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Not denying this performance is quite suspicious, but Odriozola has been claiming for a long time that this guy is a very talented climber, and he was very strong in the last stage of the Tour of the Alps (he won the KOM jersey). The fact that he's only 23 years old also plays in his favour as...

114 controlos, 1 caso positivo - the Volta is cleaner than ever!

Prades out!

43,3 km/h so far. Fast pace.

The ferocious "Alto de Nîmes" :D

Re: According to a user of the Vélo-club du net forum, it last happened in the 1967 Tour (Pingeon & Genet). Also in the 2002 Giro (Savoldelli & Serri) and the 2008 Vuelta (1 Contador 2 Leipheimer / 130 Bazayev 131 Muravyev).

Re: Re: except Navarro :D

Re: Re: 57.50 according to jens.

Mariën is the jury president.

Not a good break for those hoping for plenty of action. Most of them aren't good climbers at all.

Kreuziger was 5th in Station des Rousses.

Yes, they have been surprisingly good all season. Good on them. I can see someone like Warbasse winning a stage at the Vuelta from a break.

The valley between the Colombier and Mont du Chat makes the stage more interesting, in my opinion - breakaway teammates of GC riders might actually be of some use. Not that I think anything extraordinary is going to happen at this point as none of the GC riders are desperate, but you never know...

Degenkolb, impressive.

Rowe's with Wellens, Renshaw and a few others, a few minutes ahead of the FDJ trio.