Vuelta a España 2017 Rumours

[staubsauger]

Liiiibertiiiiiineeee ... Veleta ... It's happening! :surprised:

 

[GuyIncognito]

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Liiiibertiiiiiineeee ... Veleta ... It's happening! :surprised:

Pico de Veleta? They finally managed it?
Where did you see this?

 

[Gigs_98]

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Liiiibertiiiiiineeee ... Veleta ... It's happening! :surprised:

I googled it and found nothing, only a few websites which say that the Vuelta next year will finish on the Canary Islands. Is this complete bs or actually true? A Vuelta with a stage to Pico Veleta and then mountain stages in Tenerife would be completely insane.

 

[Cannibal72]

Starting in Nimes, btw.

 

[TromleTromle]

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Starting in Nimes, btw.

Any links or documentation ?

 

[Gigs_98]

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Starting in Nimes, btw.

Any links or documentation ?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/2017-vuelta-a-espana-to-start-in-nimes/

Btw, this makes the other news about the Vuelta finish on the Canary Islands more likely (though I still don't believe it) since they would be in the north of Spain early and they will probably go southwards relatively soon. Therefore the last week would probably be somewhere in the south.

 

[Red Rick]

Feel free to start a new thread guys

 

[staubsauger]

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Liiiibertiiiiiineeee ... Veleta ... It's happening! :surprised:

I googled it and found nothing, only a few websites which say that the Vuelta next year will finish on the Canary Islands. Is this complete bs or actually true? A Vuelta with a stage to Pico Veleta and then mountain stages in Tenerife would be completely insane.

They mentioned it on German Eurosport today. Apparently the idea of the Canary Islands is gotten out of place, because the local government ain't got enough cash to host the Vuelta.

In contrast the Veleta is on the hot seat to become the final mountain stage in 2017! They newly paved big amounts of the climbs last year already so maybe they gonna re-pave the final section until the top or the last ski station as well. Would be massive of course. That final strech ain't no easy deal as well. Constantly about 7-9 % I think.

 

[ice&fire]

Shouldn't this be in a new thread?

 

[jens_attacks]

Cerler!

 

[ice&fire]

The Major of Riosa wants the Vuelta to return to L'Angliru next year

http://www.lne.es/cuencas/2016/08/30/riosa-negociara-angliru-sea-etapa/1976540.html

 

[DFA123]

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The Major of Riosa wants the Vuelta to return to L'Angliru next year

http://www.lne.es/cuencas/2016/08/30/riosa-negociara-angliru-sea-etapa/1976540.html

How great would it be; a race starting at IRAM and finishing at Angliru, with loads of nice muritos in between.

 

[KyoGrey]

I always thought they would try going first to the observatory IRAM Pico Veleta (~2,800 m - perfectly feasable) before going for the full Veleta N.

Of course the best thing that could happen in a distant future is that they repave the whole military road across the pass at both sides, allowing a stage that goes from sealevel to 3,300 m and then finishing in Granada.

 

[ice&fire]

cyclingweekly also hints at IRAM due to lack of space in the summit. It also ends with 1km of 11% murito after 30kms of climbing. Guillén approves
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/racing/vuelta-a-espana/vuelta-espana-2017-route-trip-pyrenees-angliru-finale-284153

 

[Red Rick]

I don't think that'd be great. It's still new though, and it's still no out and out Murito, but it would likely be a uniclimb stage. What's the highest pass on Veleta? I would love to see them go really high on it before descending down. Then they can finish on any 40% wall they want

 

[staubsauger]

They could climb Alto de Monachil first, descend down on the big road, go up again via Alto de Hazallanas and then head up to the Veleta / IRAM!

They ain't gonna do it ofc.

 

[ice&fire]

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I don't think that'd be great. It's still new though, and it's still no out and out Murito, but it would likely be a uniclimb stage. What's the highest pass on Veleta? I would love to see them go really high on it before descending down. Then they can finish on any 40% wall they want

The highest point they can go climbing and descending on different roads is in the ski station at 2500m. Higher than that all paved roads are dead end roads for servicing the ski station, the National Park and the telescopes.
They can go up the red road (Hazallana + Sabinas), down the main (yellow) road, and up again.

The south side is only paved up to 1800m.

 

[Red Rick]

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I don't think that'd be great. It's still new though, and it's still no out and out Murito, but it would likely be a uniclimb stage. What's the highest pass on Veleta? I would love to see them go really high on it before descending down. Then they can finish on any 40% wall they want

The highest point they can go climbing and descending on different roads is in the ski station at 2500m. Higher than that all paved roads are dead end roads for servicing the ski station, the National Park and the telescopes.
They can go up the red road (Hazallana + Sabinas), down the main (yellow) road, and up again.

The south side is only paved up to 1800m.

Climbing south side it is then

 

[Brullnux]

I'll be honest, a 30km MTF that goes up to 2800m would be brilliant, if just for the uniqueness and spectacle.

 

[Red Rick]

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I'll be honest, a 30km MTF that goes up to 2800m would be brilliant, if just for the uniqueness and spectacle.

Having it as penultimate climb on dirt roads is plenty unique and spectacular

 

[TromleTromle]

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The south side is only paved up to 1800m.
Climbing south side it is then

Is there a profile available for
1. South side
2. IRAM full length
3. Pico Veleta full length (must be this one - http://www.climbbybike.com/profile.asp?Climbprofile=Pico-Veleta&MountainID=13726)

Is is possible to a southern ascent Finisterre-style with a "theoretical" descent on the classic route ?

I'm not very familiar with the options on SN

 

[ice&fire]

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Climbing south side it is then

Not even Zomegnan would dare going there
https://youtu.be/dUGewALlhNA?t=5m54s

 

[ice&fire]

The profile of the IRAM full length going over Hazallana and Sabinas is here:
http://www.altimetrias.net/aspbk/verPerfilusu.asp?id=870

 

[Gigs_98]

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The profile of the IRAM full length going over Hazallana and Sabinas is here:
http://www.altimetrias.net/aspbk/verPerfilusu.asp?id=870

I really don't like this climb. Ofc it's still brutal but with these last two steep kilometers I fear nothing would happen before that ramp.

 

[Red Rick]

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Climbing south side it is then

Not even Zomegnan would dare going there
https://youtu.be/dUGewALlhNA?t=5m54s

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