La Vuelta'17 S.5 **SPOILERS** Benicàssim / Alcossebre
After Stage 4
1. GBR FROOME Christopher 21 TEAM SKY 13h 37' 41''
2. ESP DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David 11 QUICK - STEP FLOORS 13h 37' 43'' + 00' 02''
3. IRL ROCHE Nicolas 36 BMC RACING TEAM 13h 37' 43'' + 00' 02''
4. USA VAN GARDEREN Tejay 38 BMC RACING TEAM 13h 37' 43'' + 00' 02''
5. ITA NIBALI Vincenzo 151 BAHRAIN - MERIDA 13h 37' 51'' + 00' 10''
6. COL CHAVES RUBIO Johan Esteban 41 ORICA - SCOTT 13h 37' 52'' + 00' 11''
7. ITA ARU Fabio 131 ASTANA PRO TEAM 13h 38' 19'' + 00' 38''
8. GBR YATES Adam 48 ORICA - SCOTT 13h 38' 20'' + 00' 39''
9. FRA BARDET Romain 81 AG2R LA MONDIALE 13h 38' 29'' + 00' 48''
10. GBR YATES Simon 49 ORICA - SCOTT 13h 38' 29'' + 00' 48''
Withdrawals - None on day 4 reported so far.
Stage 5 Benicàssim / Alcossebre
175.7km - Coefficient 3 (Hard Stage)
Last km - if you have not recce'd this final hill you could come a cropper as the road book is incorrect
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Geodiversity
Crosswinds? There is about 40km riden on the coast road which - even in hot hot spain - can bring the possibility of cross winds but they will have to be stronger than forecasts
Valencia is the traditional rice growing area of Spain and (it claims) the birthplace of Paella - which they don't call paella but the even simpler name: arroz (rice) - it is very good in Castellon la Plana where the regional speciality is Arroz Empedrodo (basically paella with beans as well as your normal fishy ingredients)
This region is of course home to Moscatel de Valencia - the vineyards tend to be South of where we are racing today
And horses in Castellon
1. GBR FROOME Christopher 21 TEAM SKY 13h 37' 41''
2. ESP DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO David 11 QUICK - STEP FLOORS 13h 37' 43'' + 00' 02''
3. IRL ROCHE Nicolas 36 BMC RACING TEAM 13h 37' 43'' + 00' 02''
4. USA VAN GARDEREN Tejay 38 BMC RACING TEAM 13h 37' 43'' + 00' 02''
5. ITA NIBALI Vincenzo 151 BAHRAIN - MERIDA 13h 37' 51'' + 00' 10''
6. COL CHAVES RUBIO Johan Esteban 41 ORICA - SCOTT 13h 37' 52'' + 00' 11''
7. ITA ARU Fabio 131 ASTANA PRO TEAM 13h 38' 19'' + 00' 38''
8. GBR YATES Adam 48 ORICA - SCOTT 13h 38' 20'' + 00' 39''
9. FRA BARDET Romain 81 AG2R LA MONDIALE 13h 38' 29'' + 00' 48''
10. GBR YATES Simon 49 ORICA - SCOTT 13h 38' 29'' + 00' 48''
Withdrawals - None on day 4 reported so far.
Stage 5 Benicàssim / Alcossebre
175.7km - Coefficient 3 (Hard Stage)
Last km - if you have not recce'd this final hill you could come a cropper as the road book is incorrect
Listed as
But unless I am missing something 340 climbing metres in 3400m riding distance is pretty much 10% not 4.2%. I have had a look on map my ride and it brings the ascents to 320m so I think the chart is right and the text is wrong.Km 175.7 - Ermita Sta. Lucía. Alcossebre.3.4 kilometre-long climb at 4.2% - category 3
Geodiversity
Benicàssim – Alcossebre
The stage takes place through the Valencian regions of El Maestrazgo and La Plana, rocks, stones, rocks again...
Crosswinds? There is about 40km riden on the coast road which - even in hot hot spain - can bring the possibility of cross winds but they will have to be stronger than forecasts
Valencia is the traditional rice growing area of Spain and (it claims) the birthplace of Paella - which they don't call paella but the even simpler name: arroz (rice) - it is very good in Castellon la Plana where the regional speciality is Arroz Empedrodo (basically paella with beans as well as your normal fishy ingredients)
This region is of course home to Moscatel de Valencia - the vineyards tend to be South of where we are racing today
And horses in Castellon
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Poor guy. He's had a censored year...
I have had a similar dish made with stuff that was like orzo pasta - just a little bit bigger than grains of rice and same shape; lovely. agree on the paella - but anything that is practically universal is gonna have good versions and bad; I think it is also the sort of thing that is so much nicer when you have cooked it yourself
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/ ... gainst-him
Sadly I have to go to a barbeque
So I won't see the stage or eat Paella.
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Big break
Julian Alaphilippe (Quick Step), Ruben Fernandez and Marc Soler (Movistar Team), Michael Schwarzmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Alexis Gougeard (Ag2r La Mondiale), Davide Villella (Cannondale-Drapac), Marco Haller and Matvey Matvey Mamykin (Katusha-Alpecin), Matej Mohoric (UAE Team Emirates), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana), Valerio Agnoli (Bahrain-Merida), Jérémy Maison (FDJ), Merhawi Kudus (Dimension Data), Lluis Mas and Hector Saez (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Michel Kreder (Aqua Blue Sport) and Jetse Bol (Manzana-Postobón) tackle the cat-3 alto de Cabanes with a lead of 2'45".
the paella is the flattish pan isn't it? - so just chuck it all in I say!
Thats a big break! Jetse bol certainly works hard for that Colombian team that we were talking about earlier in the season
Looks like there will be some gaps from the look of that final climb. 20% section with 1km to go.
With this long descent they might even gain more time.
There's enough strength in there to stay away. Over 5 minutes with 30km to go.
Froome to lend out the jersey for a couple of days?
Think they'll bring it back under 5 minutes before the finish.
Lutsenko on the phone to Vino already!