This time there were five ports through the beautiful and feared Asturias, a mountain journey that does not leave prisoners, the queen stage that was not going to be, because neither a firework, nor a suicide attack, nor a brave road to La Farrapona, where Alberto Contador astonished in 2014. As if the

Angliru ramps

were on the minds of the favorites

, the nightmare in Cueña de les Cabres that they will face on Sunday without turning back.

There was nothing to put in the mouth, beyond the role of Marc Soler, a guy in full reinvention in this Vuelta in which he was not even expected.

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He did not repeat the triumph because

David Gaudu

, a young and classy climber who had worn much less than the Catalan, stole it.

Because Soler gave everything, spectacular

his solo link in La Cobertoria

with the getaway of eight.

His prize, a blow in the general, more than a minute to Roglic and Carapaz to rise to sixth place (he remains at 2:44), to increase that coral threat of Movistar, which has its three struts among the top eight.

Of the first, just Daniel Martin gave a few seconds in the last meters.

This time neither Roglic nor Carapaz challenged each other.

Conservative the Slovenian, who does not learn the lesson of the Tour despite having

the Jumbo army

at his command

, dominating from beginning to end.

Fearful the Ecuadorian, who was soon without companions.

Stage of wear, orphan of show.

And that the ascent to Colladona, the second of the day, seemed like a party.

After the threat of a boycott at the start by Ineos (because of the previous day's times), the Cofidis torpedoed everything, a devastating pace that caught several napping.

Marc Soler himself, who seemed to falter then.

Or Ineos, somewhat confused.

It was later, on the descent, where the day's getaway was formed, with good 'roosters' such as

Guillaume Martin, Tim Wellens or the Portuguese Nelson Olivera

, fundamental after his work when Soler joined.

The Catalan was in times of virtual leader, who gave himself as if his life depended on it.

They arrived at La Farrapona with a three-minute lead, but the dreaded port, between Somiedo and Babia, with the Saliencia Lakes as a precious setting, was not definitive.

Because the Jumbo controlled without forcing the machine and because Soler and Gaudu are two superclasses.

The victory was raffled between them, which went to the promising Groupama runner.

"I find myself with anger because I rushed, in the car they told me that it was a lot of air in my face.

It was long and I could not

. I thought I would solve it better," acknowledged the Catalan.

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