Vuelta a España

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Lots of info and links here: www.steephill.tv/vuelta-a-espana/#route-map

The official site is here: www.lavuelta.com/14/en/index.html

No Chris Horner this year so new champ beckons

1 Saturday, August 23 12.6 km
Jerez de la Frontera

2 Sunday, August 24 174 km
Algeciras ? San Fernando

3 Monday, August 25 188 km
Cádiz ? Arcos de la Frontera

4 Tuesday, August 26 173 km
Mairena del Alcor ? Córdoba

5 Wednesday, August 27 182 km
Priego de Córdoba ? Ronda

6 Thursday, August 28 158 km
Benalmádena ? La Zubia

7 Friday, August 29 165 km
Alhendín

8 Saturday, August 30 207 km
Baeza ? Albacete

9 Sunday, August 31 181 km
Carboneras de Guadazaón ? Aramón Valdelinares

R Monday, September 1
Rest day
10 Tuesday, September 2 34.5 km
Real Monasterio de Santa María de Veruela ? Borja

11 Wednesday, September 3 151 km
Pamplona ? Santuario de San Miguel de Aralar

12 Thursday, September 4 168 km
Logroño ? Logroño

13 Friday, September 5 182 km
Belorado ? Obregón. Parque de Cabárceno

14 Saturday, September 6 199 km
Santander ? La Camperona. Valle de Sábero

15 Sunday, September 7 149 km
Oviedo ? Lagos de Covadonga

16 Monday, September 8 159 km
San Martín del Rey Aurelio ? La Farrapona. Lago de Somiedo

R Tuesday, September 9
Rest day
17 Wednesday, September 10 174 km
Ortigueira ? Coruña

18 Thursday, September 11 174 km
A Estrada ? Mont Castrove. Meis

19 Friday, September 12 177 km
Salvaterra do Miño ? Cangas do Morrazo

20 Saturday, September 13 0 km
Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil ? Puerto de Ancares

21 Sunday, September 14 10 km
Santiago de Compostela ? Santiago de Compostela. El Final del Camino

Total Distance 3018 km

So pour a glass of Sangria, kick back and enjoy!

Pan - not who I was expecting!

Not who I was expecting, either!

Anyone know if and when there will be highlights on the TV? I can't find any coverage anywhere.

No I had a quick shuftie and no Highlights Anywhere! Prob on Youtube later?

They might show the highlights at the weekend during the Road Race coverage. I was disappointed it wasn't shown live - at least I don't think it was, couldn't find it, anyway. Youtube it will have to be, I suppose.

It was on the BBC red button and I only found out by channel hopping, so I just caught the medal ceremony. Imagine my surprise when I saw who was on the top step. :o

Ah, thanks Doctor. I couldn't have watched it anyway as I was at work, and of course you can't record progs on the red button.

Chhers Doc! i-player? #desperate

Chhers????

Whilst the Spanish tarmac was being ripped up, I was learning far more than I'll ever need to know about Civil Service Procurement Procedures. Death by power point.

def NOT

here is a BBC brief item if you haven't seen it?

Result! It's on the BBC iPlayer

WOW!!

and lots of the wonderful off-the-cuff-stuff

So I connected to my trusty Hola proxy server to convince the iPlayer that I'm in the UK thanks to my teenagers who know how to do that sort of stuff and watched the decisive last few minutes. Good stuff

ah, a long-standing friend of mine lives in Vancouver and was over in summer, and we were chatting about what she misses about UK - she's a UKerphile. She said she doesn't miss the BBC, as she has convinced them by way of satellite trickery that she lives in the UK. Neat.

Yup. The teens have set me up so that I can watch UK programmes using Hola, and US programmes using ExpatShield. They are useful lads

The gifts of children, that just keep on giving.

Some interviews here:

www.steephill.tv/road-cycling-world-championships/

Winner's interview - Bradley Wiggins talking about the hour thing. And Tony Martin was a bit disappointed, he obviously thought he was going to win it.

Tour de Yorkshire announced for May 1-3 next year! Yay! They are announcing routes early next year and hope to go to bits that got missed in Tdf. Scarborough/ Whitby maybe?

I know! Is the timing to come between the classics and the Giro? As a sort of Giro warmeruper? In any event, doesn't Yorks deserve it after the greatest of all Grand Departs?

That's great to hear. Nice to see the TdeF grand départ having a lasting effect

They've started already on the Worlds!

And it's chucking it down again for the Worlds - they really should stage the Worlds in sunny Yorkshire.

Soggy business end of the race - Brits still in it. Unusually.

Kwiatkowski takes the Rainbow for Poland! Swifty in about 12th.

Just watched worlds, well skipped to the last lap. Looked soggy.