This will be the route for the fourth stage of the Vuelta with Richard Carapaz this Tuesday (August 20) | Other Sports | Sports

Crossing the Portuguese border, after three stages on Portuguese roads, will be the first quality test of the 79th Vuelta for the candidates for the red jersey in Madrid on September 8th.

Richard Carapaz of the EF Education-EasyPost team finished 32nd with a time of 10 hours, 6 minutes and 52 seconds; and Alexander Cepeda, 101 (10:07:36). Jhonatan Narváez arrived with the Ineos Grenadiers in 141 (10:09:16).

The climb of Pico Villuercas in Extremadura will help assess the condition of all those marked as contenders for victory before the start of the race in Lisbon.

In the first three stages, the team led by the Slovenian Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora) did not have any surprises, with everyone else following closely behind, but with a different approach than that shown in the initial time trial that started at the Jerónimos Monastery of Belém in 2017. Lisbon.

The vast majority behind Roglic with a gap of less than half a minute are: Joao Almeida and Adam Yates (UAE), 2 and 17 seconds respectively; Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain), 10; Enric Mas (Movistar), 12; Richard Carapaz (EF Education First), 13; Daniel Felipe Martínez (Red Bull-Bora), 26; and Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS), 29.

A little over half a minute ahead were: Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike), 36; and Mikel Landa (T Rex-Quick Step), 48.

Fernando Escartín, technical director of the Vuelta, explained that it was a “complex stage from the start, with second-class climbs and first-class passes, including Pionar, in the first 50 km”, about to face the final climb of Pico Villuercas, with 3 km of concrete and a gradient of 15-16%.

This Tuesday’s stage:

• Stage 4: Plasencia – Pico Villuercas 170.4 km

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• Kilometer 23.9 Puerto Cabeza Belosa (second): 10.1 kilometers, speed 4.9%
• Km 54.1 Alto de Pionar (1a): 13.9 km, 5.6%. Max. 11%
• Km 123.4 Port Miravet (3rd): 8.4 km, 4.5% (reward)
• Km 170.4 Pico Veluercas (1a): 14.6 km at 6.2%. Max. 20%

Intermediate sprint

• 155 km rest
• Departure time: 07:10
• Arrival time: 11:30 (one hour longer in Spain)
• Average speed: 42 km/h