Vuelta a España Vuelta a España 2023, stage 16: Liencres Playa - Bejes, 120.1k

[dgodave]

Western Cantabria/eastern Asturias is an awesome destination in general. The coast and its towns are beautiful, the mountains equally so, and it's really easy to combine the two. Only downside is that you need to drive everywhere pretty much by default.

Would it be a good place for an appx 2 week bike tour?

 

[Cagalitroso]

Is it a stomp stage?

Why not?

 

[ice&fire]

Gorgeous gorge!

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Sanchez back on bike

 

[AmRacer]

It's wet and slippery, I give Rogla a 60 percent crash chance.

 

[RobertCrawley]

It's wet and slippery, I give Rogla a 60 percent crash chance.

He's not the world's best bike handler, is he.

 

[Rob5091]

Shame for Sanchez - hope he can make it to Madrid.

 

[Berniece]

Remco is not going for it, still in the back of the peloton. Can't imagine anyone besides Roglic winning now

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Spain is fine as hell

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Just bumped in.
Anything happened yet?

 

[noob]

Darn, when it gets too exciting and too beautiful I always fall asleep!

 

[RobertCrawley]

Just bumped in.
Anything happened yet?

Riders need umbrellas.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Remco is not going for it, still in the back of the peloton. Can't imagine anyone besides Roglic winning now

I can imagine Vingegaard. Or Kuss!

 

[AmRacer]

Just bumped in.
Anything happened yet?

Ineos went crazy chasing down the initial break.

 

[Sciatic]

Just bumped in.
Anything happened yet?

Much vacation planning

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Would it be a good place for an appx 2 week bike tour?

I'm not a cyclotourist so I wouldn't really be able to tell you. The road they're currently on would probably be the biggest bottleneck - lots of traffic (at least in summer) and no good alternative routes. It is a beautiful route, though.

 

[ice&fire]

I fthe road is wet at the start of the climb, the 180º turn will be "interesting"

 

[RobertCrawley]

I can imagine Vingegaard. Or Kuss!

Jonas is feeling good now. He said he "did a Dumoulin" (gross) in the first week because of a stomach virus. He might go for it today.

 

[RedheadDane]

Apparently there's an ambulance parked in an impractical way right before the final climb...

Uhm... they're supposed to help if there's a crash, not... potentially cause crashes!

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Jumbo 1-2-3 incoming

 

[Salvarani]

Jonas is feeling good now. He said he "did a Dumoulin" (gross) in the first week because of a stomach virus. He might go for it today.

Toilet?

 

[AmRacer]

Toilet?

Nature break

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The 180° turn is another reason why they should have come from Hoz, even if you put nothing before it you have a climb to shed half the peloton and a descent to stretch the remainder out.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Looking at scenery here, I feel like I'm about to see a couple of hobbits headed for Mordor being chased by orcs.

 

[ice&fire]

Toilet?

In the absence of a field at the roadside he can do it on the rver