VeloVoices Podcast 201: Gravel Against Remco

Kathi, Midge, Luke, Issie and Euan pull apart the first full week of Vuelta action and ask:

  • Can anyone stop Remco?
  • What’s up with Roglic?
  • How much do we admire Marc Soler?
  • And has the racing really been a bit flat?

Plus all the things you don’t get from your other cycling podcasts like the architecture of Milton Keynes, the correct pronunciation of Hawick and a Go Fund Me for a worthwhile cause.

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Vuelta a Espana 2022 : Stage 4 – Rojo Rogla takes the stage and GC lead

Vuelta a Espana 2022 : Stage 5 – Soler steals the stage, Molard moves into red

Vuelta a Espana 2022 : Stage 6 – Rain and mist cover Vine’s victory while Remco is rojo

Vuelta a Espana 2022 : Stage 7 – Jesus Herrada takes the day for Cofidis

Vuelta a Espana 2022 : Stage 8 – Jay climbs the Vine to second stage win

Vuelta a Espana 2022 : Meintjes triumphant; Remco redder than ever

Vuelta a Espana 2022 : Stage 5 – Soler steals the stage, Molard moves into red

Wow! I bet no one was expecting UAE Team Emirate’s Marc Soler to grab victory on stage 5 of La Vuelta a Espana. To be honest, I’m still not sure I can explain it! In true Soler style, the mercurial Spaniard chased like crazy to get into the break, got dropped in a finale backloaded with climbs, somehow made it back, shot off the front solo on the Alto del Vivero, held his advantage on the descent and sailed over the line, arms aloft with four seconds to spare on his chasers. With Jumbo-Visma happy to let the race lead go to someone in the break-of-the-day, Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) played his cards – and Fred Wright (Bahrain-Victorious) – perfectly to move into the red jersey for the second time in his career.

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Vuelta a Espana 2020 : Stage 17 – Gaudu takes another stage; Roglic holds red

The last mountain stage, the last stage (barring crashes or DNFs) that the final podium could change, the penultimate race day of the 2020 Vuelta and the men’s pro cycling season. We expected fireworks and in a way we got them, although it felt like a slow nervous breakdown watching the final 3km of the GC race. But up ahead, FDJ’s David Gaudu took another Vuelta stage, with NTT’s Gino Mader and Ion Izagirre (Astana) second and third in the stage. Ineos’s Richard Carapaz had one more roll of the dice, which resulted in the most nail-biting three kilometres since … the Giro! With Primoz Roglic alone, under pressure and not looking his effervescent self, the fear was that he was going to lose another Grand Tour (in the same season!) on the penultimate stage. But he dug deep, rode on fumes and mental strength, and limited his losses to save the red jersey for Madrid.

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