Men's Road Cycling UCI La Vuelta Ciclista a España 2017

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Men's Road Cycling UCI La Vuelta Ciclista a España 2017

 

Various Cities (ESP) - 19 August 2017 - 10 September 2017

 

 

Totallympics Results Thread

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Stages

 

Spoiler

Saturday 19 August - Stage 1  Nîmes / Nîmes (13.7 km) (TTT):

 

Sunday 20 August - Stage 2 Nîmes / Gruissan. Grand Narbonne. Aude (203,4 km):

 

Monday 21 August - Stage 3 Prades Conflent Canigó / Andorra la Vella (158,5 km):

Tuesday 22 August - Stage 4 Escaldes-Engordany / Tarragona. Anella Mediterránea 2018  (198,2 km):

Wednesday 23 August - Stage 5 Benicàssim / Alcossebre  (175,7 km):

Thursday 24 August - Stage 6 Vila-real / Sagunt (204,4 km):

Friday 25 August - Stage 7 Llíria / Cuenca. Ciudad Patrimonio de la Humanidad (207 km):

Saturday 26 August - Stage 8 Hellín / Xorret de Catí. Costa Blanca Interior (199,5 km):

Sunday 27 August - Stage 9 Orihuela. Ciudad del Poeta Miguel Hernández / Cumbre del Sol. El Poble Nou de Benitatxell (174 km):

 -Rest day-

 

Tuesday 29 August - Stage 10 Caravaca Año Jubilar 2017 / ElPozo Alimentación (164,8 km):

Wednesday 30 August - Stage 11 Lorca / Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto (187,5 km):

Thursday 31 August - Stage 12 Motril / Antequera. Los Dólmenes (160,1 km):

Friday 1 September - Stage 13 Coín / Tomares (198,4 km):

Saturday 2 September - Stage 14 Écija / Alto Sierra de La Pandera (175 km):

Sunday 3 September - Stage 15 Alcalá la Real / Sierra Nevada. Alto Hoya de la Mora. Monachil (129,4 km):

-Rest day 2-

 

Tuesday 5 September - Stage 16 Circuito de Navarra / Logroño (TT) (40,2 km)

Wednesday 6 September - Stage 17 Villadiego / Los Machucos. Monumento Vaca Pasiega (180,5 km):

Thursday 7 September - Stage 18 Suances / Santo Toribio de Liébana (169 km):

Friday 8 September - Stage 19 Caso. Parque Natural de Redes / Gijón (149,7 km):

Saturday 9 September - Stage 20 Corvera de Asturias / Alto de l'Angliru (117,5 km):

Sunday 10 September Stage 21 Arroyomolinos / Madrid (117,6 km):

 

Edited August 18, 2017 by heywoodu

[heywoodu 16,012]

Start list for the first stage, at the end of the afternoon

 

[heywoodu 16,012]

Oh and the start is in France by the way, in Nîmes to be exact. Do turn on your TV, I can tell from experience that Nîmes has some truly beautiful sights (especially the Roman arena)  

 

[heywoodu 16,012]

Too bad that they're replacing the archeological museum with this futuristic horror of a 'modern architecture' building, right next to the arena..

 

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

il y a 44 minutes, heywoodu a déclaré:

Oh and the start is in France by the way, in Nîmes to be exact. Do turn on your TV, I can tell from experience that Nîmes has some truly beautiful sights (especially the Roman arena)  

 

 

I can understand why they chose Nîmes for the postcard thing, but from a crowd perspective, it'is going to be rough. Cycling ends in July here.

[heywoodu 16,012]

25 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

 

I can understand why they chose Nîmes for the postcard thing, but from a crowd perspective, it'is going to be rough. Cycling ends in July here.

Oh well, it's a 13km team time trial, that's not going to be a ton of fun anyway  

 

(team time trials should be way, way, way longer) 

[De_Gambassi 1,267]

il y a 3 minutes, heywoodu a déclaré:

Oh well, it's a 13km team time trial, that's not going to be a ton of fun anyway  

 

(team time trials should be way, way, way longer) 

 

Once, your top favorite GC rider's team is not also the favorite team to win a TTT, I'll agree 

 

Same with ITT, really.

[heywoodu 16,012]

9 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

 

Once, your top favorite GC rider's team is not also the favorite team to win a TTT, I'll agree 

 

Same with ITT, really.

 

Like now, I doubt BMC and Quick-Step, the two top favorites for the TTT win, have the top favorite GC contender   (not like there's one big GC favorite anyway)

 

 

Edited August 19, 2017 by heywoodu

[hckošice 15,543]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Oh and the start is in France by the way, in Nîmes to be exact. Do turn on your TV, I can tell from experience that Nîmes has some truly beautiful sights (especially the Roman arena)  

 

 

I lived and worked in Nimes for almost 2 years yes it´s a beautiful place, but too hot in summer..too hot