Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2025, Stage 11: Bilbao/Bilbo – Bilbao/Bilbo (157.4k)

[Ilmaestro99]

Astana must get as many riders in the breakway as possible. The esception is woet pouls who needs to save energy for his victory on angliru

 

[SafeBet]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1963199837995704723

View: https://x.com/friebos/status/1963199837995704723

 

[Rou]

First protests in the neutral zone. This stage will be a mess...

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Marc soler looking vocal !!!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1963201661679108452

View: https://x.com/friebos/status/1963201661679108452?t=lQm_9DzRbo8w4sz4r5wJ7Q&s=19

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

MOD hat on:
It seems very possible that there will be disruption today from protests. Observations on the fact are reasonable: some frustration about it is understandable.

But if you want to give any opinion about the rights and wrongs of the protests, this is not the place. Do your venting on Twitter or elsewhere. This is a politics free zone.

 

[Earns1985]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1963199837995704723

View: https://x.com/friebos/status/1963199837995704723

The guy, that would suffer the most from this would be the american Matthew Riccitello.

 

[Heston]

Visma taking the front. Maybe Vinge does indeed want to win today.

 

[Danskebjerge]

The crash yesterday was a game changer. The Italian wasn't seriously hurt, but still - there have been plenty of protests at sport events (and people running on to football pitches), but injured athletes, that's extremely rare.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

MOD hat on:
It seems very possible that there will be disruption today from protests. Observations on the fact are reasonable: some frustration about it is understandable.

But if you want to give any opinion about the rights and wrongs of the protests, this is not the place. Do your venting on Twitter or elsewhere. This is a politics free zone.

Surely there should be room for discussion possible when the topic of the stage is that there is preference amongst multiple teams for one team to leave the race?
Of course such a discussion is political by nature (everything is political btw.) but it's not party or ideology political discussion but a direct discussion how the race could be impacted.
Would be ridiculous to delete these posts.

 

[Heston]

The crash yesterday was a game changer. The Italian wasn't seriously hurt, but still - there have been plenty of protests at sport events (and people running on to football pitches), but injured athletes, that's extremely rare.

It was a clumsy cop who dropped an item that crashed a rider. Protesters have yet to hurt a single person in this race. Relax.

 

[SafeBet]

According to Friebe a number of riders lobbied for IPT to pull out.
IPT riders were apparently also insulted on groupchats for their assumed political views.

 

[Rou]

Ayuseless wants to be in the break.

 

[Heston]

Visma still riding like they want the stage imo

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Ayuso freed again today! Beautiful to see, shame how a rider of his calibre was wasted yesterday as a donkey.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Didn't Mads Pedersen say that he wouldn't go into a breakaway as long as Visma tried to control? Anyway, he went into a breakaway while Visma is pulling.

 

[Netserk]

MOD hat on:
It seems very possible that there will be disruption today from protests. Observations on the fact are reasonable: some frustration about it is understandable.

But if you want to give any opinion about the rights and wrongs of the protests, this is not the place. Do your venting on Twitter or elsewhere. This is a politics free zone.

Is a cause-neutral complaint about any and all violent disruption of races allowed?

 

[Netserk]

According to Friebe a number of riders lobbied for IPT to pull out.
IPT riders were apparently also insulted on groupchats for their assumed political views.

Shameless. Such assumptions call for symmetrical assumptions.

 

[Danskebjerge]

It was a clumsy cop who dropped an item that crashed a rider. Protesters have yet to hurt a single person in this race. Relax.

Not relevant. The crash was caused by the protesters entering the road in front of the riders.

 

[Samamba]

According to Friebe a number of riders lobbied for IPT to pull out.
IPT riders were apparently also insulted on groupchats for their assumed political views.

I just want to know if an UAE rider was among them lmao

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Surely there should be room for discussion possible when the topic of the stage is that there is preference amongst multiple teams for one team to leave the race?
Of course such a discussion is political by nature (everything is political btw.) but it's not party or ideology political discussion but a direct discussion how the race could be impacted.
Would be ridiculous to delete these posts.

I don't believe that anything I said in the post you quoted would suggest restriction on that, and there would not be a problem with the discussion you predict within the parameters you have given that I have bolded.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Is a cause-neutral complaint about any and all violent disruption of races allowed?

Answered before you asked:

Observations on the fact are reasonable

 

[Tim Cahill]

Sylvan Adams in the team car today which should calm things down a bit

 

[Danskebjerge]

I'm still not optimistic about Pedersen's mission.

 

[Netserk]

Answered before you asked:

A complaint is not merely an observation, so I still don't know the answer to what I asked.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Ayuso attacking, great stuff, Landismo also involved?