When the tour to return 2023 all the teams and all the fans are marked in red on September 8, where the 13th stage of the Spanish round takes place and which, due to its sporting proposal, has all the numbers to be the day of the queen of this edition of the Vuelta, the next day of l’Angliru next September 13. More than 4,000 meters will be climbed on a route that, although it is short in kilometers, does not reach 135 kilometers, does not offer a minute of rest, with a climb at the beginning of Portalet’s 3rd category port, followed by the dreaded Col d’Aubisque –special category–, Col de Spandelles (1st) and the finish in the magnificent Col du Tourmalet.
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A day that inspired respect and giddiness in the peloton, which is why yesterday, for example, none of the riders called to fight for the final podium positions of the race gave another pedal stroke than they had already planned, trying to maintain the maximum. of strength for the great need that awaits you tomorrow. In this sense, he expressed himself yesterday at the finish line of Black Lagoon enric mas in the 11th episode. The leader of Movistar He pointed out that “the Vuelta for us starts now because the Pyrenees is coming”, and when asked about the Tourmalet, the Artà rider replied that “we are counting on the difficult mountain. It is the mountain of the Tour among the quote. It’s going to be a great Tour”.
In the same vein, the two-time Tour de France championthe danish Jonas Vingegaard: “Let’s see what happens on Friday’s stage when we arrive at the Tourmalet. This stage will be important. We are ready for the next two stages. We will try to keep the red jersey and I think that is good for us.”
Regarding the conservative tactics adopted yesterday, Vingegaard admitted that “in advance we agreed with the team not to do anything now. We are in a good position and for us every passing phase is a good thing. I expected some rivals to attack but they didn’t.”
For his part, the Belgian Remco Evenepoel, where there were some doubts about his ability to respond to the chain of major ports, such as that of Aubisque and Tourmalet tomorrow, because of their hardness and length, he made sure that he was ready for battle. “I had a good day and I want to get to the finish line as soon as possible. It looks good. If we have a calm day tomorrow, I hope to be ready for the Pyrenees on Friday and Saturday”, summed up the winner of the last edition of the Vuelta and leading the group of favorites in the general classification.
Source: La Verdad
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