The 17th stage of The return Will it be able to take place in its entirety and without a major incident? Difficult to ask another question at the time of planning on the course of this Wednesday, August 10, in view of the very complicated context and climate that surround this 80th edition. This third week started as the previous one had ended: in confusion and chaos, with a truncated end of the stage due to a strong mobilization of pro-Palestine demonstrators in the final rise which The organizers again forced to take drastic measures to avoid the worst, as in Bilbao. With incidents to report almost every day, we hope that this day will derogate from the rule, the arrival at the top of the terrible Alto de El Morredero (8.8 km at 9.7%) promising an exciting and decisive battle for the red jersey of which it would be regrettable to be deprived.
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New confrontation between Vingegaard and Almeida … Ayuso or Vine for the hat -trick?
At the end of a fairly short route (143.2 km), it is therefore a pure very explosive hill level which promises to be in this final. Several scenarios are possible: if the breakaway fails to take enough field on this not very long route which could allow Comma or UAE To control enough to play the win, the favorites will then be able to explain themselves as on the slopes of Angliru last Friday, with similar percentages, especially at the foot, which includes several kilometers at more than 11 or even 12% average. An ideal playground to attend attacks and see Jonas Vingegaard (Visma) et JOAO ALMEIDA (UAE) To compete for a second stage victory over this Tour of Spainwhile Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) Jai Hindley, Giulio Pellizzari (Red bull-bora-haansgrohe) Felix Gall (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale) will be in the fight for the podium.
But in view of the reduced number of bees, which are only five around the red jersey, the probability of seeing a new river breakaway taking off and playing the earnings at the front seems very large, like what we have often seen in recent days. There is no shortage Juan Ayuso et Jay Vine (UAE), in search of hat -trick, but also Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-trek), Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious), Eddie Dunbar (Team Jayco-AlUla), Mikel Rural (Soudal Quick-Step),Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious)…
The journey of the 17th stage
– Wednesday September 10 – STEP 17 : The boat of Valdeorras – Alto de El Morradero Ponferrada / 143.2 km – 3168m D+
