The profile of 11th stage of La Vuelta He is not the best suited to wait for a deadly attack by those who seek to remove the leader from the throne of La Vuelta. Ben O’Connorbut it showed in its last kilometers the climb to Port Cruxeiras, third category.
It’s not extreme difficulty, with only 2.8 kilometers of climbing and an average slope of 9%, but the entrance is narrow and the legs are starting to show fatigue.
11 kilometers from the finish line, at the entrance to the port, the Primoz Roglic’s Red Bull team He entered quickly, tensed the stage and soon Roglic was in action. He attacked and left. He was stuck to his wheel Enric Mas, who keep sending good feelings. Movement that the leader of the race did not continue. O’Connor He was left without companions and concentrated to set a progressive rate of ascent that would not punish him too much.
He quickly began to lose 20 seconds, partly due to good understanding between Roglic and Masbecause they saw that they could cut a good difference in O’Connorthat at the end at the finish line is 37 seconds.
Running on the attack is always rewarding and there is still a long way to go and many mountains to climb.
Source: La Verdad
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