Vuelta stage 20. Corvera → Alto de El Angliru - 119km

[Robert5091]

Vuelta twitter .
https://twitter.com/lavuelta/status/906458420210888704

It's VERY cold

Not good news for the Dawg.

 

[nitro.u.guzici]

I have a dream,that Alberto make 4 minutes on Froome.

 

[Pantani_lives]

1. A breakaway with Majka and Bardet gets five minutes.
2. Contador attacks on the first climb.
3. Contador is caught back by the Sky train on the second climb.
4. Nibali attacks in the descent.
5. Froome goes after him, but crashes and has to leave the race.
6. On the Angliru Nibali and Contador pay the price for attacking too early.
7. Majka wins the stage.
8. Kelderman has a puncture 1 km before the finish. There is no car to help him.
9. López finishes second.
10. Zakarin finishes third and wins the Vuelta.

 

[Frankschleck]

zakarin to win on angliru

 

[MrTea1976]

Nibali and Kelderman as the big losers today? Froome, Zakarin and Contador top three.

 

[Red Rick]

Don't expect Contador to attack early. He might react to an early move though.

 

[Climbing]

How is the weather???

 

[Brullnux]

Re:

How is the weather???

Cold, but supposedly less rain than previously predicted

 

[Gigs_98]

Re: Re:

How is the weather???

Cold, but supposedly less rain than previously predicted

f*ck

 

[Red Rick]

Is it at least more haily or snowy?

 

[nitro.u.guzici]

Who loves rain?

 

[Robert5091]

Re: Re:

How is the weather???

Cold, but supposedly less rain than previously predicted

f*ck

Vuelta's Facebook page has video from the finish - low clouds, wind.
see https://www.facebook.com/lavuelta
Showers forecast.

 

[King Of The Wolds]

Re: Re:

How is the weather???

Cold, but supposedly less rain than previously predicted

f*ck

Always amazes me how, during an activity as dangerous as flying down 10% gradients at 90 kph on 2 bits of 27mm wide rubber, people would like to see it made an even more dangerous spectacle by having it done with virtually no traction, just for their own viewing pleasure. It's part of cycling, I get that, but it just seems as blood thirsty as boxing fans wanting to see one guy carried out on a stretcher. Weird.

I'm hoping it stays dry, everyone gets down safe and it's a great race anyway.

 

[Climbing]

I like to ride in the rain.
Was better when I was super fit though. :lol:

 

[boink]

Just hope Nibali voodoo stays out of it today and everyone stays safe. Been a fascinating race with emergence of Lopez and fluctuating performance of the big 3. Personally hoping for the Froome double and a great last stage win for Bertie. Two incredible athletes.

 

[Asturiano]

Just started watching Pedro Delgado's preview for the Angliru...In case you want to watch it yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlRlFaG4NRY

Perico is 57, and looks like he would still finish in the middle of the field if he were racing. He's been riding up Angliru for years and putting many of those to video. He must live near there, or "enjoy" the climb. If you undersand any spanish at all, this is fun to watch, from some years back now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xs1DicRFjE

Perico Delgado is a star, he is commenting the broadcast of Tour, Vuelta, etc in Spanish TV (TVE, TDP). In Vuelta, he has a section (you can watch on YouTube) called "los Pericopuertos" (the Pericoclimbs) where he climg the most important climbs of each Vuelta. The day before and the day of the race, Spanish TV shows the climbs of the stage and the "Pericopuertos" of the day.

 

[rlntlssly]

Re: Re:

How is the weather???

Cold, but supposedly less rain than previously predicted

f*ck

Always amazes me how, during an activity as dangerous as flying down 10% gradients at 90 kph on 2 bits of 27mm wide rubber, people would like to see it made an even more dangerous spectacle by having it done with virtually no traction, just for their own viewing pleasure. It's part of cycling, I get that, but it just seems as blood thirsty as boxing fans wanting to see one guy carried out on a stretcher. Weird.

I'm hoping it stays dry, everyone gets down safe and it's a great race anyway.

The untrammelled joy on this forum after Froome's crashes and injuries was more than a little unpleasant.

 

[Jagartrott]

Re: Re:

Always amazes me how, during an activity as dangerous as flying down 10% gradients at 90 kph on 2 bits of 27mm wide rubber, people would like to see it made an even more dangerous spectacle by having it done with virtually no traction, just for their own viewing pleasure. It's part of cycling, I get that, but it just seems as blood thirsty as boxing fans wanting to see one guy carried out on a stretcher. Weird.

What a s**t comparison. Nobody is hoping for any rider to actually fall. We're hoping for conditions that exacerbates differences, that create more fight and less control.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I don't like rainy descents and especially not awful falls. I just hope everyone stays safe

 

[jsem94]

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I like to ride in the rain.
Was better when I was super fit though. :lol:

This too. I hate it and love it at the same time. I love it because it makes me feel like Hinault at LBL and gives it an epic vibe but I hate it because you need to clean the bike more thoroughly afterwards.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

ammattipyöräily‏ @ammattipyoraily 7m7 minutes ago
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Mainly headwind on Angliru. Until Les Cabanes headwind so doesn't make sense to attack b4 last 7.0-6.5 km. I'm surprised if <44 min. #LV2017


Hmm that will make it hard

 

[Climbing]

Re: Re:

I like to ride in the rain.
Was better when I was super fit though. :lol:

This too. I hate it and love it at the same time. I love it because it makes me feel like Hinault at LBL and gives it an epic vibe but I hate it because you need to clean the bike more thoroughly afterwards.

I always have to anyway though, cause MTB!

 

[Asturiano]

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8% Cobertoria and Cordal are easily controlled. Cobertoria has never been raced from far out even when climbed from the hard side on the way to an easier finishing climb.

Woud've wished for the San Lorenzo in this too, now the queen stages are 130km three climb stages.

Anyway, I hope they make use of the Cobertoria and San Lorenzo in different ways in the future. They're great climbs, but always too far from the finish

Alex Zülle disagrees. He lost his chance to contest GC in 1993 descending Cobertoria in a stage that finished in Alto del Naranco. It was raining cats and dogs, the road was narrower, bumpier and had more challenging turns then. Road improvement works have made it wider and removed some turns. The climb is now shorter and steeper but the descent is easier.

In fact, Cobertoria decided the Vuelta of 1993. :lol:

The road of this descent has been changed a few years ago. Now, it's a descent less dangerous (not so many curves) but with a bigger porcentaje, it makes the climb harder when you climb it from the other side (from Pola de Lena, I had a girlfriend from there by the way).

 

[Robert5091]

Raining at the start/ signing-in.

https://www.facebook.com/lavuelta/videos/vb.124344167584834/1645917858760783/?type=3&theater

Whoever wins the stage, yes, let's hope that all are safe today.

 

[ontheroad]

Contador to go full gas and sign off his career with a win up the Angliru today.