Vuelta a España 2025 discussion

[Lequack]

Vingegaard can win this whole race in stage 2 tomorrow. And he will.

 

[Pantani_lives]

The tandem Ayuso-Almeida sounds like a recipe for disaster. They'll probably roll over the floor fighting and blame each other for what went wrong.

 

[ashhutch1997]

Vingegaard can win this whole race in stage 2 tomorrow. And he will.

I'm not sure if that it's hard enough. The same finish was used in the Giro back in 2002 and it was a reduced sprint. I honestly wouldn't be suprised if Mads Pedersen wins stage 2.

 

[KZD]

If Vingegaard has an incident free race I would be surprised if he doesn't win. Not only he is the strongest rider on paper, he arrives without too many race days and Visma also has the strongest team.

The only realistic threat should come from UAE duo, Almeida and Ayuso. Almeida beat Vingegaard earlier in the season but we don't know how well he recovered from his Tour crash. Ayuso was going strong before his Giro crash and the route suits him but he would need to take a step forward in order to challenge Vingegaard imo. Lack of cohesion could be an issue for these two though.

Hope Ciccone does an incident free race, he was my third place peak behind Vingegaard and Almeida and I am rooting for Bernal too.

The fight for the points jersey could be interesting but on a route like this, Pedersen should prevail over Philipsen.

 

[Sciatic]

for those who were arguing (earlier in this thread) that there were still plenty of opportunities for sprinters here, Phillipson just said he was also glad for the win and red jersey because (paraphrase) "there aren't many chances for sprinters" in this Vuelta.

 

[AlexAus]

Hi all, I’m lucky enough to be in the Pyrenees for the next week, from Australia. We will watch stage 6 and 7. As previously noted, the official Roadbook is not easy to follow for a spectator. I’ve found info on road closures in the Andorra tourist page.

But specifically my two boys want to go to a feed zone and chase a bidon. But I can’t find anything anywhere about where this could be. Any pointers? Thanks

 

[search]

But specifically my two boys want to go to a feed zone and chase a bidon. But I can’t find anything anywhere about where this could be. Any pointers? Thanks

it looks like they are only announced pubclicly the day before. In yesterday's stage 2 "Press Release" (Page 21), you can find today's feed- and waste zones:

Official Website | Tissot Timing

Discover and follow all the results of the most important cycling competitions on the official Tissot Timing website.

www.tissottiming.com

This isn't ideal for planing, of course, but I guess that's exactly the reason why they publish them this late.

If you struggle with the roadbook, you can find interactive maps on la-flamme-rouge, for example:

Stage 6: https://www.la-flamme-rouge.eu/maps/viewtrack/590692
Stage 7: https://www.la-flamme-rouge.eu/maps/viewtrack/590697

 

[RedheadDane]

I'm not sure if that it's hard enough. The same finish was used in the Giro back in 2002 and it was a reduced sprint. I honestly wouldn't be suprised if Mads Pedersen wins stage 2.

You were partly right.
It was a reduced sprint.
It was won by a Dane.
You just got the Dane wrong.

 

[Netserk]

it looks like they are only announced pubclicly the day before. In yesterday's stage 2 "Press Release" (Page 21), you can find today's feed- and waste zones:

Official Website | Tissot Timing

Discover and follow all the results of the most important cycling competitions on the official Tissot Timing website.

www.tissottiming.com

This isn't ideal for planing, of course, but I guess that's exactly the reason why they publish them this late.

If you struggle with the roadbook, you can find interactive maps on la-flamme-rouge, for example:

Stage 6: https://www.la-flamme-rouge.eu/maps/viewtrack/590692
Stage 7: https://www.la-flamme-rouge.eu/maps/viewtrack/590697

Tissot has also interactive maps and you don't need to log in there.

 

[ashhutch1997]

You were partly right.
It was a reduced sprint.
It was won by a Dane.
You just got the Dane wrong.

Yeah I slightly underestimated the final climb lol.

 

[CyclistAbi]

So not only Axel Zingle got his bike stolen by a fan, while going into an ambulance car for short amount of time, over night most of team bikes got stolen too.

Mafia?

 

[Mayomaniac]

So not only Axel Zingle got his bike stolen by a fan, while going into an ambulance car for short amount of time, over night most of team bikes got stolen too.

Mafia?

The bike stolen by a fan thing was fake news, they assumed that he would DNF and put it on a neutral race car to get it to the finish line, they got it back.

 

[ashhutch1997]

The bike stolen by a fan thing was fake news, they assumed that he would DNF and put it on a neutral race car to get it to the finish line, they got it back.

Was going to say I swore it was a mechanic putting his bike on the team car.

 

[Unchained]

So not only Axel Zingle got his bike stolen by a fan, while going into an ambulance car for short amount of time, over night most of team bikes got stolen too.

Mafia?

Who does it serve to make an elaborate story about fan stealing a bike?

 

[Izzyeviel]

anyone know of an online radio commentary feed for the Vuelta? (in english)

 

[CyclistAbi]

The bike stolen by a fan thing was fake news, they assumed that he would DNF and put it on a neutral race car to get it to the finish line, they got it back.

I see, no petty crime involved. Do you know if that same bike got stolen after in the big heist?

 

[Cycling111]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1960297331707785240

View: https://x.com/soudalquickstep/status/1960297331707785240

 

[AlexAus]

it looks like they are only announced pubclicly the day before. In yesterday's stage 2 "Press Release" (Page 21), you can find today's feed- and waste zones:

Official Website | Tissot Timing

Discover and follow all the results of the most important cycling competitions on the official Tissot Timing website.

www.tissottiming.com

This isn't ideal for planing, of course, but I guess that's exactly the reason why they publish them this late.

If you struggle with the roadbook, you can find interactive maps on la-flamme-rouge, for example:

Stage 6: https://www.la-flamme-rouge.eu/maps/viewtrack/590692
Stage 7: https://www.la-flamme-rouge.eu/maps/viewtrack/590697

Thanks for the info - boys successfully collected a bottle each just now, very happy. The Tissot site is excellent