Fabian Cancellara grinds up the Angliru in 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Jose Maria Jimenez was💟 the first man to wi𝓀n atop the Angliru, after a gripping pursuit of Pavel Tonkov through mist and rain in 1999.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
A tirꦐed Vincenzo Nibali at the summit of the Anꦿgliru in 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
J♋uan Jose Cobo slips away to win the stage and the Vuelta on the Angliru in 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Juan Jose C𒊎obo seized the r♍ed jersey on the Angliru.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fabio Rosciolꦗi gets💃 a helping hand on the Angliru in 2000.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Levi Leipheimer leads Alberto Contador, Alejandro Valverde and Joaqui🐠m Ro꧋driguez on the Angliru in 2008.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador completed a Vuelta a Espana-Gir💧o d𝓰'Italia double in 2008.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Jไuan Jose Cobo (right) assesses the situation in▨ 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
▨Roberto Heras won his first Vuelta a Espana in 2000.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Carlos Sastre lays the groundwork for Juan Jose Cobo in൩ 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador takes the plaudits atop the Angl🌌iru in 2008.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Roberto Heras was at the peak of his powers in 20⛦00.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Oscar Sevilla lost the golden jersey to Roberto Heras on the Angꦇliru in 2002.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The mighty Angliru has become one of cy🍸cling's 🌠most sacred sites.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Juan Jose Co💧bo races to an improbab🥃ly Vuelta a Espana victory in 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Aitor Gonzalez became leader of Kelme on the Angliru in 2002. A week later, he would win the Vuelta in ꧃Madrid.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Robert Heras makes Pavel Tonkov suffer in 2000.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Joaquꦬim Rodriguez had already lost his hopes of overall victory by the time he tackled th💃e Angliru in 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Chris Froome tries to salvage Bradley Wiggins' red j💎ersey in 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
2008. Al🥂ejandro Valvℱerde tries to put Alberto Contador under pressure.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Bradley Wiggins struggles to🌄 turn the ge෴ar on the Angliru in 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Juan Jose Cobo can scarcely 𒆙believe what he has ach🦂ieved on the Angliru in 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Angel Casero a♛nd Roberto Heras square off on the Angliru in 2000, while Richard Virenque and Raimundas Rumsas try to follow.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Never the m💝ost graceful rider, Juan Jose Cobo thrashes his way to the top of the Angliru in 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Angel Casero is tracked by Roberto Heras' Kelme teammate Fernan♌do Escartin on the Angliru in 2000.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Vincenzo 🔯Nibali's hopes of back-to-back Vuelta wins evaporated on the Angliru in 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Ch🥂ris Froome and Bradley Wiggins chase the flying Juan Jose Cob🍰o, 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Juan Jose Cobo pꦓar🔥ts the crowds on the Angliru in 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador conquered 𓆏the Angliru and the Vuelta a Espana in 2♊008.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Levi Leipheimer puts in a dig on ༺the Angliru in 2008.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Roberto Heras ma𓄧de light work of the gradient to t🐽riumph atop the Angliru in 2002.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador applies the pressure, 2008.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Carlos Sastre on the Angliru in 2008.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Ther🌌e is pre🐎cious little respite on the Angliru, as Igor Anton discovers in 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Juan Jose Cobo dropped Bradley Wiggins a𝓡nd Chris Froome to claim the Angliru in 2011.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The agony of the Angliru, as expr⭕essed by Fabio Roscioli in 2000.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Joseba Beloki chases Roberto Heras on the Angliru in 2002, while eventual race winner Aitor Gonzalez 🌱digs i𒉰n.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Juan Jose Cobo dons the red jersey.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Gilberto Simoni showed hisꩵ class with stage victory on the Angl📖iru in 2000.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Alberto Contador can sense Alejandr👍o V💧alverde is weakening in 2008.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Bradley 🐽Wiggins limits his losses on the Angliru in 201🦹1.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The Angliru – the very name strikes fear into the hearts of most pro cyclists. Only the very best of the climbers can hope to win on this dreaded ascent with its gradient up to an astonishing 24%. On Saturday this climb will be featured in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vuelta a España for the sixth time, witꦬh this penultimate stage set to decide this year's overall winner.
The 12.5 kilometre climb has an average of 10.13% gradient, with a short descent about halfway up.🍰 The last half of the climb is the brutal part, with an average of 13.1%. The Buena les Cabres, only 3k m from the finish, has a 23.6% gradient, and two later ramps are 18-20%. It is not uncommon for riders to walk their way up the steepest sections.
The climb in northern Spain first appeared in the Vuelta in 1999, being won by Jose Maria Jimenez, who died of a heart attꦰack only four years later. Gilberto Simoni took the win in 2000.
Rain hit the peloton on the climb in ꧒2002, and chaos ensued. David Millar, then riding for Cofidis, crashed three times on the climb and protested the stage by stopping a🍌 metre before the finish line and handing over this start number, effectively abandoning the race.
The climb then was taken out of the race for six years, reappearing in 2008, when Alberto Contador won on his way to the overall victory. Juan Jose Cobo was the most recent winner in 2011, when red jersey Brad🐭ley Wiggins cracked in the final three kilometres. Cobo, too, went on to win the race.
The ge❀neral feeling within the peloton can probably be summed up by the remarks 🍌of Vicente Belda, after the 2002 stage: “What do they want, blood?”
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