Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2020: Stage 9 (B.M. Cid Campeador. Castrillo del Val > Aguilar de Campoo, 157,7 km)

[sir fly]

One for the sprinters.

B.M. Cid Campeador. Castrillo del Val
The history of Castrillo del Val is closely linked to that of ‘El Cid’. It is where his wife, Jimena, and two daughters lived in the final years of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar’s life, and is where the iconic Castilian’s remains were kept up until the 19th century. The Cid Campeador Military Base was named after this historical legacy. In 2020, this branch of the Armed Forces will celebrate the Legion’s first centenary.

Aguilar de Campoo
Aguilar de Campoo will host part of La Vuelta for the fourth time in the race’s history. Though it has never hosted a finish-line until now, the Palencia municipality does know what it is to host a stage departure (1983, 1985 and 2012). The cookie locality, thus known for the numerous cookie industries based in this territory, began to gain popularity in the middle Ages, during its greatest splendour. Aguilar de Campoo was the residence of Charles V following the Emperor’s first arrival in the Iberian Peninsula in 1517.

 

[BlueRoads]

One for the sprinters.

... or what's left of them?

 

[ice&fire]

Shame the wind speed won't be enough to make echelons today

 

[sir fly]

... or what's left of them?

Fast men, so to say.

 

[Red Rick]

Shame the wind speed won't be enough to make echelons today

Which direction?

 

[ice&fire]

Which direction?

From the SW. That means cross head in the first 70km and cross tail after they turn to the North. Max speed in the forecast is 25 km/h.

 

[Red Rick]

From the SW. That means cross head in the first 70km and cross tail after they turn to the North. Max speed in the forecast is 25 km/h.

25 km/h could be enough if the angle and exposure is good enough no?

 

[ice&fire]

25 km/h could be enough if the angle and exposure is good enough no?

Yes, but predictions have speed ranges between 7 km/h min and 25 km/h max. My guess is that chances of echelons are very low.

 

[Lequack]

A sprint stage? What is this, the Giro?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Jakub winning after always just making the time limit on the last few stages would be kinda funny. Hard to look past Sam Bennett on this stage.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

158 km sounds like a lot for a sprint stage. Let's hope they have the busses ready.

Bennett is the clear favourite, but Ackermann and Philipsen will give him a run for his money.

 

[TomLPC]

I used to love the part in Rough Ride when he was describing the desperate suffering some went through just trying to just make the time cut every day. So with that I say;

Our boy survived!!!

Come on Mareczko end these clowns.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Ackermann for me. This is his season’s target and he’ll have some fire in his belly after a bad first sprint. Bennett’s the top guy at the moment but I don’t think he’s going to win every sprint.

 

[Eclipse]

Hard to see past Bennett imo, he's a man full of confidence and he is timing his jumps extremely well.

 

[DanielSong39]

Any chance of a rider protest?

 

[BlueRoads]

Ackermann was doing well yesterday, but I don't know if that means that he's in great form overall or that he's just climbing well.

 

[Anderis]

Cort was doing well yesterday, but I don't know if that means that he''s in great form overall or that he's just climbing well.

 

[tobydawq]

Mareczko was doing horribly yesterday, but I know that says nothing about his form.

 

[BlueRoads]

Cort was doing well yesterday, but I don't know if that means that he''s in great form overall or that he's just climbing well.

Mareczko was doing horribly yesterday, but I know that says nothing about his form.

Are you making fun of me?

 

[Anderis]

Are you making fun of me?

Probably not.

 

[repre]

Mareczko was doing horribly yesterday, but I know that says nothing about his form.

That's his plan for almost all races besides tour of Hongrie and China

 

[FjPavels]

That's his plan for almost all races besides tour of Hongrie and China

If i counted correctly 31 of his 43 wins has come in China.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Even the two sacrificial lambs in the break don’t look like they fancy it much.

 

[richwallone]

Happy 31st Primoz

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[Koronin]

Any chance of a rider protest?

What exactly would they be upset about to protest at la Vuelta? The organizers appear to have put together a fairly solid bubble. They did a huge marketing campaign to keep people home instead of on the side of the road. They banned fans from the mountains. I haven't heard any complaints about excessive transfer times combined with insanely long stages. The weather has been better than the riders expected. La Vuelta typically does shorter stages anyway.