Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2025, Stage 19: Rueda - Guijuelo (161.9 km)

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Only Jonas, Joao sleeping as usual

It was too easy for Vingegaard to win some time bonus.

UAE...

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UAE is so unprofessional
This is not just UAE, it's also Almeida.

I'm not a rider, get paid zero to watch and the moment I saw that only Otruba was ahead my thought was that Almeida or Jonas could snatch some seconds.

It's not difficult. As a team leader you turn to one or two mates and ask them to lead you. Ivo must be in the peloton, Vine has a good kick too. You don't need a DS to tell you.

Saying that, the DS should also be screaming on the radio for the team to lead out Almeida!
 
I've read that it's an area that tends to be quite windy and could be echelons.

Seeing past disasters in UAE on echelons days, Visma already knows what to do.
The echelons weren't necessary to take seconds :sweatsmile:

If there had been, it could have been a disaster for Almeida.
Last year, the whole team dropped in echelons day except Pogacar. This year, at Paris-Nice, everyone.
 
This is not just UAE, it's also Almeida.

I'm not a rider, get paid zero to watch and the moment I saw that only Otruba was ahead my thought was that Almeida or Jonas could snatch some seconds.

It's not difficult. As a team leader you turn to one or two mates and ask them to lead you. Ivo must be in the peloton, Vine has a good kick too. You don't need a DS to tell you.

Saying that, the DS should also be screaming on the radio for the team to lead out Almeida!
Yes, Almeida too. That doesn't justify he doesn't have anyone to handle the situation. Vingegaard had all his teammates.

Pogacar isn't Almeida, adn ast year, he didn't dropped during the echelons, but his seven teammates yes :rolleyes:.
They were lucky it didn't last long, as Pogacar had 150 kilometers left alone againts eight Visma riders.
It's an endemic problem in UAE.
 
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So let's get this straight, has anyone looked at tomorrow's race profile? Almeida should be dicing it up with Mads Pederson for sprint points as a race strategy? Almeida is clueless, asleep, tactically challenged because he is not going after bonuses on a dead flat course with riders 6-8 across?
What a strange risk reward ratio!
And camera showing ebb and flow is so bad that Pedersen is bumping into Ineos rider that weighs @55-60 kilos..Almeida is not burning any matches today ,the race is tomorrow..
Just look at this with @37 to go..riders from BH and Cans too still in the mix, the definition of dangerous right now..don't know when the crash is happening but it's happening with the pace..thick pack ..
 
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