Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2025, Stage 5: Figueres – Figueres, 24.1k (TTT)

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Ayuso and Almeida 2-3 with the same time.
The stabbings starting tomorrow.
Breakaway studio trio spent several minutes debating the relevance of Almeida finishing before Ayuso, convinced that this tells lots about team priorities. You would have hoped that one of the three would have noticed that this was not stage one, and that this does not contribute to countback, but no...
 
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And Soler. 3 way drama incoming.
The real drama is for Trek and Visma..they will need to react to anything, everything that Ayuso and Almeida do!! And all of UAE can caboose off Kuss, Jorgenson, and Vingegaard..with Soler as spoiler.. Nobody expects GC out of him so he gets pulled by Visma and Ciccone..
Ciccone is already on the back foot, his team toasting themselves for sprints that they didn't get.. Trek works all day ,burying themselves to get beat by unassuming Clarke Kent..David Gaudu.. Now lost TTT to lesser TT team.
 
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That he was a selfish man who only cared about money and prize money for victories.
They've definitely believed him. They even call Vine with the money symbol in the name.

They complained so much about that guy, but they believed it.
'Pressed on why a top 10 on GC did not appeal to him, Vine continued: “There is no interest for me because it has no monetary value at all.

“I’ve signed for four years and part of the negotiations was ‘top 10s are meaningless’. So I don’t care. It might be great for the team, for social media, but wins or podiums [are what matters]… Apart from that, I’m happy to help Joao but I personally don’t care.”'

I have no interest in promoting mou in any way
 
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'Pressed on why a top 10 on GC did not appeal to him, Vine continued: “There is no interest for me because it has no monetary value at all.

“I’ve signed for four years and part of the negotiations was ‘top 10s are meaningless’. So I don’t care. It might be great for the team, for social media, but wins or podiums [are what matters]… Apart from that, I’m happy to help Joao but I personally don’t care.”'

I have no interest in promoting mou in any way
As most accusations of hypocrisy and double standards, it's usually spoken out of ignorance.
 
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TTTs are really boring but it's always amazing those who are pure domestiques, and do the dirty work for hours, win a stage in a GT.
 
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The real drama is for Trek and Visma..they will need to react to anything, everything that Ayuso and Almeida do!! And all of UAE can caboose off Kuss, Jorgenson, and Vingegaard..with Soler as spoiler.. Nobody expects GC out of him so he gets pulled by Visma and Ciccone..
Ciccone is already on the back foot, his team toasting themselves for sprints that they didn't get.. Trek works all day ,burying themselves to get beat by unassuming Clarke Kent..David Gaudu.. Now lost TTT to lesser TT team.
Actually Almeida fans seems to have a thing for comparing Almeida to Clark Kent too :joycat:
 
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Why did they make a hot seat with only 7 seats I wonder? Cycling seems to have a thing for small couches :joycat:
 
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Vine is my favorite to win tomorrows stage. he's smart by deliberately losing time.
 
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TTTs are really boring but it's always amazing those who are pure domestiques, and do the dirty work for hours, win a stage in a GT.
Can be a snoozer to watch but the absolutely most intense to ride. Need total faith not only on the wheel you ride but everyone in front of you. There always is that one guy.....and the reality is at some part of the rotation he'll be several wheels in front of you. You start looking at any shoulder or head twitch as to what stupid move that rider may make. Meanwhile; everyone behind you is thinking the same thing...about you.
The speed is addictive, too.
 
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Vine is my favorite to win tomorrows stage. he's smart by deliberately losing time.
UAE will have Jay Vine chained to the back of Marc Soler, UAE is wasting no energy on anything this early.. The only thing Vine wins tomorrow is number one water carrier for UAE no reason for UAE to try to move anyone else up, for stage or GC, if anyone cracks and Ayuso or Almeida can take some time then maybe Vine is asked to bury himself pacing one or both.. His losing time is actually a disguise for saving energy.
 
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The comments about his stage win were not a reference to anything Mou has ever said, and are based on comments Vine himself made.

Also if you're going to make personal remarks about posters at least have the decency to quote them.

Nobody says 'LOL' unironically anymore by the way, it's not 2003, thought you ought to know.
Lol.
 
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