Following a warm up climb up Alto de Hortiguero – 5.3 kilometres at 4.7% – a double dose of Collada Llomena lies at the heart of the 17th stage. The ascent is 7.6 kilometres long and slopes at 9.3%. And yes, it’s included twice. Ouch! And to think that the principal part is yet to come.
The 12.5 kilometres climb to the Lagos de Covadonga combines beauty with horror. The scenery is spectacular and the gradients are insane. Not so much the average – which sits at 6.9% -, but it’s the irregularity that’s killing. The first half climbs relatively steady – constantly hovering around 10% -, after which the second half alternates short descents with ramps up to 20%. So it’s impossible to find a comfortable rhythm.
Favourites 17th stage 2021 Vuelta a España
*** Primoz Roglic, Enric Mas, Romain Bardet
** Adam Yates, Miguel Ángel López, Sepp Kuss
* Damiano Caruso, Wout Poels, Rafal Majka, Michael Storer
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