This is a massive day, both in terms of its amplitude and its likely impact on the GC. The likes of Chaves may prosper on the sharp earlier summits but stages such as this, with four huge peaks and deep into the race, are what sort the GC men from the boys, and the true super-domestiques from willing helpers. It's the Vuelta's first visit to the Aubisque.
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Tour of Fuzhou: Gonov wins stage 5
Trio of 19-year-olds dominate bunch sprint -
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Team Ineos sign Bernal's old friend Brandon Rivera
23-year-old Pan-American time trial champion joins on two-year deal -
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Testosterone research found on Freeman's laptop, tribunal told
'It indicated a lot of knowledge and an interest of testosterone concentration in riders' says anti-doping expert -
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Viviani back in the saddle and preparing for 2020 with Cofidis
'Like every year, it'll feel like I've never ridden a bike in my life' says Italian
