{"id":376762,"date":"2025-08-27T04:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T04:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/376762\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T04:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T04:55:12","slug":"vuelta-a-espana-preview-ttt-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/376762\/","title":{"rendered":"Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a preview: TTT Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After three days in Italy and a stopover in France, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/ben-turner-earns-biggest-career-win-at-the-vuelta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a<\/a> finally rolls onto Spanish soil Wednesday with a 24-km team time trial in Figueres, Catalonia.<\/p>\n<p>The route, set in Salvador Dal\u00ed\u2019s hometown, offers little in the way of climbing\u2014just over 100 metres of elevation\u2014but promises high speeds and thin margins. Teams will power north for the first half of the course before looping back south toward the finish, where the road tilts gently uphill inside the final kilometre.<\/p>\n<p>It marks the first team time trial in the Vuelta since 2023. It was\u2026not popular with the riders.<\/p>\n<p>This time, riders can expect a more straightforward contest. As in past editions, the team\u2019s time will be taken on the fourth rider across the line, with later finishers credited individually.<\/p>\n<p>The test could shape the general classification in its early stages, with powerful squads like UAE Emirates, Visma \u2013 Lease a Bike, Lidl-Trek and INEOS Grenadiers all bringing strong rosters. For others, the main goal will be damage control before the race heads deeper into Spanish terrain.<\/p>\n<p>The stage could be crucial for Jonas Vingegaard\u2019s Vuelta bid\u2013but he has a helluva team backing him.<\/p>\n<p>To watch the race, check into <a href=\"https:\/\/flosports.sjv.io\/c\/6129470\/2005798\/24751?utm_campaign=generalaffiliate&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flobikes.com%2Fsignup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FloBikes.com<\/a>. And as always, check back with Canadian Cycling Magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After three days in Italy and a stopover in France, the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a finally rolls onto Spanish&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[131555,2000,299,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-376762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-2025-vuelta-a-espana","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115098951786803524","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}