This Tuesday’s stage of the 77th edition of the Vuelta is a 30.9 km time trial. completely flat between Elche and Alicante already a pulse between two great favorites is assumed, leader Remco Evenepoel and last years’ dominator Primoz Roglicto move the race for its final two weeks.
However, the sun offers further interest to see how the Spanish ‘Armada’, led by a reborn Enric Mas, unfoldssecond overall at 1.12 behind the young Belgian, and the emerging Carlos Rodríguez and Juan Ayuso, fourth and fifth, at 2.33 and 2.36, behind Roglic who had already lost 1.53.
The third bullet for the time trial is that of the Portuguese, Joao Almeidamodality specialist and still leader of Ayuso’s UAE ranks, seventh in 4.32 from Evenepoel.
Fernando Escartín, technical director of the Vuelta, believes that “the favorites for the general classification should not have too many problems” on the route, but he considers that “other riders with more pure that climber’s profile can have a problem”.
He also warned that “We need to know the last part, which runs along the coast of Levante“, because “it gets a lot of air”.
10th stage: Elche-Alicante
CRI 30.1km
Start time of the first runner: 2:40 pm
Estimated arrival time of the first runner: 3:15 pm
Departure time of the last runner: 4:55 pm
Estimated arrival time of the last runner: 5:30 pm
Intermediate average: 53 kms./hour
Intermediate timing points: kms.10,4 and 21
Source: La Verdad
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