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One of the things I enjoy about the Vuelta racing:

 

There are time bonuses awarded with 10 seconds for a stage winner, 6 seconds for second place and 4 seconds for third place, except on the the time trial stages. Each intermediate sprint offers 3-2-1 seconds as well.

 

 

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Situation

1. Cannondale 0:14:19

2. Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:00

3. Trek Factory Racing 0:00:03

4. Omega Pharma-QuickStep 0:00:05

5. Giant-Shimano 0:00:10

6. Tinkoff-Saxo 0:00:13

7. Belkin 0:00:13

8. BMC Racing 0:00:15

9. Lampre-Merida 0:00:19

10. Team Sky 0:00:21

11. MTN-Qhubeka 0:00:23

12. Astana 0:00:24

13. Lotto-Belisol 0:00:24

14. Ag2r-La Mondiale 0:00:27

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The unmissable stages

It’s a cliché that “anything can happen” during a race but there are some stages that matter more than others. If you need to plan ahead and book space in your diary, here are some suggestions for the stages to watch.

 

Stage 1 will set the early scene for the race with the team time trial with a naval theme.

Stage 3 has a tricky sharp uphill finish, tune in for a contest between sprinters and puncheurs

Stage 6 has the first summit finish of the race so watch to see the W/kg pecking order start to establish itself

Stage 9 as it’s a summit finish but also because it’s not so steep that it turns into a private mountain time trial

Stage 10 is the time trial, it might not be great TV but it should be decisive

Stage 11 for a tough summit finish

Stage 14 for the 24% gradient

Stage 15 another summit finish

Stage 16 ditto

Stage 20 as it’s the last mountain stage

Stage 21 the final time trial

 

The Inner Ring

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I've downloaded a copy of the Vuelta a Espana 2014 Roadbook in PDF format - 54MB in size.

 

Too big to email to anyone but it's on the web (cyclingtorrents.nl) if anyone wants to download a copy via a BitTorrent Client.

 

Or if you have DropBox I can share it to you.

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Meanwhile:

 

South Africa for the World Championships:

 

Elite Men

Reinhardt Janse van Rensburg

Jacques Janse van Rensburg

Jay Thompson

 

Under 23

Louis Meintjes

Jayde Julius

Kevin Patten

Willie Smit

 

Elite Women

Ashleigh Moolman Pasio

An-Li Kachelhoffer

Heidi Dalton

 

Junior Men

Gustav Basson

Ivan Venter

Graeme Ockhuis

Stefan de Bod (Non Traveling Reserve)

 

Junior Women

Monique Gerber

Michelle Benson

Catherine Colyn

 

 

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