CyclingQuotes analyzes each of the race's 21 stages to find out where the race will be decided, where the sprinters will come into action and where the potential pitfalls are hidden.
Vuelta a Espana organizers Unipublic have made a definitive decision: their race is not one for sprinters, time triallists or classics riders, it's one for the climbers. Having been praised for their 2012 route with its 10 uphill finishes, the course designers took it a further notch in 2013 by putting together a race containing no less than 11 of those difficult finales. With 9 summit finishes in 2014 and 8 in this year’s editions, they have scaled down the mountainous terrain a bit and with the inclusion of a flat time trial and fewer excessively steep climbs
Thomas De Gendt goes to the Vuelta with one aim... Attack.
Fighting talk.
"In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
Mikkel Condé v2.0 @mrconde · 1h1 hour ago
"Interesting" opening TTT in the Vuelta. Take a look at some of the passages - yes, it's sand! (photos @Simon_Jones1)
Believe that a farther shore
Is reachable from here.
Believe in miracles
And cures and healing wells
Classic "Quick Step for the Vuelta" team of anyone who couldn't think up somewhere else they were supposed to be quickly enough or Pat is annoyed at.
Gianluca Brambilla, Pieter Serry, Carlos Verona, David De La Cruz, Niki Terpstra, Maxime Bouet, Martin Velits, Iljo Keisse, Nikolas Maes
"In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
Do we have a list of the World's contender doing the Vuelta?
He's tilting at the worlds as well, so I think he'll do TOB whilst the Vuelta is on.
Edit: Sagan is at the Vuelta
"In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"
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Oh boo hoo, sense the tone :P
http://www.cyclingquotes.com/news/2015_vuelta_a_espana_route_analysis/
Overall am thinking an in-form Nibs could have fun on this course, also Valverde...
Ouch. Just ouch.
Quintana might like a piece of this too.
Brutal
Thomas De Gendt goes to the Vuelta with one aim... Attack.
Fighting talk.
@gietvangent
Lucky me.
I'll be in Andorra for this one. Going to the start to meet "the lads", then somewhere on the finishing climb.
Good news for tv viewers, too.
RTVE are showing the whole stage live, along with stage 20:
http://www.rtve.es/rtve/20150818/70-vuelta-ciclista-espana-se-vive-rtve-1-rne-web-rtve-acercaran-emocion-ronda-espanola/1202124.shtml
Why's he not riding?
No idea. I'm assuming he's as fat as censored and unlikely to improve on his couldn't-even-finish-last performance of last year.
I may be being harsh on the guy, but he has history.
Al possibly true, but I thought he was riding?
Mikkel Condé v2.0 @mrconde · 1h1 hour ago
"Interesting" opening TTT in the Vuelta. Take a look at some of the passages - yes, it's sand! (photos @Simon_Jones1)
Is reachable from here.
Believe in miracles
And cures and healing wells
When the My Man transfer season opens, I suspect he'll be released from his contract. A fork would be a bit harsh.
https://gifs.com/gif/vJGMdq
What a ridiculous stage
Gianluca Brambilla, Pieter Serry, Carlos Verona, David De La Cruz, Niki Terpstra, Maxime Bouet, Martin Velits, Iljo Keisse, Nikolas Maes
@gietvangent
What's the story with Boonen at the minute?
Do we have a list of the World's contender doing the Vuelta?
Is reachable from here.
Believe in miracles
And cures and healing wells
In messy contract negotiations.
He's tilting at the worlds as well, so I think he'll do TOB whilst the Vuelta is on.
Edit: Sagan is at the Vuelta
@gietvangent
CX bikes may be better
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Looks as if Spanish fans have moved onto more solid objects than wee wee to throw at Sky riders.
https://instagram.com/p/2UiIRWnczm/
Put it like this, the riders could stop mid-race and have a sand castle comp from the surface under their wheels
What on earth is that women thinking cutting across the cycle lane especially when there are lots of cyclists clearly in sight.
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