Vuelta a España 2020

[ikerarri]

It’s going to be interesting for sure.

Roglic seems to be struggling when things get steeper than about 15%, in his favour is the long flat that he can TT on better than outright climbers.

If you wanna check Strava segment details ... there is this one:

 

https://www.strava.com/segments/24879242

 

(Strava URL deleted, search for segment “Ezaro 2021”).

 

KOM is about 7min 30secs.

 

There is another segment “Ezaro” (with the wrong profile reading though), but is the same Segment roughly and KOM is 7min 02 seconds.

 

So be prepared for explosive 7 minute espectacular climbs!

[The Ghost]

I’d like to see Ganna on this stage [emoji16]

[Chris_]

Luckily Valverde has those big silly brakes on his road bike, otherwise that thing looks VERY light

 

Edit :Vlasov rather

[The Ghost]

My Hail Mary is a poor effort from Carapaz and Carthy and a great effort from Martin. [emoji1317]

 

Unlikely I know, but hey...

[The Ghost]

Damnit, Carthy is killing it. [emoji2359]

[Chris_]

Ffs primoz, get a move on

[The Ghost]

My hopes of a podium for Dan are all smashed.

[Chris_]

This organised bike change spot is a proper sham.

 

A new bike must come from the car which must come from behind you. End.

[Eugene Oppelt]

"He's a very under-rated TT rider. I think the two top guys have a little bit more to worry about than they might know. I am cautiously optimistic that Hugh could pull off something really special in the time trial and then we will see from there."

 

Team boss JV

[The Ghost]

And then there’s Mas’s change outside the zone.

[The Ghost]

Very quick bike change for Carthy

[Gen]

Very quick bike change for Carthy

And for Roglic who is flying.

[The Ghost]

Very quick for Roglic this time too

[Eugene Oppelt]

What a redemption TT for the Slovenian

Fantastic grit. What a champion.

 

Big mover of the day, other than the winner, was the lanky Hugh Carthy.

 

 

General classification after stage 13

 

1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 49:16:16
2 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers 00:00:39
3 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Pro Cycling 00:00:47
4 Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation 00:01:42
5 Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team 00:03:23
6 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain McLaren 00:06:15
7 Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:07:14
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 00:08:39
9 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana Pro Team 00:08:48
10 David De la Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) UAE Team Emirates 00:09:23

[Gen]

Smashed that...another stage win for Roglic..helmet firmly in place this time round.

[Frosty]

All (pretty much) downhill to (somewhere close to) Madrid.