Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2025, Stage 3: San Maurizio Canavese – Ceres (134.6k)

[search]

A Grand Tour shouldn't include stages as short as today's, of course, but generally I don't think it's a bad parcours for a start. Three very different kind of sprints (flat, climbers, hilly) are fine for me.

 

[ashhutch1997]

You could have a cracking medium mountain stage in this area, instead we've got a bunch sprint with a bloody hairpin 200 metres from the line.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Just had a closer look on today's route.
This could in fact go to a strong break.

 

[Rob5091]

Visma's bikes have been stolen ..oh dear ... !
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...ims-of-huge-bike-theft-at-the-vuelta-a-espana

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Reminder to everyone that you are welcome to join me in a boycott of today stage.

Also, I just looked in detail the route again, and they don't even go to Spain until stage 5, and then stage 5 it's a TTT!!! So the Vuelta will be 6 stages in when it actually starts properly

 

[tobydawq]

Just had a closer look on today's route.
This could in fact go to a strong break.

No it couldn't.

 

[ashhutch1997]

Reminder to everyone that you are welcome to join me in a boycott of today stage.

Also, I just looked in detail the route again, and they don't even go to Spain until stage 5, and then stage 5 it's a TTT!!! So the Vuelta will be 6 stages in when it actually starts properly

Yeah the TTT is just the cherry on the cake, just make it a bloody ITT then it'll have a little bit of meaning.

 

[veganrob]

The finish is just godawful.

 

[search]

well, yeah, let's hope someone will thin out the bunch early on, otherwise no 3k rule will mean the GC teams cause havoc on that finish.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Reminder to everyone that you are welcome to join me in a boycott of today stage.

Also, I just looked in detail the route again, and they don't even go to Spain until stage 5, and then stage 5 it's a TTT!!! So the Vuelta will be 6 stages in when it actually starts properly

2009 Vuelta didn't get to Spain until stage 5 either. Three stages in the Netherlands, then one crossing over into Belgium.

Admittedly we also then have a stage finish and subsequent start in Andorra, but it's not unique so to speak. The 1992 Tour had the first two stages in San Sebastián and a subsequent start (although they crossed the border early in the third stage (stage 2, due to a prologue), but then left France a few kilometres into stage 6 and would not return until a few kilometres after the start of stage 10. The 1987 Tour also didn't enter France until partway through stage 5, having a prologue and two stages all around West Berlin (which has no even remotely categorisation-worthy hills) and two more stages around West Germany before entering France - though the latter West German stage and stage into France were semitappes being held on the same day.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

2009 Vuelta didn't get to Spain until stage 5 either. Three stages in the Netherlands, then one crossing over into Belgium.

Still better than having 4.5 of 8 stages taking place outside of France, like in last year's TDFF.

 

[ashhutch1997]

2009 Vuelta didn't get to Spain until stage 5 either. Three stages in the Netherlands, then one crossing over into Belgium.

The only thing I remember from that was the entire peloton crashing on a roundabout.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1959890765091320171

View: https://x.com/Movistar_Team/status/1959890765091320171

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[Libertine Seguros]

Still better than having 4.5 of 8 stages taking place outside of France, like in last year's TDFF.

That was absolutely ridiculous indeed, and also it being in the Netherlands was bonus frustrating given the saturation of races in the country on the women's calendar too.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

No it couldn't.

Well, I'm not there where I'll bet on the break

 

[tobydawq]

Well, I'm not there where I'll bet on the break

Hehe, that's some brutto troupe level Danglish

 

[hayneplane]

A Grand Tour shouldn't include stages as short as today's, of course, but generally I don't think it's a bad parcours for a start. Three very different kind of sprints (flat, climbers, hilly) are fine for me.

I actually think with it being so short there is a good chance of proper break formation action as teams might think there is a strong chance that a break could stick all the way if big engines like Campanaerts, Ganna, Kung make a big push.

The other likely scenario is Lidl Trek drilling the later climbs to drop Philipsen and any other fast finishers who don’t climb as well as Mads Pedersen.

 

[ashhutch1997]

You could have so much fun in this area, here is a few improvements they could've done to make better use of the area.

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/52373299

EDIT; Never shared route on here so apologies for only having the link.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Still better than having 4.5 of 8 stages taking place outside of France, like in last year's TDFF.

A foreign Grand depart is one thing: the 2022 Tour de Suisse had a foreign Grand fin.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

so today's stage is 1.6km shorter than the stage in L'Avenir (not including any Vinge inspired neutralisation zones).

 

[Lequack]

Visma's bikes have been stolen ..oh dear ... !
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...ims-of-huge-bike-theft-at-the-vuelta-a-espana

Pog was seen in the vicinity. Is he up to no good?

 

[Wyndbrook]

How many more mass bike thefts at races, have teams/ organisers ever considered tightening up security.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Pog was seen in the vicinity. Is he up to no good?

Secretly coveting a Cervelo, rattle can or two and a Colnago sticker.

 

[YavorD]

I don't think we are talking about theft.
I think someone just leased their bikes.

I mean, Visma's name is provoking people..

 

[search]

Yeah the TTT is just the cherry on the cake, just make it a bloody ITT then it'll have a little bit of meaning.

it's probably (partly) due to the 5+ hour transfer from Voiron to Figures, as a TTT allows for a later start time.