>After the Angliru stage, it is the most important mountain stage. It has many meters of altitude and the second most difficult finish mountain. The lower part is not particularly difficult, but the 3.1 km at the end is so violent that you can lose a lot of time alone here.
>We have also seen this on the first two visits. On their debut in 2010, Ezequiel Mosquera and Vincenzo Nibali reached the finish line together, but after that the gaps were great. Joaquim Rodriguez threw away 23 seconds as no. 3, and only the top-6 was within 50 seconds. It was even more dramatic in 2012. Here, Denis Menchov won from a breakaway, but behind him, the leader Alberto Contador lost a lot of time. He thus threw away a full 44 seconds to Joaquim Rodriguez, whom he had couped a few days earlier – and what is Vingegaard's lead over Almeida? 44 seconds! In other words: The Vuelta victory is at stake!