Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard, Giro d’Italia champion Primož Roglič and last year’s Vuelta a España champ Remco Evenepoel will go head-to-head in Spain at the final grand tour of the year. With Thomas, Ayuso and more also on the start list, this is a race you won’t want to miss! Dan & Conor preview the route and the riders to watch at the Vuelta 2023.

    00:00 Intro
    00:56 How to watch
    01:29 The route
    14:52 The riders
    23:26 Predictions

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    46 Comments

    1. I think Roglič will win. However, I don't interpret the addition of Vingegaard as him trying to win, but as Jumbo really trying to get the third Grand Tour win. Roglič has trained and recuperate from the Giro, Jonas has not really from the Tour. I would be very surprised if Vingegaard manage to pull this off.
      Besides, the candidates for the GC are really good. Can't wait to watch and savor!

    2. Jumbo is really throwing the kitchen sink at that one to complete the full grand tour set. Super interesting what happens in the TT. With what happened in the TdF, Remco can‘t be sure.

    3. Perhaps Eurosport could sponsor Carlton Kirby & Rob Hatch to go on vacation to Mykonos together so we could all ENJOY the commentating of anyone else during the Vuelta?

    4. If Jonas is at 95% of his top form, then it will be a clear win. Nobody close to him in GT races. If he can take 2 GT in a season, he will have a realistic chance of becoming one of histories best(GOAT). 1. Mercx 11 GT wins. 2. Bernard H 10 wins and jack Angetil 8 wins. So if Jonas has the strength to take 2 GTs in one season, I predict him to become one of the best in history. My Vuelta prediction. 1. Jonas 2. Roglic. 3. Ayuso. 4. G. 5 . Almeida. No matter what. It will be fantastic. The golden era of road racing. So many talented riders in these years. We are so Lucky. May the best legs win

    5. Love you guys! But you do need some pronunciation consultants to help you with Spanish, French, Basque, German, Dutch, Danish… Thanks for the giggles.

    6. Brilliant show guys, but I have to say my (Spanish) ears were hurting so much with most of the pronunciations… it would be lovely to get start/end of stages sorted before you start with stage summaries etc… happy to help

    7. This year's Vuelta is a very hard parcour. If you look at the starting list, packed with elite riders. For this reason, only I am very excited. Team Jumbo-Visma wants to win the 3rd grand tour as well. They have both Roglic and Jonas. (2 elite grand tour riders from the same team) Then you have Ayuso, Almeida… As a Remco fan, he can not have 1 less day, and he can not make any tactical mistake. For example, if Roglic attacks, with Jonas in his wheel or vice versa? Is he going to counterattack? They are going to wear him down. So, without any bad luck, Roglic or Jonas will win this Vuelta.

    8. Question for GCN historians and other cycling aficionados — when was the last time that all three defending grand tour champions participated in a grand tour? Here we have Primož (Giro), Jonas (Tour) and Remco (Vuelta). When did something like this happen in the past?

    9. Remco is rested and faster than Jonas Vingegaard and crash prone Roglic. Without a big field of sprinters, Remco will get out front and pull away to gap the leaders by the halfway point. JV after TDF is not at full strength, but 2nd is realistic. This will be a great race to watch.

    10. Not sure I missed it but did you not stress the fact that Sepp will be the first to do ALL THREE G.Ts in the same year??
      The new "Superman"…. Lopez needs to take a seat.

    11. I think roglic might lead the race early, him being on majestic form and all. But i doubt he'll bring it home, vingegaard or remco could dominate a stage maybe?

    12. Anyone who followed Rogla in Burgos can tell the man is superbly prepared and rides much more intelligently. I wouldnt be surprised if he and TJV murder the competition. he is hungry and cant wait to teach Remco another lesson after Catalunya.

    13. My heart goes with Roglic. My favourite ever since I watched the Jumbo documentary. My head is maybe with Vingegaard because the Angliru is probably going to be decisive and he is the strongest climber if he's anything like he was at the tour. Will probably beat the KOM by 20 minutes while he's at it. I am hoping this recent doping allegation in the team does not become a talking point but when these guys do crazy rides up mountains tongues do start wagging.

    14. I would love a video on the general differences between the Vuelta, Tour and Giro parkour. I hear people say things like "This stage looks like a stage from the Giro" and I don't see it. I've only been following cycling for a couple seasons, but they all just seem like a mix of terrain getting gradually harder into the third week to me.

    15. Would love a plot twist where the only reason Vinegaard and Roglic are starting Vuelta is to ride for Sepp Kuss as GC 👑. I think thats the best way to reward him for the support and sacrifices over the years

    16. Great preview show. What I like the most about this Vuelta is the sprints coming late in the race. No more early or midrace sprints. Hopefully there will be no crashes for the favorites.

    17. I know Alpecin hasn’t release their final roster yet as of the recording but don’t count them out especially if Groves will be on the starting line. Yes, I wish there would have been more sprint stages like in previous editions but if the team plays their cards right, they can not only win a few stages but may get the points.

      Despite the numerous mountain top finishes, it can still be done for a sprinter but a very tough one

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