{"id":113376,"date":"2025-09-02T04:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T04:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/113376\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T04:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T04:17:09","slug":"nick-zukowsky-checks-in-on-rest-day-at-vuelta-a-espana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/113376\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Zukowsky checks in on rest day at Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve been watching the <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/hugo-houle-weighs-in-on-derek-gee-dispute-and-pro-palestine-protest-at-vuelta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a<\/a>, you\u2019ve undoubtedly noticed a certain Q36.5 rider at the front. Sporting the distinctive bands of a former national champion and maple leaves to match, Nick Zukowsky is currently working his culo off for his squad.<\/p>\n<p>After a solid result Sunday, the team used Monday to rest and regroup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, since before the Vuelta, we\u2019ve done really well,\u201d Zukowsky, from Sainte-Lucie-des-Laurentides, Que. said. \u201cEvery stage, we\u2019ve put at least one, sometimes two riders, in the top 10\u201315. We\u2019ve been really active, always up there in the race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s highlight came when Tom Pidcock finished second behind Jonas Vingegaard, moving up to fourth on GC. \u201cIt was a hard race \u2014 the fight for the break lasted about 70 km until it was down to just five guys. We thought we could control it and give Tom a good final. I volunteered to do the work, and it paid off. He capped it off \u2014 it wasn\u2019t a win, but getting second behind Jonas feels like a small win in a way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rest day gave the squad a chance to recharge. \u201cIt\u2019s about sleeping in, getting a two-hour ride in, a few media obligations, massages, and even haircuts. One of our teammates had a hairdresser fly in from Barcelona. We\u2019re just freshening up and getting ready for another big week, which looks pretty hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zukowsky and the Q36.5 team now turn their attention to week two of the Vuelta, hoping to maintain momentum and continue making their presence felt at the front.<\/p>\n<p>And you can be damn sure the Canadian will be at the front, doing his job, as he has all year.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the day off, lads. On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/whats-ahead-for-the-vuelta-in-week-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the war begins again and it is gonna be tough.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You best check back in with Canadian Cycling Magazine after for a report and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you\u2019ve been watching the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, you\u2019ve undoubtedly noticed a certain Q36.5 rider at the front.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[37377,49,48,635,63918,82,43201],"class_list":{"0":"post-113376","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-2025-vuelta-a-espana","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-cycling","12":"tag-nick-zukowsky","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-tom-pidcock"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}