Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2025, Stage 4: Susa – Voiron (206.7k)

[Tricycle Rider]

Bruno!

 

[Rob5091]

Armirail, according to PCS without a contract for next year, so time to show yourself!

 

[RedheadDane]

The hell is Ciccone doing.

Honouring the sprint jersey. If you're wearing the sprint jersey, you should sprint!
Even if you're just wearing it as stand-in for the actually jersey wearer.

 

[dgodave]

The hell is Ciccone doing.

This is an epic season. And that was epic!

 

[Netserk]

Thomas Bay called that attack 10 km before it happened.

 

[Brullnux]

Moto is way, way too far from Armirail. Has to be much closer, ideally about one metre in front

 

[yaco]

But who cares about the TTT other than GC teams and the ones who can win. Half the WT teams don't even have a good enough TT set up

It's obvious that the teams care about the TTT. GC teams saving themselves and the few sprinters wanting it as easy as possible to the final. This is more the reason why the TTT should always be stage one.

 

[Izzyeviel]

3,000 metres of climbing. what a waste.

 

[Red Rick]

Armirail is doing an admirable job in giving this stage an extra opportunity to disappoint me.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Armirail is doing an admirable job in giving this stage an extra opportunity to disappoint me.

Never change, RR, never change

 

[Red Rick]

Never change, RR, never change

I am complimentary to Armirail, which is a sunnier disposition than I would normally have.

 

[Brullnux]

I like the fact that a 36 year old, totally washed Viviani is in position to contest a sprint finish on a stage with 3000m of elevation gain

 

[Samamba]

Why are they sprinting to every corner, is there something special coming?

 

[Red Rick]

I was saying I wanted this stage to have Finestre for the memes, but I cannot be convinced it would not play out the same way after doing Finestre in 1h30 with the full peloton

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Last 10km, Jasper should be getting ready for some brief action

 

[Tim Cahill]

Do the little individual stage awards get shared typically? Or is that just for various jersey earnings awarded at the end of the whole thing?

I think it sometimes gets lumped into one pot and split at the end amongst the team, though can't be sure that's the same for everyone.

Jay down, Bennett too, completely innocuous

ISN are going for Stewart I think

 

[Tricycle Rider]

A couple of crashes just now as they were riding through a narrow section, Bennet one of them. Bummer, he crashed only a couple of days ago.

Only 8km to go

 

[Red Rick]

Certified Jay Vine moment.

 

[scribers]

Look at that narrow passage. Lol

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Campi!

Where the heck is Alpecin and Jasper?

 

[dgodave]

Im scared again.

 

[RedheadDane]

Huh, Gaudu has to be specifically at least 8 places ahead of Vingegaard to take red? I thought he just had to be ahead...
But of course, since it all boils down to the 8 places Vingegaard was ahead of Gaudu on stage 1, I guess it makes sense.

 

[Red Rick]

Vingegaard very far back.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Vingegaard tanking on purpose?

 

[scribers]

Looks more like a circus than a circuit