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Vuelta 2017, Stage 8 : Hellín / Xorret de Catí. 199,5km

Fernando Escartín commentary

Mid-mountain, with an uphill finale. Stage with a classic Vuelta finale and a new test for the leaders. The last climb, with slopes of inclinations over 20%, will not make much of a difference to the general classification, but it will add up to the times already obtained in Andorra and in the Ermita de Santa Lucía.

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Alto Xorret de Catí
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Vuelta 1998
Vuelta 2010
Valencia 2016
 
Last 5 km - a 3 km descent to the finish.
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So 190 km of little up and down, then a mad sprint up and over the last climb.

Froome hinted that he might be willing to ‘loan’ the leader’s jersey to a non-GC contender in the days to come http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vue...edicts-fireworks-on-weekends-summit-finishes/
Sky train is out of steam, or mind games? But,

Asked if he needed to attack, something Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) said Froome should do given the narrowness of his advantage, Froome answered, “Anything could happen.”
Bertie trying to get Froome to show his hand :lol:

Would not be surprised if the breakaway get this, but Sunday's stage I think will be a GC fight.
 

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