According to the route. Is Vuelta 2013 the hardest Vuelta of the history?

[Asturiano]

What do you think?.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz2ICbFWKZM

 

[Eshnar]

What do you think?.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz2ICbFWKZM

no.
Just like last year wasn't, despite them claiming the very same thing.

 

[Descender]

1999, 2004, 2006.

It is one of the hardest though.

Too bad the hardness is so badly used though.

 

[cineteq]

Joaquim doesn't think so.
@PuritoRodriguez
Espectacular @lavuelta de este año!!! Dura no... Lo siguiente!!!!!!!

 

[Eshnar]

Joaquim doesn't think so.
@PuritoRodriguez
Espectacular @lavuelta de este año!!! Dura no... Lo siguiente!!!!!!!

he didn't say it's the hardest ever.
edit: maybe I misunderstood your post. care to explain?

 

[Red Rick]

It's the hardest since I started watching it, but that doesn't say very much

 

[cineteq]

he didn't say it's the hardest ever.
edit: maybe I misunderstood your post. care to explain?

Well, apparently he didn't. To me 'Dura no' = not hard. Although Purito has a strange way to convey thoughts through twitter. Like I don't get what he means by 'Lo siguiente'.

On the other hand, Alejandro agrees it's very hard.
@alejanvalverde
Durisimo el recorrido de la próxima vuelta a España, con mucha montaña. Seguro que a la afición le va a encantar.

 

[Eshnar]

Well, apparently he didn't. To me 'Dura no' = not hard. Although Purito has a strange way to convey thoughts through twitter. Like I don't get what he means by 'Lo siguiente'.

On the other hand, Alejandro agrees it's very hard.
@alejanvalverde
Durisimo el recorrido de la próxima vuelta a España, con mucha montaña. Seguro que a la afición le va a encantar.

Purito says: Not hard, more (hard)!

so he agrees with Valverde.

In any case, neither of them say it's the hardest ever

 

[cineteq]

In any case, neither of them say it's the hardest ever

Correct, they also have to say what the organizers are expecting, even though it might not be true.

 

[Forunculo]

It can be translated as


"Dura no, lo siguiente" = not hard, next level (of hardness)

 

[icefire]

Purito says: Not hard, more (hard)!

so he agrees with Valverde.

In any case, neither of them say it's the hardest ever

You got pretty close on it. The most accurate translation of Purito's words would be: Not hard, the next thing after.

 

[Eshnar]

You got pretty close on it. The most accurate translation of Purito's words would be: Not hard, the next thing after.

I know, but it wouldn't make much sense in English (at least to me)

 

[Asturiano]

Purito says:

"Spectacular Vuelta this year. It's not hard, it's the next step".

So it means it's very hard. I don't think Purito and Valverde were expecting from Vuelta a stage of more than 230 kms. If you add uphill finishes, Angliru, stages of more than 230 kms and more intermediate climbs on the stages.

This is the responsable who told Unipublic to include a long stage of more than 220 km:

 

[Descender]

I know, but it wouldn't make much sense in English (at least to me)

Let me try: "hard, harder, Vuelta 2013".

 

[Forunculo]

This is the responsable who told Unipublic to include a long stage of more than 220 km:

It was Perico????

 

[Asturiano]

It was Perico????

Yes.

 

[jens_attacks]

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQuuOIn8rvc49YsbDtJcPrINpZq-codwZrpuTE3I3qwmg1kSeP4[/IMG]

grande perico!

 

[Forunculo]

Yes.

I though he was a "pelota" of Unipublic when he was hailing the 11 uphills finishes on live

 

[airstream]

Do we have any summary with climbs and numbers already?

 

[Forunculo]

Do we have any summary with climbs and numbers already?

http://www.lavuelta.com/13/es/recorrido/vuelta.html?e=1

The profiles are linked with the red arrow at the right of each stage

 

[airstream]

http://www.lavuelta.com/13/es/recorrido/vuelta.html?e=1

The profiles are linked with the red arrow at the right of each stage

Thanks. Definitely great parcours. Everything for fans of high mountains genre.

 

[Parrulo]

god bless perico, he is beyond awesome

i just hope el tio del mazo is waiting around some corner on peyresourde

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWV3ulVWwb0

"el tio del mazo" simply the best expression in cycling

p.s. about the route. . . i will be honest and say i don't know

 

[airstream]

I vote yes because seemingly it is the hardest course for the last 10-15 years. I don't think remote past interests us too much.

 

[Eshnar]

I vote yes because seemingly it is the hardest course for the last 10-15 years. I don't think remote past interests us too much.

According to the route. Is Vuelta 2013 the hardest Vuelta of the history?

 

[skidmark]

http://www.lavuelta.com/13/es/recorrido/vuelta.html?e=1

The profiles are linked with the red arrow at the right of each stage

Those are the 2012 stages.