La Vuelta 2024:-Stage 13: Lugo-Puerto de Ancares, 175.6km ***Spoilers***
Stage 13: Lugo-Puerto de Ancares, 175.6km
Friday 30th August
Start Time: 11-55BST.
Stage 13 serves up five climbs - three of which are categorized - before the race concludes with the steep drag up the Puerto de Ancares. The riders traverse Galicia for the fourth day in a row and cross into neighbouring Castile-Léon in the final kilometres. The 175.6 kilometer long race commences in Lugo. Lugo is the capital of the northwestern region Galicia. The town reserves major remains of its Roman past.
La Vuelta last visited the Puerto de Ancares in 2014, although it was tackled on another – but still brutal – side. It was the last call for that year’s red jersey and the race came down to a fascinating fight between the big four. Following attacks by Joaquim Rodriguez and Chris Froome, Alberto Contador outsmarted the lot and took both the stage and the GC victory. El Pistolero crossed the line 16 seconds ahead of Froome with Valverde almost 1 minute in arrears. Purito faded away in the last part of the climb and finished in fourth.
Profile.
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Map.
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The Climbs.
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The Final Kilometres.
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What to Expect.
On paper, this is one of the toughest finishes in the entire Vuelta, making it likely that the GC riders will test each other.
Lugo
Lugo has already hosted 4 La Vuelta stage departures.
97,211 inhabitants.
Lugo is a city in northwestern Spain in the autonomous community of Galicia. It is the capital of the province of Lugo. It is located on a hill on the banks of the river Miño. The Lugo City Walls, a World Heritage Site, surround the old city centre with its Roman structure. Featuring towers and doorways, this historical monument offers an insight into the city’s antiquity and fortitude. It is over two kilometres long, includes 10 doorways and is the only Roman city wall in the world to have been preserved in its entirety.
Tarta de Mondoñedo
Tarta de Mondoñedo is a layered cake consisting of puff pastry, sponge cake, angel hair pasta, almonds, and candied fruit. It was first created in the 12th century by nuns in Mondoñedo, a small town in the Galician province of Lugo.
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Puerto de Ancares
Puerto de Ancares has already hosted 2 La Vuelta finish-lines.
828 inhabitants (Candín).
The Ancares Mountain Pass will, once again, host a La Vuelta finish-line for the 3rd time, after doing so in 2012 and 2014. It will do so by debuting a new slope to climb the León side from Tejedo de Ancares.
Queso de Valdeón
One of the great blues of Europe, this Spanish cheese is produced in the Picos de Europa Mountains, namely the valley of Valdeón. The smooth and creamy Valdeón blue cheese is made from either pure cow's milk or a combination of cow's, sheep's, and goat's milk. It is matured for about 45-60 days and sold wrapped in sycamore maple or chestnut leaves.
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Comments
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That finish looks brutal - not just the final climb but the one before should give teams the chance to make it crazy hard if they want. Any of the current top 5 could be leading the race at the end of today.
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Did Primoz design the route himself for this Vuelta?
The ES commentary team were questioning yesterday whether having repeated double digit gradient climbs makes for fair racing and a good tour. They felt that ASO have good too far with the relentless climbing of 15%+ gradients, though they would not want a return to the pre-ASO days either.
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The break of 24 riders includes WVA, Michael Woods, 3 UAE but nobody within 30 minutes on GC.
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WVA moves into the virtual lead of the mountain classification taking the 3 points available at the top of the first cat 3 climb. Given that Vine was second and Moniquet third (both of whom have a potential interest), I'd guess it was contested.
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Wout as the KoM really would be ludicrous.
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Would fit nicely with the Laurent Jalabert comparisons that I heard somewhere earlier this week.
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He takes the 5 points at the second climb too.
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11mins!
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Is Roglic looking to prove that he can win a GT without bonus seconds? 😉
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
12:20 now ....
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Can't see wout on GC ... You never know though
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Woods going to be fancying his chances here after that TdF stage he won last year
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Green, Dots and Red? 🤨
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
UAE are well represented in the break again. Who is best placed on GC in there? It feels a bit like everyone is leaving it to Decathlon to control but they aren't really up to the task.
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The Kern Pharma rider, Parra, who is 30 minutes down on O'Connor.
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This casual pace favours roglic
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Viktor and WvA attack out the big break
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Drag a few with them
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Peloton is snoozing at 15 mins
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
What's the likely cut off for today?
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Cake is just weakness entering the body0 -
About 50 minutes.
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Thought he won them all in 95 ?
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
It was a gold jersey then
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
I was talking about WvA. Not gonna happen.
The dots jersey will be gone by Monday too.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Silly site double post.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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Soler must be the most weird rider in the pro peloton.
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Sounds like Sean Kelly has been watching the Movistar documentary. Soler has no clue what he should do. What is this?
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There's now fewer UAE in the break.
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Typical.
I was going to watch today, but the internet isn’t working in guest rooms, only in common areas.
Hope I can post tomorrow’s stage, later.
"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
Sliding out under the crash barrier, somehow missing all the posts and then taking a trip through the undergrowth on a cliff face. Not sure if that counts as lucky or unlucky!
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