The sprinters are back in the spotlight on the roads of the Vuelta: the 11th stage is made just for them. Today's race is the Cartagena - Lorca stage covering 153.8 km with just 1,310 meters of elevation gain

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Just one categorized climb of the day - the Alto de Aledo, category 3, 10 km at 4.2% - positioned about thirty kilometers from the finish: it promises to be the crucial moment in the arm-wrestling match between the attackers who want to shake things up and the sprinters' teams who want to bring their leaders to the finish line for a sprint. And, as we've learned, pay attention: the simplest stages often turn out to be very complicated...