Young Pablo Castrillo was a huge success (23 years) to hope and fear 15th stage of La Vuelta with a massive ending to infernal ramp of Cuitu Negru. If he cyclist from Jaca dhe Kern Pharma Team He has already amazed the world with his victory four days ago in Manzaneda Mountain Station Now he has established himself as one of the jewels of the peloton by running with intelligence and power on such a beautiful stage that we all enjoyed.
A day where the Slovenian Primoz Roglic tried to dethrone the Australian at La Vuelta Ben O’Connor, but the corridor Decathlon AG2R honored the red jersey of the leader of a Numantine leadership defense, although that is true ‘Rogla’ He is already hot on the heels of the Australian with a full week ahead of him, but what became clear on this dantesque stage of 143 kilometers, with four mountain passes in total, where the double pass through Alto de la Colladiella (1st) and the outcome in Cuito Negrowill O’Connor defend the leader’s red jersey with his life.
I remember Italian Dario Cataldo, winner of the Cuitu Negru in 2012, that climbing this Asturian colossus twelve years ago “was terrible. I have never seen a slope like this in my life.” The stage and a good part of the fate of La Vuelta will be decided on the 18.9 kilometers of the day, with an average slope of 7.1% and ramps of up to 23%, where verticality is difficult to maintain. .
At the beginning of Cuito Negro Only six runners remain in the race lead from the big initial break of 17: Sivakov, Vine, Armirail, Küng, Pacher and Castrillo. In the back, at 3’04” the T-Rex by Mike Landa He set the pace of the climb, trusting that the man from Alava would finish the job later, although he couldn’t, perhaps reliving what happened to him in 2012. “I remember that in 2012 it was forever , difficult and long.”
They will remain at the head of the race Sivakov, Vlasov and a wonderful Pablo Castrillo. The man from Jaca ran smartly, always closing the trio at the head, while Sivakov took it upon himself to push the entire climb, which ended up paying off. Cattaneo It was empty for Mikel and Landa even semi-attacked on a couple of occasions, following a priori to bring down some runners.
Where cotton does not deceive
The stage will be decided in the last three kilometers, the most difficult, at the entrance where Castillo launched a spectacular attack. He quickly gained a ten second margin, which went to 18. He spun as hard as he could on the bike and ended up gaining some valuable meters in a Vlasov stuck on the rear wheel of his bike 833 meters from the finish, but when Castrillo seemed to pay for his effort, and only 400 meters from the finish, Pablo accelerated again to achieve a historic and monumental victory, timely with epic tints always thanks to the Asturian fog.
Roglic He went a few meters to the group of famous people, and Enric Mas He knows how to regulate the best to reach his height and surpass him, seeing that the triple winner of La Vuelta is not so superior. In the end the Balearic Islands of Artà entered first Roglic and at the same time, but it left a good feeling and cut some time with a O’Connor who knows how to suffer like a leader who left Cuitu Negru wearing the leader’s red jersey on the tenth day.
Source: La Verdad
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