Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2025, Stage 8: Monzón – Zaragoza (163.5k)

[Sciatic]

how long can we expect Traeen to stay in red? Until Angliru?

Won't be an issue tomorrow, with very mild final climb

 

[CyclistAbi]

Jasper saved this disaster.

 

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Won't be an issue tomorrow, with very mild final climb

yeah, tomorrow should be no problem at all, and the one after the rest day isn't overly hard either.

Bahrain will struggle to keep the break in check on the Bilbao stage, though.

 

[HashRouge]

And then the good spots get filled quicker, making people arrive even earlier.
Before you know it, people will be lining up by the roadside as soon as the route gets announced.

On Montmartre, the best spots were gone by 10am. Bear in mind the peloton didn't go past until after 6pm!

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

On Montmartre, the best spots were gone by 10am. Bear in mind the peloton didn't go past until after 6pm!

And bear in mind uphill cobbles on Montmartre, while today was 90° corners flat terrain leading directly to a sprinters' sprint.
Some more solid barriers with safety margin at the inner corners would do for crowds filling up at 10am.

 

[tobydawq]

And then the good spots get filled quicker, making people arrive even earlier.
Before you know it, people will be lining up by the roadside as soon as the route gets announced.

I don't think they will.

 

[RedheadDane]

I don't think they will.

You never know.
Some people are a little crazy.

 

[Mayomaniac]

yeah, tomorrow should be no problem at all, and the one after the rest day isn't overly hard either.

Bahrain will struggle to keep the break in check on the Bilbao stage, though.

I can see Trek doing that because Ciccone fancies that stage.

 

[stianbraathen]

how long can we expect Traeen to stay in red? Until Angliru?

Just until Madrid..

 

[stianbraathen]

Torstein still in red and said he was expecting to be bored today (weren't we all), but said it was actually more fun than yesterday because yesterday there was more stress.

Enjoy the red jersey for another day, TT!

For VIngegaard it should be a good tactic just to keep Træen in yellow as long as possible, save his team and himself and just react to attacks of potentials .. Træen will lose everything in the Time Trial anyway, he is lighter than a bag of feathers..

 

[CyclistAbi]

'It's just a safer play' - Matteo Jorgenson dampens expectations of fireworks by Visma-Lease a Bike before second half of Vuelta a España

American confirms that Visma and leader Jonas Vingegaard waiting for second and third week to strike

www.cyclingnews.com

This seems to suggest Visma will keep Danish aligned formation for now. Well, lets see if UAE will keep exploiting that by winning stages.

 

[E_F_]

Following Mads P. on the overhead at the finish starting from Philipsen's wheel was honestly shocking. Wow, he's bad at navigating a bunch sprint.

 

[tobydawq]

For VIngegaard it should be a good tactic just to keep Træen in yellow as long as possible,

Vingegaard is in yellow.