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EFE · Road Competition · 10/29/2020
The well-known ‘bus’ in which sprinters travel in the stages that do not suit their characteristics may abandon it for the second time this Thursday in the ninth stage of the Tour of Spain to test their abilities in Aguilar de Campoo, in Palencia .
After the arrival in Ejea de los Caballeros (Zaragoza) in the fourth stage, the Spanish race offers a second chance for sprinters in the second week of the race in one of the few opportunities that they will have in the eighteen stages that make up this 2020 the Return to Spain.
The ninth stage, with which you will reach the equator of La Vuelta, will take the platoon from the Cid Campeador Military Base in the Burgos town of Castrillo del Val to Aguilar de Campoo with a completely flat route of 157.7 kilometers.
Cyclists will not encounter any mountainous difficulties on their way in a day in which, in addition, the organization in its average calculations has also given them a break since it raises an unambitious intermediate average of 41 kilometers per hour.
On the two teams with the best sprinters in La Vuelta, the Deceuninck-Quick Step with the Irish Sam Bennett and the Bora-Hansgrohe with the German Pascal Ackermann, the responsibility falls, apart from the formation of the leader, of controlling the group to achieve your goal.
The adventurers will be the main obstacle that they must overcome so that the stage is resolved by sprinting, since from the beginning they will look for the formation of a getaway that can make the control jump and try to consolidate a getaway that may have options to arrive.
Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadier) continue his defense of the leader’s red jersey. He will do it with a 13 and 28 second lead over the Slovenian Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) and the Irish Daniel Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation). Britain’s Hugh Carthy (Education First) is fourth at 44 seconds. [Clasificaciones completas]
The platoon will depart on time from the Cid Campeador Military Base in Castrillo del Val at 1:25 p.m. (CET) and its arrival in Aguilar de Campoo is scheduled for 5:15 p.m. [Libro de ruta]
Stage 9 data
– Exit: Castrillo del Val / 1:25 p.m.
– Arrival: Aguilar de Campoo / 17:15 hours
– Distance: 157.7 kilometers
– Intermediate average: 41 kilometers
– Scorable mountain elevations: None
– Intermediate sprint: Km. 92.4: Herrera de Pisuerga (Palencia).
Stage 9 profile
Route of stage 9
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