165km of near flat, and then a wall… so very Vuelta. The nefarious climb of La Camperona featured once before, in 2014, when Ryder Hesjedal won from the break and Chris Froome attacked Alberto Contador to retake time on GC. It’s likely to play out similarly this year, with extreme suffering assured for all.
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Tom Pidcock's spring schedule confirmed, including Strade Bianche, Milan-San Remo, Liège-Bastogne-Liège
No Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix for Briton this April despite Q36.5 invites -
Tour of Oman: Adam Yates repeats overall victory, Valentin Paret-Peintre clinches stage 5 final mountain showdown
Briton and French stage winner drop former GC leader David Gaudu in final kilometre of Green Mountain -
Ruben Guerreiro given yellow card for sparking Tour of Oman stage 2 crash
Teammate Ivan Roméo also given card at Volta a Valenciana for pushing Gianni Vermeersch off road -
Cowboy bar part of unique path at Rock Cobbler 12.0 for wins by Lance Haidet, Ruth Holcomb - Gallery
Peter Stetina goes back-to-back in extended Boulder Cobbler
