Does a Shortened Time Trial Reshape the GC Battle? | Vuelta a España Stage 17 Analysis & Stage 18 Preview | THEMOVE+

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🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin break down Giulio Pellizzari's breakthrough win atop the brutal Alto de El Morredero summit finish, and analyze what the performances from the GC group reveal about the race's final outcome. They then preview tomorrow's time trial, which has been drastically shortened from its original route, discussing how it could reshape the GC battle and who is best positioned to take the stage win.

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0:00.0	So, Johan, 27.
0:03.0	Wait, do I have the right?
0:05.1	Did they redo this?
0:07.4	Hold on a second.
0:09.1	This can't be right.
0:10.1	Well, if you, yeah, no, it's 27.
0:12.1	Wait.
0:13.1	No.
0:14.0	For safety reasons, the time trail has been shortened from 27 kilometers to 12 kilometers.
0:19.7	Oh, my goodness.
0:20.7	Oh, wow. Whoa. That changes everything.
0:26.9	Everybody, welcome back to the Move Plus. I'm Spencer Martin. I'm here at the Ohan Bernal. We are breaking down stage 17 of the Valta, Spain.
0:34.2	Won by 21-year-old Giulio Pellizari with Tom Pitcock second, Jai Henley, third, Yonas
0:39.8	Rindergaard, 4th, Shvala, made a 5th. Pitcock, looking pretty good, holding off that surge from
0:44.7	Jai Henley. We'll also predict tomorrow's time trial, key time trial, in the GC stage 18.
0:52.3	And Johan, before we get your thoughts on how the stage played out,
0:55.7	I'll just go back and get people up to speed. The race started. Pretty simple. Race starts,
1:00.9	breakaway goes. Bezma says, we want to win the day with the honest vinaigard. So they hold that
1:05.7	gap extremely tight. They get to the final climb. They catch the breakaway, time it perfectly.
1:11.9	They're going up to climb.
1:14.0	J. Vine, whole UAE support team dropped pretty early.
1:17.8	Zerala Mata is alone.
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