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| Collective profiles of stages 14, 15 and 16 through the Pyrenees |
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| The Pyrenean stages visit three countries |
Stages 14, 15 and 16 take
the Vuelta a España into the majestic Pyrenees. The peloton will spend time in
Andorra and France, cross eleven categorized climbs—five of which are category
1 or above—and only the strong will survive. Each of the next three stages ends
with a category-1 summit finish. Not one is a walk in the park, but stage 15 stands out as the
big killer. I don’t know what other folks think, but in my opinion, stage 15
(which traverses four cat-1 climbs, and ends with the Peyresourde-Peyragudes
double) is the queen stage of this Vuelta.
I am not going to be around
for a few days, so I am writing this before stage 13. This post is a brief, single
preview now for all three Pyrenean stages...
