Will Growing Protests Completely Derail the Vuelta a España? | Vuelta a España Stage 11 Analysis & Stage 12 Preview | THEMOVE+

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🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Johan Bruyneel and Spencer Martin break down a wild day in the Basque Country on Stage 11 at the Vuelta a España, which saw Jonas Vingegaard and Tom Pidcock climb clear of the rest of the GC contenders before a protest at the finish line neutralized the stage. They discuss how the action before the race neutralization potentially reveals a great deal about the GC picture going forward, and debate whether the race will even be able to proceed as planned due to the growing presence of protest. Before they depart, they preview tomorrow's tricky stage in Cantabria, discussing how they think the race will unfold and who presents the best betting value.

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0:00.0	Yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm tuned up. I'm excited. Like, Tom, I, we've been very critical of Tom Pickock on this podcast, probably me, me more than you over the years. I thought today, I don't want to overstate it. This might have been the ride, at least of his road career. This was to me, like obviously winning an Alp2 as amazing. It's different. Yeah. It's. is different from stage wins out of breakways. This was
0:22.7	an announcement that like this guy is a GC writer, not just physically, but mentally.
0:30.8	Everybody, welcome back to the Move Plus. I'm Spencer Martin. I'm here with Johan Bernio. We are
0:34.7	breaking down stage 11 of the Volta, Espania, and then we'll predict stage 12. There's no stage results to the list today
0:41.7	because there was no official stage finish. Authorities, police, the race organizers decided
0:48.3	there was too many protesters at the finish line in Bilbao. So they made an on-the-road,
0:53.6	on-the-fly decision to take the times three kilometers from the finish line in Bilbao. So they made an on the road, on the fly decision to take the
0:55.6	times three kilometers from the finish line, which is kind of the outskirts of Bill Bow.
1:00.6	Jonas Findergarde, Tom Pitcock, got away on the funnel climb. The PK is what we're calling it.
1:05.9	We don't really know the best pronunciation, but we're doing our best there. They got clear,
1:11.0	crest of the top, got the time bonuses. There were six on offer for the first rider over.
1:15.1	That went to Tom Piccock. Jonas Vindigard was a second right over, so he got, I believe, four.
1:20.9	And then the third rider over was Guilameda, 10 seconds behind. He got two. So Piccock and
1:26.3	Vinegard take a small bit of time.
1:29.2	Juala Mada moves into second overall because Torsten Train was distanced again. But now it's
1:34.1	Jonas Vindigard and first. Juala made a second 50 seconds back. Tom Pitcock, third, 56 seconds
1:39.2	back. And when Pitcock attacked on the Piquet, he did something that not many people have ever done outside of Taday Pigatchar, and that is drop Jonas Vindigard.
1:48.8	Vindigard eventually got back on, and we'll never know who would have won that stage.
1:53.7	I probably would have guessed, I probably would guess that Tom Pickcock would have won the sprint between them, Johan.
1:59.0	And he was pretty devastated in this post-race interview.
2:02.1	I'm sure Q36.5 is very disappointed.
2:05.0	I'll just say personally, I thought this, looking at the scenes, as sad as it is to cancel
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