Lawe nā 'centennials' i ke aupuni o ka Vuelta a España ma Les Praeres. ʻO ka hoʻouka kaua piha ʻana i kekahi o kēlā mau piko hiki ʻole ke wili i nā kino a me nā kaʻa i ka luhi, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i kahi hōʻailona o ka heihei a hoʻohauʻoli i ka peʻa. ʻO ka poʻe ʻōpio i hoʻokuʻu i ke aʻo ʻana ma ke alanui a lilo i poʻe akamai i nā ʻenehana ke lawe i ke kaʻa kaʻa. Hāʻawi ʻo Evenepoel i ka ʻōlelo o ka ikaika a me ka manaʻo paʻa ma kēlā puʻu Asturian kahi paʻakikī ke hoʻohuli i ke kaʻa ma kēlā me kēia pihi. Ua hoʻonui ʻo ia i kāna pono ma mua o ka hoʻokolokolo manawa, kahi e hoʻohui ai ʻo ia i nā kekona o ka hoʻolimalima. ʻO ka poʻe ʻike maka Spanish, ʻo Juan Ayuso lāua ʻo Carlos Rodríguez, ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he kāne, ʻelua mau keikikāne maikaʻi loa i kahi lā e koi ai i ke alo a me nā wāwae. A hopu ʻo Enric Mas i ka pōʻai, maikaʻi kāna hana. Ma Roglic ua ʻai ka poʻe ʻōpio iā ia, ua hoʻoneʻe i ka Slovenian i kahi lua. Aia ma Les Praeres kahi ʻApelika Hema, ʻo Louis Meintjes, Poulidor mau loa o ka peloton.
ʻO nā keikikāne i hānau ʻia i kēia kenekulia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa me ka potentiometer e like me ka mea i hānai ʻia me ka pacifier. ʻO ka lolouila e hōʻiliʻili i nā ʻikepili e pili ana i ka pilina o ke kaʻa kaʻa me kona kaiapuni a me ke kaʻa: ke ana ʻo ia i nā watts, ka ikaika o ke kilo, ka piʻi ʻana o nā mika i kēlā me kēia kilomika, ka hapa a me ka ʻole o nā mauna i piʻi ʻia, ka luhi ʻiʻo. Loaʻa iā lākou ka GPS i kūkulu ʻia a me ka nānā ʻana i ka puʻuwai. ʻOi aku ma mua o 30 mau hana like ʻole ma ka pale. ʻO kahi hāmeʻa, ma luna o nā mea a pau, kōkua ʻole e ʻoi aku i nā palena. Ke ʻulaʻula ke kukui, haʻi ka poʻe kaʻa. No laila ʻaʻohe manu hou.
Hiki ʻole ke paʻi, ʻaʻole paha ke kamepiula. Ua like ia me ka hele ʻana me kahi GPS mau loa i ke ola. ʻAʻohe ʻike ʻē aʻe o kēia hanauna o nā kukini. Mālama lākou i ke ola me ka hele ʻole i nā manaʻo. ʻO ka manaʻoʻiʻo hou ka potentiometer.
ʻO Las Praeres kahi paʻa hiki ʻole no ke ala o nā kaʻa. He ala lepo kahiko e hoʻokele ai i nā bipi i nā kula kiʻekiʻe, i kēia lā he ʻehā kilomika alanui paʻa kahi e paʻa ai nā kaʻa i ka pā ma muli o ka like ʻole.
ʻO ia ke kahua o ka ʻōlelo a Primoz Roglic i kau ai i kāna kuʻi i nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala. Ma ke ʻano he Indurain o kona manawa, ʻaʻohe mea i loaʻa i ka Slovenian i ka Vuelta, koe wale nō kēlā hāʻule i ka makahiki i hala ma hope o ka hoʻouka ʻana ma ke ala i Rincón de la Victoria.
ʻO nā ramp hiki ʻole o Ézaro, Valdepeñas de Jaén, Mas de la Costa a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui i hoʻohuli i ka heihei i mea nānā i ka leʻaleʻa a me ka leʻaleʻa. He waiwai ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo Les Praeres i kēlā koi e ʻike i ka poʻe kaʻa kaʻa zig-zag.
Akā, ʻaʻole nele ka poʻe kukini o kēia wā i ka ʻike ʻāina, nā hele ʻino, a i ʻole ke aʻo ola. Loaʻa iā lākou nā mea a pau ma ka pale. "ʻAʻole wau i ʻike i kēia piʻi ʻana, ua ʻike wau iā ia ma ke kahua i loaʻa iā mākou a ʻike wau i kahi i hele mai ai ka pae ʻana, akā naʻe, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ma mua o ka kamepiula," kumu ʻo Juan Ayuso i ka laina hoʻopau.
ʻO Ayuso, hānau ʻia ma Barcelona 19 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, hānai ʻia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a noho ma Jávea, wili a holomua wikiwiki i Les Praeres, hoʻopili i ka hui e alualu iā Evenepoel, ma mua o Roglic, a laila Enric Mas a lawe mai iā Carlos Rodríguez, mai Granada mai. ʻO Almuñécar, 21 makahiki, ke alakaʻi o Ineos ma ka Vuelta.
ʻAʻole hiki i nā keikikāne ʻelua e hoʻolālā i kahi wā e hiki mai ana no ka holo kaʻa Spanish i ka pae hao o Evenepoel, nāna i kuhikuhi pololei a ʻike ʻia e haʻalele i ka Vuelta i hoʻopaʻi ʻia i ka pule mua. Akā, nahu lāua ʻelua me kā lāua hele wāwae, ʻo kā lāua papa ma nā pali, nani ma ke kaʻa. Hana lākou i ka pōʻino i nā hoa paio. "He mea ia aʻu i moeʻuhane ai mai koʻu mau makahiki ʻehiku, ua noʻonoʻo wau i kēia heihei no ʻelua mahina i kēlā me kēia lā mai koʻu ala ʻana a hiki i koʻu wā e moe ai." ʻO kahi ʻae mai Ayuso i nā manaʻo.
Ua haʻalele ʻo Evenepoel, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka Belgian 22 makahiki i kēia hoʻomaka o ka hana. He puahiohio ʻaʻole e hoʻolei pio e like me ka piʻi. Ma kahi wikiwiki, kahili ia i nā mea a pau i loaʻa iā ia ma ke ala. ʻAi ʻo ia i ka poʻe i pakele, hoʻoweliweli i ka lanakila o Meintjes (ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻomaka i ke awa me ʻehā mau minuke) a hāʻawi hou i kahi hahau i ka helu maʻamau (1:12 iā Enric Mas, 1:53 iā Roglic, ʻelua a me ka hapa minuke iā Rodríguez a Ayuso) .
"ʻAʻole ma ʻaneʻi nā mea piʻi ikaika ʻelua: ʻo Vingegaard a me Pogacar. Akā hauʻoli loa wau. Ua hana nui ʻo ia e hiki i kēia pae ma kēia mau ʻano piʻi, e kiʻi i kēia mau wāwae," wahi a Evenepoel.
Ma o ka 23 pākēneka ramps, hele ʻo Ayuso lāua ʻo Rodríguez me nā hoʻopunipuni e like me kā lākou hae. Kū lākou e like me nā titans, lawe lākou i ka ʻōpio a me ka makemake, aia lākou i ka hakakā no ka Vuelta. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana ʻaʻole nā mea āpau o ke ola ka watts no ka kilo, kāna pae o ka hana: "Ua hauʻoli nui wau, ʻo ka poʻe pā a pau e hoʻōho ana i koʻu inoa ma ke awa hope loa, he mea kupanaha. Hāʻawi ia i kahi kikoʻī ke hele ʻoe i ka palena o ka lohe ʻana i kāu helu i nā poʻe. Nui ka poʻe e makemake e ʻike iā ʻoe e kūleʻa a he kumu ia o ka haʻaheo, "wahi a Ayuso.
Ma ka laina hoʻopau, hāpai ʻo ia i kona mau lima no kekona mau loa, lanakila ʻo ʻApelika i ka Vuelta. ʻO Louis Meintjes, he kamaʻāina ʻo Pretoria, maʻa mau i ka mahuka a me nā wānana maikaʻi no nā makahiki he nui, ua lanakila ma ka hopena o kahi ʻāpana nui.
