Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2025, Stage 13: Cabezón de la Sal – L’Angliru (202.5k)

[GenericBoonenFan]

Which section of any climb do you want to be dropped?

The stairs to the podium ceremony

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Think Almeida will surprise people today, he loves these long grinders and here his lack of acceleration and willingness to spike his watts won't matter. Don't think the difference to Vingegaard will be big if there at all.

 

[pastronef]

Piddler quite far back

behind Vingo and Kuss

 

[Unchained]

They are trying to win the Vuelta. They are not gonna drop Vingegaard with an easy pace

If I were to slightly restructure your sentence, UAE pulling for Vingegaard, UAE pacing, working for Vingegaard is the best way not to win the Vuelta. UAE should be doing nothing to help Jonas.

 

[YavorD]

Which section of any climb do you want to be dropped?

Ideally last 100 metres, like Vingegaard on Ventoux.

 

[Lequack]

UAE really think that Vingegaard will fold because he has a Tour in his legs? When has that ever happened?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Honestly surprised by Nico Vino's performance today. Chapeau.

Nicooo!

 

[RobertCrawley]

If I were to slightly restructure your sentence, UAE pulling for Vingegaard, UAE pacing, working for Vingegaard is the best way not to win the Vuelta. UAE should be doing nothing to help Jonas.

It's a tactic to make race as hard as you can in hopes your main adversary has a bad day.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Strong pace by UAE in the first part, a new record quite possible.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Balderstone is not a name I have seen before ....go Balderstone

(reminds me of Blackadder for some reason )

 

[Tim Cahill]

Nico has been watching old Kenny Elissonde tapes

 

[saunaking]

shoulda attacked a la contador

 

[Cycling111]

We have to give Almeida credit for it once again. He's attacking more in this Vuelta than Vingegaard did in the Tour.

 

[Peyroteo94]

If I were to slightly restructure your sentence, UAE pulling for Vingegaard, UAE pacing, working for Vingegaard is the best way not to win the Vuelta. UAE should be doing nothing to help Jonas.

So how will they drop Vingegaard?

 

[iBanesto]

Bernal simply can't do three weeks anymore. Has faded over the course of the race in every single GT he's done since his 2022 crash.

Bernal did alright at the Giro this year.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Pellizzari and Ciccone at their own pace

 

[Unchained]

They do try, ultimately. Of course, there's nothing Almeida can do in these situations but to face Jonas head on but people would still complain if they didn’t try at all. Can't really cry when they try. I guess the logic is to dictate the pace to his liking. Jonas will always in normal circumstancse nuke him anyway but cant knock trying.

What's hilarious, though, is people expecting UAE not to win a single stage and putting all their hopes on Almeida beating Vingegaard thats the loco part, which always been highly unlikely he will, not a very smart risk/reward ratio at all and that should be beyond obvious. Some people are just very emotional or are tactically inept

True.. But UAE already with stage domination so far, they need to keep calories in the bank don't spend them this late in the 3 weeks trying for additional photo opportunities or some bizarre version of showing off. It's almost correct.. Instead of 2 yellow and 1_red being paced by 2 whites and a polka dot , just subtle difference. It's just my opinion, if I were UAE I would make red jersey team defend

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Bernal did alright at the Giro this year.

But even there, the third week was comfortably his worst.

 

[pastronef]

Matteo gone

 

[Cycling111]

UAE really think that Vingegaard will fold because he has a Tour in his legs? When has that ever happened?

No, but Almeida is trying.

It's worse to settle for riding in the wheel. Or what Ayuso did to avoid fighting for the overall.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Pidcock is cooked

 

[RobertCrawley]

Buffalo Bills flag?

 

[postmanhat]

Another stage Ciccone could have won from a breakaway, instead of failing at GC again.

 

[carolina]

Jorgenson dropped

 

[Tim Cahill]

You can drop on purpose early if you don't like the pace and come back later but it takes serious mental fortitude.