2024-08-24 19:14:37
Motril › Granada (178.5 km)
Stage 9, Vuelta a España 2024
A key day, with 4486m of positive promotion profit.
Although there are classified ports in the second part of the route, the first one is very complicated and difficult to control. Stinky layout, typical of Spain.
The length of the first category is Purche, which is crowned more than 80 kilometers from the finish line. That is why we will not use it properly.
With 6.2 km at 9.5% it is a big hill in which the excitement and anticipation for what is to come can begin. Its summit is followed by an 11 km descent that leads to the base of the Hazallanas Block. The descent is technical and steep, be careful there.
It’s another big hill, which is longer than the altimetry indicates because the peloton will climb from earlier. This climb will be done twice, with bonuses at the top the second time you pass.
Once the crown will be 15 kilometers of straight and fast descent and then a descending lie (7 km) to the rise.
Air
very hot Light WSW wind.
Favorites
Primoz Roglic: The highest number of the event also shows that it is higher than everyone to the top, at least in short distances. Tomorrow will be a different story, with long rides that still have a huge advantage over its rivals. But the end is flat, so except for individual events, there will be less surplus with victory for him.
*Enric Mas: Others have shown above-average climbing legs. He won’t win because he doesn’t have a breather, he won’t let Roglic go or he isn’t the best at talking. But he will always be on the wheel and will continue to improve overall.
Ben O’Connor: It’s not the end of it, that’s in the Giro. Furthermore, you can not recover after the days on the run that dressed you in red, and that showed the seams in the two already high end. Stopping the full fall, red will save but will leave time again. He knows the area and the major ports very well for him. If you burst and say goodbye to red, Félix Gall is the man for this side.
* Mattias Skjelmose and Lennert Van Eetvelt: They have the speed to threaten Roglic, what they may not have the level to cope with. If they resist, they could put Slovenia in trouble.
Mikel Landa: He is one step away from joining the ranks of the best climbers, but he is not close and it is difficult to win alone.
Carlos Rodríguez: A diesel that will be comfortable in a well-known environment. You can’t win at the end of a group.
Isaac del Toro: He is the UAE’s man for the general classification now that Almeida is also down. His top speed was compared by his own leaders with that of Pogacar. There is nothing more to add.
* Sepp kiss: The relays he gave for van Aert’s victory confirmed his position. He has bad luck today with the fall, he will want to redeem himself and it will not be strange to see him come out from afar. He is one of those who can enjoy relative freedom for a late attack.
Richard Carapaz:
It shines in a growing way. If you are sure and they are not released, it is another speed to put pressure on Rogla.
Sir: Carapaz himself, if he leaves the general position, or people like Marc Soler; Michael Woods, Alexander Cepeda, Matthew Riccitello, Carlos Verona and Max Poole. Adam Yates even analyzes the attempt to recover time through escape.
Predict
It is a day for the likes, the speed will be high to produce wear and tear and the resistance test of the leader. Already in the last ascent to Hazallanas the attackers will be in search of opening the gap and bonus. A small group will leave, maybe some short ones will join the bottom, and a small one will be at the finish line with the victory for Primoz Roglic.
Pablo Palermo
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