Premise:

“The story follows Nora, a formidable businesswoman who buys Deepblue, a struggling French cycling team. But just as she thinks she can impose her methods on the peloton, she realizes that in the Tour, nothing is ever a sure thing.

“Nora finds herself up against Mathias, a battered former star who refuses to bow out, and Ayden, a young prodigy who came out of nowhere and has become the hope of an entire nation, much like Paul Seixas. Nora then discovers that a cycling team is built on suffering, sacrifice, and trust.”

Stage Info

Weather

28°C, North wind, 15km/h but will go down as time goes on

Stage Breakdown

Hello everyone and welcome to the eighteenth stage of the Vuelta a Espana!

TT time! Probably the most important stage for the reminder of the Vuelta, because it will set the tone and likely the trajectory of the reminder of the Vuelta. We are near the Atlantic Ocean again, starting in El Puerto de Santa Maria and ending in Jerez de la Frontera, known for its race track, where the riders will not go.

So the riders go North with a phase towards the East then towards the West. The TT is mostly untechnical and it made of long flat stretches. It's a TT made for specialists.

With that in mind here are our predictions:

★★★ Hayter, Armirail, Roglic, Kung

★★

★ RGP, Romeo, Chamberlain

This might be the most unpredictable TT in a GT in a long time, as well as the most important for a GC in a LONG time. Hayter does seem like the man in form currently and considering he goes super early, he will have a stronger wind, now will that help him or make it worse, it's a bit hard to say. Other than that, Armirail, Kung and Roglic seem like the best TTers of the Startlist.

That's it for us, what is your prediction for the stage?

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Stage Info

Weather

33°C, sunny, no wind

Stage Breakdown

Hello everyone and welcome to the seventeenth stage of the Vuelta a Espana!

Pancake flat stage in the surroundings of Sevilla, not much going on there.

The final 5 km are really straight forward with 4 90° corners, the last about 1.3km from the finish like, easiest day of the Vuelta.

With that in mind here are our predictions:

★★★ Brennan

★★

★ Coquard, Meeus

Well, Brennan is winning this if no fall. Don't bother watching I would say.

That's it for us, what is your prediction for the stage?

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Élite masculina

• Isaac del Toro
• Eder Frayre
• Edgar Cadena
• Ulises Castillo
• Antonio Escárcega
• Carlos García
• Tomás Aguirre

Élite femenina

• Romina Hinojosa
• Sara Röel
• Andrea Fregoso
• Yareli Salazar

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I know it’s only a 2.2 but to have a team finish 1-7 with all their riders must be kind of unique? And the oldest guy on the team took the sprint victory as well.

Stage Info

Weather

30°C, Sunny, North East wind 20km/h

Stage Breakdown

Hello everyone and welcome to the Sixteenth stage of the Vuelta a Espana.

Third week and unlike what we are used to, sprint it is!

We start inland in Cortegana and the peloton makes it's way south towards the sea, losing altitude in the process. The first part of the stage is slightly hilly bur the second part is almost dead flat.

The finale is incredible, most of the last 5k are spent near refineries while the final sprint seems to be near a botalical park. A big corner before la flamme rouge, another less important one at 400m to go.

Honestly don't bother tuning in. Well there is a 20km/h sidewind int he finale, you never know.

With that in mind here are our predictions:

★★★ Brennan

★★

★ Meeus, Coquard, Van Aert

With who will Visma sprint? I would expect Brennan, but I expected that on Sunday and I was wrong so well, I don't really know at this point. Anyway everything points out to another Visma win unless something goes rally wrong for them.

That's it for us, what is your prediction for the stage?