September 6, Stage 16: Villa Romana La Olmeda (Palencia) - Haro 180km

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Villa Romana La Olmeda (Palencia) - Haro

Rest, then wine and history

After the second rest day, action resumes with a stage across the plains to the famous Rioja wine-making centre of Haro. The stage actually starts at the La Olmeda Roman villa, one of Spain’s most important archaeological sites from that era. Once under way, the riders will face no obvious obstacles on the route but the wind could once again be a complicating factor. It can often blow strongly from the east, which would make for an extremely tough day indeed. The sprinters should be prominent, assuming the best of them have made it through the recent arduous days.

Morrisseeee

Holy cow who put that roundabout 200m from the line ????? ridiculous :eek:
Rodriguez fell 15km out and fell a further 15mins behind, might not start tomorrow.

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Morrisseeee wrote: »

Holy cow who put that roundabout 200m from the line ????? ridiculous :eek:
Rodriguez fell 15km out and fell a further 15mins behind, might not start tomorrow.

just watched the highlights absolutely incredible - they blocked off the other side

ednwireland

mark cavendishes twitter is funny though

MarkCavendish
With regards to today's #Vuelta finish, that's why EVERY rider should read the race-booklet. There's no excuse when the finish is AS IT SAYS