Protests Overshadow a Massive Comeback Win | Vuelta a España Stage 16 Analysis & Stage 17 Preview | THEMOVE+

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🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin break down a chaotic Vuelta stage that was shortened due to protests, overshadowing Egan Bernal's huge comeback victory and limiting action in the GC group, where João Almeida was left isolated from his UAE teammates and Jonas Vingegaard was forced to swap onto a teammate's bike. They discuss the key takeaways and whether the race should continue if organizers can't ensure safe conditions. Before wrapping up, they preview tomorrow's summit finish, outlining how they expect it to unfold and who offers the best betting value.

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0:00.0	Listen, obviously it's great for Igam Bernal to win the stage, right?
0:04.0	After all the trouble this guy has had in the last years after his horrible accident,
0:10.0	to win a stage, of course, it's not the same feeling.
0:15.0	There's no victory salute. He doesn't cross the finish line first,
0:20.0	where all the people are, there's no podium um but it's a win
0:24.5	everybody welcome back to the move plus i'm smith martin i'm here with johan bernil we are breaking down
0:32.4	stage 16 of the volta of spania and then we will predict in stage 17. I'll give a quick background on what happened during the stage. Then we'll get Johann's thoughts on what he thought of it. There was a breakaway. It went clear. We didn't see it. Unfortunately, I'm sure it was exciting. As it happened, the big cliff notes are it had Eganbernaul, Mike Mika Landa, and Mark Saler from UAE,
0:55.7	UAE up there again in the breakaway. I've ceased to be amazed and confused by this. I'm just going
1:03.1	with it. And up front, the move is breaking up. Eventually, Mika Alenda and Igor Bonal get clear
1:09.7	with two FDJ riders plus Nico Denz, who was stood out in that group because he was by far the heaviest and the most powerful and the fastest. And this was relevant because there was so many protesters in the final climb. They moved to finish from the top to the bottom. So if Dens made it to the line, he could have won, but they hit a super steep that the second to last climb we talked about in yesterday's preview.
1:31.0	Not very long, like two and a half kilometers, but they were hitting grades of 17%.
1:35.5	Bernal and Landa go clear with one of the FDJ riders who unfortunately flats.
1:41.3	And then Bernal and Landa kind of awkwardly sprinted out with the 8K to go banner.
1:45.7	It looked like they weren't quite sure that was the finish.
1:49.1	But Bernal gets his first World Tour win since 2021 at the Giro de Italia, also on stage 16.
1:55.4	Kind of a funny coincidence.
1:57.9	Back in the GC group, the most notable thing i thought that happened is they hit
2:02.1	the second to last climb our rain goes to the front um did not see that one coming torsten train
2:07.6	putting his team on there they do drop a few gc guys like felix skull so ended up being worth it
2:13.3	they also dropped the entire ua team so jalaida completely isolated um jay vine who we were talking
2:21.1	about being in the breakaway the day before the rest day pushing on trying to win that stage
2:25.4	looked like he paid for it he's dropped and then mark saler has to come back from the breakaway to
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