Mid-mountain stage this Thursday at Alavawith second-class and first-class ports, 45 kilometers from the finish line, which can serve to eliminate pure sprinters. Fast runners who pass mid-mountain can be favorites on a day like this, which helps to see a sprint in a small group.
This is the analysis of dtechnical director of La Vuelta Fernando Escartín about this Thursday in the Spanish round, where the Australian Ben O’Connor He is the race leader with only five seconds ahead of the Slovenian Primoz Roglic. A distinction that the triple winner of La Vuelta can try to overcome on one of the day’s two climbs, as in the bonus sprint of Villafria or in the outcome to Izki Natural Park. Terrain and opportunities for ‘Rogla’ wears red again, it’s another thing if he tries or is interested according to his and his team’s calculations.
Logic, if it exists in cycling, says that the candidates who appear in the final photo of the podium of Madrid On September 8, they will wait for the two difficult stages that remain tomorrow and the next day to try to fulfill their aspirations, but they can try to surprise now and start to gain ground before these two days.
That’s the truth Puerto Herrera (1st, 5.6 kilometers of climbing at an average of 8.3% and a maximum ramp of 14%) was crowned 45 kilometers from the finish line, but you never know what can happen in a cycling race, especially in a big three week cycling race like The Returnwhere all classifications are very close and where bravery is surely rewarded.
Source: La Verdad
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