This week (starting on Tuesday after the first rest day) will probably be the harder of all stages blocks.

First we come back to the Navarese Pyrenees, but then we travel westwards again, along the Atlantic coast, or more exactly for the climbs, along the Cantabrian range. Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias and Galicia will be visited in order.

Standings after stage 9

General

  1. T. Træen 🇳🇴 Bahrain
  2. J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma – 37″
  3. J. Almeida 🇵🇹 UAE – 1′15″
  4. T. Pidcock 🇬🇧 Q36.5 – 1′35″
  5. F. Gall 🇨🇭 Décathlon – 2′14″
  6. G. Ciccone 🇮🇹 Lidl-Trek – 2′42″
  7. L. Fortunato 🇮🇹 Astana – 2′47″
  8. M. Jorgenson 🇺🇸 Visma – 2′49″
  9. J. Hindley 🇦🇺 Bora – 2′53″
  10. G. Pellizzari 🇮🇹 Bora – 2′53″
  11. E. Bernal 🇨🇴 Ineos – 2′57″ and then 6 others riders before 4′30″

Points

  1. M. Pedersen 🇩🇰 Lidl-trek – 120 pts
  2. E. Vernon 🇬🇧 IPT – 111 pts
  3. J. Philipsen 🇧🇪 Alpecin – 105 pts
  4. J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma – 100 pts
  5. G. Ciccone 🇮🇹 Lidl-Trek – 88 pts
  6. D. Gaudu 🇫🇷 FDJ – 62 pts

NB : only Ciccone and Vingegaard swapped places since we arrived in Spain, otherwise the members and order of top-6 is the same as it was.

Mountain

  1. J. Vine 🇦🇺 UAE – 34 pts
  2. L. Vervaeke 🇧🇪 Soudal-QS – 23 pts
  3. J. Ayuso 🇪🇸 UAE – 20 pts
  4. S. Quinn 🇺🇸 EF – 18 pts
  5. J. Nicolau 🇪🇸 Caja Rural – 16 pts
  6. J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma – 15 pts

Teams (rounded)

  1. UAE 🇳🇱
  2. Visma – 6′30″
  3. Astana – 14′15″
  4. Soudal-QS – 21′30″
  5. Décathlon – 25′45″
  • Deschanel2017OPM
    1·
    1 month ago

    Stage 13: Friday 5, 11:50–12:10 → 17:15–17:50

    The Angliru stage. Strictly speaking, it is not the stage with largest elevation gain, but there are 3 climbs and they are concentrated in the final part of the stage, as the first of them starts only after almost 150 km of race. Before, there are no climbs but the profile looks rather hilly. And note how long the stage is: slightly over 200 km! A not-in-shape rider will have a hard time.

    A bit of information about rankings before this (decisive?) stage :

    General time classification

    We can note the appearance of Armirail in 6th position, before his likely disappearance tomorrow.

    1. J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma
    2. J. Almeida 🇵🇹 UAE – 50″
    3. T. Pidcock 🇬🇧 Q36.5 – 56″
    4. T. Træen 🇳🇴 Bahrain – 1′06″
    5. F. Gall 🇨🇭 Décathlon – 2′17″
    6. B. Armirail 🇫🇷 Décathlon – 2′23″
    7. M. Jorgenson 🇺🇸 Visma – 2′26″
    8. J. Hindley 🇦🇺 Bora – 2′30″
    9. G. Ciccone 🇮🇹 Lidl-Trek – 2′33″
    10. G. Pellizzari 🇮🇹 Bora – 2′44″

    Points classification

    Pedersen finally managed to create a gap with GC guys and sprinters today. The cancellation of the points at finish yesterday helped too, as Vingegaard would have scored 25 or 30 extra points otherwise.

    1. M. Pedersen 🇩🇰 Lidl-trek – 172 pts
    2. E. Vernon 🇬🇧 IPT – 111 pts
    3. J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma – 105 pts
    4. J. Philipsen 🇧🇪 Alpecin – 105 pts

    Mountain classification

    A very Spanish top-5, a very UAE top-2.

    1. J. Vine 🇦🇺 UAE – 34 pts
    2. J. Ayuso 🇪🇸 UAE – 26 pts
    3. L. Vervaeke 🇧🇪 Soudal-QS – 25 pts
    4. J. Romo 🇪🇸 Movistar – 20 pts
    5. J. Nicolau 🇪🇸 Caja Rural – 20 pts
    • Deschanel2017OPM
      2·
      1 month ago

      At least the Pidcock problem seems solved now for UAE. When I saw Q36.5 pacing the peloton in a climb, I thought UAE was making a mistake not to pull harder, but in the end, the final part of the Angliru was enough to create a gap. A significant but not huge gap, though: Pidcock remains on the podium, 1′30″ behind Almeida.

    • Deschanel2017OPM
      2·
      1 month ago

      Another Pedersen day, with his passing of a 1st category pass in the tail of a group of 5 who dropped everyone in a breakaway of 24 riders!

      Was this the best ever performance of Vinokourov Junior (in the breakaway)?