Vuelta a España 2025 discussion

[Libertine Seguros]

Let's hope Sepp Kuss can sneak in a breakaway and get a buffer.

Troll or not, he's still riding for one of those teams.

 

[HashRouge]

Vingegaard has already won this one then?

It's a bit like Pog before the Tour - if Vingegaard is in form, he should walk the Vuelta GC. If not, Almeida is probably my next favourite. As an aside, I can't believe that a team like Ineos wasn't talking to Almeida before he renewed with UAE to 2028. Offer him big money and leadership at his pick of the grand tours. Surely he'd fancy a go at Tour leadership? I'm still so annoyed that he renewed with UAE.

 

[noob]

It's a bit like Pog before the Tour - if Vingegaard is in form, he should walk the Vuelta GC. If not, Almeida is probably my next favourite. As an aside, I can't believe that a team like Ineos wasn't talking to Almeida before he renewed with UAE to 2028. Offer him big money and leadership at his pick of the grand tours. Surely he'd fancy a go at Tour leadership? I'm still so annoyed that he renewed with UAE.

Omfg I had not yet seen this! I might have to unfan him. That is terrible news!

 

[Gigs_98]

It's a bit like Pog before the Tour - if Vingegaard is in form, he should walk the Vuelta GC. If not, Almeida is probably my next favourite. As an aside, I can't believe that a team like Ineos wasn't talking to Almeida before he renewed with UAE to 2028. Offer him big money and leadership at his pick of the grand tours. Surely he'd fancy a go at Tour leadership? I'm still so annoyed that he renewed with UAE.

Ineos must continue to be a gc team without gc leaders!

 

[Red Rick]

Ineos must continue to be a gc team without gc leaders!

Buddy you're not ready for what is to come this Vuelta.

It's gonna be the mythical rise of TTer/Sprinter/Ultramythical climber/GC Ganna

10 years after the rise of Tom Dumoulin, a big man shall shock the world again at the Vuelta. The man shall be bigger. The shock shall be greater.

 

[Red Rick]

By the way I remember some chat they might use this side of the Morredero but I guess it's not happening? Because that would actually be succesfully polishing a turd. And no it's not one of those "Red Rick is looking at MTB trails again" it's actually a narrow but well kept asphalt road.

 

[Netserk]

By the way I remember some chat they might use this side of the Morredero but I guess it's not happening? Because that would actually be succesfully polishing a turd. And no it's not one of those "Red Rick is looking at MTB trails again" it's actually a narrow but well kept asphalt road.

 

[Red Rick]

So it's actually happening and I just missed it because in my great laziness I only check profiles from PCS? Amazing.

Hazallanas in Da Norf it is

 

[ice&fire]

By the way I remember some chat they might use this side of the Morredero but I guess it's not happening? Because that would actually be succesfully polishing a turd. And no it's not one of those "Red Rick is looking at MTB trails again" it's actually a narrow but well kept asphalt road.

It was a MTB trail until 6 years ago.

 

[Pozzovivo]

Very weak GC field outside Vingegaard, Almeida, Ayuso, and Carapaz?

#	Rider Name
1	Jonas Vingegaard
2	João Almeida
3	Juan Ayuso
4	Richard Carapaz
	2nd tier
6	Derek Gee
7	Giulio Ciccone
8	Mikel Landa
9	Antonio Tiberi
10	Felix Gall
11	Jai Hindley
12	Matteo Jorgenson
13	Egan Bernal
	3rd tier
15	Giulio Pellizzari
16	Matthew Riccitello
17	Jay Vine
18	Lennert Van Eetvelt
19	Sepp Kuss
20	Max Poole
21	Thomas Pidcock
22	Daniel Felipe Martinez
23	David Gaudu
24	Eddie Dunbar
	??? tier
26	Tao Geoghegan Hart

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Very weak GC field outside Vingegaard, Almeida, Ayuso, and Carapaz?

Landa belongs with Ayuso/Carapaz. Overall I don't think it's a bad field for a Vuelta at all, if Mas wasn't out it would easily have been above last year's.

 

[Red Rick]

Landa belongs with Ayuso/Carapaz. Overall I don't think it's a bad field for a Vuelta at all, if Mas wasn't out it would easily have been above last year's.

It's gonna depend in what form riders show up though. Landa was at the Vuelta last year as well. So was Almeida. Adam Yates was like a top 5 pre race favorite.

But overall the starting lists does look better than last year.

 

[Pozzovivo]

Landa belongs with Ayuso/Carapaz. Overall I don't think it's a bad field for a Vuelta at all, if Mas wasn't out it would easily have been above last year's.

Noy sure about that, particularly considering his injuries this season.

 

[Pozzovivo]

Overall I don't think it's a bad field for a Vuelta at all, if Mas wasn't out it would easily have been above last year's.

On second thought, I think you're right compared to last year.

23' had Roglic, Vingegaard, Evenepoel, Almeida, Ayuso etc.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

On second thought, I think you're right compared to last year.

23' had Roglic, Vingegaard, Evenepoel, Almeida, Ayuso etc.

'23 was an outlier. Or at least on paper, not with the way it played out.

 

[Pozzovivo]

'23 was an outlier. Or at least on paper, not with the way it played out.

Arguably the way it played out was also an outlier...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

'23 was an outlier. Or at least on paper, not with the way it played out.

See also 2011 with undercooked Nibali, J-Rod, an Igor Antón people still thought was a threat after crashing out of the lead in 2010, Scarponi melting in the heat, aging but still noteworthy Sastre and Menchov... and a GC won by Cobo ahead of a guy who, at the time, was a literal "who?", and guys like Maxime Monfort in and around the top 5.

 

[Cycling111]

Another absence for the Vuelta. The only race in which Enric Mas was consistently competitive and finished on the podium.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1952673496661684318

View: https://x.com/Movistar_Team/status/1952673496661684318?t=FDPQBf-TsXwPogtdqbuHOQ&s=19

 

[staubsauger]

There's a former Giro d'Italia winner and grand tour superstar on the startlist!

So Vingegaard still has to dig deep if he wants to win the 2025 Vuelta a Espana!

Otherwise we're going to see a happy panda!

 

[Cycling111]

There's a former Giro d'Italia winner and grand tour superstar on the startlist!

So Vingegaard still has to dig deep if he wants to win the 2025 Vuelta a Espana!

Otherwise we're going to see a happy panda!

Carapaz has been sick for weeks. Even EF questioned his participation.

There's also a Vuelta winner: Kuss

Let Froome go, so we can say there's a four-time Tour de France winner. 😅

 

[Red Rick]

'23 was an outlier. Or at least on paper, not with the way it played out.

Vuelta had a really strong period of fields around 2014-2017 tbh. It's been a lot stronger on average than the Giro for a long time now.

 

[RedheadDane]

There's a former Giro d'Italia winner and grand tour superstar on the startlist!

Also a former Giro and Vuelta winner!

 

[Lequack]

So Pog is just letting Vingegaard win this? It seemed like he wasn't the guy to give out victories easily.

 

[Rou]

Very weak GC field outside Vingegaard, Almeida, Ayuso, and Carapaz?

#	Rider Name
1	Jonas Vingegaard
2	João Almeida
3	Juan Ayuso
4	Richard Carapaz
	2nd tier
6	Derek Gee
7	Giulio Ciccone
8	Mikel Landa
9	Antonio Tiberi
10	Felix Gall
11	Jai Hindley
12	Matteo Jorgenson
13	Egan Bernal
	3rd tier
15	Giulio Pellizzari
16	Matthew Riccitello
17	Jay Vine
18	Lennert Van EETVELT
19	Sepp Kuss
20	Max Poole
21	Thomas Pidcock
22	Daniel Felipe Martinez
23	David Gaudu
24	Eddie Dunbar
	??? tier
26	Tao Geoghegan Hart

Miles better field than the Mickey Mouse fields in the Giro.

 

[Rou]

Or maybe the TDF field was deeper with Onley, Vauquelin and Jegat in top 10.
LoL