Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2025, Stage 18: Valladolid - Valladolid (12.2k)

[Libertine Seguros]

Plot twist:
It will be a foot race. No bikes allowed! (But still a TT!)

As long as it's done in cleats!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Plot twist:
It will be a foot race. No bikes allowed! (But still a TT!)
This way, we actually might get some time gaps!

Pidcock to win the GC then, unless his watch is broken.

 

[red_flanders]

Is it too early to rate this Vuelta? 😞

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I imagine all the top forum contributors are joining me in a boycott of today stage for being pointless. Thanks for your support guys. We have to take a moral stance, as a collective we are powerful

 

[Tim Cahill]

Race was cursed the second Mas announced he wasn’t participating, same with Carapaz, he would’ve tried to get something going even if the parcours is ***.

 

[Rou]

Huge crowds... Good decision that they shortened it. It would have been bad..

 

[greyclouds]

Barring a spectacular collapse, 12.2k of TT and a 3.3k garage ramp are not enough to lose 50 seconds. Vingegaard's odds of winning the GC are like 95% now.

Whilst I generally agreed with you in thinking that GC is nearly bagged for Vingegaard, there's more than a 5% chance for Almeida to get it. If he has good legs he can take 10 seconds or a bit more on Vingegaard - especially if he's slightly ill. Almeida could be looking at needing 20-30 seconds + bonus on Bola del Mondo which is within the realms of possible. Unlike, but entirely possible.

 

[Heston]

Vernon going fast

 

[Samamba]

Vernon going fast

One of those guys who benefits a lot from this shorter TT. Ironic given the team he's riding for lmao

 

[Red Rick]

Ganna doesn't wanna

 

[Samamba]

Ganna doesn't wanna

If GPS is correct he's going faster now.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Should be an easy win for the one guy who has said he is targeting the Euros tt.

 

[Rou]

Ganna is going ballistic.
Nobody in the world can beat him over such distances.

 

[Samamba]

Doubt anyone goes under that. Hard to be sure, but looks like a very strong time.

 

[Heston]

Ganna did the last km in 56 seconds, if the 1 km banner is correctly placed.

 

[Brullnux]

Not sure how many more TTs and pursuits Ganna needs to do before people realise his pacing strategy is always doing monster negative splits.

 

[Cycling111]

Ganna is the biggest damnified. He was a clear favorite in 27 kilometers. Now he could be beaten by riders like Ayuso.

 

[Escarabajo]

56 Km/hr average.
I can't do that on a descend!!!!

 

[Red Rick]

56 Km/hr average.
I can't do that on a descend!!!!

Clearly you pick the wrong descent

 

[Samamba]

Pedersen should be really good at this if he has good legs, which wasn't the case the last 2 days apparently.

 

[Berflamand]

Lol Ganna rode the final split (T2 to finish, a little more than 4km) at an average of 62.6 km/h.

 

[Brullnux]

Doubt anyone goes under that. Hard to be sure, but looks like a very strong time.

Yeah, it's a faster average speed than his Tirenno ITT over a slightly longer course. I'm surprised he pulled this time out given how bad he's looked for the rest of the race

 

[Samu Cuenca]

56 Km/hr average.
I can't do that on a descend!!!!

Nice. I didn't know Zakarin had an account on here.

 

[Red Rick]

Flat TT. Go 50kph average on T1, and go 63kph between T2 and T3.

Makes perfect sense.

 

[Brullnux]

Lol Ganna rode the final split (T2 to finish, a little more than 4km) at an average of 62.6 km/h.

4.2km in four minutes flat... that's quicker than his track times...