The peloton faces this Thursday the queen stage of La Vuelta with a demanding tour through several classic ports of Asturias that will require runners both on the ascent and on the always dangerous descents (and even more so if there is rain) before the final climb to the great colossus of La Vuelta 2021: the unprecedented Alto del Gamoniteiro.
The first difficulty of the day will be the climb to the Port of San Llaurienzu, first class with its 9.9 kilometers at 8.6% that will crown at 1,347 meters of altitude. 1,258 athletes have dared to climb the Strava for a total of 1,726 attempts that have completed on average in 59:22 to 5:57 per kilometer, while the professionals climb it in 33:44 to 3:23 per kilometer.
The Euskaltel-Euskadi cyclist Mikel Bizkarra has the KOM or best time on the Strava climb since September 9, 2019, when La Vuelta passed in that edition, with a time of 31:06 at an average of 19.2 km / h, while The QOM or best female time is for the Movistar cyclist Alicia González since September 23, 2018 with a time of 47:32. It takes 3 efforts to be a Local Legend in the Port of San Llaurienzu
After San Lorenzo, another Asturian classic awaits cyclists, the Alto de la Cobertoria, first class, with its 7.9 kilometers at 8.6% that will crown at 1,173 altitude. 1,947 athletes have dared to climb the Strava for a total of 3,611 attempts that have completed on average in 47:10 to 5:57 a kilometer, while the professionals climb it in 29:34 to 3:43 a kilometer.
The Austrian Bora-Hansgrohe rider Patrick Konrad has the KOM or best time of the climb on Strava since September 9, 2017, when La Vuelta passed through here on the way to Angliru, with a time of 25:31 to an average of 18 , 7 km / h. For his part the QOM or best female time is for the Movistar cyclist Alicia González since May 28, 2019 with a time of 35:03. It takes 4 efforts to be a Local Legend in Alto de la Cobertoria.
However, cyclists must keep their strength until the end to face the most demanding climb of the day, the Alto del Gamoniteiro, a Special category port with its 14.6 kilometers at 9.8% that will crown at an altitude of 1,770 meters. 1,735 athletes have dared to climb for a total of 2,948 attempts that they have completed in 1:38:31 to 6:39 a kilometer, while professionals usually climb it in 1:14:59 to 5:04 a kilometer.
The cyclist David Mayo has the KOM or best time at the top of Alto del Gamoniteiro since September 28, 2020 with a time of 54:01 at an average of 16.5 km / h, Meanwhile he QOM or best female time is for the user NESTA test 2 since June 5, 2020 with a time of 1:23:10. It takes four efforts to be a Local Legend at the top of Alto del Gamoniteiro, the new great colossus of La Vuelta.