Akrapovic Posted September 6, 2019 Posted September 6, 2019 This Friday's stage will end high. The mountain returns to the Vuelta a España and returns to define the race. It will be three days (this Friday, Sunday and Monday), in which the big favorites will have a fight without quarter in search of clearing the way. Colombians Miguel Ángel López, third in the general at 2 min 11 s from Primoz Roglic, and Nairo Quintana, fourth at 3 min 05 s, must attack to begin to carve the road in search of the crown. Tour of Spain: stage 13 schedule and tour of the competition Classifications of the Tour of Spain 2019, after stage 12 ‘Superman’ López sent a message to his rivals before the mountain This Friday’s stage will be 166 km long at Los Machucos, with seven mountain passes, four third, two second and the last special category in the finish line. "It will be hard. I don't know how we are going to do. I hope to have strength for the last climb to make good things. They will have to be because it will be hard, ”said López. “Not only because of the final ascent will be complicated, you have to see what is before because there is a lot of hard ground before. We will have to wait until the last climb to see if I have good legs to see if in the end I can do something, "added the Colombian. The final climb is hard, but short, whoever loses the wheel will be difficult to recover. It has only 6.8 km, and ramps up to 28 percent incline. In the final kilometer you will find ramps up to 12 and 15 percent, ideal for taking seconds. "Hard climbs come, we are prepared and we will fight," said Roglic, the leader, who hopes to defend against those attacks. The Slovenian has been solid and yesterday in the stage between Circuito de Navarra and Bilbao, 171 kilometers, won by Philippe Gilbert, on the climb to 8 km from the end, he was strong, put his team to work. He added: “I don't know the climb, but I know it is a very difficult climb and that what I have to do is do it better than I can. I will discover it. I know it has very complicated ramps and it will be difficult. ” With ramps so demanding differences will be made, but in seconds, not minutes, but that will serve to shorten the path in search of the title. Good day to test the leader. 1
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