Can Vingegaard Hold On With Almeida Closing In? | Vuelta a España Stage 18 Analysis & Stage 19 Preview | THEMOVE+

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🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin break down Filippo Ganna's scorching performance to win today's individual time trial at the Vuelta a España, just ahead of UAE's Jay Vine, with his teammate João Almeida putting valuable time into the race leader, Jonas Vingegaard, behind. They analyze what the time splits throughout the effort can tell us about each contender, and continue to question why UAE is putting such a big priority on chasing stage wins over supporting their GC leader, especially with Vingegaard within reach. Before they go, they preview tomorrow's stage, discussing how it could play out and who is best positioned to take the stage win.

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0:00.0	Jonas has, you know, he spoiled us in the past with certain performances that now he can't produce.
0:08.0	But he's still always there with the first guys.
0:13.0	Yeah.
0:14.0	And he has an advantage.
0:15.0	So, no, it's not that he's bad.
0:18.0	You know, his shape is okay.
0:20.0	In my opinion, it's good enough to win the Vuelta.
0:26.5	Everybody, welcome back to the Move Plus. I'm Spencer Martin. I'm here with the Ohan-Bernil.
0:30.2	We are breaking down stage 18 of the Valta, Spain. What was supposed to be a 27-kilometer-long-time
0:36.8	trial was reduced to 12 kilometers
0:38.6	and was one, as we predicted, by Felipe O'Gana, who ripped through the course at 56 kilometers
0:45.1	an hour, going about 60 kilometers an hour for the last half. Jay Vine comes in second,
0:50.4	an unexpected second. We did not see this coming coming he was less than a second back um
0:56.3	jollameda third bruno amoreal fourth evo oliviera fifth so a lot of uae up there three
1:04.8	uae in the top five gna winning aeneos gets their third stage win the gc implications of the day
1:10.7	were i guess reduced because of, reduced because of the distance.
1:14.2	There just was not a lot of distance to put a lot of time into people.
1:18.1	But Almeida pulls back 10 seconds on Jonas Finnegard, so he's now 40 seconds off the lead.
1:24.4	Tom Pickuck, it slightly increases his lead to Jai Henley by a few seconds.
1:29.1	Giulio Pellizari loses some time to Matthew Rickettello, but stays in fifth place.
1:33.1	Rickettello takes a little bit of time on Phyllis Gull, moves into sixth overall with
1:37.2	Gall in seventh, three seconds behind him. And then at the end of the stage, at the end of the
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