Vuelta a España Vuelta 2025, stage 21: Alalpardo - Madrid (108 km)

[RedheadDane]

Love the tool boxes with 1-2-3 in sharpie as a podium.

And one being conveniently just slightly bigger than the other two.

Best GT podium ceremony ever tbh

Its interesting that IPT is not being mentioned in the list of organizers even though Ricitello was there to get his white jersey

Just because he was there doesn't mean IPT were one of the organisers.
It was just a matter of contacting him:
"Hey, kid! Get over here, we're having a party!"

 

[noob]

I don't think this one has been posted yet?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1967320829261382040

View: https://x.com/OlsenCycling/status/1967320829261382040

 

[Red Rick]

Love the tool boxes with 1-2-3 in sharpie as a podium.

Unironically would love this myself. Don't ask me to go do a speech for a few thousand people watching live.

 

[noob]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1967318094784983298

View: https://x.com/vingeupdates/status/1967318094784983298

 

[Netserk]

Pidcock joins the ranks of Cobo, Mosquera, Di Luca & Rujano.

 

[Red Rick]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1967318094784983298

View: https://x.com/vingeupdates/status/1967318094784983298

What not having to give a big speech does to a guy

 

[noob]

What not having to give a big speech does to a guy

I've always wondered who came up with the idea that those introverts has to give a speech. It's absolutely torturous to watch as well as they're so awkward!

 

[noob]

I've seen pics of happy cyclists even as they saw the barrier of people. I guess some had tired buttocks

 

[Wyndbrook]

Pidcock joins the ranks of Cobo, Mosquera, Di Luca & Rujano.

Record books say otherwise.

 

[Unchained]

All World Tour teams should boycott the Vuelta next year. Spanish Organization, Government and Police have been a shambles.

I think it might be better to take not just one or two but maybe 10 steps back, when these very very motivated people find out that they can piggyback their cause on live sports broadcasts they are going to use other events to do the same thing. Cycling is unique because the sports venue is out in the public, 100s of kilometers long, it's the definition of indefensible.. Tennis court, football stadium, basketball, baseball, hockey all much easier to defend.. Golf course? Much harder by surface but have defined entries into the venue ..Spanish police did a good job..nobody was seriously injured thank God..Romo is said to recover from his crash.

 

[noob]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1967329099590025620

View: https://x.com/BenjiNaesen/status/1967329099590025620

 

[noob]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1967329702869377486

View: https://x.com/tourdegila/status/1967329702869377486/photo/1

 

[noob]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1967333822917423362

View: https://x.com/vismaleaseabike/status/1967333822917423362


close up Looks like Almeida did a Ghirmay hitting his own eye with champaigne (or Cava)

I recommend watching this is slomo

 

[Boehmand]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1967309827417473211

View: https://x.com/vingeupdates/status/1967309827417473211

I love that when the Vuelta organiser (ASO) couldn't be arsed to organise an alternative ceremony, the teams stole (?) the banner and did it themselves in the parking lot in front of the Visma hotel

- and I DO like seeing Mads P go ape-feces with the champagne, that would not have happened at the official ceremony

 

[noob]

I love that when the Vuelta organiser (ASO) couldn't be arsed to organise an alternative ceremony, the teams stole (?) the banner and did it themselves in the parking lot in front of the Visma hotel

- and I DO like seeing Mads P go ape-feces with the champagne, that would not have happened at the official ceremony

Yeah Mads obviously started the campagne war

 

[Boehmand]

I don't think this one has been posted yet?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1967320829261382040

View: https://x.com/OlsenCycling/status/1967320829261382040

I was watching that SO hoping one of the dogs would pee on the podium while they played the national anthem, it would have been an epic moment

 

[Tim Cahill]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1965794240291848254

 

[Boehmand]

I think it might be better to take not just one or two but maybe 10 steps back, when these very very motivated people find out that they can piggyback their cause on live sports broadcasts they are going to use other events to do the same thing. Cycling is unique because the sports venue is out in the public, 100s of kilometers long, it's the definition of indefensible.. Tennis court, football stadium, basketball, baseball, hockey all much easier to defend.. Golf course? Much harder by surface but have defined entries into the venue ..Spanish police did a good job..nobody was seriously injured thank God..Romo is said to recover from his crash.

I should like to add to this, that the Danish commentary said Spanish police had mustered more personnel than they did during the 2022 NATO summit - and still failed.

Cycling has to come to terms with the fact, that the sport IS indeed "indefensible" from these kinds of protests, and a lot of interest groups will have seen the press coverage the protests got and be inspired.

We should also remember that IPT is not the only WT or PT team with "state affiliations" - and some of those states are autocracies - so exiled opposition from those countries could get inspired.

Troubling times ahead.

 

[Andre]

Looks like they're gonna hold a mini podium ceremony anyway:

thank God

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Cycling is unique because the sports venue is out in the public,

I think you'll find the marathon in the world athletics championship starting in about half an hour...

 

[noob]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1967324101984530813

View: https://x.com/OlsenCycling/status/1967324101984530813


The chaos so hilarious. But Jonas so happy!

 

[Rou]

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GnFYQ2kEehg&pp=0gcJCckJAYcqIYzv

If I say that Lappartient the fraud should resign would it be deemed political?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I was watching that SO hoping one of the dogs would pee on the podium while they played the national anthem, it would have been an epic moment

For the first half of the video, I thought the message was that "Eye of the Tiger" was the Danish anthem.

 

[Unchained]

I think you'll find the marathon in the world championship starting in about half an hour...

I didn't include race walking either.. My bad

 

[Boehmand]

I think you'll find the marathon in the world athletics championship starting in about half an hour...

Yeah, but the media attention is not at all the same.

Cycling is where it's at, both because of where it is, and because of who the sponsors in cycling are.