2023 La Vuelta ciclista a España - Stage 9

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Stage 9 | Cartagena - Collado de la Cruz de Caravaca (184.5 km) | Tracking & Results

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Kämna completing his GT-stagewin trio, very nice. I've always been partial to Kämna ever since he was on the short-lived Stölting procontinental team alongside Mads Pedersen, Kirsch, Kamp, etc. Back then he was a TT specialist, so I was slightly suprised when he came back from his hiatus as a breakaway-climber type.
The race is beautifully poised going into the time-trial. Evenepoel, Roglic, Vingegaard and Ayuso are very close together and should all put in strong time trials. Kuss, Soler Martinez will probably drop a couple of minutes to join them.
- I think Vingegaard is actually looking a bit shaky form-wise, so I worry for the TT a bit. He seems to be third in the hierarchy right now.
- The team strength of jumbo is crazy though. I think unless Jonas has worse legs than is apparent and sepp really flunks the TT it's their race to lose. It's just not sustainable for remco to pace up longer climbs, he'll get crushed by rolling attacks, and the others don't look to have the form of JV's leaders.