The members of the Team Visma team work for their leader, the Danish Mads Pedersen (3D) during his participation in the eleventh stage of the return to Spain 2025 (157.4 km), played this Wednesday with departure and arrival in Bilbao.
Photo: EFE – Javier Lizón
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La Collada de Brenes, a first of 7 kilometers as an ascent to 8 percent of unevenness, augura a good stage of the Tour of Spain This Thursday, the twelfth, through lands of Cantabria for being 23 km from the finish line in the pens of Buelna.
A 114.9 journey with exit in Laredo that begins to encourage the Puero de Alisasa classic of the Earth's orography considered second with 8.6 km of up to 5.8 percent, located at km 41.4.
Otherwise, almost flat jour that do not score between the two highs of a perhaps more usable tour for the adventurers than for the first of the general.
Favorites that, still in 'shock' after the incidents on Wednesday in Bilbaothey are probably thinking more about Asturias and what the Angliru, the most important port of this 80 edition of La Vuelta.
A “fast and funny” stage in the words of Fernando Escartín, the sports director of the race, who also bets on a leak: “The climb to Alisas can serve to form the getaway of the day.”
Although, “Already in the final part” From “the hard ascent to Collada de Brenes”, Escartín boasts a “final selection” between some candidates for the final triumph that “must be attentive not to give in their top, since the final part to the goal will be very fast.”
This Thursday is the second time Buelna's pens hosts a stage of the Vuelta. The previous one was in 1999 and the winner was the Frenchman Laurent Brochard.
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It can be seen from 8:00 am by Caracol Televisión.
The Israel – Premier Tech ruled out withdrawing from the Vuelta
He Israel–Premier Tech He ruled out from the return after the protests that forced the neutralization on Wednesday of the eleventh stage for the proportions in the goal of Bilbao.
“The team is still committed to competing in the Tour of Spain. Any other decision would mean a dangerous precedent in the sport of cyclingnot only for Israel – Premier Tech, but for all teams, “says a formation of training.
According to the note, the team “He has repeatedly expressed his respect for everyone's right to protestprovided that these protests remain peaceful and do not compromise the security of the platoon. ”
“The organization of the Tour of Spain and the Police are doing everything in their possession to create a safe environment and, therefore, The team is especially grateful. However, the behavior of the protesters in Bilbao today was not only dangerous, but counterproductive for their cause and deprived the Basque fans of cycling, some of the best in the world, of the arrival of the stage they deserved, ”concludes the statement.
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