Vuelta Ciclista a Asturias

[jens_attacks]

schumi wins no doubt

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Gutiérrez no threat to the other Gutiérrez. Tino 7th. Only Stefan remains. And it looks like he HAS stomped the field as he should.

Edit: maybe not stomped, but won at least.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Schumacher wins the ITT with 17:27

 

[hrotha]

This race is hilarious and depressing.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

So, two wins in two days for Schumacher, two top 5s in the day for an almost unknown Russian with a doping history, I think that this is bad even for the standards of this race.

Then I remember 2008 and realise that it isn't.

Anyway, two LA-Antarte guys in the top 10, that's great to see, will be good to see what Hernâni Broco has for the Alto del Acebo.

 

[theyoungest]

Schumacher leads the revival of German cycling. I heard this guy Sinkewitz is also pretty talented.

 

[jens_attacks]

how is this bad?? he's not an itt specialist. this is his normal level I'd say

yeah i thought he will do bad something like 30th place.didn't pay attention to that terrible stream

so did anybody won in history in consecutive days something like this?

1st day-sprint
2nd day-ITT
3rd day-MTF

i hope schumacher will find a pro team for next year.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

schumacher seems to become another succesful comeback _O_

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Schumacher leads the revival of German cycling. I heard this guy Sinkewitz is also pretty talented.

Don't leave the Austrians out, they're like brothers! Christian Pfannberger looks like a talent to watch!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Don't leave the Austrians out, they're like brothers! Christian Pfannberger looks like a talent to watch!

Dutch is almost the same as German, there is this guy called Thomas Dekker....

 

[c&cfan]

Don't leave the Austrians out, they're like brothers! Christian Pfannberger looks like a talent to watch!

or the two kazaks

 

[hrotha]

Rebellin to ride for Netapp.

 

[Cobblestoned]

 

[MADRAZO]

Had not spotted that a tt was included in the race when I picked Muto for the win Too bad he will now have to help Schumacher defend the jersey.

Very promissing ride btw from just turned 19 years old Kirill Sveshnikov here amongst the pros. He did very well in the spanish juniorstageraces last season and looks very promissing both climbing and tt'ing very solid.

 

[greenedge]

Rory sutherland's going well. I did not know who would go well from united healthcare but i said someone ftw. Stefan is however probably the strongest rider in the race.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Strongest may count for nothing on the Alto del Acebo. Schumacher will have to be in top climbing shape to compete there. It's a tougher stage than usual to Acebo:

The 5 climbs are:

La Garganta (8km @ 6%)
Alto de Santa María (4,8km @ 5%)
Puerto del Acebo (6km @ 5%)
Alto de Valvaler (16,4km @ 7%)
Alto del Acebo (10,1km @ 7,7%)...

 

[Descender]

Strongest may count for nothing on the Alto del Acebo. Schumacher will have to be in top climbing shape to compete there. It's a tougher stage than usual to Acebo:

The 5 climbs are:

La Garganta (8km @ 6%)
Alto de Santa María (4,8km @ 5%)
Puerto del Acebo (6km @ 5%)
Alto de Valvaler (16,4km @ 7%)
Alto del Acebo (10,1km @ 7,7%)...

I prefer its alternate name "Dead Women's Well".

The numbers don't match though, it's not that hard.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Numbers taken direct from the race's website, but you're right, it doesn't look to be that hard. Even just looking at those profiles it looks to be significantly less steep than Acebo and more like the 5% climbs.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Is it enough for the Columbians to race on?

 

[Parrulo]

this will be live right?

i hope broco performs well

 

[Mellow Velo]

I'm glad somebody can find stage profiles on that website. That first climb would be a 1st cat in Romandie.
Alto de Valvaler, from that profile would indeed be < 5%.
Looks like it goes up, then comes down and climbs in earnest, 700 metres in about 10kms. Essentially similar to Acebo, then?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Is it enough for the Columbians to race on?

Well, Duarte and Cano dropped the field and Saunier Duvalled to victory last year. If nobody can drop Stefan Schumacher here I'm crying foul. Santí should be good here, and a couple of EPM guys. I expect Zaballa, Broco, and maybe Herrada, Blanco, and Pasamontes up near the front with Schumi.

 

[Tangled Tango]

Thanks for the thread! I live here in Oviedo and love this race, especially when there´s a finish on El Naranco. Unfortunately the weather turned today and is supposed to be rainy the next 4 or so days, so sad to say it will be a wet and chilly Vuelta from here on.

I don´t think Schumacher will be able to hold on to the lead after today´s Queen stage. It´s a day for the pure climbers. Stage 4s finish is a killer sprint in Oviedo, the last 300 meters are uphill. Great to watch, but I´d hate to race it.

The final stage finishing on Naranco may end up decisive. Hopefully it won´t be raining too hard Monday as I was planning to watch the stage after climbing the little mtn.

Once again thanks for starting this thread. It´s the only stage race that comes through Asturias outside La Vuelta España, which doesn´t always make it here.

BTW, Chechu Rubiera is one of the TV commentators.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I'm glad somebody can find stage profiles on that website. That first climb would be a 1st cat in Romandie.
Alto de Valvaler, from that profile would indeed be < 5%.
Looks like it goes up, then comes down and climbs in earnest, 700 metres in about 10kms. Essentially similar to Acebo, then?

Using MMR, it appears that there's a short uphill rise (2,8km @ 4,4%), then a couple of kms gentle descent/flat before the earnest climbing which is 12,6km @ 6,1%. Then after the descent proper we have about 15km of gentle downhill into Cangas del Narcea before Acebo.

 

[icefire]

Live streaming starts today at 15:00 CET. This should cover the whole climb of Alto de Valvaler unless the riders go faster than the fastest average speed foreseen by the organisers.