Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2025, Stage 12: Laredo – Los Corrales de Buelna (144.9k)

[Rou]

Van Barle and Keldergoat comfortably keeping the gap at 2 mins showing the UAE clowns how it's done. (Nils Politt on the Mont Ventoux stage)

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Looks like the Masnada group will rejoin. Hipeihe was wheelsucking

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Over 50 riders in the break now, but Vingegaard‘s kid seems to have been really sad about his dad not winning yesterday

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Burgos-BH have still not finished higher than 15th on a stage, their first rider on GC is 28th, first rider in the points classification is 51st, they have scored a grand total of one KOM point all race, are in 19th in the team classification, and have one rider in a 53-man break here.

Do you miss Kern Pharma too?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Looks like the Masnada group will rejoin. Hipeihe was wheelsucking

Now you're just straight up inventing new riders.

Armirail should be handed the jersey. Give them 10 minutes.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Burgos-BH have still not finished higher than 15th on a stage, their first rider on GC is 28th, first rider in the points classification is 51st, they have scored a grand total of one KOM point all race, are in 19th in the team classification, and have one rider in a 53-man break here.

Do you miss Kern Pharma too?

One rider in that break isn‘t disproportionally low considering only half their team is still in the race.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Pidders has 3 satellite riders upfront.
If somebody has the 'cojones' to launch from the GC group he is that guy.

Joao disagrees

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Fausto must try and make an anticipatory attack before the collada de brenes, get a smaller group clear, ideally with not too many strong climbers. This would be the best tactic.

 

[noob]

Last time it was ridden Soler actually attacked a full Visma train on the climb directly BEFORE Angliru. He was 6th in GC on stage 17 at the time.

Lost 18 minutes.

Yup I remember it well It was one of Soler priceless bat *** crazy moves

 

[Unchained]

Burgos-BH have still not finished higher than 15th on a stage, their first rider on GC is 28th, first rider in the points classification is 51st, they have scored a grand total of one KOM point all race, are in 19th in the team classification, and have one rider in a 53-man break here.

Do you miss Kern Pharma too?

Kern had a couple of good results last year, BH, Kern, Caja should all be included for the base audience, leaving Spanish teams out of Spanish race, in Spain in front of Spanish fans is dumb. The lower tier teams rarely get wins or podium but that is not their role in the race.

 

[noob]

Soler is not the leader, majority of his moves are dictated from the car.
My own personal view is the jerky up and down, strained, uncomfortable style of Soler is difficult to watch, even more difficult to enjoy.
Seeing bigger riders like Fred Wright, Jorgenson, Politt, Ganna, Pedersen.. All are smoother and don't look like they are fighting the bike

Spoiler: that png was way too big

 

[Samamba]

Surprising to me that the break is cooperating well and attacks aren't flying. Plenty of teams that can't win if they just go to that climb together

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Surprising to me that the break is cooperating well and attacks aren't flying. Plenty of teams that can't win if they just go to that climb together

Probably there will be attacks on the 2 small uncagergorised climbs

 

[search]

One rider in that break isn‘t disproportionally low considering only half their team is still in the race.

also Chumil was Top 20 in GC before yesterday, which apparently created a bit of a "hype" in Guatemala at least.

Aparicio looked good yesterday, so he seems to have left his sickness behind, and could still get a decent result somewhere. Unfortunately he seems to be a horrible descender, though, so probably not today.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

IGC going for a big 63 k solo

 

[Gingivitis]

Probably the greatest Soler performance of all time. Comfortably sitting on the top 10 on the third week of a grand tour, and throwing it all away by attacking solo 50km before the angliru from the peloton. It was amazing

He at least died trying to win it all.

 

[search]

Good move by Cortina. With 5 riders in the break, Movistar was at risk of otherwise having to do some work.

 

[search]

I see Tejada somehow made the break as well. Was he in the Vansevenant group?

 

[Brullnux]

Van Barle and Keldergoat comfortably keeping the gap at 2 mins showing the UAE clowns how it's done. (Nils Politt on the Mont Ventoux stage)

So are you telling me it's better to control it by riding than by shouting abuse?

 

[Danskebjerge]

The sound effects put on the aerial shots are somehow more subtle in the TdF than in the Vuelta. 😏

 

[RedheadDane]

Graphics people think Pedersen is in the (very) front?
Well, he's about to be...

 

[dgodave]

The sound effects put on the aerial shots are somehow more subtle in the TdF than in the Vuelta. 😏

I loved it when they did the tinkling water sound during helicopter shots of the canyon a few stages ago.

 

[Cycling111]

Pedersen always wastes too much energy on breaks and others take advantage.

 

[Samamba]

Lidl has ruined break action in both Tour and Vuelta.

(not blaming them, they need to if they want to win green but it's pretty annoying).

 

[Danskebjerge]

Pedersen always wastes too much energy on breaks and others take advantage.

You mean "too much energy on the points classification"?