La Vuelta 2015 S#1 - Puerto Banús / Marbella **SPOILERS**
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Puerto Banús / Marbella - Team Time Trial 7.4 km
It is along the coast and is as flat as a pancake
Looks a bit silly - but last years 12k TTT had Movistar put upto a minute on other teams - and this route looks primed for accidents
It looks from the map as if they are running along the harbour wall
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and across some sandy board walks. Team time trial on Spring Classic bikes?
Puerto Banús / Marbella - Team Time Trial 7.4 km
It is along the coast and is as flat as a pancake
Looks a bit silly - but last years 12k TTT had Movistar put upto a minute on other teams - and this route looks primed for accidents
It looks from the map as if they are running along the harbour wall
and across some sandy board walks. Team time trial on Spring Classic bikes?
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Interesting point made by INRNG. Teams only just seeing the course for the first time today, and if it was the Tour they would have reconned in March
http://cyclingtips.com.au/2015/08/uci-to-meet-vuelta-organisers-over-ttt-course-concerns/
G was looking forward to this section v much
Barguil isn't riding...
Vuelta boss Javier Guillén tells @Vanlooyalfas that controversial TTT course won't change
@friebos 2h2 hours ago
Also from @Vanlooyalfas, Spanish riders association president calls Vuelta TTT 'very, very, very dangerous'
@rorysutherland1 @UCI_cycling don't hate the playa
InnerRing wins Twitter
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the Inner Ring @inrng · 10h10 hours ago
Vuelta's opening stage could be the strangest route since the 1978 Giro used pontoons to ride around Venice
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Surely only a matter of time
Expect to see him at the fron tof the Trek line doing the stupid hand wavy thing he does when he wants to go all Hinault and wants everyone to stop riding/stop riding in a way that means he can't win.
@gietvangent
ITV4 showing Spartacus twice Saturday.
Tbf there's a lot of sand in the movie too
Silin and Trofimov have been booted from the Vuelta squad after being found drunk at the airport after the Rio test event
They've been replaced by Smukulis and Machado
(source @CyclingUpdates)
"Ah, cmon we'll just have the one before our flight is called..."
This is a bike race not a circus act.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpqaBOJNejI&app=desktop
"The recorded time will be counted for the team classification and not for the individual general
classification".
Wilier Cento Uno SR/Wilier Mortirolo/Specialized Roubaix Comp/Kona Hei Hei/Calibre Bossnut
Will there still be a cut-off time I wonder 40 pct in a team time trial is normally completely doable unless you are too injured to sensibly continue - but my sums make this under 2 and a half minutes which is just a fall, feeling shakey for a moment, then a poor bike change
The Technical Jury , having received the concerns of teams and riders and after an inspection of the course with the technical director of the race, and after obtaining the agreement of the UCI has decided :
1. The stage will be held on the planned route .
2. The recorded time will be counted for the team classification and not for the individual general classification.
3. At the end of the stage equipment that you have made the best time will be submitted to the protocol.
Google translate of
http://www.biciciclismo.com/es/vuelta-la-cre-se-disputara-sobre-el-recorrido-previsto-21-08-2015
still checking for those motors
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@36.9163029,-4.7732325,3a,75y,342.78h,66.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxFIAl9UXTA1AwWW9QuKd7w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1