Vuelta 2013 route

[airstream]

Vuelta 2013: Angliru, last mountain hit

http://www.revistadesdelacuneta.com/tengopagina.php?page=archivo0571

Great, it would be cool if angliru won't be a stage 14-15 as it usually happens.

 

[Asturiano]

Well, I am going to talk about the Asturian stages from Vuelta.

My predictions:

- Two Asturian stages (on Friday and Saturday), the last week of Vuelta.
- Friday: finishing in Cobertoria (Cubilla has some possibilities too but I think Vueltas prefers Cobertoria from Lena (from the opposite side Vuelta usually climb, more harder than the other one).

The thing is Vuelta wants to make the last climb harder and go to Gamoniteiru (Cobertoria + 5 km - according to this article: http://www.lne.es/deportes/2012/11/21/gamoniteiro-espera/1329845.html) but is a real problem because there not enough space at the top of the climb.

- Saturday: finishing in Angliru.

It's FUN, isn't it?.

 

[LaFlorecita]

No not again Angliru Why not wait 2-3 more years

 

[Asturiano]

Angliru:

http://www.39x28altimetrias.com/altodelangliruporriosa.html

 

[Asturiano]

Gamoniteiro:

http://www.39x28altimetrias.com/gamoniteirulena.html

 

[jens_attacks]

it won't surprise me if the organizers will put the finish beyond those gates, straight to the second antennas
cool ramp

 

[Parrulo]

the vuelta trying to add some final steep km's to another climb that doesn't need them? color me surprised

 

[Ferminal]

I think Gamoniteiru would be the best of the recent "new" climbs in the Vuelta. The finishing ramp isn't crazy steep. It's basically two very steep sections of 6km with a relatively shallower 2km separating.

Much more like a Mortirolo or Zoncolan, with the potential to break up at the foot of the climb.

 

[Asturiano]

This is the top of Angliru where the arrival of the stage takes place.

If you take a look at this picture you can see in the distance the top of a big mountain and it's Gamoniteiru.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Adding Gamoniteiru to the Vuelta is something I am 100% in favour of, even if it's another of those Vuelta "add-another-mountain-wooo!" approaches. Best addition to the race in some time, and with the promise of a similar stage to 2006 before it, it certainly has me intrigued - could be a real queen stage with a couple of climbs before San Lorenzo, Cobertoria, then Gamoniteiru via Cordal. That could be a real, genuine, proper mountain stage, of the sort the Vuelta has been lacking.

However, if they do do that, then I am dead set against Angliru the next day. They'd just be repeating themselves. After all, Angliru stages are pretty much one-climb stages, sure, but the climb is tough enough for that not to be a problem. But Cordal is the nearest thing of any significant difficulty that they could put into the stage. The only ways I can see them satisfactorily reconciling the two without repeating themselves are:
1) one of the stages is much flatter than anticipated;
2) one of the two stages is an MTT;
3) they forgo Gamoniteiru and go with a hellish queen stage doing San Lorenzo, Cobertoria, Cordal AND Angliru, or descending Cobertoria via the Cordal route to Angliru.

All three are disappointing in different ways. 1) because it would involve a disappointing stage (but is most likely as it would fit with Unipublic's recent themes), 2) because it's least likely by a long way, and 3) because it would miss out Gamoniteiru, the inclusion of which is one of the main reasons for excitement about the pronouncements.

 

[Descender]

It's FUN, isn't it?.

No, it isn't.

Unipublic is the antithesis of fun.

 

[Red Rick]

Gamoniteiru would be awesome

 

[Asturiano]

The big problem with Gamoniteiru is the lack of space at the top. Unipublic needs more space for the arrival and they want the Asturian Government to adjust the field. So sooner or later, this climb will be in the Vuelta but this year looks like they are going to climb Cobertoria on the hard side.

 

[apmfbs]

I think that only one of them will be in the Vuelta. Angliru or Gamoniteiro. I hope Gamoniteiro, and Angliru for othr year.

As usual, following the rumours we can have a great route or an absolutely ridiculous one. I hope Unipublic prepare one or to good mountain stages ar least.

For example Monachil - Haza Llana finishing in the Alhambra, the appeareance of Gamoniteiro and a good stage in Andorra would make happy

 

[Asturiano]

The perspective of Gamoniteiru with Oviedo

 

[apmfbs]

The Vuelta 2013 will visit Peña Escrita next year...a terrible climb and it is supposed to be more surprises

Sergi López-Egea ‏@sergi_lopezegea

Habrá Peña Escrita... Pero mas al Norte mirando al Mediterráneo habrá algo también muy grande... Y hasta aquí puedo contar!!!

Profile Ciclismo en Ruta

 

[Ferminal]

Good luck to anyone who attacks in the fourth kilometre!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Bearing in mind the probable direction of the stage that will probably be a letdown, but you could chain together a few good climbs to make a finish there.

Although the penultimate climb isn't much and there's a bit of flat through Motril, I'd vote for Haza del Lino - Conjuros - Ítrabo - Peña Escrita, to make sure there's sufficient suffering in the legs before the base.

Joaquím Rodríguez must be thinking "wow, and I thought I'd blown my best chance to win a GT".

 

[apmfbs]

I think that Peña Escrita will be after the stage of Haza llana, so I don´t think there will be tough climbs before.

I would be happy if they do Purche -Haza llana, finishing in Granada and the following day Peña Escrita ( even if the stage is not very hard).

And the day beforre Haza llana we will have Córdoba / Valdepeñas or Pandera

 

[Eshnar]

Joaquím Rodríguez must be thinking "wow, and I thought I'd blown my best chance to win a GT".

well if it's true he's going to the Tour he will do it again.

 

[Descender]

Don't know why, but I'm not buying that Peña Escrita "leak".

 

[apmfbs]

A posible route,according to the magazine DLC

http://www.revistadesdelacuneta.com/tengopagina.php?page=archivo0653



and a new possible climb near to Barcelona, Tagamanent

http://www.revistadesdelacuneta.com/tengopagina.php?page=archivo0656

A climb with 7,2 km and a gradient average of 10% in the first six kilometres.
I think there are mountains close to it in order to have a good mountain stage.

 

[Asturiano]

ASTURIAN STAGES HAS BEEN CONFIRMED:

19 STAGE - FROM SANTANDER TO ONE OF THESE TOWNS: OVIEDO, GIJÓN, AVILES (THIS LAST ONE HAS MORE OPTIONS)

THIS IS THE NIEMEYER CENTER (AVILES) WHERE THE STAGE 19 COULD BE FINISHED:

 

[Asturiano]

Asturian stages has been confirmed:

20 stage - final climb of vuelta

angliru:

http://www.39x28altimetrias.com/altodelangliruporriosa.html

 

[Red Rick]

Great, and now i don't want to see Angliru before 2020 anymore after that