Vuelta a España stage 5 preview: One other likelihood for the sprinters, if they’ll make it

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Stage 5 — Wednesday, August 30
Morella to Burriana
Distance: 186.2km (115.7 miles)
Profile: Undulating stage

The sprinters have one other alternative on stage 5, with the 186.2km stage from Morella together with only one categorized climb.

The second cat. Collado de la Ibola is 11.4km in size, averages 3.9 % and is simply over 50km from the end line, making the run in to Burriana all of the extra controllable.

That received’t cease the breakaway riders from making an attempt; the primary 46 kilometers may be very lumpy and consists of two climbs, albeit with out official categorization. That could possibly be a platform for an early transfer and, if this may construct a buffer, the later climb may act as a springboard for a number of of these within the break to press forward.

Nonetheless the lengthy distance from the summit to the road will make their process a tough one.

Dominated by a powerful fort, Morella is making its debut as a stage begin city. It did host two finishes previously, with Roberto Heras triumphing in 2004 and Denis Menchov successful 4 years later.

Burriana has been a stage end city on two events, the newest of which seeing Lotus-Festina win a group time trial there in 1990.

Schedule

Begin time (13.11 CET, 7.11 a.m. EST, 4.11 a.m. WST), estimated ending time (17.30 CET, 11.30 a.m. EST, 8.30 a.m. WST)