The Angliru crowns Carthy and places Leader Carapace

• Narration Stage 12

• Classifications.This is the general

In Angliru, the agonizing breath of cyclists moves faster than that of their bicycle, unable to fulfill the function for which it was created, because on these criminal ramps of 23.5% it is accelerated more by going on foot than by pedaling .

And so, a handful of meters that in any other latitude would be neutralized with a determined blow of the kidney becomes an unapproachable distance.

For this reason, when

looks back

in the last few meters

and sees that

is watching him but does not feel him, he knows that the victory is his and that such a disproportionate punishment was worth it.

[Narration] [General classification]

thinks the same

, unable to catch up with the Briton, but once again invested in red at the most charismatic peak of the Vuelta.

He has finally found a trace of weakness in

, the hitherto all-powerful leader who has to beg his gregarious

to stop pedaling, because he cannot keep up with his rhythm and he does not even have, damn it, the dedicated Asturian fans around to feed on her passionate and generous energy.

On this occasion the penance is lonely and soulless, exceptionally beautiful when the helicopter focuses the winding path to glory and cold when the close-ups capture the agonized faces of the protagonists.

10 second advantage

Roglic consoles himself by thinking that the difference won by Carapaz is not so much, just 10 seconds that he will surely recover in Tuesday's time trial.

This is Angliru, so extreme that it barely allows gains for the general

classification

, just 26 seconds between the winner Carthy and

, seventh in the finish line and who takes third place in the general classification.

And fifth follows Mas, the most ambitious of the day despite running out of energy in the final kilometer of the ascent to fight for the partial victory.

It was the Spaniard who opened fire at 3.5 kilometers from the finish line, after a climb governed by the Roglic Jumbo, after a determined work of hardening of the Movistar in the previous port of El Cordal.

When the road began to climb above 14%, Mas abandoned the last position of the group of the best and declared the war inaugurated.

The Jumbo reacted from behind by throwing Kuss, whose movement served to hide the hardships that Roglic was beginning to feel in his legs.

No, it wasn't going to be his day.

Carapaz, leader after stage 12 of La Vuelta.MIGUEL RIOPAAFP

But that was to be known later, because Angliru is so wild that it leads to hasty readings.

There was a time when Carthy seemed to lose rope and ended up winning.

Martin moved back and forth without apparent coherence.

And Carapaz, who played hide and seek at the end of the group, was stronger than he looked.

In the end, the Ecuadorian realized that Roglic was playing bad cards and took to the mountains when there were 2 kilometers to go, just one kilometer to crown.

The last change of pace

It was then that Carthy and

overlapped his wheel and together they caught up with Mas, who surely regretted not having postponed his previous attack for a few more hundred meters.

Because when Carthy made the last change of pace, he no longer had the strength left to give the minimum acceleration he needed to go with him.

Meanwhile, Roglic felt so on edge that at times he saw Kuss distance himself.

I wanted him tied to his front wheel, of course, although on such slopes it is not good for much.

The film ended with Vlasov, Mas and Carapaz reaching the finish line 16 seconds behind Carthy and with Roglic, Kuss and Martin doing it at 26. Which leaves an overall ranking in a fist, with Carapaz leading, Roglic 10 seconds behind, Carthy a 32 and Martin at 35. Maximum equality for the last week of a beautiful Vuelta that will have to be decided next Saturday at La Covatilla.

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