In this episode Patrick and Benji recap the 2nd individual time trial of the 2026 Vuelta a España.
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18 Comments
Patrick Vs Benji GT Picks
Scores after stage 18:
Patrick: 224
Benji: 186
The misunderstood genius of Patrick:
Patrick Dec 25 "This is the TT Kung loses by 10 secs every year."
Patrick Aug 26 "Kung's going to win"
End result: makes no sense, scores 15 points anyway.
Stage breakdown:
Patrick
Route release: Vine 0 pts
Week before: Kung 15 pts
Day before: Hayter 6 pts
Kung losing by exactly 10 secs: 0 pts
Total: 21
Benji
Route release: Tarling 0 pts
Week before: Vine 0 pts
Day before: Hayter 6 pts
Total: 6
Stage 19 picks
Patrick
Route release:Carapaz
Week before: Carapaz
Day before: Almeida
Benji
Route release: S Yates
Week before: Roglic
Day before: Buitrago
On route release stage 19 was described as "up and down and up and down." Benji went Simon Yates with Patrick going Carapaz. Mass panic then ensued as the competitors realised they hadn't mentioned Carapaz once. This is rectified on the week before pod with Patrick 'doubling down' on him, whilst Benji goes Roglic. Today we've got picks of Buitrago and Almeida.
With 20 points available in the KOM battle, and another 48 available on stage 20, technically the KOM battle isnt done yet. So expect to see Buitrago in the break again tomorrow, and possibly Fortunato if he hasn't given up yet.
I'm thinking tomorrow is going breakaway, as the main GC will want to save for the queen stage. So I'm going VPP purely because I'd love to see him get a win across all 3 GT's. Also because he's in my fantasy cycling team, which is looking very unhealthy ATM; I managed to pick the only UnoX rider who has never been in a breakaway (Anyone seen Tjotta recently 🤷) Let's go Valentin!
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that is not .01% brother
I want to see Fin Fisher/Black in the break, with Roglic attacking on the decent of the second 2 last climb, Finn pulls on the flat and hopefully the first couple of K's on the last climb to launch Rogla, game on ❤🔥🔥🔥🌶️❤️
Alternate title: Enric Mas Ascends
1% is 21 seconds 🙂
i acutally calced it before cuz i played mindgames "if only roglic was 1% better –> wait thats "only" 20 seconds" 😛
Everyone will just defend tomorrow. Gall will put a little attack in, then it'll group back up again.
Break wins next two stages easy.
Shouldnt RBBH control for the small Chance of winning so that Bonis are in play?
Missed a zero at 2:40. 1% improvement is 20 seconds, 0.1% is 2 seconds.
Roglic did very good TT, simply Mas was exceptional.
You can't say peak roglic he never did average speed of over 54 km/h just Mas was a lot better then before
Enric Masterone
Not on my bingo card that Mas suddenly becomes a TT specialist 😂
motorbikes did a great job… (rooting for mas)
Mas chasing down Pog on the gravel announced his form. The TT was the best of his career by far. Primos was good. Even if he wins the Time Trial, Mas still loses less than a minute.
I just hope Roglic doesn't throw away 2nd place trying to win #5. I want him to ride next season with a team that will provide good support.
Hi, hiii buddies Patrick and Benji boy
You know by now that I love Roglic…
Nevertheless, Mas is showing us all that this Vuelta is his to win… So much respect and love for Enric, he deserves this so much ❣
And Swiss King Küng is back !!!!! 🥰
What's up with Kuss? His season is very disappointing. He used to finish strong, even when doing 3 GTs (which seems to be his thing)
I like, “The red jersey gives you wings.” Things are looking good for Enric Mas at this point. It will be a great story for him personally after finishing second 3 times and 3rd once in the last 4 years. It will also be a great story for Movistar.