This Saturday, the twentieth and penultimate, It is the final stage of lap 2022a 181-kilometre route full of ups and downs through the Madrid mountains between Moralzarzal and Puerto de Navacerrada that evokes historical moments of the race from which the Spanish Perico Delgado emerged winnersin 1985, and the Italian Fabio Aru in 2015.
A succession of five ports, three First and two Secondwhich starts with km.34 in Navacerrada (1st; 10.3 kms. at 6.8% percent difference in altitude and a maximum of 13%) and continues with Navafria (2nd, km.92.8; 10.3 km at 5.4%), Canencia (2nd, km.126.8; 7.5 km at 4.9%), La Morcuera (1st, km.143.7; 9.4 km. at 6.9% and a maximum of 12%. Bonus) and Reserves (1st; km. 174.3: 10.3 km at 6.9% and a maximum of 10%).
Terrain that could encourage Enric Mas to attack the Red he carries Remco Evenepoelalthough it will not be easy nor is it foreseeable that the Balearic throws himself into such a risky bet, that of filing the Belgian the 2:07 minutes that it takes him in the general classification, having, as he has, to secure the points of his second place to keep Movistar as a World Tour team.
Whose yes, it is expected that he will launch into the adventure is from the Colombian Miguel Ángel Lópezin his case for a podium that he has at 42 seconds that a Juan Ayuso already focused on defending third place that greatly shines his first big one without having turned 20 yet.
One of those who recalls the legendary stages through the Sierra de Guadarrama is the technical director of the race, Fernando Escartín, who especially remembers the one that “crowned Fabio Aru in La Vuelta 2015” by snatching the Red from Tom Dumoulin.
“this one is very similar. A classic profile in the Sierra de Guadarrama, with climbs to the Morcuera and Canencia passes and two passes through Navacerrada, in which the teams will be able to battle from the beginning and turn the day into a decisive day for the general“, warns Escartín.
20th stage: Moralzarzal-Puerto de Navacerrada
Length: 181 Kms.
Departure time: 12.45 hours.
Expected arrival time: 17:30 hours.
Average: 38 kms./hora.
Sprint intermedio: Rascafría/km.158.8
Scoring ports:
Puerto de Navacerrada (1ª, km.34; 10.3 kms. at 6.8% percent of slope and maximum at 13%)
Puerto de Navafria (2nd, km.92.8; 10.3 km. at 5.4%)
Port of Canencia (2nd, km.126.8; 7.5 km. at 4.90%)
Puerto de la Morcuera (1ª, km.143.7; 9.4 kms. at 6.9% and maximum at 12%. Bonus)
Puerto de Cotos (1st; km.174.3: 10.3 km. at 6.9% and maximum at 10%).
