'Dale Posted June 1, 2021 Share Running from Saturday 14 August 2021 to Sunday 5 September 2021, La Vuelta 21will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3336,1 kilometers. ⚡️8 flat stages (2 with high-altitude finales) 〰️ hilly stages ⛰ mountain stages ⏰ 2 individual time-trial stages ???? 2 rest days https://www.lavuelta.es/en/overall-route Mopkop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted June 1, 2021 Share Fun fact ???????? Vetplant and Mopkop 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted July 8, 2021 Share Egan vs Pogačar vs Roglič vs ??? UAE Team Emirates have confirmed that Tadej Pogačar will race the Vuelta España later this year. - Sauce: CyclingNews Mopkop, Kingg and Vetplant 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Bru Posted July 8, 2021 Share 1 hour ago, 'Dale said: Egan vs Pogačar vs Roglič vs ??? vs REMCO! ???? Vetplant, 'Dale and Sid the Sloth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomo Posted July 9, 2021 Share 11 hours ago, 'Dale said: Egan vs Pogačar vs Roglič vs ??? Hopefully they all come fit and healthy because this is definitely the battle most fans want to see ... pity it didn't happen at TdF. Vetplant and Rob K 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted July 9, 2021 Share 14 minutes ago, Thomo said: Hopefully they all come fit and healthy because this is definitely the battle most fans want to see ... pity it didn't happen at TdF. Hopefully they'll be able to keep it rubber side down. I remember Roglic descending in the Giro a few years ago, he was sublime. Poetry in motion. I wonder what happened to his skills the last couple of seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Wheel Base Posted July 9, 2021 Share 1 hour ago, TNT1 said: Hopefully they'll be able to keep it rubber side down. I remember Roglic descending in the Giro a few years ago, he was sublime. Poetry in motion. I wonder what happened to his skills the last couple of seasons. Loosing the ski jumping finesse? TNT1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knersboy Posted July 9, 2021 Share Looking forward to this. Tour GC this year is not the most exciting, if we have Roglic, Pogacar, Bernal and Remco at the Vuelta it is gonna be super exciting to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted July 9, 2021 Share 17 hours ago, 'Dale said: Egan vs Pogačar vs Roglič vs ??? UAE Team Emirates have confirmed that Tadej Pogačar will race the Vuelta España later this year. - Sauce: CyclingNews surely that's too soon to be competitive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted July 9, 2021 Share 4 minutes ago, Shebeen said: surely that's too soon to be competitive? The Tour-Vuelta double definitely seems to be a more rare feat than the Giro-Tour one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Crown_of_Cycling Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1949 Tour + Giro 3rd place Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1952 Tour + Giro DNE Jacques Anquetil (FRA) 1963 Tour + Vuelta 14th place[4] Jacques Anquetil (FRA) 1964 Tour + Giro 7th place[5] Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1970 Tour + Giro 29th place[6] Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1972 Tour + Giro 4th place[7] Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1973 Giro + Vuelta 4th place[8] Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1978 Tour + Vuelta 5th place[9] Giovanni Battaglin (ITA) 1981 Giro + Vuelta 26th place[10] Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1982 Tour + Giro DNF Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1985 Tour + Giro DNF Miguel Indurain (ESP) 1992 Tour + Giro 6th place Miguel Indurain (ESP) 1993 Tour + Giro 2nd place Marco Pantani (ITA) 1998 Tour + Giro DNE[11] Alberto Contador (ESP) 2008 Giro + Vuelta DNF[12] Chris Froome (GBR) 2017 Tour + Vuelta DNE Edited July 9, 2021 by TNT1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted July 9, 2021 Share 1 hour ago, TNT1 said: The Tour-Vuelta double definitely seems to be a more rare feat than the Giro-Tour one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Crown_of_Cycling Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1949 Tour + Giro 3rd place Fausto Coppi (ITA) 1952 Tour + Giro DNE Jacques Anquetil (FRA) 1963 Tour + Vuelta 14th place[4] Jacques Anquetil (FRA) 1964 Tour + Giro 7th place[5] Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1970 Tour + Giro 29th place[6] Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1972 Tour + Giro 4th place[7] Eddy Merckx (BEL) 1973 Giro + Vuelta 4th place[8] Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1978 Tour + Vuelta 5th place[9] Giovanni Battaglin (ITA) 1981 Giro + Vuelta 26th place[10] Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1982 Tour + Giro DNF Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1985 Tour + Giro DNF Miguel Indurain (ESP) 1992 Tour + Giro 6th place Miguel Indurain (ESP) 1993 Tour + Giro 2nd place Marco Pantani (ITA) 1998 Tour + Giro DNE[11] Alberto Contador (ESP) 2008 Giro + Vuelta DNF[12] Chris Froome (GBR) 2017 Tour + Vuelta DNE Vuelta used to be in april, was switched in 1995 to september. I think the reason why it was more rare is the TDF winner didn't even race the vuelta that year. We're probably only going to see giro/vuelta combos for a while now, 2017 was quite a freak occurence TNT1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted July 9, 2021 Share 1 hour ago, Shebeen said: surely that's too soon to be competitive? Nope, he should be fine. Take a week off after the TdF and then endurance block with a little interval work (twice per week ) for two weeks and a taper week, sorted. He won't star as fresh as say Bernal and how he manages his first week will be key but its pretty doable Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted July 19, 2021 Share Thought I'd bump up this puppy. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted July 19, 2021 Share 2 minutes ago, 'Dale said: Thought I'd bump up this puppy. ???? Can't we have an olympics (at least RR and ITT) thread and then come back to this? Jewbacca and peetwindhoek 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted July 19, 2021 Share 1 hour ago, TNT1 said: Can't we have an olympics (at least RR and ITT) thread and then come back to this? If you can't stay in the early break, drop back to the peloton. ???? peetwindhoek, Wayne pudding Mol, Scary Rider and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Just now, 'Dale said: If you can't stay in the early break, drop back to the peloton. ???? Gonna get me some Movistar kit... Scary Rider and 'Dale 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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