Todays stage of the Vuelta is a time trial..........about 39K
The first half is uphill but only gradual, rising to a cat 3 summit..........then the second half is back down again
Looking at the profile it rises about 600 metres in 18K, so that's about 3.3% average
I'm not sure who that's going to suit............it's not very steep but it is 18K long........and of course you can always pull time back on the downhill second half
perhaps suit the stronger time trailers more than the climbers ?
The first half is uphill but only gradual, rising to a cat 3 summit..........then the second half is back down again
Looking at the profile it rises about 600 metres in 18K, so that's about 3.3% average
I'm not sure who that's going to suit............it's not very steep but it is 18K long........and of course you can always pull time back on the downhill second half
perhaps suit the stronger time trailers more than the climbers ?




