In this episode Patrick and Benji preview the last Grand Tour of 2026, Vuelta a España.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:14 Remembering Finlay Tarling
00:03:30 Route overview
00:09:49 GC outlook
00:16:52 Startlist
00:59:35 Stage-by-stage analysis
01:40:43 Picks & predictions
01:49:42 Outro
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8:25 Pog is ending the Vuelta on stage 4, idk how can you label it anti-Pog route.
Pogi wins.
Primoz doesn't finish.
Hopefully no serious accidents.
Why are the teams making these "posters" with playing cards and casino chips? Are they saying this is a big gamble?
Damn, that’s a preview and a half!!
RIP Finlay Tarling 😢
Okay a rider dies who you don't know and never met and you didn't like to be in the sport of cycling anymore? Overreact much? Jesus, grow up. Thousands of people die in europe in traffic every day.
Benji is probably the first person ever to mix up Graham Norton and Gordon Ramsay.
two hours would have been nice but 1:52 is ok, ill just fall short for my 2 hr ride this am. Mads for the points is my vote also skjelly on the podium would be a storyline for trek
Lanterne using Donald tactics to get Benji to agree with him on locations of countries. [shakes his head] 😛 Borders do not exist, except in people's heads.
Tadej is going to win, bar hospitalising falls (that is not even a prediction) with more than 15 minutes on the second one (that is a prediction)! 😛 🙂
Stage 7 screams o´conner/kuss type gc raid
Angry-lu! 😛
brenner for KOM. he will probably go for top 10 though.
the 4 last stages were supossed to take part in the canary islands, thats why the course goes south, but due to problems with local governments in the islands they cancelled that, so the organisation had to make those 4 last stages in the mainland.
Love the Smirnov drop, thats one hell of a hard program to follow. Good for you!
lfg
You can also get toxoplasmosis from your cat!
Can't believe its already Vuelta time
16:06 #BringBackPoliticalCommentary
Pablo torres is actually a good time trialist. Benji doesn't know
Vuelta start and first full day of Premier League matches? Saturday is gonna be a fantastic day for sports.
Patrick is really good at winding up Benji. It makes me laugh every time.
Pogacar gonna ruin the vuelta too this year. Hope he loses the worlds
puerto de bartolo colon 😂
1:51:09 when was this
The fight for green might get interesting. Unless Pog takes that as well.
Trident with four pointy bits is a pitchfork
lol mets stink go phils
(Also great pod! Looking forward to the Vuelta!)
ehm guys wout van aert is here (TT)
47:10 can you guys make a video or discuss rider motivations for financials and contract bargaining
Küng is not going to win a TT in this race. Unfortunately he has passed his peak and there will be some young rider who is faster than him. I'll do a to 5 TT at best. Still not bad, but I don't see him as a TT win guarantee anymore. Even with the top guns like Ganna not in the race. Pog can beat him in both TTs and so can others. I'd be happy to be proven wrong!
Feels great to have you proper lads back in my everyday life for the next three weeks. I stand with Benji, I also hate Oscar Onley.
Why is Pog not -225
I'd be happy if Vine could ride any race and not reck out…..poor guy has had a rough go this season.
I think jay vine has great opportunity to make care for tour. Issue is it's bit like mcnulty those legs and threshold especially uphill is elite but navigating that intensity and infighting for three week when its not a strength take so much out of you.
BUntil he can show hes got that grosschartner will be there instead and actually they would probably be together. Vine is perfect guy to ramp it up for isaac because vine could put a leading group on the ropes with one of two doms to go be it isaac or yates and issac. I think we could see a sky like scenario where the train is so strong del Toro and tadej can get away together and relay. Like porte and froome used to axe 3 domaines style.
Funfact: Gall won three stages in his life and all of them where basically a descent finish
Steak tartare taking strays all podcast long was "Well Done" boys. Pretty sure there are restaurants in the start nation of Monaco that serve this at the highest quality and may call it the Nys Steak Tartare to troll. Hoping for a Widar fight for white with Only.
1 hour 52 minutes! Going long on the Vuelta.
the only problem with pretending that pogi doesn't exist is that we will have a camera showing pogi riding into the sunset for half the time. I really hope the broadcasters focus the cameras on the podium battle. no hate on pogi for being good but I wanna see the racing with action on my tv and don't need to see 30mins of a solo, 10 are enough
you guys shouldn't be allowed to pick the same rider for more than 1 stage
Jay Vine for stage 18 TT is a brave pick considering his abandonment rate in stage races!
Josh has to win the opening TT for his brother
my podium is 1st pogi 2nd gall 3rd Skelli
green :Wout
kom and hottake: Wout(would have won it in 24)
can’t wait for another 3 weeks of racing! 🚴🏼 thanks for always keeping me company in the evenings, love spending my time listening to your chats (the somewhat serious bits and the banter!) will be in interesting race from place 2. onwards haha let’s see!
RIP Fin Tarling 💔
Good to hear Patrick was inspired by BG/AUS legend Stefan Botev and got into weightlifting 😉
Benji's wave was less enthusiastic than normal. Disappointing 😄
Let's get Benji some curtains
Benji is so obnoxious
Nah guys you're sleeping on KOM Kuss
3:50 Patrick was completely correct to not say “Monaco is in the south of France”