Will the 2026 Vuelta Route Attract Tadej Pogačar? | THEMOVE+

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🗓️ 19 December 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Spencer Martin and Johan Bruyneel break down the recently released route for the 2026 Vuelta a España, dive into whether the brutal route will entice Tadej Pogačar, and wonder if the organizers have truly thought through the route, or set up another underwhelming GC battle. They also discuss Derek Gee's impending move to Lidl-Trek and the rationale for the substantial contract buyout, the UCI's new rule change on rider contracts, and Ineos' new kits.

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0:00.0	you know and again i say this with the utmost respect for derrick g but you know it's
0:04.5	Derek g is not a rider um that you can really build a team on with guarantees of a podium
0:16.4	um and you know it there's nothing sp, there's nothing worse for a team.
0:22.1	Or nothing worse.
0:35.1	It's extremely difficult and complicated for a team to build your team around, for a grand tour, around the rider who can be podium, but most likely won't be podium.
0:40.0	Everybody, welcome back to the Move Plus.
0:40.8	I'm Spencer Martin.
0:42.2	I'm here with Johann Bernal.
0:44.9	We are back to remote shows.
0:48.2	I'm back in Boulder, Colorado with no power.
0:53.0	I found a conference room in a we work in Denver that has Wi-Fi and power.
0:54.2	So we can get the show to you.
0:59.9	Johan is back home in Madrid, Spain, but we're going to go through the VALTA-Spanier route, which was just released for 2026, kind of a, or a little flummoxed at some of the decisions
1:05.2	they made, go through the ongoing Derek G. mystery drama, same thing with Oscar Onley and a few other things. But before we get
1:13.4	into that, get Johan's take a quick break for our partners and we'll be right back. Everybody,
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