Vuelta 2017, stage 13: Coín - Tomares 198.4km

[starlord]

Fernando Escartín commentary:

Flat. New day for sprinters, and one of their final opportunities in this year's Vuelta. Their teams will be keeping everything in control so that there are no complications. The arrival in warm Seville after two weeks of competing will allow us to assess how tired everyone's legs are.

Mountain passes & hills:
Km 27.2 - Alto de Ardales7.2 kilometre-long climb at 4.3% - category 3

Last 5km:

So, who will win this bike race??

 

[starlord]

Breakaway:
Alexis Gougeard (AG2R-La Mondiale)
Davide Villella (Cannondale-Drapac)
Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal)
Arnaud Courteille (FDJ)
Alessandro De Marchi (BMC)

 

[Laplaz]

Strong breakaway but Quick-Step will be able to control this. The finish is interesting with some uphill stretches. Nonetheless, Trentin ftw!

 

[LaFlorecita]

Flashbacks to this stage

Alberto Contador Velasco to win this bike race

 

[Bot. Sky_Bot]

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Flashbacks to this stage

Alberto Contador Velasco to win this bike race

Oh yeah, absolutely, as I wrote before that would be an epic sprinter attack from the bunch.

 

[starlord]

Villella is no longer part of the breakaway. Went only for KOM points.

 

[TromleTromle]

funny how this stage gets no attention... 120m climbing the last 3 km... "Vueltaflat"

 

[Der Effe]

Trentin vs. Lobato

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Yeah nobody will care about this stage

 

[carolina]

AquaBlue will use the LA Alumínios bus during the rest of the Vuelta.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Oh yeah, absolutely, as I wrote before that would be an epic sprinter attack from the bunch.

Aye

Sprinters rarely attack from the bunch. Alberto Contador however...!

 

[slosada]

5 roundabouts in the last 2km, 3 in the last km. Either, a peloton well stretched with gaps, or possibly crashes if fighting for position

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Unleash the Bol

 

[portugal11]

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Oh yeah, absolutely, as I wrote before that would be an epic sprinter attack from the bunch.

Aye

Sprinters rarely attack from the bunch. Alberto Contador however...!

Insane attack. This was the stage that contador showed to me that he would win that giro.

 

[LaFlorecita]

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Insane attack. This was the stage that contador showed to me that he would win that giro.

Lol, I still remember that after stage 7, when he was almost gapped in the uphill sprint, people were saying he must be desperate for bonus seconds. Then Etna explosion happened :lol:

 

[portugal11]

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Insane attack. This was the stage that contador showed to me that he would win that giro.

Lol, I still remember that after stage 7, when he was almost gapped in the uphill sprint, people were saying he must be desperate for bonus seconds. Then Etna explosion happened :lol:

I think he was gapped by scaponi at least (I know that he lost time but maybe was only in the bonifications).

 

[movingtarget]

Contador to beat Rojas in a sprint.

 

[dgodave]

Looks dry out there.

 

[GraftPunk]

Contador all day long!

 

[klintE]

I think it was bad decision from Bora (or from rider himself) not to send Sagan here
Even without super disposition he should just nail it
Couple of Sagan tailormade stages

 

[TourOfSardinia]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxPWVX-qSrQ

 

[RedheadDane]

Err... Theuns. Don't give up your day job. :lol:

 

[LaFlorecita]

That was the moment of the race so far

 

[GraftPunk]

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That was the moment of the race so far

it's been the only thing interesting thus far for sure. Aside from poor Fraile recycling breakfast.

 

[dgodave]

Maybe I should bike tour Spain?