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Vuelta a España 2020: Stage 3 (Lodosa - La Laguna Negra-Vinuesa, 166.1 km)
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- May 26, 2009
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I think this coudl really go to a break if the break is pretty big and nobody wants to help Jumbo. But I initially thought the climb would be harder to control. Instead it's initially way easier than I thought and you can still basically catch an attacker in the final 500m if you give him 10 seconds.
Wind may blow strong tomorrow from the South in most of the stage.
If there are echelons in the flat between the two climbs, the break may be doomed.
If there are echelons in the flat between the two climbs, the break may be doomed.
- Apr 10, 2013
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My Spanish is spotty, at best... Anything interesting Pedro said about it? All I heard is Valverde way too many times... I guess he is tipping him for a win 
View: https://twitter.com/pedrodelgadoweb/status/1318970398491357184?s=20
View: https://twitter.com/pedrodelgadoweb/status/1318970398491357184?s=20
- Apr 16, 2009
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We are on stage 3 and we already have more action than in the Giro. Ironic.
No rest at La Vuelta. No wonder why they left only 18 stages.
No rest at La Vuelta. No wonder why they left only 18 stages.
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Agreed. Plus, this isn't hard enough stage for a break to succeed... It'll come down again to the main GC guys, especially since it's a MTF... Roglic, Carapaz, Martin, Mas, Chaves... There you have the top 5 tomorrow, in any order
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The stage might actually be easy enough for the break to succeed since gaps will be extremely limited on the final climb.Agreed. Plus, this isn't hard enough stage for a break to succeed... It'll come down again to the main GC guys, especially since it's a MTF... Roglic, Carapaz, Martin, Mas, Chaves... There you have the top 5 tomorrow, in any order
- Jun 7, 2010
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relatively flat stage with a 6km relatively easy climb in the end. let's hope the wind blows, because the action should be limited to last 500m otherwise
I don't think it's hard enough for a break to not succeed. There's nothing for sprinter teams to chase for (unlike Friday, when Bora and Quickstep will be working for Ackerman and Bennett), but there's no benefit whatsoever to Jumbo to chase down any attacks.Agreed. Plus, this isn't hard enough stage for a break to succeed... It'll come down again to the main GC guys, especially since it's a MTF... Roglic, Carapaz, Martin, Mas, Chaves... There you have the top 5 tomorrow, in any order
The only problem for JV is that with 2 hard-ish mountain stages done and dusted, there isn't a classics rider or a sprinter within 5 minutes of the lead who they could just allow to go up the road and borrow the jersey until the Tourmalet. Anyone still in the top 25 is still a theoretical, potential threat.
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It's gonna be the worst thing that happened to the Vuelta in the 2020s isn't it?
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Jumbo would probably like to give the red jersey to some nitwit in a break. On the other hand Roglic seems eager to take bonus seconds and this is another opportunity for boni + a few real seconds.
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Somehow I feel some team will help Jumbo or something. Maybe Movistar. Or the break will just be weak.
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I like Dan Martin for this tbh.
Less likely to be immediately jumped on than some of the others and we all know he's good on these finishes even when not at his best (and he's clearly in top gear for this first week).
Less likely to be immediately jumped on than some of the others and we all know he's good on these finishes even when not at his best (and he's clearly in top gear for this first week).
About Valverde says that he could be a contender and that he was the last cyclist to win a stage in the Soria region in Vuelta 2004.My Spanish is spotty, at best... Anything interesting Pedro said about it? All I heard is Valverde way too many times... I guess he is tipping him for a win
View: https://twitter.com/pedrodelgadoweb/status/1318970398491357184?s=20
Man, it has rained since then.
- May 5, 2010
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Vingegaard told Danish media that - so far - the plan is to keep it, since they don't know for sure that the race won't stop in a few days.
This is the last time Vuelta visited Soria. Look out a young Valverde killing it at the sprint.
Martin's only 9s down. Roglic won't give him that freedom until after he loses some time on the Tourmalet.
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Is this exactly the same finale?
In the profile above it seems to have a steep section at the end. In that video they were flying in the last 500 meters.
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