Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2022, stage 15: Martos - Sierra Nevada. Alto Hoya de la Mora. Monachil, 152.6k

[Devil's Elbow]

The easiest GT queen stage in a long time has suddenly become one of the most hotly anticipated too. The good news for Evenepoel is that Unipublic changed the second half of the MTF a month ago to make it easier, but that alone isn't reassuring when you've just lost almost a minute on a climb that's still only half as difficult...

The stage is very similar to the 2017 one, only with a longer run-in and the order of Purche and Hazallanas flipped.

Puerto del Castillo:

Alto del Purche:

Alto Hoya de la Mora (apologies for the blurry profile, very hard to find one for this exact side as opposed to the harder route through Sabinas!):

 

[sir fly]

Those who measured better the two-piece outfit will have a better lounge.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Various scenarios are possible. If Remco is subpar again and Primoz feels good then an attack on the steepest sections of the final climb, far from the line, can give him substantial gains. Remco should feel more comfortable answering attacks on the shallower part of that climb. Then again, Remco's advantage is still good and if he's back to his best (with just one weaker day) then distancing him could be very difficult. My forecast is that the trend will continue: Remco will lose some time tomorrow (not sure how much though, maybe just seconds maybe a couple of minutes).

 

[Valv.Piti]

Those 2 climbs are my favorites in Spain, you can do lots of great stuff with them in this area (Monachil/Purche and Hazallanes). The heat, the steepness, and then the long tempo grind is perfect to huge time gaps

 

[Red Rick]

Still want whoever ditched the Sabinas road to be sent to The Hague

 

[Mayomaniac]

Those 2 climbs are my favorites in Spain, you can do lots of great stuff with them in this area (Monachil/Purche and Hazallanes). The heat, the steepness, and then the long tempo grind is perfect to huge time gaps

Yeah, only climbing the Sierra Nevada via Las Sabinas at the end would be even better, but otherwise I really have to agree with you.

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Lopez to break the sound barrier.

 

[Pistolas]

Perfect profile for total carnage after today...let's hope!

 

[Valv.Piti]

Still want whoever ditched the Sabinas road to be sent to The Hague

Mauro Vegni

 

[Phillip O'Garner]

MAL to go supersonic on the second to last climb before carnage on the road to Sierra Nevada.

 

[JosefK]

Gulp! Nowhere to hide.

 

[Valv.Piti]

I don't know why Rolf Sørensen refuses to prepare for stages. Its easy to look at the profile, or even find a previous stage of La Pandera to know where the small descent is. For tomorrow, no mention of Alto Hazallanes, suggesting Rohan Dennis will do a big pull on Sierra Nevada and Roglic attacking with 4-5 km to go.

Have you seen the profile? Have you seen the last stages after the rest day? God damn, you get stupid sometimes listening to Il Binondo...

 

[Pantani Attacks]

Primoz officially bookies fav now.

 

[ice&fire]

Still want whoever ditched the Sabinas road to be sent to The Hague

According to the TV commentators it was the Natural Park authorities. I'm just wondering whether they would have noticed if Unipublic had not asked to set the stage finish at the radiotelescope.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

MAL to go supersonic on the second to last climb before carnage on the road to Sierra Nevada.

Pls stop calling him MAL, his name is Superman

 

[HelloDolly]

Astana and Superman to go for it tomorrow

Will aid Roglic and Jumbo

 

[Sciatic]

Pls stop calling him MAL, his name is Superman

I’m with you only because M-A-L now has (for some of us)such negative connotations over here!!

 

[KZD]

The main question for me is how much time Remco will lose after being dropped in the steepest part of the climb.

 

[dutchdescent]

Blood in the water

 

[Krzysztof_O]

The main question for me is how much time Remco will lose after being dropped in the steepest part of the climb.

Remco can definitely pace himself well on shallower sections, even if being dropped on the steepest fragment. He can still limit his losses to Primoz there but time will tell.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Blood in the water

Shark attack?

 

[ice&fire]

The main question for me is how much time Remco will lose after being dropped in the steepest part of the climb.

Not much if he follows Almeida.

 

[dutchdescent]

Shark attack?

Yes

 

[Red Rick]

Should be scorching hot tomorrow

 

[houtdffan]

Can Rog go 20 km from the finish, however.

That is the only very steep section, the first 3km of the climb. After that, the climb becomes a Remco diesel climb, similar to stage 6