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Hills33
The yellow jersey waited for Demi to make her move then followed her wheel. Meantime Demi was watching both Kasia (who she knew would go early) and the yellow jersey (to see if she would blink first), and only just made it to the line.10:26
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Hills33
His team-mates had been promised their chance at the Vuelta last year. In previous years, it was known that he planned to ride the Vuelta but then exhaustion etc prevented him. So it makes sense that he would be wary of announcing it in advance yet again. Re announcing ambitions for a GT triple, in my view Jonas made a mistake when he did not announce clearly before the 2023 Vuelta that he was aiming for the Tour-Vuelta double with the possibility of adding the Giro in 2024. So he was not made the undisputed Visma leader at that Vuelta. (Kuss deserved his win, but the 'road decides it' approach was a mess.)04-08-2026 08:48
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Hills33
Or support a fellow countryman at the Worlds, and target the European championship (which he has to ride, again the organisers making it impossible for him to refuse).03-08-2026 20:42
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Hills33
From what Jonas has said recently as well, maybe in hindsight they think he should have resisted the pressure in 2024 to go for three Tour wins in a row, and instead taken all the time he needed to recover fully from his Itzulia crash before racing again. That effort may have set him further back in the long run. It was painful to watch him making such efforts with so little muscle mass, and almost fainting at the end of the Galibier downhill on Stage 4.03-08-2026 09:56
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Hills33
Visma's Vuelta gifting was certainly complicated, with JV having almost wiped out Kuss's lead before a public outcry led to Visma's decision to hold back. But Jonas seemed fine with letting almost victory go.31-07-2026 13:41
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Hills33
I'm one of those who really hopes Pog is clean, as he has real (and entertaining) skills like attacking at just the right moment to beat Carapaz and Martinez on Alpe d'Huez, taking just the right line to pull away on the descent on Stage 6, crashing in such a way that he can carry on and win, or avoiding crashing over a bidon. For me, the real moment of temptation to boost performance in some way would surely be when a rider is feeling desperate (whether to win again or simply not crack); and we might not be aware of such an inner struggle.31-07-2026 11:23
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Hills33
He seems to enjoy all the attention he receives when he wins, and it would be strange if he didn't. Preferring not to have to make speeches to large groups is a minor downside of being a double Tour winner for anyone.31-07-2026 08:20
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Hills33
Visma was proud of winning all three GTs in a year, with three different riders - and their two best riders had to hold back to let Kuss win the Vuelta. If riders and teams are as successful as Visma then and UAE now, their dominance will grow, which could well be a problem. But if they can do it, of course they will. It's the UCI who needs to improve the World Tour system.30-07-2026 09:19
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Hills33
He really was an amazing young rider, third in his first Vuelta like Pogi. But he has had problems ever since. That is another aspect of Pog that seems super-human, is that he has survived the hard side of UAE. Like now, they had no need to push (pull) Del Toro to a secure podium spot when he was ill. If IDT fades in coming years, nobody will remember his third place in this Tour.29-07-2026 08:29
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Hills33
Apparently the course was constantly being strewn with broken glass, nails etc, faster than the sweepers could clear it. And then IDT did get a puncture!27-07-2026 09:31