La Vuelta a España 2012
Route leak? http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/531370/vuelta-a-espana-2012-route-leaked.html
Vuelta a Espana 2012 'leaked' route
Week one
Saturday 18 August. Stage one: Pamplona - Pamplona, team time trial
Sunday 19 August. Stage 2: Pamplona - Viana
Monday 20 August. Stage 3. Oion - Arrate (Eibar). Summit finish
Tuesday 21 August. Stage 4: Baracaldo - Valdezcaray. Summit finish
Wednesday 22 August. Stage 5: Logroño - Logroño
Thursday 23 August. Stage 6: Zaragoza (Tarazona) - El Fuerte del Rapitán (Jaca)
Friday 24 August. Stage 7: Jaca - Motorland (Alcañiz)
Saturday 25 August. Stage 8: Lleida - Santuario Canolich (Coll de la Gallina). Summit finish
Sunday 26 August. Stage 9. Andorra - Barcelona
Week two
Monday 27 August. Rest day and Transfer Barcelona - Ponteareas
Tuesday 28 August. Stage 10: Ponteareas - Sanxenxo
Wednesday 29 August. Stage 11: Cambados - Pontevedra, individual time trial
Thursday 30 August. Stage 12: Vilagarcía - Mirador de Ezaro (A Coruña)
Friday 31 August. Stage 12: Santiago de Compostela - Ferrol
Saturday 1 September. Stage 14: Lugo - Los Ancares. Summit finish
Sunday 2 September. Stage 15: La Robla - Lagos de Covadonga. Summit finish
Monday 3 September. Stage 16: Gijón (Villa de Jovellanos) - Cuitu Negro. Summit finish
Week three
Tuesday 4 September. Rest day
Wednesday 5 September. Stage 17: Santander - Fuente Dé
Thursday 6 September. Stage 18: Aguilar de Campoo - Valladolid
Friday 7 September. Stage 19: Peñafiel - La Lastrilla
Saturday 8 September. Stage 20: La Faisanera Golf - Bola del Mundo. Summit finish
Sunday 9 September. Stage 21: Cercedilla - Madrid
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Comments
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A few summit finishes there!0
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Vuelta stages 12 and 13. Looks like they have found another 2km wall.
http://media.lavozdegalicia.es/default/ ... 2_y_13.pdf
Oh and Bola Del Mundo confirmed to return..........................as a time trial!
http://www.eladelantado.com/noticia/dep ... segovianas
AS publish the route map:
http://www.as.com/misc/recorrido-vuelta.pdf
No fewer than 10 uphill/MTF finishes:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/2012-vu ... l-finishes
NO stage South of Madrid. (August heat, I expect)"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
The full route for the Vuelta a (Norte) Espana has been released, with full profiles:
http://www.lavuelta.com/12pr/en/recorrido/vuelta.htmlTwitter: @RichN950 -
Norte indeed! And plenty of summit finishes as suggested in the leak.RichN95 wrote:The full route for the Vuelta a (Norte) Espana has been released, with full profiles:
http://www.lavuelta.com/12pr/en/recorrido/vuelta.html0 -
RichN95 wrote:The full route for the Vuelta a (Norte) Espana has been released, with full profiles:
http://www.lavuelta.com/12pr/en/recorrido/vuelta.html
So who do we think this is going to suit.... Vuelta a Espana 2012 route analysis: Seven mountain top finishes + three uphill stages = climbing heaven :?:0 -
Heavyweight. Going to suit some nice shows of Rodriguez and Contador battles. A few novelties in there.Contador is the Greatest0
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Wow, summit finish overkill? A finish on Ancares is great though.
And leaving out the South will spare us most of the straight flat roads through empty dusty landscapes0 -
a great route. Lets hope it gets the riders to make it a great race0
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Quite weird route
I like Pamplona TTT, Jaca, Ancares, Cuitu Negru and Bola del Mundo Stages... but not enoght ITTIf you like Flandes, Roubaix or Eroica, you would like GP Canal de Castilla, www.gpcanaldecastilla.com0 -
I like this route a lot. Can't wait for Vuelta time, as I have a feeling the TdF is going to disappoint this year.0
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Hmmm there's going to be some serious 'amnesty days' as a result of this route. Some of those days will come on mountain top finishes. Expect some bizarre stage winners, lack of willingness to chase breaks, and an almighty waiting game of 'who will crack first', unless someone takes it by the horns and by doing so wins it or knocks themselves out of contention.
I think it'll be a case of who has the least severe of 'off-day(s)' because every contender will have an off-day with this route - a la Giro 2011.0 -
It has a Schleck victory written all over it, if only they had some ambition to win grand tours, not just the Tour De France.
It'll be interesting to see if Basso gives it a crack.0 -
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Rick Chasey wrote:Will it be a re-run of the Vuelta when Valvarde won?
A process of who cracks the least?
They are the best kind!
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Really?
I find that nothing really happens because they're all too paranoid about cracking. Makes for very boring racing. Sort of like this year's Giro if you ignore Contador. Scarponi and Nibali looked at each other all race waiting for the other to crack. Proper ZZZzzzz fest.
The best racing tends to come when someone has to make an effort to go out and win it. It's quickly becoming an over-used example but think Andy Schleck at this years Tour.0 -
Hmmm, interesting - maybe they should have either moved the ITT to later on in the race, or have another one in the final week.All Road/ Gravel: tbcWinter: tbcMTB: tbcRoad: tbc"Look at the time...." "he's fallen like an old lady on a cruise ship..."0
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Vuelta podium girls
Contador is the Greatest0 -
Too much clothing on that pic frenchie!
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Doobz wrote:Too much clothing on that pic frenchie!
Fans waiting on first uphill stage.....
Enough clothing :?:0
