Last chance today for sprinters in 79th edition of La Vueltabecause we remember that the Spanish round ends Madrid next Sunday with a 22 kilometer time trial. After yesterday’s show of La Vuelta on arrival at Covadong Lakesa, now the race route book offers a day that is considered a moderate mountain, but with many numbers for a sprint decision.
There are only two mountainous difficulties that teams and their sprinters should fear. Two second category climbs at kilometers 54.8 and 70.8: Alto de La Estrangulada (5.5 km at an average slope of 8.7%) and Alto del Caracol (7.2 km at 6.2% average), and from this point the road descends rapidly to streets of Santander.
These two mini colossi should be no wall for the fastest man in the platoon, as the man himself pointed out. technical director of La Vuelta Fernando Escartín on the race’s official website: “Last clear chance for the sprinters in this Vuelta. The two second passes in the first half will favor the formation of a breakaway that the teams of fast men must control to compete in the sprint in Santander”.
historic day for Santander, because La Vuelta is again a goal in this pearl of Cantabrian more than 20 years after the last time.
Source: La Verdad
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