The Vuelta with spoilers

[Adam4868]

Looking forward to it 😁
Bernal confirms he's riding.
https://www.ciclismoafondo.es/compe...su-presencia-en-vuelta-burgos_238649_102.html
Be nice if Pogacar turned up....

 

[cyberknight]

Roglic is riding , looks to be the most exciting GT of the year assuming that everyone stay upright and yes Pog is riding
https://www.cyclingstage.com/vuelta-2021/riders-spain-2021/

 

[matticus]

Oh my!

 

[Adam4868]

Roglic is riding , looks to be the most exciting GT of the year assuming that everyone stay upright and yes Pog is riding
https://www.cyclingstage.com/vuelta-2021/riders-spain-2021/

You sure Pog is confirmed ?

 

[mjr]

Stage 1 Individual Time Trial in Burgos and first summit finish on Stage 3 should hopefully sort things out enough that maybe only Stage 2 will be the usual nervous "first week stage" with potential for horrific pile-ups knocking contenders down or out before the racing really starts. Stages 4 and 5 look like sprint stages, and 6 starts off that way before finishing at the top of a cat 3. Then 7 is seriously mountainous (6 categorised), 8 could see crosswinds, 9 is four more categorised climbs... maybe all three grand tours this year could be decided before the first rest day?

 

[yello]

Froome's riding. Wow. I wouldn't have predicted that.

 

[cyberknight]

You sure Pog is confirmed ?

as far as they know

World Tour Teams

AG2R Citroën
Geoffrey Bouchard, Stan Dewulf, Mikaël Cherel, Jaakko Hänninen, Marc Sarreau


Astana-Premier Tech
Luis León Sánchez, Gorka Izagirre, Óscar Rodríguez


Bahrain Victorious
Mikel Landa, Wout Poels, Dylan Teuns, Mark Padun, Gino Mäder, Jan Tratnik, Santiago Buitrago, Hermann Pernsteiner


BORA – hansgrohe
Maximilian Schachmann, Felix Großschartner, Patrick Gamper, Jordi Meeus


Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Jesús Herrada, José Herrada, Guillaume Martin, Piet Allegaert, Fernando Barceló


Deceuninck – Quick-Step
Fabio Jakobsen, Zdenek Stybar, Mauri Vansevenant, Fausto Masnada, Bert Van Lerberghe, Florian Sénéchal, Andrea Bagioli, Josef Cerny


EF Education Nippo
Rigoberto Uran, Lawson Craddock


Groupama – FDJ
Kevin Geniets, Olivier Le Gac


Ineos – Grenadiers
Egan Bernal, Adam Yates, Richard Carapaz, Daniel Felipe Martínez, Pavel Sivakov, Tom Pidcock


Intermarché – Wanty-Gobert
Louis Meintjes, Jan Hirt, Rein Taaramäe, Andrea Pasqualon


Israel Start-Up Nation
Chris Froome, Sep Vanmarcke, Carl Fredrik Hagen, Ben Hermans, Guy Niv


Jumbo – Visma
Primoz Roglic, Steven Kruijswijk, Sepp Kuss, Sam Oomen, Robert Gesink, Antwan Tolhoek, Pascal Eenkhoorn, Lennard Hofstede


Lotto Soudal
Caleb Ewan, Tomasz Marczynski, Steff Crass, Harm Vanhoucke, Kobe Goossens, Andreas Kron, Gerben Thijssen


Movistar
Miguel Ángel López, Alejandro Valverde, Enric Mas, Carlos Verona, Gregor Mühlberger


Team BikeExchange
Mikel Nieve, Damien Howson, Tsgabu Grmay, Robert Stannard


Team DSM
Romain Bardet, Thymen Arensman, Nicolas Roche, Andreas Leknessund


Team Qhubeka NextHash
Fabio Aru, Domenico Pozzovivo, Sander Armée, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg


Trek – Segafredo
Giulio Ciccone, Gianluca Brambilla, Juan Pedro López, Michel Ries


UAE Emirates
Tadej Pogacar, Rafal Majka, Matteo Trentin, David De La Cruz, Jan Polanc, Ryan Gibbons, Rui Oliveira


ProTeams
Alpecin – Fenix
Jav Vine, Floris De Tier, Otto Vergaerde


Burgos – BH
Daniel Navarro, Jesse Bol, Ángel Madrazzo, Willie Smit


Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
Jonathan Lastra, Julen Amezqueta, Jon Aberasturi, Jhojan García


Euskaltel – Euskadi
Luis Ángel Maté, Mikel Bizkarra, Juan José Lobato, Garikoitz Bravo, Mikel Iturria

 

[Adam4868]

as far as they know

World Tour Teams

AG2R Citroën
Geoffrey Bouchard, Stan Dewulf, Mikaël Cherel, Jaakko Hänninen, Marc Sarreau


Astana-Premier Tech
Luis León Sánchez, Gorka Izagirre, Óscar Rodríguez


Bahrain Victorious
Mikel Landa, Wout Poels, Dylan Teuns, Mark Padun, Gino Mäder, Jan Tratnik, Santiago Buitrago, Hermann Pernsteiner


BORA – hansgrohe
Maximilian Schachmann, Felix Großschartner, Patrick Gamper, Jordi Meeus


Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Jesús Herrada, José Herrada, Guillaume Martin, Piet Allegaert, Fernando Barceló


Deceuninck – Quick-Step
Fabio Jakobsen, Zdenek Stybar, Mauri Vansevenant, Fausto Masnada, Bert Van Lerberghe, Florian Sénéchal, Andrea Bagioli, Josef Cerny


EF Education Nippo
Rigoberto Uran, Lawson Craddock


Groupama – FDJ
Kevin Geniets, Olivier Le Gac


Ineos – Grenadiers
Egan Bernal, Adam Yates, Richard Carapaz, Daniel Felipe Martínez, Pavel Sivakov, Tom Pidcock


Intermarché – Wanty-Gobert
Louis Meintjes, Jan Hirt, Rein Taaramäe, Andrea Pasqualon


Israel Start-Up Nation
Chris Froome, Sep Vanmarcke, Carl Fredrik Hagen, Ben Hermans, Guy Niv


Jumbo – Visma
Primoz Roglic, Steven Kruijswijk, Sepp Kuss, Sam Oomen, Robert Gesink, Antwan Tolhoek, Pascal Eenkhoorn, Lennard Hofstede


Lotto Soudal
Caleb Ewan, Tomasz Marczynski, Steff Crass, Harm Vanhoucke, Kobe Goossens, Andreas Kron, Gerben Thijssen


Movistar
Miguel Ángel López, Alejandro Valverde, Enric Mas, Carlos Verona, Gregor Mühlberger


Team BikeExchange
Mikel Nieve, Damien Howson, Tsgabu Grmay, Robert Stannard


Team DSM
Romain Bardet, Thymen Arensman, Nicolas Roche, Andreas Leknessund


Team Qhubeka NextHash
Fabio Aru, Domenico Pozzovivo, Sander Armée, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg


Trek – Segafredo
Giulio Ciccone, Gianluca Brambilla, Juan Pedro López, Michel Ries


UAE Emirates
Tadej Pogacar, Rafal Majka, Matteo Trentin, David De La Cruz, Jan Polanc, Ryan Gibbons, Rui Oliveira


ProTeams
Alpecin – Fenix
Jav Vine, Floris De Tier, Otto Vergaerde


Burgos – BH
Daniel Navarro, Jesse Bol, Ángel Madrazzo, Willie Smit


Caja Rural – Seguros RGA
Jonathan Lastra, Julen Amezqueta, Jon Aberasturi, Jhojan García


Euskaltel – Euskadi
Luis Ángel Maté, Mikel Bizkarra, Juan José Lobato, Garikoitz Bravo, Mikel Iturria

Let you off then 😁
I'm not sure he will..

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1416471882665242626?s=19

 

[cyberknight]

Let you off then 😁
I'm not sure he will..

View: https://twitter.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1416471882665242626?s=19

ahh well we shall see, depends if he is feeling nice and let other people play at winning

 

[rich p]

I'd be surprised if Pog, Uran and Carapaz rode.

 

[Beebo]

Pidcock will be interesting to see how he goes after his MTB success.

 

[Dogtrousers]

In case any comes along to this thread, like I did, thinking "I wonder when it starts?" .... It's 14th Aug

 

[matticus]

Has it started yet?

 

[Cathryn]

In case any comes along to this thread, like I did, thinking "I wonder when it starts?" .... It's 14th Aug

Is that earlier than usual? I rarely pay much attention to the Vuelta (although this year I'm hooked so i'll be watching) but I always thought it was Septemberish.

 

[mjr]

Is that earlier than usual? I rarely pay much attention to the Vuelta (although this year I'm hooked so i'll be watching) but I always thought it was Septemberish.

It's been August to September most years since 2005. Most of the 2010s Vueltas started around the 20th August and 1995-2004 were all September, which may be why this seems early. It was planned to start about 14th August in 2020 too, but then shoot happened.

I don't really know why it's moved by about a week because it doesn't reduce the clashes much: it removes overlaps with the Cyclassics, Ouest-France and the now-cancelled Canadian GPs, but it adds overlaps with the Blankety-Blank Tour and Tour of Poland. Maybe they're trying to reduce the numbers withdrawing to prepare for the World Championships on 19-26 September, which has been an annoying feature of recent years.