Thread 150718660

La Vuelta Ciclista a España (2.UWT)
Stage 18 (ITT)
Valladolid - Valladolid
27.2km

Startlist:
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2025/startlist

GC after stage 17:
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2025/stage-17-gc

Roadbook:
https://storage-aso.lequipe.fr/ASO/cycling_vue/lv25-libro-ruta-iad-v4.pdf

Start order:
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2025/stage-18/live/startorder

Live stats:
https://racecenter.lavuelta.es/en/
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2025/stage-18/live

Streams:
https://tiz-cycling-live.io/
https://cycling.today/live-streaming/
https://thedaddy.dad/
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Previous thread:
>>150684963

>Current and upcoming races
23.08 - 14.09 La Vuelta Ciclista a España 2.UWT
09.09 - 14.09 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche 2.1 WE
11.09 Gran Premio città di Peccioli - Coppa Sabatini 1.Pro
12.09 Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec 1.UWT
13.09 A Travers les Hauts de France 1.1 WE
13.09 Memorial Marco Pantani 1.1
14.09 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 1.UWT
14.09 GP de Fourmies / La Voix du Nord 1.Pro
14.09 Trofeo Matteotti 1.1
14.09 La Choralis Fourmies Féminine 1.Pro WE
14.09 Women's Cycling Grand Prix Stuttgart & Region 1.Pro WE
14.09 Trofeo Matteotti Donne 1.1
17.09 - 21.09 Skoda Tour de Luxembourg 2.Pro
17.09 - 21.09 Okolo Slovenska / Tour de Slovaquie 2.1
17.09 Grand Prix de Wallonie 1.Pro
17.09 Delirium Grand Prix de Wallonie 1.1 WE
19.09 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 1.1 ME
19.09 Chrono Féminin de Gatineau 1.1 WE
19.09 - 21.09 Tour of Huangshan 2.1
20.09 SUPER 8 Classic 1.Pro
20.09 Tour de Gatineau 1.1 WE
21.09 Grand Prix d'Isbergues - Pas de Calais 1.1
21.09 Gooikse Pijl 1.1
21.09 Giro della Romagna 1.1
21.09 - 28.09 World Championships WC
24.09 Omloop van het Houtland 1.1
28.09 Paris-Chauny 1.1
28.09 - 05.10 Petronas Le Tour de Langkawi 2.Pro
30.09 - 05.10 CRO Race 2.1

>Mecha-Rusbert's webm folders:
https://pastebin.com/Xjeg9zf7

>Bert van Koers' ciclismo quizzes:
https://www.sporcle.com/user/Bert_van_Koers/quizzes/

>Races info:
https://www.procyclingstats.com/
https://firstcycling.com/

>Free streams:
https://tiz-cycling-live.io/
https://cycling.today/live-streaming/
https://thedaddy.dad/

>Velodrama league code:
51196855

Gran Premio Citta di Peccioli - Coppa Sabatini (1.Pro)
Peccioli - Peccioli
197.6 km

Startlist:
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/gp-citta-di-peccioli/2025/startlist

Roadbook:
http://www.girodellatoscana.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/road-book-Coppa-Sabatini-2025.pdf

Live stats:
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/gp-citta-di-peccioli/2025/result/live

Streams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5deez_rfSfc
https://tiz-cycling-live.io/
https://thedaddy.dad/
Rai 15:10 CET

>>150718660 (OP)
btw vuelta ends tomorrow so hopefully the fish has a stinker tt

I don't want a gravel bike but if I did I would buy this
that's a nice bike

>Buenos dias my fellow protestors. To hell with Israel am I right haha, Shoot, I forgot my palestine flag at home, can I borrow one?


>Thanks. Anyways, what's the plan today?

>>150718816
You should, it's fun

>>150718832
don't have any gravel to ride on.

that climb looked really remarkable today, the desolate landscape without crowds. it was like watching the human condition part I: no greater love

>>150718924
Literally a metaphor for the state of cycling, and the racing reflected that

Joke grand tour

>>150718924
my gf was joking that photographers had set the fire to get good shots

>>150719152
Perfect for vingegaard and Pidcock, so I approve.

Left wing terrorism is getting out of hand

>>150718924
it was a bit reminiscent of Etna stage in Giro

>>150719152
Jonas made the call

>>150719272
someone post the phone picture, i can't find it right now

GT on a circuit lap with entry tickets soon
Thanks Spain good job

>>150719425
That's far too dangerous. It will have to be on zwift.

>>150719152
Podium secured

>>150719152
I'm angry.

>>150719489
I think you'll soon be able to cross out the Madrid on that

>>150719720
Posters added context: Madrid, the capital city of Spain, is home to a large population of radical left-wingers even if they are not that notable in relative terms. If the race gets to Madrid, rest assured there will be some ruckus coming from the spectators.

>>150719745
always a quality posting

>>150719152
i honestly dont care about this race anymore, im so fucking done with it
not gonna watch the rest, not gonna care who wins or loses

>>150719979
See you tomorrow

going to watch todays stage now
surely there was a big Jonas attack followed by a diesel response from almeida

>>150719995
ney im working late tomorrow so wont watch the rest of this DOGSHIT
actually im only gonna turn in to Mads getting green in Madrid, the rest i dont care about and the GC is an even bigger * than 2020 Giro

Went for a jog, can't call that a run probably 4km at 5/km. A lot easier than anticipated. I thought I'd have tight chest, sore hips, tight calf, tight hip flexor and general exhaustion. Watch died half way through though which is frustrating. I'll probably get a fire runner or fenix instead of this chink slop. I shall become a runner now. Cagies and general cycling burnout have caught up with me. Running was more fun, more natural ad I believe it will be more transferable to other activities in planning.

>>150719999
Get a beer, it was a cracker. One of the best this year imo. Attack after attack.

>TDF 2026 start
lol sure

>most important stage of an entire GT
TOP FUCKING KEEEEEEEEEEK

>>150719152
It's Vallaover

>>150720155
Hope that /cyc/ will stop glazing this subpar grand tour now

>>150720213
I kneel only to le giro and el tour now

12.2 km of ITT must be the lowest amount in a grand tour since a long time ago

>>150720237
The one in the TdF was 10.9 but it was uphill

>>150720266
There was another ITT in Caen

this has to be some sort of false flag shit from russia or something

Realistically what can Pidcock do tomorrow?

>>150720450
You're starting to get it Bert.

>>150720451
I think he can limit his losses and stay in third. He's lucky that Hindley's also a poor time trialist

>12.2km
lmao
This Vuelta should be abandoned

what if jonas is so good at sucking wheel that when he's alone in the TT he is automatically seeking a wheel to suck, and the nearest wheel to suck is the guy infront of him

so he is magnetically pulled forward so he can latch on to the nearest wheel in front of him

maybe that's why he is good at TT, at least thats my theory

>>150720450
Stfu

The saviour of cycling is back

>At the World Championships, Pogacar won't just be defending his road title; he's also not without ambition in the time trial. "Do I really want to challenge Remco? Of course, that's the goal," he says with a wink.

>"I want to give him and the other strong specialists a run for their money. The course should suit me, although I'll need a very good day. I've always been a fan of the discipline and have been on my time trial bike more than usual this time. I'm going there to prove myself the best that day," he concludes aggressively.

Louis Meintjes is in this Vuelta
wtf is he doing
at least get in one break
hate that guy

>>150720546
>he concludes aggressively
no timid bullshit like you get from Jonas

>>150720563
of course, look forward to see Finn Fisher-Black, Filippo Ganna, Jack Haig, Harold Martin Lopez or Jan Hirt tomorrow as well

ok it was pretty cool but in the end things are very much the same
what kind of nutrition and rounder wheels is pidcock on?
if there are no long climbs left he could challenge 2nd place specially since the 12km TT news
>>150720077
>running
jesus christ wtf that's horrible

the weather is getting colder, time to prepare for indoor training.

are there any good zwift alternatives yet? has zwift made any improvements, or is it just same old. last winter i spent mostly on mywhoosh, but there weren't really enough people on it to really race

>>150720855
>are there any good zwift alternatives yet?
yes, winter gear
honestly tho, I really like cycling in winter as long as it doesn't rain too much

>>150720865
Is this post meant to be a joke?

yes well, if i lived in portugal i'd also ride all winter long. though i'm probably more blocked by the lack of daylight than the cold

if i lived in belgium i'd fucking move

>>150720865
>just ride in mud, shit, rain, snow and -10 degrees bro

>>150720924
t. Bendt Hermansen, Sønder Magleby

>>150720865
Joao with another screamer of a post

got this Lasko Sf-20 Max, best fan ever

>>150721022
even on lowest setting this industrial fan is stronger than any home fan

>>150721038
picrel is obviously for my trainer

>>150720945
>he doesn't ride thru shit in freezing weather
ngmi

>13 - BALDERSTONE Abel
>14 - GUARDEÑO Jaume
?

Pogi soon

>>150720865
Based

Question for eggsperts. My Trek Marlin 8 2022 got stolen from the workshop. The workshop guy is offering me as compensation a brand new Marlin 7 Gen 3 2024 they have. It's 15kg heavy because dropper post and other things, and I'd have to pay over 400 Usd additional because new bike/pricier than the Marlin 8 '22. The Marlin was only 13.2 kg heavy. I never do trail but only asphalt and dirt roads (lots of climbing including many rampas)

The other option is they get me a 2nd hand Marlin 8 as the one I had, but that would took more time and be harder to do. What do? Should I accept the Marlin 7 2024? The weight concerns me a lot but I'm not eggspert on this.

>>150724111
The weight doesn't matter much, you can ask them to remove the droper .I don't think I'd accept paying extra because they got your bike stolen though

>>150718889
Unlucky

don't forget in 2022 covi won the giro queen stage at 168 km and 4718 vertical meters

>>150724157
This, no additional cost, it was their responsibility.
Imagine using a bike from a friend and get it stolen then offer him your older model and have the balls to still ask money. Fucking kek

>>150720546
>challenge memco
the only one challenging memco is himself on that uphill tt, he'll be as good as he was in tdf

>>150720077
>i will become a runner now
Come to the other side brother bong. Salvation awaits you

>>150718660 (OP)
new profile

>>150720077
5'/km isn't jog lmao, everything faster 6' 30''/km is a run

>>150721369
A gentle reminder that unless these two can step it up (which at this point requires two DNF from the guys in front) it will be the first time in history that the Vuelta has no Spaniards in the top 10.

i'm hearing that vingegaard is going to go ALL-IN MAX EFFORT to try and win the stage today!

>>150724749
nice joke

>>150718816
the canyon inflite cf sl is cheaper lighter and roadier than this

can we already consider this year's Vuelta as an * edition?

>>150724772
ofc, the only stage that could actually make differences in gc was shortened so much that even mads can gain a top 3 time

>>150724772
after this TT decision yes, they handed Vingegard the victory

>>150719152
Another Vuelta with an Obelix

official list of asterixed grand tours
you can help by expanding the list

>>150724822
fucking tao

>>150724822
Nibbles TdF could be somewhat asterixed. his voodoo magic made sure both Fromme and Contador crashed out of contention

>>150724842
*Froome

>>150724822
Froome vuelta and Schleck. sin é

>>150724822
memco won fair and square

>>150724880
by faking a mechanical

holy moly that last 3km. now this is 100% pure ME WATCHY
Jonas will crack

>>150724884
not my problem that primoz tried to outsprint fred

>>150724891
there is no way they are not neutralizing the ascent due to leftism

>>150724895
yesterday finish was fine

>>150724895
u rong

>>150724913
it also was middle of the week not in the week end and before israel allegedly fire bombed a spanish boat and bombed Doha

>>150724926
>it also was middle of the week not in the week end
implying these people actually got job

>>150724822
All the grand tours of Roglic

>>150724926
It's at the top of a mountain not in a city. There will be no problems.

>>150724822
2023 TDF was asterisked, pogacar came into that off his LBL injury

Imagine how much better place the world would be if Pinot had won the tdf

>>150718660 (OP)
so who wins the TT? I would have said almeida earlier, but now I think it's ganna or peds

>>150724930
>>150724932
put that on something then

>>150724953
If Ganna can't win this then what is the point of him

>>150724822
>1999 Giro
>2006 Tour
how did you miss these

A pro-Israel association filed a lawsuit in Spain’s National Court to suspend La Vuelta
https://www.eurosport.es/ciclismo/vuelta-a-espana/2025/audiencia-nacional-investigacion-protestas-palestina-santiago-pedraz-accion-comunicacion-oriente-medio-sumar-kiko-garcia-podemos-comunicado_sto23220419/story.shtml

>>150724968
so both jew lovers and jew haters somehow want to end Vuelta, this is such a joke

>>150724968
why can't they all just fuck off

>>150724968
there are also ecologists protesting la bola del mundo stage

>>150724968
They just cant leave my cyclismo alone can they

>>150724968
good. I don't want Jonas to win la vuelta.

>>150724968
how rattled are these lads. keep up the flag waving lads

>>150724983
this one we can all get behind at least as nature lovers

What the fuck are those odds? Fishboy @30.0? Küng @20.0. Bookmakers have never watched a single stage in theyre live.

>>150724595
Looking forward to another today. Probably same route but a bit slower, like 6/km just the grease the groove and strengthen the muscles. It is so much fun. Will buy clothing later this money curtesy of the government. I have a nice 8km route I liked when I last ran, a good route to just sit at 5/km with a few hills and it's mostly trail.

>>150724715
It didn't feel difficult, I don't doubt heart rate was high because I'm unfit but I cut it short so I didn't create a lot of muscle damage. Hardly sore today. Came back feeling high as a kite. Love running. Want to climb too but running is perfect to be a stronger hiker. It's why I'm doing it. But I'll probably enjoy running as a primary hobby over winter.

>>150725004
nah, i personally use ptfe to wax my chain not for watt reason but to unironically turn the fricking frogs gay

>>150725005
*their
*life

>>150725006
I kinda dont belive you. 8k With 5/km is a crazy pace

>>150724978
Good.

>>150725013
Mate Im sorry. I learned this language in school and every word is underlined in red because its not german. Cut me some slack

>>150725013
lives* you native dumbfuck

>>150724968
you'd think that abraham's chosen riding on in the face of all the hatred and opposition would actually help the cause of the nation of israel for some people

>>150725029
had to read this at least 3 times before realising you aren't talking about Olano

>>150725017
How is that hard to believe? This was in 2022 after 2 weeks running when I wasn't in great shape particularly, I was unfit and a bit overweight like me now. I have decent natural fitness because I trained a lot on the bike as a teen and I'm naturally fit, like my dad who's over 300w ftp as a 53 year old with a year training. I'm quite broad and have a fair bit of deadweight weak muscle though because I've not been in the gym fir 6 months. I would need a month because I ride my bike maybe 20 times this year but 5min/km for 8km isn't hard. Dudes are doing 16-17 minute 5km's, now that's unreal to me. That's fucking quick.

>>150725024
Life's*
Dipshit

>>150724983
Lmao anarchists in every spanish institute. At least first world nations have socialist/communists. Anarchists are a true plague.

>>150725006
I recommend trail running anon. Much more divers and motivating imo. If you have hills use them. Distinct training benefits, muscular, aerobically and anaerobically to running up hill. Take downhills slow in the beginning until muscles adjust (land with on forefoot to avoid rolling ankles on downhills too-much safer). Soon you will be running in loops from where you live, which will be boring. A good motivstion to increase volume is thus to pick a new train station or bus station everytime to run to and commute back home. This was you run to new places everytime. Voila, thanks for reading my blog

>>150724891
>Jonas will crack
maybe, but then others will crack thrice

>>150724895
common, antisemitism knows no color and no side

>>150725179
i think he meant jonas will smoke crack before the stage

/CYC/ CHAMPIONSHIP 2025
GRAN PREMIO CITTÀ DI PECCIOLI - COPPA SABATINI
picks

37 Isaac Del Toro
31 Marc Hirschi
31 Christian Scaroni
23 Jan Christen
22 Richard Carapaz
13 Davide Piganzoli
10 Michael Storer
9 Vincenzo Albanese
7 Jordan Jegat
6 Felix Engelhardt
5 Diego Ulissi
4 Alexandre Delettre
3 ALBERTO BETTIOL
2 LOUIS BARRÉ
2 Mathieu Burgaudeau
2 Martin Marcellusi
2 Urko Berrade
1 Aleksandr Vlasov
1 Dylan Teuns
1 FREDRIK DVERSNES
1 Steff Cras
1 Lorenzo Rota
1 Johannes Kulset
1 Matyáš Kopecký
1 Paul Double
1 Alessandro Covi
1 SIMONE VELASCO
1 Davide De Pretto
1 Clément Champoussin
1 Pablo Torres

2 ======

31 Isaac Del Toro Christian Scaroni
31 Isaac Del Toro Marc Hirschi
29 Marc Hirschi Christian Scaroni
23 Isaac Del Toro Jan Christen
22 Isaac Del Toro Richard Carapaz

3 ======

29 Isaac Del Toro Marc Hirschi Christian Scaroni
19 Isaac Del Toro Christian Scaroni Richard Carapaz
18 Isaac Del Toro Marc Hirschi Richard Carapaz
18 Isaac Del Toro Christian Scaroni Jan Christen

4 ======

17 Isaac Del Toro Marc Hirschi Christian Scaroni Richard Carapaz
16 Isaac Del Toro Marc Hirschi Christian Scaroni Jan Christen
12 Isaac Del Toro Christian Scaroni Jan Christen Richard Carapaz
11 Isaac Del Toro Marc Hirschi Christian Scaroni Davide Piganzoli

5 ======

10 Isaac Del Toro Marc Hirschi Christian Scaroni Jan Christen Richard Carapaz

>6======

2 Isaac Del Toro Marc Hirschi Christian Scaroni Davide Piganzoli Michael Storer Diego Ulissi
>joe`s team
>Pinot Forever


2 Isaac Del Toro Marc Hirschi Christian Scaroni Jan Christen Richard Carapaz Vincenzo Albanese
>Sending Them Homeward
>Amigos do Pedal


2 Isaac Del Toro Marc Hirschi Christian Scaroni Jan Christen Richard Carapaz Michael Storer
>Team Loving-KASIA
>KS Wisla Ustronianka


2 Isaac Del Toro Marc Hirschi Christian Scaroni Jan Christen Richard Carapaz Davide Piganzoli
>mapeidurecht
>Diesel e Vinho Verde


2 Isaac Del Toro Marc Hirschi Christian Scaroni Richard Carapaz Davide Piganzoli Felix Engelhardt
>Marq Qwabendish
>Lennergy Pharma

>>150725174> imagine using public transport, jesus christ.
Take the car to a nice spot to run, easy to bring some fresh shoes, clothes and stuff as well

>>150724968
>january 2025
>jonas vingegaard is flown into istanbul along with jorgenson to meet with daryl impey, sylvain adams, netanyahu and a delegation of hamas officials to discuss the validity of his vuelta win

>>150725174
I bought half trail shoes for this reason instead of the slick shoes. That 8km loop is great, it's through a forest and then across fields with sheep and cows. Probably only 3-4km in tarmac. Sketchy at night but I'll get a good headlight I think, and hopefully it doesn't rain much until late this year so I can enjoy the good trail runs. I pity those living inner city who have no choice. I'm 2km from the edge of town.

I'll try to get more volume than before at low pace like 6min/km or something so it's low impact, then work up to do the intervals as you say. I note when unfit the big difference is you can't redline and recover, you stay there until you stop and rest. I have little idea about cadence but I hear often to go high and take short strides. I'll get a forerunner or a fenix soon I think. Nice to have reliable live metrics. The 570 looks nice but a little 2d, fenix seems well rounded. Even has a torch, total gimmick I'd imagine.

>>150724968
Spoiler alert: they have zero standing it won't even reach a judge's desk

STÜSSI goes solo

>>150725174
>land with on forefoot to avoid rolling ankles on downhills
how do people NOT do this naturally anyway
like I'd chute within a few steps if I didn't

>>150725386
some people dont think about it. But, its quite dangerous on rocky paths since there are no muscles which extend to stabilise the leg when you make contact with the ground, which is different to when your toes/forefoot touch the ground first.

strong 3rd place for Colin STÜSSI in Romania.

Mandatory watching for every /cyc/ Bert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtcvy_lpo3M

>>150725179
Jonas and Almeida crack and Pidcock wins the Vuelta

11 degrees
nearly need gloves
c'est fini

>>150725471
The no fun allowed list

>>150725471
Decent video I guess. Explains most of the more notorious stuff.

>>150725555
What is he listening to?
We need to find his playlist like with Froomedawg.
Also nice digits.

>>150725017
>>150725086
>5/km
hey euroshits, its 5 k/m. assholes dont make me come kick your asses again personally, assholes

there's only 4 stages left

Hear me out. Fruitbread and cheese

>>150725635
Hear me out. Feebase and sex

vuelta broadcast played churchbells.wav before showing the church, boy that sure is a blunder!

>>150725588
akb48

ordered a 3.5€ chink supacaz bar tape knockoff and I can't tell it apart from the original
fuck

Being the starter on a TT day has got to be one of the worst humaliation rituals

>>150725713
I got a supacaz bartape the last time because /sp/cyc/ recommended it and it was actually a pretty good rec. I usually leave my bartape (black) on pretty long, but the supacaz one wore out so fast I had to replace it mid-season, so it seems they have a helpful reminder built in that you don't leave it on too long

i'm trying a BBB one now

well raisberg has sailed past all the palestine flags unharmed so it's safe to say that there was no reason to shorten the stage

Why tf is gunner so far back? got fucked in the mountains?

>>150725717
yeah, it's actually quite nice if you ignore it's durability
already tested this chink knockoff and it's really nice, still have to test it in really hot days and rainy days to see how it behaves to extreme sweat and water

>>150725721
what is actually the concrete explanation that shortening the stage makes it safer? is it so they can avoid certain crowded places or because they didnt have enough police?

>>150725738
To avoid the protesters at the finish

Did the route change a lot? If so have they done reckon?

Ganna new best T2!

Chances of some idiot jumping in front of Riccitello? Are the teams able to change the maillot they race with? I don't think even 1% of the protestors could identify the team if they had a different maillot/name

ganna moggin rn

new best time from Top Ganna

>>150725769
You're always in here projecting on those protestors, stop embarrassing yourself

>>150725738
Jonas made the call

I can't even hit 56 km/h if i went all out

My brocolli sprouts are sprouting :^]

>>150725611
5km per minute? Damn that's bretty fast.

>>150725801
50 avg at first timing point
how fucking fast is the second half of this course? don't chute

abandon du championne du monde Lotte Kopecky in the l'Ardeche!

>>150718679
stream is live

>inside mads' helmet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTsaS1Tm-Ic

>>150725802
they look like wittle cummies searching for eggs

>>150725813
Did they use the same girls

Mads Pedersen allegedly going faster than Ganna

MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS MADS

>>150725831
I love faxe kondi so much

Mads Pedersen 0.2 seconds faster than Ganna at T2!

>>150725811
i need to start speaking half english half french, good thing im Belgian so i can do this flawlessly too

Ganna took a shortcut at the end

this dude rode his ITT like there are green jersey points at T1 and T2 im dead :skull emoji:

>>150718660 (OP)
are points given for the green jersey ij this tt?

>>150725867
you can take the sprinter out of the sprint, but not the sprint out of the sprinter

miss this little guy like you wouldn't believe

>>150725787
You know there are multiple Spain anons, right? Like at least 8. Also I don't think I'm wrong

>>150725926
but which one is the cabeza de carera hombre?

>>150725905
He should have become a staple in commentary and punditry, but I suspect it's far too boring for him and the challenge of running a team was his destiny. I'm a bit surprised about that too though, I thought he'd slither off into investment banking or another extremely lucrative industry. I guess that shows he's very humble and cares for the sport. Very classy rider, always made races exciting and won in some of the most magnificent ways. He was never imperious in his abilities like poogacar or sagan to an extent, so you never quite knew who'd take the win. That is what made him an even greater rider. He was by far, and possibly still is, my favourite rider. Everything about him was cool.

>>150725867
And then died on the straight, he rode this like a full stage :skull:

>>150725926
>bert thinks he's multiple people again

>>150725958
balls of stone

>>150725958
Oh my days meds have such small willy's

Also it was nice when the sport had handsome cyclists. The state of it when cyc marks grug as the most handsome cyclist currently. Current peloton is a group of dysgenic ugly freaks.

Tuscan dialect sounds very funny to me. commentator is saying perzo for perso.

Carapaz emptying matchbox

KÜNG KÜNG KÜNG STEFAN KÜNG KÜNG STEFAN STEFAN KÜNG KÜNG KÜNG

KÜNG KÜNG KÜNG
KÜNG KÜNG KÜNG
KÜNG KÜNG KÜNG
KÜNG KÜNG KÜNG
KÜNG KÜNG KÜNG
KÜNG KÜNG KÜNG

Wow, Kung -3 at T2! He's riding like he still has his wedding ring!!

Burrito wins

DelTorowinslol

>>150718660 (OP)
another legendary win in the mighty 1.Pro for the Mexican

>>150726106
>>150726105

Same as yesterday too easy for Torito

küngbros...

Kung +12 at T3

If you ask me Ganna finished very strong, basically Ganna's T3 - T2 is 14 seconds faster than Kung's

behind ivo oliveira even

>>150726130
even Oliveira beat him, kung is just utter shit

>>150726130
top ganna is the master of the negative split

Ciccone should be here instead of embarrass himself in spain

top 10

de pestel first at T1. this is the man that dethrones ganna

Pogibros, our response?

>>150726154
Covid

>>150726154
I wonder what's better, winning 2 tdfs or stat padding in 1.1 and 1.Pro?

>>150726180
Cumulative UCI points are the only win that really matters

Looks like some lads were trying to block the road there when tiberi passed, must have been animal activists

>>150726221
WTF is that jersy?

J vine with the pedo moustache. I could grow one like that

Radio COPE is saying (oscar pereiro and heri frace) are saying some etarras vascos and some communist catalans with palestina flags are blaming some spanish from spain for being with spain flag there in valladolid aka fachadolid.

Oscar pereriro is saying that he had been called killer and prozionist.

>>150726267
Pereiro is not particularly mentally stable so take with a pinch of salt

>>150726281
Last two weeks left the impression that barely anyone is mentally stable in the great country of Spain

Jay Vine getting a nice draft there, Ganna must be seething watching that

Weird having actual spaniards in cyc. I wonder where all the autistic racist spanish internet users post about cycling usually.

Listen. The IRONMAN Men's World Championships are on September 14, 2025. Did you put that into your fucking calendar? Yes? Good.

Lest we forget

Thats several DQ's in a triathlon lol

Vine -6 on Kung at T2!!

And the less popular sequel

>>150726294
Might actually watch some. Issue being it's all extremely passive and literally nothing happens. Cross fit bike races however are pure gold. Need more of that. Buff high test muscly dudes crashing each other out constantly. Like nascar in cycling form.

>>150726298
>>150726311
KEK

pwew

I'm gonna squeak

>coming home after a shit day at work
>Vine doing UAEmerda dopage pas normale TT
im tired berts

>>150726336
He should have used a powerup

>>150718660 (OP)
ganna is lucky if he wins this, he was shit

imagine vine's legs with vingegaard's legendary time trial cornering

Imagine getting paid 1mil a year to pedal and some other riders passes you like that lol

Armirail muy rapido

Here comes ritchie tello

He's so tiny

Truck of peace in 3...2...

— DAT

Here comes pellizzari

oops

Here comes Pidcock

Pidcock looks like a frug addict

Here comes Almeida!!

does Jonas lose his GC today

>>150726507
>possibly
Firing someone based on rumors is a bit harsh I would bet Carboni is getting a nice payout for that.

Toad spotted

Here comes the GC (GenoCide) jersey!

Joao took the two first corners faster

>riccitello faster than gall

manlet pride worldwide

Joao 2 seconds faster at T1

Almeida going all in it seems. A lot of risks beeing taken in the corners.

Almeida took that U-turn so slow looking

Pidders insane time

>>150726591
>>150726592
The duality of Bert

UAE dopage

Jonas can thank Palestine today

Two Italian wins in a row thats something

*

Jonas lost 10 seconds to almeida

>>150726631
Jonas can thank ASO's incompetence more like

top 10

>>150718660 (OP)
cringegaard is so lucky, would have lost 30-40s on the full course

any bonus seconds for 3rd?

>>150726631
After Joao thanked them in Bilbao

>>150726666
no bonis for ITT

>>150726613
slow is fast and just because it looks good doesn't mean it's fast but this looked to me like he slowed down before the corner too early

>>150726666
>bonis in TT

> RIGGED
> RIGGED
> RIGGED

Can someone please explaine me why the spanish are so obcessed both Palestine.

Nobody here gives a fuck, only the extreme left.

can't believe jonas is so cooked in this snoozefest race. he truly is just a tour merchant. no altitude no performance.

>>150726654
GC

>>150726651
>spaniard blames france for his own country's failures
Classic

>>150726709
I believe that Joao will put 40s on Jonas on Bola del Mundo

Joao would be only 20 seconds behind with full TT, justice for Joao!

Jonas lucky this was a very easy vuelta. a few rampas here and there but the mountain stages were piece of piss compared to usual. hope he cracks on saturday.

thank god jonas made the phone call yesterday

>>150726750
honestly, it's very surprising and disappointing. it seemed like he was the only one who could somewhat hold against Pog and now he's barely beating his domestic.

Just came back from running.
Good I missed this crap.

As expected, Fishboy lost time, but thanks to it being shortened, he still is leading.

Pathetic Vuelta

jonas was cooked in the last sector. if this was double the length he would have lost 30 seconds

>>150726765
he's literally given up. after this year's dauphine and tour jonas knows what's up: he can't beat pogi. it actually seems that his acceptance has taken a load off; he's more relaxed than ever.

If it was a 100km TT Jonas would be off the podium. Fine margins lads.

>>150726809
still, he can be in form that allows to beat anyone else by large margin. to give up completely seems like a waste

>>150726750
He became too explosive and muscular, he needs to go back to becoming a skinny climber

/CYC/ CHAMPIONSHIP 2025
VUELTA A ESPANA
stage 18 (itt)

>>150726823
i think you're overrating him. he's not a great cyclist; he barely cracked the all-time top 100 on pcs. even if he has above average athletic ability, he simply lacks the hunger. the fact that he's skipping the world championships tells you all you need to know about him.

>>150726823
eh, last Vuelta he did he also wasn't as good as in the Tour (and he won the Tour that year)
I guess that's what happens when Vuelta is only your secondary objective

https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/tour-de-france/the-first-time-you-dont-see-the-smile-on-his-face-agent-reveals-what-was-giving-tadej-pogacar-the-tour-de-france-blues/
>Top agent Alex Carera speaks about finding the joy again, and how Tadej Pogačar can keep it: 'He was non-stop from January to July.'

https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/giovanni-carboni-unibet-tietema-rockets-geschorst-na-afwijkend-biologisch-paspoort/
>Giovanni Carboni (Unibet Tietema Rockets) suspended due to deviations in his blood passport

look at them big pomidors. love these Altay homegrown sorts

>>150726928
yes, but how does 1 ruble compare to real money? tomato harvest has been plentiful from my plants to the point that I got sick of eating them.

>>150726950
well, measured 10r coin, and it's 22.5 mm

new kask visors are straight from 80s SciFi movies

>>150726974
Name 5

/CYC/ CHAMPIONSHIP 2025
GRAN PREMIO CITTÀ DI PECCIOLI - COPPA SABATINI
final

>>150726913
Thought pogi liked rain

I see the Big 3™ are racing tomorrow

Wout van Aert
T. Pogacar
Florian Lipowitz

should be a good race. Canadian monuments are comfy with the late finishing time

Maybe One Cycling won't be such a bad thing after all. Tear it all down and rebuild the sport around the fans.

>>150727200
Protestor are probably paid by the Saudi to push it

>>150727200
it will be a good thing if they leave the main races as they are and replace the junk with whatever their new shit is.
basically giving me what I have crying about for years. a compact calendar where the top riders race each other more often and are not spread out doing mickey mouse races around the world.

/CYC/ CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 GC
after
GRAN PREMIO CITTÀ DI PECCIOLI - COPPA SABATINI

>be safety moto
>gets expelled from the race for unsafe behavior
kek

>>150727200
the problem is that they'll basically replace the classics with some "fancy" shit around saudi or road cycling on moto circuits etc. does anyone actually want to see 4 hours of "cycling" around monza? i highly doubt it. also they'll probably sell the streaming rights to some big corpo and you'll have to pay 3 subscriptions to watch all races, while now you can just watch them on eurosport

so de lie wins tomorrow?

So Fishboy loses if we get another full mountain stage? What the fuck happened to him?
Good to be back home.

>>150727589
Nah Almeida struggled to keep up with the others of the top five on the last climb yesterday. Jonas can just sit on his wheel or follow Hendley or Pellizzari when they attack easy win

>>150727472
That would be another nail in the coffin. Not sure if the last one.

>>150727261
>where the top riders race each other more often
You can do whatever you want with the calendar grug will never care about anything but MSR roubaix and RVV

>LONG WAY TO MADRID
>VUELTA IS STILL YOUNG
>JUST A FEW BAD DAYS NOTHING SPECIAL
>ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
>WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW
>TOMORROW'S A NEW DAY
>YOU NEVER KNOW WHATS GONNA HAPPEN
>STILL A LONG WAY TO MADRID PAL
>ALL DAYS CAN'T BE GOOD DAYS, YOU KNOW?
>WE'RE ONLY IN THE THIRD WEEK
>LOTS MORE VUELTA A ESPAÑA TO GO
>YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN
>TEAM HAS PLANS FOR THE NEXT STAGES
>TOMORROW IS A DIFFERENT DAY
>MADRID IS STILL FAR AWAY
>WELL, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS

>>150727472
They can't replace the classics. Same reason LIV golf is just exhibition bullshit that nobody takes seriously.
Teams and riders come and go, it's the historical races that are the sport.

you can't set up your own golf league and try to replace the Masters
you can't set up your own tennis league and try to replace Wimbledon
you can't set up your own cycling league and try to replace Paris Roubaix

The grand tours, the monuments and a select few other races are the pillars of the sport. Remove these and the sport collapses. Of course these guys know this. It's just a question of where the middle ground will be if they do set up their races. Probably just small races will become smaller or die out completely.

i have never seen a (sepp) kuss(e) in real life

https://www.eurosport.fr/cyclisme/gp-de-quebec/2025/israel-premier-tech-va-modifier-son-appellation-pour-les-gp-de-quebec-et-de-montreal_sto23220759/story.shtml
>Israel Premier Tech will race as just "IPT" for the GPs in Québec and Montréal

>>150728252
>Team You Know Who

About to celebrate my 2 year neet anniversary