Vuelta a Burgos- In case you are late arriving...
You missed something that looked suspiciously like echelons last stage, a cobbled finish the stage before and two stages of Dani Moreno powering up cat 3 finishing climbs that the Big Vuelta is so famous for. Now comes the Queen stage and before we get to that, lets get a couple of links up here:
So. Let's set the stage with the top 17 on GC and for today's finale, eliminate all of the non-climby guys:
- Dani Moreno
- Matti Breschel :15
- Stefano Garzeli :14
- Tom Dumoulin :19
- Nacer Bouhanni :20
- Danielle Ratto :22
- Eros Capecchi :22
- Rob Gesink :27
- Jeremie Galland :30
- Sergio Henao :32
- Gio Visconti :36
- Johan Chaves Rubio :38
- Gorka Verdugo :45
- Jennifer Grey :46
- Javier Moreno :48
- Alexandre Geinez :49
- Bauke Mollema :50
On the jump is the stage profile.
And the final climb:
Okay. This is serious. 9.7 km, next to last km averaging 12.1%, topping out with a 17% section. One tough undulating climb.