How is it (much) better than the Giro stage last year?Red Rick said:Wow, is that stage confirmed
Best 140km stage eva
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How is it (much) better than the Giro stage last year?Red Rick said:Wow, is that stage confirmed
Best 140km stage eva
jens_attacks said:250 kms with 6000m of climbing would have been better.
Very disappointed...
jens_attacks said:Ok i'l stop complaining
Good stage but i want full live broadcast
Netserk said:How is it (much) better than the Giro stage last year?
#Icefire4Racedirectoricefire said:Call ASO and ask them to have this stage in the TdF with Pailheres and Envalira N as starters
It's still the Vuelta, if they do that the riders start to see pink and talk Italian automatically. Would be weird stuffjens_attacks said:250 kms with 6000m of climbing would have been better.
Very disappointed...
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Netserk said:How is it (much) better than the Giro stage last year?
Ferminal said:It's not even close. I guess it's different, the racing could be better but we all know how many factors that depends on. For a Vuelta it's good though. Dunno where else you get two connected 1 hr climbs >2500m.
Red Rick said:That was only 3 climbs, with 25km of flat between the last two climbs. This stage has more climbing and less flat, and less chance of cancellation. And more chance of the Great One being there
Netserk said:It has the same amount of climbing as the Vuelta stage. I really don't see it as a negative that it's over three climbs instead of six. Then it got the altitude and a much, much, much bigger chance of something happening before the last climb between the contenders. That won't happen in the Andorra stage.
In good weather there would still be a good chance of something happening on the Stelvio ascent. No we won't see any action at all (from the contenders) on Gallina, I can guarantee you that. It simply isn't hard enough with the cat 3 between that and the MTF.Red Rick said:Disagee, in good weather nothing would've happened in the Giro stage, whereas here we could see pretty good action on the Collada de Gallina already
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Arredondo said:You have to give Purito the credits he deserves. He did not chose for a tailor made stage for him, but 'designed' a stage he wants to see by himself on the TV as a cycling fan.
Although i have a 'Croix-de-Fer, Mollard, La Toussuire' scenario in my mind. The fact La Comella is between Gallina and Encamp, is a downgrade and likely not hard enough. Too bad we won't see someone like Contador in the race
icefire said:La Comella not hard enough? Definitely better than a flat section, specially taking into account that the descents of Gallina and Comella are quite technical.
Netserk said:It would've been better to do Gallina from the other side and then afterwards finish 2/3rd of the way up like they did in '12 and '13. Only 2-3km of flat between the decent and ascent.
Yes, but if you do it from that side, you can't have the finish of '12 and '13.icefire said:I'm torn between both sides of La Gallina
Netserk said:It would've been better to do Gallina from the other side and then afterwards finish 2/3rd of the way up like they did in '12 and '13. Only 2-3km of flat between the decent and ascent.
Netserk said:Luchon -> Peyresourde (1) -> Azet (1) -> Ancizan (1) -> Tourmalet (HC) -> Luz-Ardiden (HC)
~129km.
Netserk said:Yes, but if you do it from that side, you can't have the finish of '12 and '13.
The Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit will be bestowed upon Javier Guillén, The General Director of the Vuelta, for the “novelty, spectacular nature and the emotion, with departures and arrivals located in unique locations, original routes that highlight cities and parts of our Spanish geography since he took charge of the Vuelta in 2009, as well as for initiatives such as the Vuelta Junior, that promote sport among young people”.
Guillén, who has received this news just three days before the official presentation of the 2015 Vuelta, thanks the High Sports Council for this recognition: “it is a tremendous joy for me and it makes me particularly happy that the medal comes from the High Sports Council, the house of all Spanish sport. I am eternally grateful to its president, Miguel Cardenal, and its director, Ana Muñoz, who will be with us on the 10th for the presentation. I accept this medal with great pride and as additional motivation to continue working for cycling, the Vuelta and Spanish sports”
icefire said:Unipublic had as a target having all uphill finishes in new climbs, so that was never going to happen this year. The best available options were Cortals d'Encamp and Llac d'Engolasters. IMHO, there isn't much to argue between those options when they are preceded by 4 serious climbs of growing difficulty.