/cyc/ /La vuelta/ stage 18 Suances - Santo Toribio de Liébana

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A tricky day on which anything could happen. The climbing is all backloaded into the second half for the stage before the last ‘wall’ finish of the race

The first 40 kilometres hug the north-west coast near Santander and they are all on rolling roads. The first 5 km are uncategorised uphill and then they loop through Pechón and Pesués and head inland.

The road heads south past Abanillas and Labarces before they hit the feed zone at Cabezón de la Sal.

They then hit the first of four categorised climbs here, The Collada de Carmona, 4.8 kilometres at 7.2%, and they then descent straight into the Collada de Ozalba, which is 6 kilometres long at 6.6%.

That’s not the end of it because it’s straight into the intermediate sprint at Sobrelapeña, a 7 kilometre-long climb at 6%, and then they descend before a 15km run to the finish.
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Finish

Actually, rises for a good amount of time until the final categorised climb and the finish, the Santo Toribio de Liébana. It’s listed as 3.2km at 6.4, but the last 2.2km is listed as 9%, so it’s similar to the earlier finishes we’ve had.

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Race contenders

This is classic breakaway material. We know who’s likely to be strong enough to get away now and previous escapees have form. Astana’s Alexey Lutsenko has ridden strongly all race and was strongest on a similar finish to Alecossebre on Stage 5 when Marc Soler finished strongly.

Julian Alaphilippe used the breakaway to take the victory on the Xorret de Cati when he beat Rafal Majka and Jan Polanc, who has gotten into a number of escapes for UAE Team Emirates.

Matej Mohoric has shown his talents already by winning Stage 7 and is another choice for the Emirati team whilst Alexis Gougeard could be a card for AG2R to play along with Tobias Ludvigsson. Thomas de Gendt and Alessandro De Marchi are others.

Will a spaniard finally win?

>>78097783
I can't help feel that yesterday was the chance. Fucking Austria

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fuck chains
fuck derailleurs
fuck brakes

>>78097783
When Landa leads Movistar.

Hi guys!

Yesterday was delicious.

>>78097698
>No stage profile in OP.

You failed son.

>>78097960
i don't get it, why did they even make this ridiculous thing? they had already understood that wheels can be used for transportation, and you need two wheels for the stability. this has two wheels. why one huge and one small, and not two equal?

>>78098495
Because someone had to invent drivetrains before you could travel at any speed above "fuck all". Making a huge wheel is one way to make it less slow.

>>78098476
Does your dad ever say that to you?

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Rooting for Contador is suffering.
Spanish commentators focusing on him so much doesn't help.

>>78098526
The brit ones do as well tbf

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Animation for this VaE going to the peak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0a1lZWoMu8

>>78098577
Always the same song

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>>78098588
...and it always bangs

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>>78098577
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NGIw5kjcWQ

>>78098588
>>78098602
Another one to vibe (it's a song on bike)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20c9zRqcF1s

>>78098476
Ignore this guy OP, good job with the thread. Today I wasn't able to create it so I'm glad you did.

>>78098518
Constantly, yours?

>>78098511
Do you know if the big wheel, free wheels when not pedaling the big wheel?

>>78098900
Fairly sure they were (are?) fixed

>>78098900
It has no brakes so probably not

>>78098966
Shit, that can't be good going down hill.

>>78098826
Ty Portugal bro

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>>78098987
Later models had brakes.

Nibali is looking very skelly. He will btfo of Froome on Angliru

Why the fuck isn't Barday in the breakaway? The other days he knew the peloton would catch them and he went. Today that the peloton doesn't give a fuck and it's a mountain finish he isn't.

>>78099063
No problem best allie

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>fuck those guys, I didn't want to talk to them anyway
>my nose hurts
>i wish my new blood bag was here

>>78099141
Is it just me or Aru is a little weird?

You are now aware that Contador will win on based Angliru - not just the stage, but the la vuelta.

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Anyone else mow with a bike?

>>78099157
Aru is weird.
He has also fallen out with Astana, reportedly over bike problems but it's more than just that.

'Fabio Aru cut a lonely figure at the start today, with reports in La Gazzetta dello Sport that he had threatened to quit the race in anger at his Astana team.'

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a mountain literally just fell here in shimla lads

>>78099331
kek, good title webm guy

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>>78099331

>>78099189
>You now remember Contador's madman attack in 2012

AQUABLUE
Q
U
A
B
L
U
E

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rare punished froome pic right here

>>78099401
froome is awsome, dunno why ppl hate on him

Katusha saying fuck it and doing a team time trial

>>78099331
Is the northern himalyan part of india pretty remote?

>>78099401
RARE! DELETE!

Orica BTFO

Fuck these Jamaica bobslaid ads

>>78099401
how does he do it?

>>78099471
:(
Feel bad for Chaves, he's had sucha shitty year.

Contador does it again!

How is he so based?

>>78099471
>>78099497
sad desu, but he's still young, next year lads

AROOOO
>>78099497
need to go back to doing eight hour rides with Oscar Sevilla:^)

Aru is such a dumbfuck. Why not use up Sanchez before going on the attack? He's more leg than brains. And not that much leg.

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HABBENING

>>78099527
He was shaking his head too

*nibbles*

Was there a crash or something?
Why are they lagging so much?

>>78099582
Breakaway people too behind from Vroome in GC

GWAN CONTADOR

I hate sky so much...

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>>78099716

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>For me it's clenbuterol.

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at least you tried

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>>78099725

>>78099331
>cameraman didn't panic as soon as something happened
Positively surprised desu

>>78099752
>wow what a beautiful mountain let's film it
>oh shit it's falling

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>>78099725

>>78099749
I forgot about that one, kek.

>Aru not working for superman
Throw out by Astana tonight?

>>78099844
>>78099141
Aru has fallen out with them, he doesn't give a fuck

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>Is Aqua Blue /ourteam/?

Will nibbles try anything today?

>German Eurosport

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>>78099899
/lifelong/ here

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'Sky is gonna kill this sport. The singlehandly most deadliest threat for the sport since US Postal but due to monumental corruption they have the protection.'
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=33580&start=380

Fuck these contafags cannot cry harder.
Never mind when Tom D got bullied by Astana and Froome got mugged by everybody.

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>>78099962

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>>78099932
Much aesthetic.

>>78099997
Holy shit how tall is that dude on the left?

>Lutsenko

>>78099988
lol

>>78099997
>>78099932
>Aqua Blue
>shirts are blue, but not aqua

>>78100000
Sad,

>>78099962
>Contador was calling for a salary cap one week before retiring.

lel.

A R M E E

>>78099997
>>78100007
Also how insecure about their height is the guy in white tiptoeing

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>>78100007
>A BIG GUY

>>78100045
so aerodynamic

>>78100045
>88kg
>Specialisation: all rounder/GC

>>78100096
At the tour of Qatar maybe

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>aru might get caught before the finish

>The absolute state of Astana

nice leadout, lads

Where the fuck is nibali

VROOME

>>78100113
ded

nibali struggling

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ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?

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KEK

>nibbles

>wins 20 seconds
>loses 50 seconds
>wins 40 seconds
>loses 30 seconds
Nibali everyone

rip nibali

>>78100155
I'm losing on the swings
I'm losing on the roundabouts

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>>78100067
>>78100096

>How can Manlets even dare to compete?

Contador is the strongest right now

>>78100096
>>78100100
Tour of Connacht maybe

fuck froome
fuck sky
fuck all brits
fuck my work schedule

>>78100179
reckon i'd beat him in a fight

for me its EPO lads