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La Vuelta Stage 14: Don Benito to Pico Villuercas (165.7km)

mewso · 2021-08-28 12:30:15

Back to climbing today with two cat 1 mountains to look forward to. As I write the stage is under way and a large breakaway has 8 minutes. Whether they stay away is anyone's guess the way previous stages has gone. Bardet and Champoussin would be favourites from that group I think. Interesting to see how Pidcock goes as he…

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Back to climbing today with two cat 1 mountains to look forward to.

As I write the stage is under way and a large breakaway has 8 minutes. Whether they stay away is anyone's guess the way previous stages has gone. Bardet and Champoussin would be favourites from that group I think. Interesting to see how Pidcock goes as he is there too.

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#2 28-08-2021 1:26pm

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20% gradient goat tracks covered with a concrete surface
This is the Vuelta :D

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#3 28-08-2021 2:22pm

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Oh that was nasty for Vine there.

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#4 28-08-2021 3:24pm

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Some performance from Vine after the fall.

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#5 28-08-2021 3:27pm

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How did he get back even.

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#6 28-08-2021 4:56pm

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And so Bardet finally gets his stage win and KOM jersey... pity we didn't get a showdown versus Vine.

"To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)

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#7 28-08-2021 10:28pm

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Didnt see the stage today, catching up now. I see carapaz stepped off today as a dnf, probably shouldnt have ever been in the team, he looked knackered

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