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I think there will be some time gaps between gc riders which would probably cause such a high pace that I doubt riders like Gerrans or Felline could come backTaxus4a said:Very similar end than first stage.
Tomorrow with the rain and with that wall, could be different, but could be similar
Matteo. said:Tomorrow only the rain could mix the cards
I had to specify, among the favorites . Among them I do not see the intention of attacking" from far".jonan92 said:Matteo. said:Tomorrow only the rain could mix the cards
Aia is a much harder climb, the peloton will break in pieces IMO
Matteo. said:I had to specify, among the favorites . Among them I do not see the intention of attacking" from far".jonan92 said:Matteo. said:Tomorrow only the rain could mix the cards
Aia is a much harder climb, the peloton will break in pieces IMO
maybe the Sky duo...but i'm not sure
Geraint Too Fast said:It's always a good day when Cummings wins a bike race. Is he the best opportunist in the current peloton?
You probably mean Arrate. As far as I know the profile of this new, harder side is the one they'll face in the ITT on saturday. If I'm not mistaken on stage 5 on friday they ride the famous Arrate climb that has been used many times in the recent editions. It's 7,3km at 6,7%.Samamba said:Can someone give me more information about the different sides of the Aia? Which one is the hardest, the 1st, 2nd or 3rd? And what about the Garate? That one looks really hard on the profile.
The hardest is the last one that they do. It's only 1.4km but is super steep and narrow. Its the one they did in the TT last year, and the last climb in the stage that Landa won:Samamba said:Can someone give me more information about the different sides of the Aia? Which one is the hardest, the 1st, 2nd or 3rd? And what about the Garate? That one looks really hard on the profile.
johnymax said:You probably mean Arrate. As far as I know the profile of this new, harder side is the one they'll face in the ITT on saturday. If I'm not mistaken on stage 5 on friday they ride the famous Arrate climb that has been used many times in the recent editions. It's 7,3km at 6,7%.Samamba said:Can someone give me more information about the different sides of the Aia? Which one is the hardest, the 1st, 2nd or 3rd? And what about the Garate? That one looks really hard on the profile.
I'm not sure about the Aia sides. All I know is they are short but steep.
Edit: Sorry. I saw there actually is Garate
Are you sure? Which one? Alto de Ixua maybe 35km to go?jonan92 said:johnymax said:You probably mean Arrate. As far as I know the profile of this new, harder side is the one they'll face in the ITT on saturday. If I'm not mistaken on stage 5 on friday they ride the famous Arrate climb that has been used many times in the recent editions. It's 7,3km at 6,7%.Samamba said:Can someone give me more information about the different sides of the Aia? Which one is the hardest, the 1st, 2nd or 3rd? And what about the Garate? That one looks really hard on the profile.
I'm not sure about the Aia sides. All I know is they are short but steep.
Edit: Sorry. I saw there actually is Garate
One of the previous climbs to Arrate before the end will be from a new and harder side
And this is also the climb they'll do Saturday in the ITT, correct?jonan92 said:
In the profile appears as "Izua"
johnymax said:And this is also the climb they'll do Saturday in the ITT, correct?jonan92 said:
In the profile appears as "Izua"