Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2025, Stage 17: O/El Barco de Valdeorras – Alto de El Morredero (143.2k)

[scribers]

27 K is a lengthy TT. Could be a really tight race at the end of tomorrow.

Almeida shipped seconds at the end of today. Vingo would have to come apart at the seams tomorrow for the situation to change

 

[yaco]

I suspect that Hindley and Pidcock wasted their legs today as they were capable of winning the stage.

 

[Tanakka]

I think the sad story is that Jonas is past it as a GC contender

Let's not get ahead of ourselves:
it was a hard, stressful, TdF.

He must've left alot on 'Hautacam' then 'Mount Ventoux' and some on 'Col de la Madelaine' too.
Plus all the pressure and whatnot.

Pogi too was burned-out at the end of this past TdF.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I'm sure we are all delighted to have had an afternoon of sport unaffected by outside issues with competitive advantage and displays of abilities as the main talking points.

Am I allowed to be more relieved than most?

 

[Dazed and Confused]

TT managed same time as Gall only 53s behind the the winner.

 

[ice&fire]

I just checked PCS and it looks like Pidcock is no better at TTs than Hindley!

 

[Cycling111]

Tour Avenir 2023. Today both win.

1	2	▲1	del Toro Isaac	México	140	25		22:03:24
2	4	▲2	Pellizzari Giulio	Italia	110	18		1:13

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Man this route is just awful. What happened to proper mountains stages. 2 major GC names struggling and we don't see any gaps because there's like 15 minutes of proper climbing the whole stage

 

[Brullnux]

Tour Avenir 2023. Today both win.

1	2	▲1	del Toro Isaac	México	140	25		22:03:24
2	4	▲2	Pellizzari Giulio	Italia	110	18		1:13

And they live in the same apartment building. They'll be partying in a specific street in San Marino tonight...

 

[Cycling111]

LOL

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Man this route is just awful. What happened to proper mountains stages. 2 major GC names struggling and we don't see any gaps because there's like 15 minutes of proper climbing the whole stage

And then there's nowhere to attack on the final mountain stage before the final 3.3 kilometres. If the current gaps were the ones going into that stage, I would have bet the farm on the order of the top-5 staying unchanged.

Like I've said previously: worst GT route since the 2012 Tour.

 

[ice&fire]

Man this route is just awful. What happened to proper mountains stages. 2 major GC names struggling and we don't see any gaps because there's like 15 minutes of proper climbing the whole stage

This is by design. Guillén didn't want Pogacar to win by 10 minutes.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

Almeida saying Jonas didnt look great but then again he didnt either ...he is quite a cool guy ...so laid back

Tomorrow should be telling ....

 

[Unchained]

Unless Remco can climb like Pelizzari he needs to learn Italian 😁

With all that's going on I will still risk a bad joke.. Maybe Pellizzari and Remco can learn some phrases in Hebrew like " you are going too fast" " don't you know who I am? "" wait for me, wait for us" Lipowitz will appreciate that..just an assumption.
And Roglic can say in Spanish to his new Movistar teammates " I used to be on Bora"

 

[Red Rick]

Red Bull may have a legit argument to have the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th best climber in the world. And wherever the hell Evenepoel falls.

 

[AnotherArmChair]

I'm sure we are all delighted to have had an afternoon of sport unaffected by outside issues with competitive advantage and displays of abilities as the main talking points.

i dunno. the graffiti was very disconcerting for those of us of a sensitive nature ;-)

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Red Bull may have a legit argument to have the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th best climber in the world. And wherever the hell Evenepoel falls.

Lippopotamus will have an awesome armada during the next Tour!

 

[Red Rick]

It's perfectly balanced with how terrible the rest of the route is. The only wish I had is it wouldn't be this late in the race after one of the biggest MTFs.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

I'm sure we are all delighted to have had an afternoon of sport unaffected by outside issues with competitive advantage and displays of abilities as the main talking points.

Am I allowed to be more relieved than most?

The only exciting thing about this Vuelta are the protests...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Red Bull may have a legit argument to have the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th best climber in the world. And wherever the hell Evenepoel falls.

I'm sorry, but there's no way you don't put Almeida in a top-6. This is the first time this race where he's been worse than Hindley and Pellizzari, for starters.

 

[Unchained]

Yep. 27k flat.
It certainly ain't over untill the gravitationally-challenged woman sings.

Pizza pasta pumped full woman.. Carb crushing, cake craving, cheese chomping woman sings, grease gobbling lassie..that's when it's over

 

[Rou]

Red Bull may have a legit argument to have the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th best climber in the world. And wherever the hell Evenepoel falls.

3. Rogla
4. Lipo
5. Hindley
6. Pellizzari
Did I get the order correct?

 

[Red Rick]

I'm sorry, but there's no way you don't put Almeida in a top-6. This is the first time this race where he's been worse than Hindley and Pellizzari, for starters.

Spoiler

 

[AnotherArmChair]

3. Rogla
4. Lipo
5. Hindley
6. Pellizzari
Did I get the order correct?

no....Lipo = 3

 

[Mayomaniac]

Unless Remco can climb like Pelizzari he needs to learn Italian 😁

Maybe Cattaneo already taught him some Italian.