Vuelta a España Vuelta España 2023 stage 10, Valladolid - Valladolid 25.6km ITT

[Sciatic]

They shortened Jetse Bol's Vuelta by 11 stages. Also Bardet en Theuns and their teams I guess.

"RadioCycling understands that one of the two chartered Vuelta flights from Murcia to Valladolid had to land in Madrid due to heavy rain, wind and a lightning storm. They were then transported three hours by bus to Valladolid, not arriving into hotels until just before 3am."

Hey, at least they didn’t give their rooms away

 

[RedheadDane]

11. Ride one single GT stage so perfectly that no one here questions your tactics.

Poor Sepp... he doesn't stand a chance...

 

[cen]

Any chances of mud slides together with torrental rains and headwinds changing direction every 10 minutes tomorrow?

 

[JosefK]

For stage 10:

 

[Samu Cuenca]

For stage 10:

I doubt he's going to pass Vingegaard though.

 

[Didinho]

Before the Vuelta started they listed all the favorites and at the bottom (in red) they put their best GT result.
Don't want to spoil the party but it's in the bag newspaper.

 

[RedheadDane]

Before the Vuelta started they listed all the favorites and at the bottom (in red) they put their best GT result.
Don't want to spoil the party but it's in the bag newspaper.

So... who is it?

 

[Didinho]

So... who is it?

It says "winner Vuelta 2023" instead of 2022. You know who won last year. Just a typo in the paper.

Oh yeah after reading it again and seeing the picture, it could be anybody. My bad.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It says "winner Vuelta 2023" instead of 2022. You know who won last year. Just a typo in the paper.

Oh yeah after reading it again and seeing the picture, it could be anybody. My bad.

To me it looks like it says 2021, but I might also be more blind than Alex Zülle.

 

[RedheadDane]

To me it looks like it says 2021, but I might also be more blind than Alex Zülle.

I definitely also thought it said 2021... I don't know how blind Alex Zülle is, but I'm quite blind, and having to read tiny text on my phone didn't help.

 

[Bonimenier]

I definitely also thought it said 2021... I don't know how blind Alex Zülle is, but I'm quite blind, and having to read tiny text on my phone didn't help.

And age had a massive impact on your eyesight as well.

 

[RedheadDane]

And age had a massive impact on your eyesight as well.

My eyes have been *** since I was around 10!

 

[Bonimenier]

My eyes have been *** since I was around 10!

At least you were fortunate enough that glasses were just invented back then!

 

[Potomac]

Remco doesn't need to pull all the time back on Sepp in this one TT. He just needs to eat up a lot of it and let the rest of the mountain stages play out.

 

[RedheadDane]

At least you were fortunate enough that glasses were just invented back then!

I am not, in fact, several 100 years old.

 

[Didinho]

To me it looks like it says 2021, but I might also be more blind than Alex Zülle.

Took the picture in a hurry (without Remco's name in it) and was trying for days to upload it here. Not my best effort.

I read it and went: "we Belgians are even more chauvinistic than I thought". Or they know more than all of us.

 

[Berniece]

Remco doesn't need to pull all the time back on Sepp in this one TT. He just needs to eat up a lot of it and let the rest of the mountain stages play out.

Indeed, best case scenario Kuss still has around 30s

 

[tobydawq]

Any chances of mud slides together with torrental rains and headwinds changing direction every 10 minutes tomorrow?

No.

And if a headwind changes direction, it will stop being a headwind.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

I bet Ineos is salivating at this. Hiring that swimming coach is finally going to pay off.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1698566996252586146

View: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1698566996252586146
(cheers to Ricco for finding this gem).

 

[hfer07]

Remco is without a doubt the favorite for the stage win and perhaps good gains on his nearest competitors - but I wonder about what JV has plotted to contained him.... ?
Will Vingegaard bring his Tour de France ET time trial skills to the stage? How much time will Primoz concede to Remco? Will any unforeseeable factor play into the GC riders TTing?

One this is for sure: at the end of the stage, the GC will be clear enough to distinguish who are the real contenders & who are the pretenders...

 

[Andre]

I think Almeida, Roglic and Ayuso will be the best of the rest behind Evenepoel but theyre all gonna drop around 40s.

Vingegaard will drop over a minute I think

over a minute? I hope so, but I don't know

 

[Nick2413]

All I know is this is the most I’ve looked forward to a TT in a while, including the Tour this year. Hoping Kuss can keep the losses down.

 

[Ripper]

Remco is without a doubt the favorite for the stage win and perhaps good gains on his nearest competitors - but I wonder about what JV has plotted to contained him.... ?
Will Vingegaard bring his Tour de France ET time trial skills to the stage? How much time will Primoz concede to Remco? Will any unforeseeable factor play into the GC riders TTing?

One this is for sure: at the end of the stage, the GC will be clear enough to distinguish who are the real contenders & who are the pretenders...

Dumbo to take top 3 in the TT with Rog, Vog, and Kog

 

[rallybanana]

I bet Ineos is salivating at this. Hiring that swimming coach is finally going to pay off.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1698566996252586146

View: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1698566996252586146
(cheers to Ricco for finding this gem).

If it was the women's Vuelta, Elise Chabbey's K-1 kayaking skills would come in handy

 

[movingtarget]

Hard to see anything but a Remco win. Vingegaard is obviously not in Tour form but should still be near the op of the TT results with Roglic, Almeida and Ganna. Don't expect much from Thomas.