Stage 15 was the first stage in this year’s Vuelta with an HC climb – at the finish, no less – so it was a test to see just how successful all that high-altitude training was for the GC! At the end of the day, it was DSM’s Thymen Arensman, who won from the break, but give it another minute or so and the GC guys were sprinting for the finish to either gain time or minimise losses.
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Stage 11 of Vuelta a Espana 2022 was pretty uneventful, in the racing sense, as it was a good ol’ bunch sprint stage, won by Kaden Groves of BikeExchange. Joined on the day’s podium was Danny van Poppel (Bora-hansgrohe) and Alpecin’s Tim Merlier. The red jersey stays on the ice-tub loving Remco Evenepoel (QuickStep) and none of the other jerseys changed shoulders either. But there were a few developments that could change the face of the race in the coming days …
It’s time for the first of the Vuelta Tweets of the Week for 2022. We’ve had a full week of racing, which was kind of uneventful, kind of exciting, kind of meh, kind of yea! Much like the Twitterstream …