Supermán López

is exhibited at the fantastic premiere of Gamoniteiru, the brother of Angliru, also an outstanding summit of the Sierra de Aramo gorge. The most tremendous ascent of this agonizing Vuelta, with its 14.6 kilometers at 9.8% unevenness, hosted a day of top-ranking cycling, with a superb sequence of attacks and counterattacks among the most notable riders of this Vuelta, with

Roglic

eager to score his third victory, with

Bernal

intending to finish his new and admirable offense and with

Mas

propping up his second place overall. The president of Telefónica followed the stage live and it was necessary to make an extra effort.

The Gamoniteiru, an endless extension of the port of La Cobertoria, with peaks of 17%, brought out the best of the candidates for the podium of Santiago de Compostela. The

last kilometer

was endless, with ramps that did not drop below 13% in a rocky, rough setting, without the lush Asturian vegetation. There, one of the most brilliant pages of this round was initialed. Runners' lungs exploded from the double effort of moving forward and maintaining verticality.

A brutal stage with two first-class passes, one second, and one final at a special peak where the survivors burned the little energy they had stored up after the extraordinary day at Lagos de Covagonda.

Asturias never disappoints

. A queen stage where opponents of the solid

Roglic

tried to undermine the authority of the Slovenian. Enric Mas and Miguél Ángel López, spurred on by the presence of the owner of the team, showed that they are still not satisfied with the podium. Bernal was not satisfied with having covered his epic quota on the previous day.

The second stage through Asturias was generous, with a leading role for the favorites and the adventurers. Before the outcome of the day,

Mayka

, winner in the Barraco, and veterans such as

Aru

,

Puccio

,

Gorka Izagirre

and

Lindeman

jumped from afar

. The most daring was the young off-road vehicle

Storer

, winner of two stages (Balcón de Alicante and Rincón de la Victoria). The Australian (24 years old) was left alone on the climb to La Cobertoria, with more than 70 kilometers ahead. The versatile DSM rider is one of the great sensations of this Vuelta.

Behind, Movistar stretched the group with the wear work of

Oliveira

,

Erviti

and

Rojas

.

Untimely discharge from

Verona

.

UAE and Bahrarin also collaborated in the ascent to El Cordal, before the dangerous descent of this treacherous pass and the exhausting climb to Gamoniteiru.

With 12 minutes to go, the Australian's lead was over two minutes.

There appeared the figure of

David de la Cruz

, the climber of the UAE of

Matxin

,

Pogacar's

companion

, that next year he could change teams.

With 8 kilometers to go, the Australian's income over the Catalan was 43 seconds.

An advantage that was neutralized a kilometer later.

Within a minute the platoon of the best was circulating.

The Spaniard rose through the fog, encouraged by an audience enthusiastic about the effort of the gladiators. Oblivious to the battle that was about to start from behind. Bernal attacked, Roglic replied, Miguel Ángel Lopez, Mas and

Kuss held out

. When everything pointed to another fight between the Slovenian and the leader of Ineos. The figure Superman appeared, who decided to hunt down the Spaniard. A triumphant advance for the Colombian from Movistar and a brake for Mas, who, although he has strength, had to stay in the wake of Roglic and Bernal.

The insatiable Slovenian went back to look for the stage win, with three accelerations and solid responses from Mas.

Even Bernal tried it a couple of times.

The Spanish,

always on the lookout

, so as not to harm López.

High-karat cycling on a tremendous summit, less harsh than El Angliru, but which also requires extraordinary effort.

A place that will always be linked to the name of Miguel Ángel López, crossing the finish line in the fog.

Ideal image for the epic.

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