Vuelta a España 2020: Stage 2 (Pamplona - Lekunberri, 151.6 km)

[Devil's Elbow]

Second mountain stage, and the only real descent finish of the race.

They hit the intermediate sprint between 16:33 and 16:50 and finish between 17:20 and 17:42, as per the roadbook.

Climbs:

 

[jsem94]

Rogla again.

 

[Red Rick]

Inserts talks about giving red away cause Jumbo took it too early.

 

[Forever The Best]

Nicely designed stage. Hope for some GC action, Ineos should give it another try.

 

[repre]

Inserts talks about giving red away cause Jumbo took it too early.

This Vuelta is so frontloaded, that if you take jersey in stage 1 its like to take it in the end of week 2 in regular GT. Last week won't require much energy from team.

 

[Descender]

Why ride down and finish in the town when you can do it like in the proper stages and finish at the top?

 

[Eclipse]

Roglic surely. Likely a reduced group but nobody is going to outkick him.

 

[johnymax]

Free Mohorič!

 

[richwallone]

This is a weird stage... Not enough mountains for a breakaway... Although I'm sure Jauregui will try to get KOM points, and the jersey... I just don't see it to stick away until the finish, weather depending... If it rains hard, it might survive... Otherwise, GC teams will keep control of the front... Plus, the time distances are so small in the top 10 that they'll keep riding hard up the last climb, make a small selection 20 people, or so, for a sprint. So, again, Roglic, Carapaz, maybe Chavez will steal it at the line...

If Valverde is up there on the last climb, he might try to win... I still think, he'll get one stage this year, somehow, for us oldtimers

 

[Red Rick]

Why ride down and finish in the town when you can do it like in the proper stages and finish at the top?

Calm down Sep and give Descender his account back

 

[ice&fire]

Here's a short clip of the climb and the descent:

Vuelta 2020 | Pericopuertos: San Miguel de Aralar

Perico Delgado sube el gran puerto de la segunda etapa junto a Haimar Zubeldia- Son 9,4 km de subida al 7,9% de desnivel medio.

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[richwallone]

Here's a short clip of the climb and the descent:

Vuelta 2020 | Pericopuertos: San Miguel de Aralar

Perico Delgado sube el gran puerto de la segunda etapa junto a Haimar Zubeldia- Son 9,4 km de subida al 7,9% de desnivel medio.

www.rtve.es

That's a crappy road... Concrete blocks... I'm glad it's only on the uphill... Luckily, the downhill looks tricky but butter smooth pavement

 

[ice&fire]

That's a crappy road... Concrete blocks... I'm glad it's only on the uphill... Luckily, the downhill looks tricky but butter smooth pavement

Actually they talk of how smooth is the concrete on the climb. It has good grip and less rolling resistance than the rough tarmac so frequent in small mountain roads.

 

[Forever The Best]

The results from 2014, when the stage finished at the summit of this climb, instead of going downhill. Fabio Aru took the win, and we saw Froome struggling but limiting his losses.

CQ Ranking - Vuelta a España, Stage 11 : Pamplona - San Miguel de Aralar

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux0ECv58Aow

 

[fuiers]

Free Mohorič!

Aka Motoric

 

[BlackWhiteEagle]

Valverde plz

 

[Luthor]

Hopefully another GC battle, today was entertaining.

 

[Koronin]

Could be more time gaps or a larger group of favorites could finish together.

 

[italoc]

The results from 2014, when the stage finished at the summit of this climb, instead of going downhill. Fabio Aru took the win, and we saw Froome struggling but limiting his losses.

CQ Ranking - Vuelta a España, Stage 11 : Pamplona - San Miguel de Aralar

CQ Ranking is the world's leading cycling ranking and extensive results database. Also known as Cycling Quotient.

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux0ECv58Aow

Aru, Purito, Alberto, Froome. Six years ago and yet it feels like a different era.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

And Aru was the hot young prospect at that point too.

 

[Gigs_98]

That final climb and descent deserces to be in a third week. I expect some gc gaps but nothing huge. More or less a repeat of today

 

[Red Rick]

I think mostly the descent is too shallow for much to happen other than a pretty standard selection of about 10-20 guys.

 

[richwallone]

Actually they talk of how smooth is the concrete on the climb. It has good grip and less rolling resistance than the rough tarmac so frequent in small mountain roads.

That's good then... Maybe it's a different kind that I'm used to... Still, I don't like wet concrete. Hope it doesn't rain

 

[KZD]

Roglic is once again the number 1 favourite for this stage. Valverde and Dan Martin also have good chances

 

[perico]

Could be more time gaps or a larger group of favorites could finish together.

if that’s the case then unfortunately Enric Mas won’t win this bike race again. Finished 6th of 6th in the final sprint again today. Although he did outsprint Superman one time, but that was uphill.