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Vuelta a España 2017 - Preview/Week 1
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| Selwink |
Posted on 17-08-2017 21:14
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Time for a Vuelta thread. With a brutal course and mountain stages in the weekend things are looking exciting. An incredibly powerful field, including Froome hoping to take a Tour-Vuelta double for the first time in the 21st century, and Contador riding his last race ever. Discuss!
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Week 1
Stage 1: TTT
Stage 2: Flat
Stage 3: Mountain
Stage 4: Flat
Stage 5: Hill (HTF)
Stage 6: Hill
Stage 7: Flat
Stage 8: Hill
Stage 9: Hill (HTF)
Week 2
Stage 10: HI/MO
Stage 11: Mountain (MTF)
Stage 12: Hill
Stage 13: Flat-ish
Stage 14: Mountain (MTF)
Stage 15: Mountain (MTF)
Week 3
Stage 16: ITT
Stage 17: Mountain (MTF)
Stage 18: Hill (HTF)
Stage 19: Hill
Stage 20: Angliru
Stage 21: Flat
Discuss!
Edited by Selwink on 18-08-2017 09:48
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 17-08-2017 21:16
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TIL Ventoso rode for BMC this year.
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| Selwink |
Posted on 17-08-2017 21:18
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And my personal prediction
1: Chaves
2: Nibali
3: Froome
4: Contador
5: Zakarin
6: Kelderman
7: Majka
8: Poels
9: De La Cruz
10: Soler
Points: Alaphilippe
KoM: Fraile
Combi thing or whatever they have this year: Chaves
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 17-08-2017 21:23
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1: Froome
2: Contador
3: Majka
4: S.Yates
5: Zakarin
6: Aru
7: Chaves
8: Alaphilippe
9: Kruijswijk
10: D.Moreno
Points: Alaphilippe
KoM: Fraile
Combination: Froome
U25: S.Yates
Teams: Orica
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 17-08-2017 21:33
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1: Contador
2: Froome
3: Nibali
4: Aru
5: Kruijswijk
6: S. Yates
7: Chaves
8: Alaphilippe
9: Zakarin
10: Majka
Points: Alaphilippe
KoM: Fraile
Combination: Contador
U25: S.Yates
Teams: Orica
Hoping to see El Pistelero deliver one last time!
Edited by hillis91 on 17-08-2017 21:49
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 17-08-2017 21:34
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1: Contador
2: Nibali
3: Froome
4: Chaves
5: Zakarin
6: Kruijijijswijijijk
7: Bardet
8: Poels
9: Jungels
10: Aru
Points: Degenkolb(pls)
KoM: Fraile
Combi: Nibali
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 17-08-2017 21:35
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Paul23 wrote:
1: Contador
2: Nibali
3: Froome
4: Chaves
5: Zakarin
6: Kruijijijswijijijk
7: Bardet
8: Poels
9: Jungels
10: Aru
Points: Degenkolb(pls)
KoM: Fraile
Combi: Nibali
So many top 10 contenders...Yates, De la Cruz, Alaphillipe, Barguil, Roche, TVG, Kelderman....
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| duartescxd |
Posted on 17-08-2017 21:46
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1: Aru
2: Froome
3: Nibali
4: Bardet
5: Chaves
6: Zakarin
7: Poels
8: Contador
9: Jungels
10: Rui Costa
Points: Modolo
KoM: Omar Fraile
Combination: Nibali
Youth: Adam Yates
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| Martii_Scots01 |
Posted on 17-08-2017 21:56
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Btw guys, there's no Youth competition in the Vuelta, just letting you know.... anyway my prediction is for Bardet to win his first ever GT and Froome to crash out of the race in Andorra, nothing else really matters now does it? |
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 17-08-2017 22:02
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Martii_Scots01 wrote:
Btw guys, there's no Youth competition in the Vuelta, just letting you know.... anyway my prediction is for Bardet to win his first ever GT and Froome to crash out of the race in Andorra, nothing else really matters now does it?
Actually this year they have created a U25 competition, without jersey.
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| Kalach |
Posted on 17-08-2017 22:06
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WHO will be better Aru or Bardet?
I do not know what to expect from zakarin and orica guys. Also i have some feeling that TVG will be somehow good?
Alaphilipe for points jersey? Hmm has he had any good result this season? I think his form is hard to predict.
I think jungels wont be good on that steep climbs .
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.
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| Forever the Best |
Posted on 17-08-2017 22:38
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Stage 3 is a very nicely designed stage though they could have added Gallina before or after Rabassa.
Anyways the climbs on stage 3:
Col de la Perche:
Alto de la Rabassa (only till the Sant Julia de Loria intersection) :
La Comella:
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| Yellow Jersey |
Posted on 17-08-2017 23:38
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1 - Esteban Chaves
2 - Wout Poels
3 - Steven Kruiswijk
4 - Vincenzo Nibali
5 - Miguel Angel Lopez
6 - Rafal Majka
7 - Ilnur Zakarin
8 - Fabio Aru
9 - Nicholas Roche
10 - David de la Cruz
Points - Matteo Trentin
KOM - Domenico Pozzovivo
Combination - Esteban Chaves
Teams - Movistar
Surprises - Michael Woods/Diego Rosa/Darwin Atapuma/Adam Blythe
For some reason i imagine that Froome, Contador, Bardet will suffer crash/ilness and abandon/poor performance
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| Shonak |
Posted on 18-08-2017 00:27
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Angliru to be the last mountain that Contador climbs. I imagine Spain will go crazy that day.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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| Aquarius97 |
Posted on 18-08-2017 00:46
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Shonak wrote:
Angliru to be the last mountain that Contador climbs. I imagine Spain will go crazy that day.
In Spain we are so smart that the day of Angliru, the regional derby, who hasn't been played in lots of years, Oviedo-Sporting Gijon, will be played at the same hour
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| hillis91 |
Posted on 18-08-2017 00:55
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Aquarius97 wrote:
Shonak wrote:
Angliru to be the last mountain that Contador climbs. I imagine Spain will go crazy that day.
In Spain we are so smart that the day of Angliru, the regional derby, who hasn't been played in lots of years, Oviedo-Sporting Gijon, will be played at the same hour
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 18-08-2017 01:59
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Just imagine an empty Angliru...
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| Arberg27 |
Posted on 18-08-2017 05:57
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Froome wins of course... |
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 18-08-2017 07:12
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It amused me reading through the stage descriptions.. 6 is more than just hilly-ish, its proper hilly despite the long run in. Stage 13 is probably some of the flattest road you can ride in Spain. And Stage 19, well, I wont join you on your flattish rides.  Again a proper hilly stage. |
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| Riis123 |
Posted on 18-08-2017 07:23
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Anyways, that wall on stage 6 is brutal. A friend of mine knows it and its tougher than Xorret de Cati. Speaking of Cati, very nice its back, its a legend of the Vuelta. I think last time we saw it was 2010? And speaking of dewellish gradients, look out of Los Muchachos, its downright brutal.
Theres very good things to say about this design, it looks like a very good Vuelta. The biggest factor is they have limited themselves to 4 sprinter stages, thats great. One of my only problems is Angliru on stage 20 which potentially can hamper the ambush potential of stage 19 and 18. In different order and we are golden, but that obviously means Anlgiru isn't on a weekend and you do not want that as an organiser. |
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