Vuelta a España 2022: Pre-race discussion/hype tread

[Lequack]

I'm a little late to the party but I simply cannot not comment on this. I don't know exactly what it is but something about an event like the Vuelta acting line it's the football world cup with it's own song and all is just so funny to me.

Like "yeah Vuelta, all the kids are gonna sing this song while they are constantly partying for the three biggest weeks of the year. This is all what those cool young TokTikers are gonna talk about for the next month"

Maybe I have grown too cynical but to me this video feels like they are shooting at and are missing their target audience by a distance longer than the TT milage Evenepoel would need to ever win a GT.

On a similar note I also think that in 20 years this video will be posted somewhere on the internet and everyone will laugh their asses off about just how "20's" it is.

Well now there is even a live performance, before the official team presentations

https://twitter.com/x/status/1560253645723418625

View: https://twitter.com/gutibis/status/1560253645723418625?s=20&t=E6Z3GGSR1GByauEvDhscug

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Valverde says he will only hunt stages, just like Remco

Remco never said that. Only Velonews claims he did, with others copying them.

Corona alarm at Quick-Step: Sports director Klaas Lodewyck misses Vuelta start

Opnieuw corona-alarm bij Quick-Step: Ploegleider Klaas Lodewyck mist start Vuelta

Quick-Step-Alpha Vinyl heeft vlak voor de Vuelta a España te maken met een coronageval. Het gaat om ploegleider Klaas Lodewyck, die woensdag bij de verplichte coronatest voorafgaand aan de grote ronde positief testte. Hij zal daardoor de start van de Vuelta moeten missen. De gloednieuwe...

www.wielerflits.nl

Maybe not a bad thing per se.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Will there be those ultra anticipated race threads like in Giro and Tour? I tend to losely plan my life after those "what to expect?"-paragraphs. They are excellent noob tools.

Eshnar only does them for the Giro and I'm on holiday for the first third of the race so won't be putting any up for the first 7-8 stages. There will always be someone who makes a stage thread of course, but not everyone has the time to make really detailed OPs...

 

[rallybanana]

Valverde says he will only hunt stages, just like Remco

I think Spain need all hands on deck to get a stage win. The list of countries that have won a grand tour stage more recently than Spain is getting longer:

Belgium
France
Denmark
Slovenia
Canada
Australia
Great Britain
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Italy
Colombia
Czech Republic
Eritrea
Germany
Poland
Estonia
Austria
USA
Ireland
Switzerland
Slovakia

With Carapaz, Lutsenko and Almeida in the race things could get worse before they get better.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I would have liked it if they had went with more of a Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne retro look.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1560266396441153538

View: https://twitter.com/alejanvalverde/status/1560266396441153538

 

[Valv.Piti]

No way Spain doesnt get a stage win here.

Right?...
RIIIGHT?....

Seriously though, lots of great options to win.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

I would have liked it if they had went with more of a Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne retro look.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1560266396441153538

View: https://twitter.com/alejanvalverde/status/1560266396441153538

Trying to trick MAL into working for Mas again?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1559904088963399681

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Trying to trick MAL into working for Mas again?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1559904088963399681

Either that or they're trying to make Bala look young by letting him wear a white jersey.

 

[noob]

Eshnar only does them for the Giro and I'm on holiday for the first third of the race so won't be putting any up for the first 7-8 stages. There will always be someone who makes a stage thread of course, but not everyone has the time to make really detailed OPs...

Thank you for answering. Have a lovely holiday I'll look forward to the posts when you come back

 

[Bonimenier]

We need more white jerseys in the peloton.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Either that or they're trying to make Bala look young by letting him wear a white jersey.

Am I missing some kind of joke? Isn‘t Bala on Movistar?

 

[Bonimenier]

Am I missing some kind of joke? Isn‘t Bala on Movistar?

If you scroll up a bit more, you'll see that Movistar also will ride in white.

 

[tobydawq]

If you scroll up a bit more, you'll see that Movistar also will ride in white.

Yeah, I was also quite confused.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1560278013266501632

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1560278013266501632

 

[houtdffan]

This Covid stupidity should stop.

It won't as there is a total lack of common sense in the world today

 

[RedheadDane]

Alright, Dutchies. Time to see if you can be as crazy as the Danes.

 

[noob]

Alright, Dutchies. Time to see if you can be as crazy as the Danes.

nowhere even nearly as crazy

 

[RedheadDane]

nowhere even nearly as crazy

Let's give them some time until the riders actually turn up.

 

[Red Rick]

Alright, Dutchies. Time to see if you can be as crazy as the Danes.

May I introduce you to rioting farmers?

 

[RedheadDane]

May I introduce you to rioting farmers?

Good crazy, not bad crazy.

 

[RedheadDane]

Nibali's English actually isn't so bad.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Nibali's English actually isn't so bad.

And his accent is quite interesting also

 

[RedheadDane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1560285598937751553

Don't ask me what a Bennett fracture is.

 

[Bonimenier]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1560285598937751553

Don't ask me what a Bennett fracture is.

It's some thumb thing

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Good crazy, not bad crazy.

Batshit, not bad ***?