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15.51 Quentin Jauregui (AG2R-La Mondiale) wins the third category GPM of Puerto de Udana, behind him the Dutch Jetse Bol (Burgos BH).
15.48 In the last phase of the climb the group of is placed on the whole roadway symptom of a slowing down of the pace.
15.45 At the head of the group the men of Jumbo Visma and Movistar do the rhythm.
15.42 Second training camp of the day, Ilan Van Wilder (Sunweb) leaves the race.
15.39 Mathias Frank’s withdrawal from the race (Ag2r La Mondiale) reported.
15.36 Average speed after 2 hours: 42.7 km / h
15.33 The attackers are facing the climb of Puerto de Udana: 6 km with an average gradient of 2.3%.
15.30 The five leading to the refueling area. Puerta de Udana, a third category climb, begins soon.
15.27 Daniel Martinez (EF Pro Cycling) returned to the group.
15.24 Just over 6 kilometers to go to the entrance to Puerta de Udana. Meanwhile Martinez is getting closer to the main group, his delay is around 30 ”.
15.20 Meanwhile, the group does not wait and pushes back to catch the five ahead, now at 1’35 “.
15.18 Martinez’s two companions are the American Logan Owen and the Dutch Julius Van Den Berg.
15.17 Martinez tries to take the wake of his flagship. After a couple of kilometers he finds two companions waiting for him
15.13 Martinez gets back on track with one minute behind the group. What bad luck for him, who had to say goodbye to the fight for good positions in the Tour de France for another crash at the start of the race…
15.11 ATTENTION! Fall for Daniel Martinez! (EF Pro Cycling) The Colombian remains on the roadside to be medicated!
15.10 There is a man from the Jumbo-Visma who has been ahead for a few kilometers, who has revived the group’s action. The German Jasha Sütterlin (Team Sunweb), the French Rémi Cavagna (Deceuninck-Quick Step) and Quentin Jauregui (AG2R-La Mondiale), the Belgian Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) and the Dutch Jetse Bol (Burgos BH) have 1 ‘ 43 of advantage.
15.06 But behind the group starts pushing again: the advantage of the escape now falls below 2 ‘
15.05 There continues to be a good collaboration between the leading five.
15.01 After the -100 kilometers to the finish.
14.59 Now there is also Burgos-BH, which probably tries to blow up some changes in Movistar and Jumbo-Visma by having Jetse Bol on the run.
14.55 Slow down the group a bit, allowing space to escape: now 2’27 “
14.53 Now we begin to climb slowly. Puerto de Udana is still a long way off, but the road already has a bit of a slope that accumulates in the runners’ legs.
14.48 The advantage of the fugitives stabilized: the German Jasha Sütterlin (Team Sunweb), the French Rémi Cavagna (Deceuninck-Quick Step) and Quentin Jauregui (AG2R-La Mondiale), the Belgian Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) and the Dutch Jetse Bol (Burgos BH) are 2’10 “ahead
14.44 Very fast the first hour of the race: 46.3 km / h.
???????? ¡Un inicio rápido de etapa! / ???????? A fast start for this first stage # LaVuelta20
????Sigue el directo / follow the live online ???? https://t.co/GfxutI8hCo
– The Vuelta (@lavuelta) October 20, 2020
14.41 After 60 kilometers of racing. The Puerta de Udana is located just over 35 km. Meanwhile, it is drizzling on the runners.
14.36 Movistar also pulls the group together with Jumbo-Visma, as also confirmed by this tweet from the Vuelta. Group a 2’10:
???? Km 45 | Stage 1 – Stage 1 | # LaVuelta20
???????? The platoon, commanded by @Movistar_Team Y @JumboVismaRoad, roll about 3 minutes.
???????? Movistar and Jumbo-Visma lead the peloton????♂️????♂️????♂️
????https://t.co/izln1uYnJq pic.twitter.com/IQqIJ7E0sd
– The Vuelta (@lavuelta) October 20, 2020
14.31 The platoon does not want to give space to the five attackers and is slowly mending, under the pressure of the Jumbo-Visma. Now the advantage is 2’35
14.25 50 kilometers traveled by the escape, for the German Jasha Sütterlin (Team Sunweb), the French Rémi Cavagna (Deceuninck-Quick Step) and Quentin Jauregui (AG2R-La Mondiale), the Belgian Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) and the Dutch Jetse Bol (Burgos BH) now has a 3’10 ”lead.
14.21 The most feared man of the escape is probably Tim Wellens. The Belgian has in his palmares two respectable victories in the Giro d’Italia, both in uphill stages: the first in Roccaraso in 2016, the second in Caltagirone two years later. The Lotto Soudal rider could be dangerous in this first stage.
14.17 The only one of the five fugitives to have tasted the victory is Rémi Cavagna: last year the Deceuninck-Quick Step rider imposed himself in the nineteenth stage, arriving alone at the finish line in Toledo anticipating the return of the group after 25 kilometers of escape lonely.
14.12 Jumbo-Visma continues to keep the fugitives in a bain-marie, now with an advantage of 3’35 “.
14.08 We are in a fairly easy stretch of this first stage. The first ascent of the Vuelta, the Puerto de Udana, is still 61 kilometers away.
14.04 A photo of the group from the Vuelta Twitter profile:
???? Km 26 | Stage 1 – Stage 1 | # LaVuelta20
???????? The race has already passed La Concha Beach and the 5 escapees have almost 4 minutes
???????? Almost 4 minutes for the break after the race has crossed Donostia????♂️????♂️????♂️
????https://t.co/izln1uYnJq pic.twitter.com/uXDZkQlMhn
– The Vuelta (@lavuelta) October 20, 2020
14.01 Bagues got up and got caught up in the main group.
13.58 146 km to the finish and 3’40 ”advantage for the escape.
13.55 We remember the names of the five leaders: the German Jasha Sütterlin (Team Sunweb), the French Rémi Cavagna (Deceuninck-Quick Step) and Quentin Jauregui (AG2R-La Mondiale), the Belgian Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) and the Dutch Jetse Bol (Burgos BH).
13.52 The advantage of the attackers has increased to 3’14 “. Bagües is still in pursuit of the five with a gap of 55 ”.
13.49 Jumbo-Visma at the head of the group for the two captains of the team Primoz Roglic and Tom Dumoulin.
13.46 The Iberian Aritz Bagues (Caja Rural) also tries to escape.
13.43 Their advantage rose to 1’10 “when 18 kilometers have elapsed.
13.40 Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) and Jetse Bol (Burgos BH) also arrive.
13.37 15 ″ of advantage for the trio in command.
13.33 Jasha Sütterlin (Team Sunweb), Rémi Cavagna (Deceuninck-Quick Step) and Quentin Jauregui (AG2R-La Mondiale) try to escape.
13.30 Here is a new attack after only five kilometers from the start.
13.28 Several attack attempts follow one another, but the group doesn’t let it go.
13.25 He immediately tries to evade a Burgos-BH runner.
13.21 PARTIES !!! The 75th edition of the Vuelta a España has officially started!
13.18 176 riders have started the Vuelta 2020.
13.15 Meanwhile, let’s go into the details of the stage focusing on the final. After the third category GPM (Puerto de Udana, Alto de Kanpazar, Alto de Elgeta), it will be necessary to climb the very hard Alto de Arrate (570 meters above sea level). This is a first category of 5.3 km at 7.7% average gradient with the central section of 3 km constantly in double figures (peaks of 13%). From the top there will be 2.5 km of flat ground to reach the finish line.
13.11 Here is the group at the starting line of this first stage:
Stage 1 has started!
Stage 1 has started ????????????????# LaVuelta20 pic.twitter.com/eIUw6OzRd5
– The Vuelta (@lavuelta) October 20, 2020
13.09 The inaugural stage of the Vuelta 2020 will start in a few moments! The runners are heading towards km 0.
13.06 Speaking of the big names at the start of the great Iberian stage race, the Jumbo-Visma pair formed by Primoz Roglic and Tom Dumoulin stands out above all, looking for a team redemption after the mockery of the Tour de France vanished in the penultimate stage. We also remember that Roglic is the outgoing winner of the Vuelta 2019. Against them we have, without a doubt, the ‘usual’ Ineos Grenadiers led by Richard Carapaz, in great shape at the Grande Boucle, with Chris Froome, winner of the Vuelta del 2011 and 2017, and at his last appointment with the clothes of the British formation. Next year he will play for the Israel Start-Up Nation.
13.03 Here is the profile of the first stage of the Vuelta a España 2020:
???? Etapa 1 | Stage 1 ????
???? Irun
???? Arrate. Eibar
⏰ 13:11 CEST> 17:18 CEST
???? 173 km???? Bergara
⛰️ 1×1️⃣cat. — 3×3️⃣ cat.+ info ➡️ https://t.co/Fb7bsZm3zO # LaVuelta20 x @relivecc pic.twitter.com/6kzQuwftoM
– The Vuelta (@lavuelta) October 20, 2020
13.00 Dwelling in particular on today’s stage, the group will find itself in front of a really challenging 173-kilometer inaugural stage starting from Irun, just outside San Sebastian, and the finishing line at the Alto de Arrate.
12.56 There will be eighteen stages that the riders will have to face from the Basque Country to the Comunidad de Madrid, for a Vuelta that was forced to give up its first three stages that should have been held in the Netherlands, but which were then canceled for obvious reasons related to the current health emergency.
12.53 We are finally here, the third big lap of this troubled season is about to start. All under the grip of a global pandemic that shows no signs of disappearing. But amidst doubts and uncertainties, the Vuelta is ready to give a bit of lightheartedness to all the Iberian people, in a tremendously difficult moment for everyone.
12.50 Hello everyone and welcome to our LIVE LIVE of the first stage of the Vuelta a España 2020!
The presentation of the stage – The Italians at the Vuelta a España 2020 – The favorites to the final victory
Hello and welcome to ours LIVE LIVE at the highly anticipated first stage of the Vuelta a España 2020 gives Irun ad Arrate of 173 km. Immediately an uphill finish for the race in Iberian land. The Alto de Arrate will be the ideal terrain for the men of the classification to fight even if, obviously, we are at the debut of the Vuelta.
After a fairly simple first part, the first GPM of the day, the Port of Udana, third category ascent, 6 km at 2.3% average, after the brow and the following descent the group will face theAlto de Campezar 6.7 km at 4.1%. At about 24 km from the finish there is still a third category GPM or theAlto de Elgeta 6.2 km at 5.2% average gradient which will be the right starter for theAlto de Arrate, 5.5 km long first-class ascent with an average gradient of 7.7% and peaks of 13%. The brow at about 2.5 km from the finish followed by a descent that will take the cyclists to the last hundreds of meters.
Immediately a challenging stage that will draw a well-defined general classification. Primoz Roglic after the bitter disappointment for the insult suffered at Tour de France he starts as the big favorite not only of the day, with the aim of repeating last year’s triumph. Jumbo-Visma will also be able to count on another trafficking tip Tom Dumoulin. Great expectations also for the winner of the Giro d’Italia 2019 Richard Carapaz e Chris Froome on the last big lap with the Team Ineos jersey. Back to racing too Thibaut Pinot just for an unfortunate change at the Grande Boucle. Astana will focus on Alexander Vlasov while the eternal should not be underestimated Alejandro Valverde. In Italy, the only one who could try to keep the wheels of the big names is Davide Formolo.
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