Men's Road Cycling UCI La Vuelta Ciclista a España 2019

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Men's Road Cycling UCI La Vuelta Ciclista a España 2019

 

Various Cities (ESP) - 24 August 2019 - 15 September 2019

 

 

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Nice way to treat your riders, INEOS

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Most exciting stage profile ever for today's team time trial/stage 1   

 

 

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[Agger 1,664]

  On 8/24/2019 at 7:56 AM, heywoodu said:

Most exciting stage profile ever for today's team time trial/stage 1   

 

 

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Nah. Too hilly for me!

[heywoodu 15,308]

  On 8/24/2019 at 8:26 AM, Agger said:

 

Nah. Too hilly for me!

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I can understand, if you look closely you can see at least one meter of climbing in the first half. Kenny van Hummel would have dropped out there.

[Grassmarket 3,578]

For some reason the first stage of the Vuelta is always a Team Time Trial round a beach-side holiday town.

[heywoodu 15,308]

  On 8/24/2019 at 12:16 PM, Grassmarket said:

For some reason the first stage of the Vuelta is always a Team Time Trial round a beach-side holiday town.

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The last two years say 'no' to your comment  

 

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But before that, yeah. Not next year though: Utrecht  

 

[heywoodu 15,308]

And vamos  

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Wow, that profile lied! I mean, it's not a mountain stage, but it's definitely not as flat as the profile makes it seem.

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Aaaaand we've got our first DNF