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

[Simurgh]

Everything, even the weather conditions, points towards an epic showdown! HYYYYYYYYYYYPE!

 

[Poursuivant]

That wind is insane.

 

[portugal11]

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**** my life, hopefully the huge headwind won't ruin this.

I hope it won't be cancelled!!

On 2nd thought finish on Cordal... could suit Berto? :Neutral:

Angliru is mythical. I would be destroyed just like I was when they cancelled the crostis-zoncolan combo.

 

[Blanco]

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I want to see post per stage record today

That will be hard. We need to go close to 3000

But we have telencefalus

:lol: That could be crucial advantage

 

[KyoGrey]

Ready for the last show.

 

[Climbing]

Lots of riders making the sign of the cross at the start.
Please we expect epicness, don't let us down great god of cycling!

 

[ice&fire]

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Looks like a girl had to be rescued in Angliru (I don't know what happened):
https://twitter.com/LAYUCU/status/906486464548143104

From the text 'Girl with no brakes' it's not difficult to imagine.

 

[Kwibus]

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Tell us the reason/s.

More epic racing.

Exactly. I dont want crashes, I want a more selective race and rain always makes a bigger selection.

 

[klintE]

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'Girl with no brakes' it's not difficult to imagine.

Oh, I love that type. But no literally.

 

[glassmoon]

"Great weather."
And fcking eurosport is (and will be during the whole stage) showing the same stupid pointless clips which aren't even ads. What is the freaking point of those?

 

[Simurgh]

Wet roads, but the sky is white

 

[Simurgh]

Vague intentions about today's stage voiced by Garcia from Bahrain...only the cliché of "we will give everything"

 

[alspacka]

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somehow im fancying a massive letdown something like the 2014 zoncolan with the break taking it.

With Poels riding tempo almost all the way up iirc...

 

[bob.a.feet]

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Looks like a girl had to be rescued in Angliru (I don't know what happened):
https://twitter.com/LAYUCU/status/906486464548143104

From the text 'Girl with no brakes' it's not difficult to imagine.

I remember my first bike with no brakes, had to use my foot to stop it. Sometimes I would wear only socks and when I was doing lots of descending the bottom of my sock would be worn off at the end of the day. Good times

 

[Frankschleck]

this could be the best stage in a gt since legendary alpe de huez in the 2011 tour.

 

[Gigs_98]

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Tell us the reason/s.

1.) It makes the descents more decisive. I'm not talking about crashes only about making the descent even more technical which is why attackers can gain more time than on dry descents.
2.) Rain makes the stage generally harder and therefore also harder to control. The sky train will be less effective in horrible weather.
3.) A difficult race also causes bigger time gaps which would make the battle for the gc more interesting
4.) I'm a nibali fan and since nibali is usually really good in bad weather conditions I hope for rain

 

[bob.a.feet]

Contador still hasn't won the combativity award in any of the stages so far. Obviously he will win it at the end but still seems strange.

 

[Forever The Best]

If Contador attacks on Cobertoria this can be epic.

 

[rune1107]

My fear is that the TV coverage of this epic stage, will be the worst of all time because of the weather

 

[Simurgh]

Finally...and it is POURING!

 

[LaFlorecita]

My fear is that the TV coverage of this epic stage, will be the worst of all time because of the weather

As long as Alberto is the first to come into view at the finish, I don't care!

 

[Laplaz]

Tim Wellens would love this stage.

 

[bigcog]

This should be epic.

 

[cantalupe]

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Tim Wellens would love this stage.

Spilak as well.

 

[70kmph]

Its Asturias, northwest part of Spain not the heat of the south