The traditional parade into Madrid to crown the winner and offer a last sprint finish for those who have stayed the course. The finish is later than usual.
Month: September 2017
Vuelta a España Stage 20 Preview
A short and sharp stage, just 117.5km and packed with climbing including the Angliru, the reference point to which other climbs in Spain and beyond are compared.
Vuelta a España Stage 19 Preview
A route for the breakaway to get reeled in but which teams will do the reeling? Very few so it should be a day for the breakaway.
Vuelta a España Stage 18 Preview
A day for a breakaway but the final climb allows the GC contenders to scrap for seconds too.
Vuelta a España Stage 17 Preview
A mountain stage across tough terrain with a very hard final climb that attracts attention for its steep slopes but the real difficulty is the changing gradient and the accompanying changes in pace.
Vuelta a España Stage 16 Preview
A time trial to balance all those climbs. That was the theory but the practice should see Chris Froome extend his overall lead over his rivals. There’s still the other steps of the podium and today’s stage up for grabs.
Vuelta a España Stage 15 Preview
Up, up and away. This is a short stage at under 130km with a variety of climbs in a short space before the high altitude summit finish in the Sierra Nevada. It’s all live on TV from start to finish.
Vuelta a España Stage 14 Preview
The weekend offers two hard mountain stages starting with the major summit finish of La Pandera, a one time military road.
The Vuelta’s New Climbs
The Vuelta a España climbs La Pandera tomorrow. It’s one of several new climbs in the race that are gradually making a name for themselves because of the Vuelta’s spotlight and in time they will become destinations for more than the locals.
La Pandera? It all began thanks to a local teacher who discovered the road was open and decided to visit and thought it was so hard they just had to tell the Vuelta…
Vuelta a España Stage 13 Preview
The rain in Spain hasn’t fallen on the plains. Or at least today promises a scorching hot stage across the plains and a likely sprint finish.