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Vuelta a Espana 2016: Stage 9 live race updates, blog

28th August, 2016
Distance: 164.5km
Start: Cistierna
Finish: Alto del Naranco
TV: Live on Eurosport from 11pm (AEST)
Stage Betting: Sanchez $6, Valverde $9, Brambilla $15, Hermans $17
Nairo Quintana won the Vuelta (Image: Team Sky)
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28th August, 2016
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Stage 9 of the Vuelta a Espana finds the riders hitting another finish on the climb on a relatively short day in the saddle. Join The Roar from 11pm (AEST) for all the live race highlights and updates.

Darwin Atapuma struggled on the brutal finish of yesterday’s Stage 8, leaving the lead open for Colombian Nairo Quintana to take the red jersey into the second week of the tour.

Alejandre Valverde and Chris Froome are both hot on the wheels of Quintana though in second and third respectively, with the ever-cool Brit pacing himself well to make a charge for the lead later in the race.

Today’s run starts off with a little kicker for the riders, an uncategorised 10 kilometre climb, before flattening out on a table top.

The first categorised climb of the day comes 50km into the stage (Puerto de San Isidro) and runs for about 11 kilometres, including a short descent, averaging out at 3 per cent.

It’s all pace from the peak of San Isidro, with a long, long descent down the other side of the mountain for 50 kilometres of pure downhill speed.

There’s no fun for the lycra lovers after that though, with four category climbs rolling and rollercoasting through the final 54km of the day, including the final ascent to the finish.

The undulating begins with a 6.2km climb at 4.7 per cent, followed with another category three rise at 3.9 per cent, finished off with 3.6km at 6.9 per cent.

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The stage finally finishes off with another climb, a category two finishing off at Alto del Naranco to end the stage on the 6.1 per cent rise.

Join The Roar from 11pm (AEST) for all the live race highlights and updates.

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