2014 Vuelta Stage 3: Cadiz - Arcos de la Frontera

[Luigi_Max_Again]

The are plenty of climbs in this stage but they are in the middle and not that tough.

The finish has a bit of an uphill drag.

It should stop a sprinter from winning but is it tough enough to bring the GC favourites out to play?

Maybe a day for a break with the sprinters teams not wanting to chase and Movistar perhaps happy to not defend the jersey.

 

[BigMac]

Either Alejandro the Great, Dan Martin or Ciolek.

 

[Coat-O]

Cancellara (!), Sagan, Gilbert, Matthews, Valverde, The Fat Cat.

 

[Futuroscope]

Sky will attack up the Puerto del Boyar. Froome will try something tomorrow before the uphill finish.

 

[Carols]

Bala FTW!!!!

 

[Stromeon]

Surely Degenkolb will be up there... might not win (seems to have caught Sagan disease this year) but is a good bet for podium tomorrow methinks.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Unless the GC guys try something then I don't think the climbs will be tough enough to drop Degenkolb so he should take it.

 

[the sceptic]

Sagan
Degenkolb
Froome

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

Yeah should be a Sagan stage...

 

[Luigi_Max_Again]

Maybe Degenkolb can make it.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

 

[Red Rick]

Any guesses how steep that bit before the finish is? 6-7ish?

 

[Luigi_Max_Again]

Any guesses how steep that bit before the finish is? 6-7ish?

It has been suggested in other threads that it is 1.5kms at 4.5% with the last 300m being at 9%.

 

[Coat-O]

With four Category 3 climbs in a row in their legs, it could be difficult for the likes of Degelkolb to get over the last bump. It's Cauberg light.

Sagan and Matthews can handle a bit more.

 

[Flamin]

Sagan wins this 10 times out of 10 if he's in good shape (and actually goes for it).

 

[icefire]

Sagan wins this 10 times out of 10 if he's in good shape (and actually goes for it).

It looks that this season Sagan is 10 times out of 10 in bad shape.

 

[Flamin]

It looks that this season Sagan is 10 times out of 10 in bad shape.

Why? Because there have been so many similar finishes this year?

 

[Dr. Juice]

The penultimate cat 3 climb is 5.5 km at 5.8 % average before it goes into a false flat. The last one has 4.4 km at 6.25 % average. Some teams could go crazy to get rid of some fast guys. The last bump will matter if there are some pure sprinters on the front, if they arrive in a reduced peleton ( 80-90 guys) it won't matter that much.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

yep, without a doubt this is one of the better designed Vuelta stages this year.
Lets just hope we don't end up with a waiting game until the uphill drag.
Many opportunities to race this.

Come on, guys, give us a show.

 

[Jspear]

Sagan for the win....hopefully he tries.

 

[Escarabajo]

Sky will attack up the Puerto del Boyar. Froome will try something tomorrow before the uphill finish.

Are we playing video games here??

 

[willbick]

I think sagan is the best rider at blasting up a sort of 7-8% gradient for up to a km or so. This finish looks ideal for him

 

[manafana]

degenkolb is strong but the old type Sagan would thrive in this

 

[hfer07]

Don Alejandro Valverde to take this with panache and increase his lead to consolidate the Rojo jersey for this week, which is only going to provide solid grounds for Kirby to continue with impunity his stupid conspiricy theory on the Movistar rivalry against Quintana....

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Sky will attack up the Puerto del Boyar. Froome will try something tomorrow before the uphill finish.

what kind of ridiculous comments are these?