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

[Peyroteo94]

Almeida is completely clueless. He doesn't deserve the Vuelta victory.
Doesn't have the dog in him.

UAE is so unprofessional

 

[greyclouds]

Only Jonas, Joao sleeping as usual

This is amateur stuff...

 

[Rou]

Almeida should switch teams along with Ayuso. Amateur team.

Almeida is good for a super domestique. He can't accelerate, he can't battle for positions, has zero race awareness.

 

[Red Rick]

UAE is too good for Almeida. Clueless rider

 

[Rou]

UAE is so unprofessional

if there are echelons Almeida will be the first to miss it as well.

 

[iBanesto]

Only Jonas, Joao sleeping as usual

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

UAE...

 

[Boehmand]

Vingegaard just snatched seconds by winning the intermediate sprint.

 

[Rou]

He has Rui Oliveira, man. He can lead him out and easily beat Jonas.

 

[P4rthen0n]

Visma is not the best Team in the world for nothing.
Great job by Visma and Vingegaard. They deserve the win.

 

[Peyroteo94]

This is why UAE can't win a big race without their golden boy. Clueless team. Almeida has a lot of guilt too.

 

[RedheadDane]

Ineos wants the win?
Whose turn is it to sacrifice the hair?

 

[Boehmand]

If you are not watching you should, it's heating up for echelons - Ineos trying to drop the hammer at the front.

Unclear if there is enough wind.

 

[Rou]

Small splits accuring.

 

[RedheadDane]

Half the remaining Burgos riders caught behind!

 

[greyclouds]

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!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Half the remaining Burgos riders caught behind!

That would have been a problem if they had an odd amount left.

 

[Cycling111]

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

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.

 

[RedheadDane]

That would have been a problem if they had an odd amount left.

He's with Unibet... they're not here.

 

[Cycling111]

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 .
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.

 

[Rou]

Chumil on the move! Vamos!

 

[RedheadDane]

And now half the riders of Burgos are on the attack!

 

[Cycling111]

And now half the riders of Burgos are on the attack!

Chumil!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Chumil is trying his best to make himself worthy of Rob's hype. Maybe he'll finally get that top 10 finish we were promised on stage 1.

 

[Unchained]

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 ..

 

[Rou]

Look at UAE! Clowns.