The Back to Spain will have this Saturday the last opportunity for the Colombian miguel angel lopez achieve your goal of finishing third overall, when stage 19 takes place between Moralzarzal and the Port of Navacerradaof 181 km.
The day is full of mountains, there will be five complicated steps, two second class and three first class, the last one 6 kilometers from the finish line.
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From km 83 the stage will not have flat terrain, there will be constant ups and downs where you cannot lose the wheel.
there are few forces
The boyacense is at only 42 seconds from the podiumfrom the third place of Spanish John Ayusobut you will have to put up a fight.
López has not been seen well in the last mountainous fractions. The UAE Emirates has put his counterpart to work, the Astanathrowing into flight joao almeidawho is sixth overall.
The cyclist from Boyacá has not been seen with good legs in recent days, he has not managed to be with the best in the final sections, so it is a great unknown what he can do this Saturday.
Surely he will try, he is a seasoned runner, who likes to attack, but it is also necessary to see if he has enough strength to don’t make a mistake and jeopardize fourth place and an attempt to go for third place.
The Colombian’s comeback has been excellent, after not having had a good start to the Vuelta, as he lost key minutes, time that pays for it today.
He came to the race with a lack of competitive rhythm and he has paid for it. Despite everything, he has shown that he had what to fight for and he reaches this penultimate stage with the illusion of going for his second podiumafter finishing third in the 2018 Vuelta.
Of the five, the penultimate port is the most complicated. It has 9.4 extension, average ramps of 6.9 percent and maximum incline of 12 percent, a good point to force the pace.
The ultimate climb is 10.2 km, at 6.9 percent average incline and 10 percent maximum ramps.
only 42 seconds
Lopez shouldn’t launch an attack from too far away. His goal is to take 42 seconds off Ayuso, not go for second place in Enrique Moremuch less for the first of Remco Evenepoel. We have to be realists. There isn’t much either.
There will be a battle, but the few forces that remain call for being conservative, because in an attempt, in an overexertion, the savings of the previous two weeks can be lost.
At this point in the race, the reserve of the tank is key, but in that power struggle Mas and Evenepoel are the strongest, the rest, very even. It will be an elimination stage.
Colombia has hopes of achieving one more podium in the history of the Vuelta in the legs of ‘Superman’ Lopez who will fight for the rise.
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Lisandro Rengifo
Editor of THE TIME
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