The first real test for the favorites of the Vuelta in the high mountain of Andorra arrives today

This Thursday, the sixth stage of the Vuelta, 170.3 kilometers with the beginning in Olot and the outcome of it at the Pal ski station, in Andorra, in Andorra

After the wear and tear of yesterday's teams in Figueresthe legs of the surviving cyclists in the race will have to face the first real mountain stage of the return.

A day of 170.3 kilometers, with 3,475 meters of unevenness, which starts from the Capital of the Garrotxa region, Olot, in the direction of Andorraspecifically to the ski resort of Pal.

THE PROFILE OF THE STAGE

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Stage of four mountain ports, with the last and the last last of 1st category: COLLADA DE TOSES (24.3 km of ascent to an average slope of 3.5% and an unevenness of 869 meters) and Pal (9.6 km of climb, at an average slope of 6.3% and an unevenness of 612 meters, bordering the 2,000 meters).

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