>The Route: Stage 9 is a copy of the 2015 Vuelta’s stage 9 and the only difference on the route is one of spelling, then it was Jávea for the intermediate sprint, today it’s Xàbia as the Vuelta makes more use of local languages and nomenclature as devolution hangs in the air. It was the day Tom Dumoulin and Chris Froome duelled, the Briton surging with 300m to go only for Dumoulin to sprint past in the final moments (pictured).
>It’s another stage where the action comes late, 120km warm-up to the day’s difficulty, the Puig Llorença, 3.2km at 9.2% but crucially with some steep 15% sections. The race graphic above says 22%. In 2015 it said 19% but the slope is more 15% on the steep parts. Either way it’s enough to rob momentum and make it a very hard climb.
>The Finish: the same climb but different. the climb up the Puig Llorença again but with the final 750m they fork left on a new road to the finish line, 4.1km at 8.9% and the stretch to the finish line includes more high teen gradients. They’ll be catching the riders across the line.
A flat coastal procession past white sandy beaches and inviting bays, a day of sol y playa if you watch it all on TV. It’s all a warm-up for the double ascension of the Puig Llorença with its steep slopes and another Made-For-TV stage finish.
I know this isn't the thread to ask it, but I may as well pop my head in. If I wanted to get a real stiff track frame for smashing it around the city on (like a Mash), what would you recommend?
Poels is looking really nice and skelly even more so than Froome.
>Dem upperarms thinner then his forearms.
Mirrin.
Carter Hall
From same musician or same theme
Isaiah Morris
>Nelson Oliveira Be afraid Froome, very afraid
Cooper Rodriguez
Poor Debusschere
Adam Gonzalez
even watching the replay I don't think Dumoulin will win that stage
Levi Ward
really makes me think
Jordan Rodriguez
Is Chris Froome the GOAT?
Nathan Russell
Poels is the heir to Skeletor's throne.
He is the chosen one.
Hunter Hall
yes, but maybe not ever
Bentley Hall
He's a system baby
Zachary Cruz
Poor Cannondale
Ryan Harris
i do this every day
Liam Allen
>not starting with the stage profile I had to actually search for this thread, baka Also cannondale riders about to go fucking full on stage win hunting lmao
Samuel Walker
Next year Sky will have a giant mobile hotel.
Jaxon Gutierrez
Looks dry folks
Nolan Torres
What's the temperature like?
What exactly happened? I saw only after accident and he was quite hurt.
Jack Cook
Why don't the other teams just try harder than Team Sky?
Brandon Roberts
I'm not sure, tbqh.
Joshua Miller
111% is impossible
Camden Sullivan
...
Hudson King
He crashed in guard rail and has been pushed to other side by impact
Sponsorship seems to have failed at the last minute, unless someone can bail them out of this hare-brained crowdfund works they're going down the tubes.
Easton Williams
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Lets hope it motivates them to race very agressively this Vuelta, kind of like IAM Cycling did last year.
Kayden Brooks
bud i have £300 to spend. i see bikes for like 1.5k that shit more than my car.
Angel Jones
Dang. Just find a sketchy oil-rich government to support them like Astana.
Julian Campbell
Cycling is an expensive hobby, lad.
Andrew Butler
in for Venezuela Cycling.
Cooper Baker
Pay what you can afford, bruv.
Christian Barnes
buy one second hand
Ian Turner
define 'good' even this plane meme tiagra carbon is £900, you can't get much cheaper than that for a carbon frame, it's impossible. yeah, you can get a btwin lump of shit for three hundred, but how 'good' is that?
Jaxon Green
This, really. 300 lbs should be plenty for a decent used bike.
Jeremiah Kelly
With £300, I'd probably buy a second hand bike. Should bring you something useful.
Luis Gutierrez
Then you'd best look for something second hand. The folks in /n/ bbt can help you out.
They reach into the musette only to find it's empty
>They reach into the musette only to find it's empty kek
Jace Ross
when does it start?
Landon Rivera
You don't need a carbon frame to enjoy riding.
Elijah Brooks
It started 49 minutes ago
Asher Hernandez
This, I'd rather buy an alu frame bike with 105/Ultegra than a carbon bike with Tiagra 2bh
Hunter Garcia
HA! I AM cycling, it means they are Cycling.
Julian Hughes
You should be able to get a decent beginner road bike for about 1k euro. You don't even need a carbon frame, although you will probably want one later on. I know it seems expensive but if you're serious about cycling you will not regret it one bit.
You can buy a velomobile, that's basically the same thing. Fairings are banned by the UCI tho.
I'd love one of those goofy things, cruising at 40+ km/h would be choice.
Brody Sanchez
halfords cheap bikes have a bad rep for falling apart at the wrong time, partly because they are 'built' by half trained chimps in half the time it should take whilist in semi-darkness, I have watched this happen in front of my eyes.
Ryder Sanders
>what's wrong with this, less than £200 In principle nothing, but you will probably want a better one in one year. It doesn't even have integrated shifters and clipless pedals.
Nicholas Long
well fair enough but the "buy cheap buy twice" saying applies to everything. i tell people not to buy cheap laptops (mine cost £1400) because having a good, fast reliable laptop is important. you can also skimp out on a cheap coffee maker, pair of boots, mattress... and pay for it later, but at the end of the day we only have so much money and sometimes have to buy cheaper things.
Christian Murphy
Most bikes of a certain standard don't come with any pedals at all so that last one is kind of a pointless claim desu
Liam Morgan
>clipless pedals >you need to clip why?
Landon Kelly
you clip without a toe clip
Landon Bennett
I can afford that one. Could you give me names of some brands that produce affordable bikes so I can check out some more?
Ryan Lewis
Look at commuter bikes, not pure road bikes. Giant and Novara have good options.
Not looking to buy myself. Just browsing and thought this was decent value for a cheap bike.
If you buy a cheap bike it will come with cheap parts that will break and need replacing. So it will end up costing more anyway. Also it will be heavy, slow and uncomfortable.
Brayden Walker
I thought /tdf/ told us that The La Vuelta would be exciting this year /cyc/?
Juan Morales
>Not many Italians, they tend to stay at home great commentary Kirby
Justin Moore
It would be if Froome wasn't on another level to everyone else
Logan Sanders
Yes, I know. In fact a good rule of thumb for buying a road bike would probably be that you start considering them at a price at which they are sold without pedals.
Joseph Diaz
yes and it has been good so far. Whats wrong with it?
Luke Flores
I missed the meme hill at the end of yesterday's stage :(
Dylan Howard
How much are these bikes worth in the Vuelta?
Joseph Gutierrez
this Don't try and get a cheap good racing road bike, because there is no such animal. Get a cheap commuter road bike instead, it will hold up better and be easier to ride.
