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EFE · Road Competition · 10/25/2020
Sunday October 25 was expected in the 75 Vuelta a Espaa in its sixth stage as the day of the two historic colossi of the French Pyrenees, the Aubisque and the Tourmalet on the finish line. Neither one nor the other was missed by the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers).
Plan B activated by the Return to Spain After the decision of the French authorities, it allowed the Aragonese winter resort of Formigal to further enhance its mysticism in the history of the Spanish race.
Carchi’s locomotive knew that its moment had come about four kilometers from reaching the finish line and that it must extract every last gram of its reserves of force to assault the leadership of the Slovenian Primoz Roglic (Jumbo Visma) and wear the red dress. ´. I did it.
He drew out all his rage to reach his peak performance in watts and get a few seconds that will allow him to dream red. In 2019, when many did not expect or see him as a potential winner of the Giro, his dreams were pink and he managed to make them come true, then with the Spanish formation Movistar.
Except for the start in Biescas, with an apparently mild weather day, for much of the journey the cyclists had to face the adversity of the cold and especially the constant rain in the final hundred kilometers.
It was known that this sum of adversities could take its toll on more than one and the first warning came on the descent from the antepenultimate pass when Roglic inexplicably lost a few meters, although it did not take long to rejoin the group of favorites.
Everyone tried to hide their weaknesses, while showing if they could any of their strengths, but each assumed that a favorite tree had to be moved that had too much ripe fruit and had to be brought down.
In cycling, the opportunity that presents itself today is to extract the maximum possible juice because only one day later it can turn against you. On this October 25, Carapaz knew that it was time and should not let it pass.
Carchi’s round off an impressive day for the all-powerful Ineos Grenadiers, as his assault on the lead in the Vuelta was joined by the double triumph of his teammates in the Giro d’Italia at practically the same time. The British Tao Geoghegan Hart taking ownership of the pink jersey that the Ecuadorian achieved the previous edition, and the Italian Filippo Ganna winning the final time trial in Milan.
In a season that for the British team led by Dave Brailsford had rather black tints after his resounding failure in the Tour de France, in which at no time did he have the feeling of having options to renew the triumph achieved by Colombian Egan Bernal in 2019 and adding his eighth yellow jersey in nine editions, now he seems to be reconducting.
With the Giro in his pocket, the Vuelta is the new piece to kill for the British and the Ecuadorian already demonstrated in 2019 that he is not an easy man to bend. That’s why he signed for Ineos, although he had to pay the toll on the Tour but the opportunity to claim his claim has come to him in the Vuelta.
Without being a tremendously hard ascent, with ramps that in a minimum section and very at the beginning reach 10 percent, Formigal is on the way to both becoming the black beast for many cyclists and opening the way to glory for others.
The Aragonese winter season appeared in the Vuelta in the twenty-seventh edition in 1972. It was the first time that a stage ended in a first-class port and served to boost the leadership and subsequent final triumph to the Asturian Jos Manuel Fuente in what was his first victory in the Spanish race.
In 2016, in a day with only 118 kilometers, the British of Kenyan origin Chris Froome, now in the work of gregarious in favor of Carapaz, saw his victory options vanish with a severe attack by the Spaniard Alberto Contador that ended up favoring and paving the way. Colombian Nairo Quintana on the way to the final triumph.
There is still a lot of Vuelta left, but for the moment Formigal has once again become the protagonist of the race.
Yes Luis Sorolla
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