Wednesday seems to be a day for the sprinters on the Vuelta a España as stage 5 rolls south into Andalusia for a flat end in downtown Sevilla. Temperatures pushed 40C levels on Tuesday and the identical warmth will likely be current for the 170km from the beginning in Fuente del Maestre with a collection of uncategorised rollers.
There is only one dash bonification on the route at La Algaba, with 6, 4 and a couple of bonus seconds on supply. Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) have already distanced different riders within the inexperienced jersey competitors by greater than 70 factors, and Van Aert now has the lead, 111 factors to 105.
The bonus factors at La Algaba additionally function a sign for the ultimate 14.6km to the end line, the place the 2 sprinters must be within the mixture of a bunch rush for a stage win. It may very properly be a 3rd time in simply 5 days for Van Aert and Groves to go 1-2 for a 3rd time at this Vuelta, one in all them driving away with a second stage win.
The peloton must negotiate a couple of sharp corners as soon as within the metropolis limits. First is a roundabout at Avenue Portugal that swings away from the University of Sevilla and results in a right-hand flip to Avenues de la Borbolla and Manuel Siurot. After a quick, flat 1km down Avenue Manuel Siurot, there are two fast right-hand corners, nearly a U-turn configuration, to redirect the peloton to the ultimate 3.5km.
The finale will observe the extensive Avenue de la Palmera that goes by María Luisa Park and beside the Guadalquivir River. The sprinters’ groups can have their work reduce out to hold riders by town streets so far after which it must be a quick bunch barrage to the road.
The Vuelta hasn’t been to Sevilla in 14 years. In 2010 the Sevillian capital served because the host for the Grand Tour’s opening stage, which was a night workforce time trial. Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) grew to become the first-ever wearer of the maillot rojo, launched that yr rather than the golden jersey that had been awarded since 1999.