something? Or are we just making up random things now.

 

[Netserk]

If a gap of less than a minute between number one and two in the GC before stage 20 is boring, then it must be hard for you to find a grand tour that isn't boring. Or is it a matter of personal preference regarding the top riders?

The 2023 Giro was the worst Giro of this century.

The Vuelta last year was much, much better.

 

[YavorD]

If a gap of less than a minute between number one and two in the GC before stage 20 is boring, then it must be hard for you to find a grand tour that isn't boring. Or is it a matter of personal preference regarding the top riders?

Well, most of the time small gaps indicate a boring GT indeed.
Obviously there are the odd chances that we get a proper GT with plenty of attacks, bad days, coming back and a small gap after stage 19, but that wasn't the cass.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

The 2023 Giro was the worst Giro of this century.

But the finale was incredible!